Monday Blog Hops

I can't believe it's already Monday again. This weekend has flown by so fast..





places to find blog hops:
A Helicopter Mom {here}

Tumblr Blog

I have a new Tumblr blog for anyone interested in following. I'll follow back♥
http://madebyjess.tumblr.com/

Pink Sugar Bakery Giveaway Winner.

I want to thank all of you for entering. We have a winner, who has already been emailed. If there is no response within 48 hours, I will have to chose another.
I want to thank Megan of Pink Sugar Bakery for sponsoring this.

Petcakes Review & Giveaway

My daughter is crazy about stuffed animals and babies. You can always see her packing one around. Adam seriously gets on to me because she has so many. He’s like “why does 1 kid NEED all those toys?” I’m not sure why I let her have so many, other than the fact that they are hers and I don’t want to give something away that she still plays with.
When these stuffed animals arrived, Adisyn went crazy. She jumped up and down when she seen me pull them out of the box. I thought it was so funny and cute. It made my heart swell to see her face. She was packing these toys in her little tykes car with her. She put them in her “trunk” and off she goes.
Adisyn thinks that the cupcake “liner” that is the base, is their “bed”, She likes putting her “babies” and “animals” to sleep. Finding them covers and pillows and lining them up on a row on her bed. It’s simply adorable.

These little animals are so cute. These are the two that we received.

These animals have cupcake hat heads and a cupcake base. When you receive them, the base is attached to the animals hat by fishing line (what they use for clothing tags). If you have a smaller child, you could take this off to prevent choking, and leave it on for the older ones.
They are cute quality made little playmates for your child. They have tons of these cute little animals to choose from, but I want to show you the animals from the Petcakes 2 series animals {wildlife}.

Nutty Nicky-
Nutty Nicky™ the squirrel is my name and running up trees is my game. I love chestnuts and walnuts, peanuts and almonds. I put them in the cupcake frostings when I snatch them off the picnic tables in Honey Suckle Woods™. I even have a place I hide cupcakes for the winter -
Honey Cakes-
My name is Honey Cakes™. I live in Honey Suckle Woods™. I look for bee hives and then make friends with the bees. They let me taste their delicious honey. I spread it on my cakes, bread and put scoops of it in my tea.
Roco Coco-
Hi! Nice to meet you! I'm Roco Coco™ the raccoon and I love Honey Suckle Woods™. I sleep all day and come out at night . My friends and I have parties and sit around licking sweet frosting off cupcakes left from family picnics.
Bamboo Berry-
Pleased to meet you. I'm Bamboo Berry™ the panda. I live in the bamboo patch in Honey Suckle Woods™. It's quiet and peaceful there. I eat fresh tender bamboo shoots and for dessert I dream of vanilla cupcakes with berry frosting.
Disclosure: All opinions in this post are strictly my own. I agreed to write an honest review in exchange for products.
I want to thank The Petcake company for sponsoring this on my blog.

Now for the Giveaway♥
The Petcake Company is offering 1 Made.By.Jess reader a chance to win 1 Petcake from the Petcake Series 2 animals {the ones you see above}

TIP: Please make sure to click the GFC button and follow me. It is a MANDATORY entry, and I see that some people who have already entered haven't done this.. Please make sure you follow the rules, because if not, you will be eliminated from the giveaway.

The giveaway is hosted by Rafflecopter, so if you don’t see the form {just give it a second to load}
-Jessica

Saturday Blog Hops

It’s Saturday, which makes it 8 days until Christmas. WOW. This year has passed so quickly but at the same time so slowly.
It’s going to be a great Christmas for the kids, but a lonely one for me. My Grandma passed away in February, so this will be my families first Christmas without her.
Happy Saturday, I send you lots of FUN today.

Charm Factory Review & Giveaway

What woman doesn’t like at least a little bit of Jewelry? I love wearing charm bracelets. The very idea that you can add whatever charms you want, to personalize your experience is awesome.
I chose the Green Beaded Bracelet.

