Valentine's Pretties....

Just a quick little reminder....

The Hilabeans Initial Frames are PERFECT for Valentine's gifts for anyone!!!!

If you need a cute Hilabeans Initial Frame for a Valentine's gift...LET ME KNOW! If you order one TODAY or TOMORROW...I can get them shipped on Wednesday so that they will arrive JUST in time for Valentine's!!

Please email me for more info! hilary.hymer@gmail.com

Also...you can check out other designs and styles on my Etsy page :

http://www.etsy.com/shop/blissfullyenamored

And on my Facebook Fan Page (you had better be a fan!!!) :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hilabeans-Frames/271307370336?ref=ts

GET YOUR ORDERS IN QUICKLY!!!!

XOXO,

Hilary

Abigail's Bake Shop Winner!!

The winner of the CUTE box of Valentine's cookies from Abigail's Bake Shop is.............

Stacy at Stacy Says....

I will be emailing you soon to get your information!!! Go check out her blog and tell her congrats!!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered!!!!!

GO SAINTS!!!

Olive Rue Giveaway....

And the winner of the Olive Rue giveaway is...........

Mrs. MFC!!!!

Go check out her cute little blog and tell her congrats!!!!

Thank you to EVERYONE who entered this giveaway!!

Check your email Mrs. MFC!! I will be sending you one soon! :)

TGIF....

TGIF....no doubt! This has been a long week!

I hope that you all have some amazing plans for the weekend! All I know is this :

• Friday night : out to dinner and then back home to watch LOST...we still havent watched the new episode!!
• Saturday : We will go watch our Labrador, Cache, train with his trainers
• Saturday night : Dinner, Movie, and Games with our new friends Heather and Jordan
• Sunday : Church!
• Sunday afternoon : We will be at our friend Tory's watching the SAINTS win the Superbowl! Oh...and watching the amazing and hilarious commercials!

I hope you all have an amazing weekend filled with fun and friends!!!

DONT FORGET TO ENTER MY TWO GIVEAWAYS!!!

They end this weekend!!!!!

Click the boxes at the top right of my blog to get to the giveaway posts!

XOXO,

Hilary

Cookie Monster.........

Who does not like cookies or cupcakes? Raise your hand...no no...raise it high.... That's JUST what I thought....NOBODY raised their hand!

Holy Moly! This might just be my new favorite little place! Check out Abigails's Bake Shop through Etsy and their personal website!

They have some of the CUTEST cakes and the most DELICIOUS looking cookies and cupcakes! I feel like I can almost taste them just by looking at their gorgeous pictures!

Here is a little inside scoop on the owner, Sarah Bisher, and her cute little company:

My name is Sarah Bisher, owner & senior cake master! I am married with 3 children: Emily, Abby (the Abigail in Abigail’s Bake Shop), and Jack. I have had a passion for creating delicious treats ever since I was a little girl. In 2006, my husband and I decided to start a website to showcase my most recent cakes. After a few days, we were bombarded with phone calls with requests for birthday cakes, wedding cakes, and more. Since then, we have designed hundreds of cakes including one for Kenny Chesney! Our little business has now expanded to provide gourmet cupcakes, cookies, party supplies, dessert buffets and more. I truly feel that Abigail’s Bake Shop is my dream come true and I hope you enjoy our creations as much as I enjoy making them!

HOW CUTE IS SHE?!?!?!

If I could pick some out some specifics to taste test right now....these would "take the cake" :

SOUTHERN RED VELVET CUPCAKE

RICH CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE

DARK CHOCOLATE MINT CUPCAKE

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES

Well...lovely ladies....sweet Sarah is offering ONE lucky winner a set of her SUPER cute Valentine's cookies....just in time for the holiday! This includes 4 big heart shaped cookies and 8 smaller heart shaped cookies! They are all decorated in shades of pink with royal icing and sanding sugars.

How stinking delish do these look?!?

Here is how you win :

• Make sure that you are a follower of my blog and let me know in a comment (1 entry)
• Leave a comment with your email address for contacting purposes! (1 entry)
• Hop on over to the Abigail's Bakery Etsy shop or website and tell me what item you just about cannot live without trying! (2 entries)
• Post a blog entry about this fun giveaway! (5 entries)
• Become a Facebook fan of Hilabeans Frames! (5 entries)

You could potentially get 14 entries!!

So that these fabulous cookies can be shipped out in time for Valentine's day...this contest will end on Sunday, February 6 at noon!!!

Spread the word and win some yummy cookies!

Good luck!!

XOXO,

Hilary

Glitter....

I don't know about you....but after watching the Grammys the other night...I CANNOT get the song "Glitter In The Air" by Pink out of my head!! What a beautiful song! If you haven't heard it yet....go download it! It's very unlike her...very mellow...and the piano in the background is amazing! I might be a little overly obsessed with the song right now!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!! Only 2 more days and the weekend is here!!

Don't forget about my Olive Rue giveaway!! It ends on Saturday!!! Click the link at the top right of my blog to be taken there!

XOXO,

Hils

GIVE-UH.....

GIVE-UH-WAY TIME!!!!

Not because I have reached my goal of 300 followers...but because I have a wonderful new friend that wanted to offer a little somthin' somethin' to you all!!!

I stumbled across the Olive Rue Etsy store over the weekend when perusing for some fun finds on Etsy! Have you ever seen her things before?! They are so wonderful! Very shabby-chic type items that would look perfect in anyone's house! I love anything with a fleur de lis, crown, and I have even gotten into the bees!

