Painting the Sidewalk

I know I don't have many followers, but I thought it would be fun to share some of my crafty fun with those of you who do follow!  As you may have noticed, I'm rather crafty, I love creating fun things and my daughter is following in my footsteps.  She loves to paint and color!

So last night we decided to chalkpaint the sidewalk.  The paint is simple to make, cornstarch, water, and food coloring.  There's no ratio of cornstarch to water, just put some cornstarch and food color into your container, I used a muffin tin, then add water and mix.  My mixture was pretty wattery, which made it really easy to paint, but it took a while to dry.

You'll want a fair amount of food coloring, several drops, because the paint dries with an opaque chalky look, if you don't use enough coloring you won't have nice colors once the paint dries.  It washes off easily and I don't think it will stain, but we decided that we don't care if it stains, because she's only this little once, so we might as well have fun!

Have fun painting!!

Birthday Giveaway

My baby girl will be 2 years old this month.  I can't believe so much time has passed since I first met my beautiful daughter.  At Annabelle's Basket I want to have a special giveaway to celebrate her birthday.  There's only one catch, we have to get to 500 fans on the facebook page before June 28.

~One lucky winner will win at $20 credit at Annabelle's Basket, good on your next purchase of $40 or more.
~A second lucky little girl will win a reversible pinafore or the chance to be the first to try out and own one of my newest additions, not yet revealed, the Ruthie Ruffled Romper!  (If a boy momma wins, you'll recieve a pair of Board Shorts)
*Fabric selections from ThousandsOfBolts
*I ship to Canada!

FOUR Ways to Enter:
1. You MUST be a facebook fan to win, post a comment with your facebook ID.
2. Post a photo on my facebook page of your child wearing something from Annabelle's Basket.  This can be a non identifying photo (ex. back or side shot).  One entry per outfit, if you have bought 3 outfits from me, your are eligible for three photos and three entries.  Leave a comment here with a link to the photo.  If siblings etc. each have an outfit they can be in the same photo, just make sure you post a seperate comment with link for each outfit/piece.
3. Share this giveaway on facebook or any other forum, leave a comment here with a link to the post.
4. Any new order placed between June 1 and June 27 will recieve 1 entry, post a comment here with your order number.

2 Winners will be chosen at random sometime on June 28 and posted here and on facebook.  Winners will need to email AnnabellesBasket@yahoo.com within 24 hours to claim your prize.  It's okay if you're not ready to use your $20 credit, I just want to know that you know you won.