I really truly love this bracelet, in fact I haven’t taken it off since I received it in the mail..
Now that I look closely, there are so many that I actually do like. The Graduation bracelet.

Just because it has green beads & a personalized number charm for the year you graduated.
Charm Factory has so many different Charms and Bracelet Choices that it is so hard to choose. They are all so beautifully made.


I have reviewed products from Charm Factory before, so it wasn’t a BIG surprise that I loved the bracelet to pieces. They are so well made, yet so inexpensive.
Making them great gifts to give on any special occasion or holiday.
These bracelets are made from silver tone, which is nice. I have been allergic to Nickel my entire life, so anything jewelry wise that isn’t real, breaks me out and makes my skin itch like crazy.
These bracelets never do this to me. Like I said, I haven’t taken this one off. I love the color green, and yes- I will wear it whether I’m wearing green or pink. Matching jewelry has never been a big deal to me.
I favorite jewelry. I pick what I like most and wear it for awhile, and then choose something else. I never take off my rings, and lately it has been the norm to see me sporting the bracelet.
I can’t even tell that it is a $11 bracelet. It feels and looks so classy and stunning. If I had not have known the price beforehand, I would have thought that the cost would be around $40-$50. It’s not of course- which is AWESOME.
Who wouldn’t want something that looks sophisticated and classy, for a cheap price? This means you have more money to buy MORE. Which I love, and I’m sure Charm Factory loves. Who wouldn’t love to give their customers high design for low prices?
I also like the fact that you can buy a regular silver tone bracelets and necklaces and add your own customized bead and charm choice.

If I were building a bracelet, here are some of the charms I would choose to go on it {Just to give you some idea of how many choices they have available.)
I really like this Baby Cup Charm. I would love to show the world I am a mom with such a style. ♥

I have TONS of clothing. Adam actually makes fun of me because I have so many clothes. What can I say? This girl loves choices..
So when I seen the clothes hanger charm & Pants charm with Pink Crystals, of course I would add them to a charm bracelet. It would be like Adam and my little side joke..


I really liked this design for Christmas. It’s unique, fun, and simply adorable.

And of course these Clovers. The Silver Clover.. & The Green crystal Clover


I am all about supporting Breast Cancer awareness, and showing my love.. I like this pink ribbon charm

I am so in love with photography. I seriously don’t know what I would do without a camera. I love capturing those special little moments to photograph and scrapbook..


And of course I couldn’t leave off the sewing machine or the green swirl

and my spacers would be..
*The Blue and Green Lampwork

Aren’t they so amazing? I think I am going to start buying a new charm for myself every year, just as a treat to myself..
Disclosure: All opinions expressed in this blog post are my own. I wasn’t compensated to write this review. I did agree to post an honest review in exchange for products..
I want to thank Charm Factory with the chance to work with them, and for sponsoring this on my blog..
Now for the
Giveaway

One Made.By.Jess reader is getting the chance to win one of these awesome European style Bracelets of choice..

TIP: Please make sure to click the GFC button and follow me. It is a MANDATORY entry, and I see that some people who have already entered haven't done this.. Please make sure you follow the rules, because if not, you will be eliminated from the giveaway. 
This Giveaway is hosted by Rafflecopter, so if you don’t see the form, please wait- it should be loading up..
-Jessica
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Friday Blog Hops

Well Well Well, here it is Friday again…


We went Christmas shopping yesterday, and then came home and was treated to nap by Adam. He watched the kids, cooked them dinner, and let me sleep.

Adisyn had been keeping me up at nights for the last couple of weeks and I was running on no sleep.
We ended up getting Adi a Furreal Kitty…

and a kids laptop, while Aidan and alex got nerf guns and cars..
They already had toys here, this was our roundup shopping trip..
Leave a comment, and I’ll follow back.
-Jessica