Here are some of my favorites from the Olive Rue shop:

Royal French Bee with Crown Tea Towel




French Crown Number 12 Tea Towel



Skeleton Key, Eiffel Tower, Crown Gift Tags



French Clothespins



One thing that I found particularly wonderful about the Olive Rue shop is that they SELL the digital downloads and iron-on transfers of their prints! So if you love one of their prints....but would rather have it on a pretty pillow, shirt, bag, etc....you can purchase it on their website and use it however you would like! How cool is that?! So smart!

Well...Crystal at Olive Rue has been SO wonderful to offer ONE lucky winner
the following items:

• 1 tea towel of your choice
• 1 set of gift tags of your choice
• 1 pack of 10 French clothespins

"But....how do I go about winning these wonderful things?!!?"
...you might be asking yourself.....well here is how :

1. Make sure that you are a follower of my blog (this is a MUST!)....and let me know about it! (1 entry)
2. Leave a comment with your name and email address! (1 entry)
3. Head on over to the Olive Rue Etsy store and let me know YOUR favorite item! (3 entries)
4. Blog about this giveaway! Leave me a comment with your blog link! (3 entries)
5. Become a Facebook Fan of Hilabeans Frames! (3 entries)
6. Purchase a Hilabeans Frame! (10 entries!)

You have the ability to get 21 entries!!! HOLY COW!

Contest Ends on Saturday, February 6 at noon!

Spread the word!!! Ready....set.....GO!!!!

XOXO,

Hilary

Don't Forget....

Remember....

Once I hit 300 followers....I will be doing a special giveaway!

So....spread the word and tell me people to follow along!

Happy weekend! I'm at home sick....I hope you aren't!

XOXO,

Hilary

james? James. JAMES!!!!

I am not one to go out on a limb by myself and do something....

BUT.... a few weeks ago I signed up for a women's Bible study series at our church (The Village). Normally...if I do anything like this, I like to have a friend to go with. But...we have really started to try and make an effort to become a lot more involved in our church. It's really hard since we live 45 minutes away from the church.... but we have to remind ourselves that we are serving our God!

Anyways...the Bible study started on Tuesday. I was SO tired and drained from work that day and was trying to think of EVERY reason not to go ( i am exhausted....i have a headache...my throat hurts....i need a nap...)! It was so bad! At the last minute, I decided that I should probably go...I knew I would regret it if I didn't.

I was nervous because I didn't know anyone going and didn't know anyone in my small group (they do a large group teaching and then you break out into your small groups to discuss). But let me just say....it was AMAZING! We are doing a whole, in-depth, study on the book of JAMES. One thing that we have to do each week for "homework" is to read the whole book of James. I did this on Wednesday...and holy cow! I am in for a great ride! This book is amazing! There are so many every-day struggles that it points out and talks about. I can only imagine how much I will learn about myself, God, and life in general.

Have any of you ever really studied the book of James??
I would love to hear your thoughts on the book!

One great thing has happened so far....I have already made a great friend from it! I sat next to Heather in our small group....she emailed me later because she thought i looked familiar and she was trying to figure out where she knew me...we have been emailing a ton since Tuesday and will be meeting up for dinner on Monday night! I am super excited! We are going to work to motivate eachother in our Bible study (which I really need).

I will keep you updated on the study...you should try reading the book of James to see what it has in store for you. It's only 5 chapters....no excuses. Read The Message version...I really enjoyed it!

Pray for it to ice over tonight so there will be no school tomorrow!!!! :)

XOXO,

Hilary

Weekend Re-Cap....

So, today is my GREAT friend Becky's birthday! Her husband planned a fun surprise night for her birthday last night....so we all met up for dinner at Cattleman's in the Stockyards here in Fort Worth. I would have to say that she was quite surprised to see us all there! It was so much fun! After LOTS of steak....we all went out on the town for a while. It was quite interesting....our night was filled with drinks, another (random) birthday party, Casey making friends with RANDOM people, we might have done the Cupid Shuffle a few times, free chicken wings and chips/hot sauce from the mentioned OTHER birthday party, etc etc etc..... We all had a blast!

To top it all off...this weekend marks the END of duck hunting season!!!!! I cannot tell you how happy I am to get my husband back...at least for a little while! He hunts SO much when he can! He was so sweet though...he told me that since I was a good sport, he booked us a hotel room for last night at a nice hotel in downtown Fort Worth! We LOVE little getaways like that! It was only one night....but we really felt like we were on vacation! :)

I also wanted to share some new frames that I have added in the last week or so! Check them out!!!

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I think that they are all pretty darn cute! And believe me....so much cuter in person!!!! The orders are still coming in, and I am still enjoying the heck out of it all!!!

If you know anyone with a baby, birthday, wedding, housewarming, etc, coming up....you need to order a frame for them!!!! I would love to make one for you!!! :)

Visit my Etsy shop :
http://www.etsy.com/shop/blissfullyenamored

Become a fan on Facebook :
http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Hilabeans-Frames/271307370336?ref=ts

Or email me :
hilary.hymer@gmail.com

Remember....when I hit 300 followers, I am planning on doing a giveaway! So tell people all about my blog so that we can get this show on the road!!!! :)

I hope you all have a wonderful new week ahead of you! Enjoy it and make the best of it!

XOXO,

Hilary

(and yes....I have officially run 6 out of 7 days!!!)