World's BEST waffles {waffle lady}

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Now that I'm in "the club" with a school aged child, breakfast is a hurried event with us trying to get out the door and to school on time. I have made an effort to try and pump my boy with good nutrition to start his day, but what do you know, his entree of choice is WAFFLES! How in the heck am I supposed to get goodness in my lil man when his plate is drenched in Mrs. Butterworths?! Ugh. 

Enter my friend Amanda of Crazy Moms Everywhere, and BOOM, my sticky syrupy situation has been made oh so much better! Amanda has stumbled upon the Waffle Lady, who is a mom with a fun story and an intense desire to make natural and organic waffle and packcake mixes for her and hers as well as some other TOTALLY SCRUMPTIOUS products. Waffle wonder woman sent me a box of chocolate chip waffle mix, a box of gingerbread waffle mix, and her sunflower granola. OH MY STARS! Talk about the most delicious homemade mix I have EVER tasted. It was simply tasty. I wish I had like 867 more boxes of mix because I could almost eat it out of the bowl. My kids were in heaven, and the hubbs gave them a two thumbs up as well.  For those of you who know me personally, you know that food is pretty much the number one source of my motivation for everything. I would never in a million years recommend something that I would not think was pretty awesome. And this my BADD girls, is definitely awesome!

If you would like to enter to WIN a box of Waffle Lady's California whole wheat waffle mix as well as a cup of her daily oats, leave a comment and contact e-mail on this post stating what your fam likes to nosh on at breakfast time, or hop on over to Amanda's blog here, and leave a comment to win!

Your taste buds will NOT be sad...just really really glad :)

Sending fluffy pancake hugs and sticky syrup kisses ;)

Share your JOY! with High Heels 2 Flip Flops

A girl that I just recently reconnected with, Christy at High Heels to Flip Flops, has the sweetest linky on Saturdays. It has nothing to do with your projects, just a day to share something that brought you JOY during the week. Such a simple but beautiful concept. Sometimes I find myself in such a hurry, and not taking a moment to just sit and reflect on this beautiful life that I've been blessed with. Everyday is NOT perfect, and I definitely have my share of "crap" that I battle. However, the big picture I call my life is incredibly sweet. I feel like the luckiest woman on the EARTH to be Mrs. Brown. I feel wanted, loved, needed and cherished everyday, and I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful that makes me feel. I have two ridiculously gorgeous children that I get to stay home and raise. I've always wanted to be a mom, and I feel lucky to be blessed with such sweet kids. Their innocence is beautiful, and although I feel like screaming and pulling my hair out some days (which I totally do), I'm grateful for the whole parenting experience. I've learned to find JOY in it, and not to be too hard on myself. I'm far from perfect, but my attitude and how I view our life can bring much joy.

One of things that has brought me joy this week is Averie. I'm laughing as I type this because on Wednesday she was NOT joyful in any way shape or form! I took on the most dreaded task of potty training. Yuck. To say I'd pay big money to have someone do this for me would be an understatement. I HATE. IT. I practically had an anxiety attack and was about to cry putting my bathroom rugs in the washer almost immediately after starting, but we pressed on. She's been doing great, and to see the JOY on her face when it finally clicked for her, made every mess worth it. She made her mama so PROUD!

So to put it simply, my JOYful moment of the week was rewarding Averie on a job very well done! She's on her way to being a big girl! Here's a snapshot of her with her giant marshmallow for her reward..



What has brought you joy that you would like to share? Christy's linky runs on Saturday thru Sunday night. I'm on my way to link up now :) Enjoy what's left of your weekend!

xoxo-

Corky Monogram Initials

I have a trifle bowl on my island that is slowly filling up with corks. I have plans to make a "real" cork board once it's full, but it's taking me FOREVER to get enough. Luckily my dear friend Jacqui donated some to my stash, but I have TONS more to go. However, Lauren (the other LB) at the Elephant's Trunk made the most ADORABLE cork initials for her new home, and I absolutely love them! Do you have any idea how sweet and talented this girl is?? She's got her super fun blog, AND her Etsy Shop filled with things that scream "I could see this in my life right now!" She does some custom canvasses as well. I happen to have an idea for my kid's bathroom! Lauren is just beautiful inside and out, and I had to share these with you all today. Click here to see her super easy tutorial :)

What are some of your corky ideas??

xoxo-

I won a Giveaway!

Hooray! I won my first giveaway last week on Whipperberry! I couldn't believe what I was reading! Whipperberry is one of my most favorite blogs on the planet, and to be featured there AND win a giveaway sent me straight to blog heaven. Would you like to know what I have won? I'm super excited to show you...

I was the LUCKY winner of a $30 credit to the shop Charmingly Chic Boutique! Seriously? $30 bones to spend on handmade AWESOME jewelry that I normally wouldn't buy myself because I'm obsessed with dressing my 2 kids and shopping at Target? YES PLEASE! I was so tickled pink it was borderline ridiculous. Lori is the owner of this darling shop, and she was such a delight to work with. I received my packages fast too! Yippee skippee! Here's what I chose...

It was time. Time to jump on the Keep Calm and Carry On train, although I'm a little tardy to the party :) I'm so in love with this one! I want to wear it everyday!

The other choice was a vintage rose getup, which I adorned yesterday and got LOTS of compliments...totally made up for my lack of mascara ;)

Simple. Fun. Well made. Just like I like the stuff in my life. Charmingly Chic has LOTS of items in their shop and are totally reasonably priced...and it looks like the CC blog *might* be having a SALE! Check em out today! I doubt you'll leave without wanting 42 things in your jewelry box stat!

Of other totally NON RELATED news...I was out watering the front yard last night and my little man stepped on a WASP NEST. He was stung THREE times by those suckers and screamed like his hand was being cut off. It was rather horrible. My husband saved the day by removing the stinger out of Aiden's nose with nothing but a butter knife. My hero. ;) Little man had a pretty good reaction and it looks like he's gonna make it. The joys of parenting, and yard work, never cease to amaze me!

Have a great Wednesday! 

xoxo-

{ETSY LOVE} Jackie @ Classy Clever Chic

Woo hoo for Friday!!! I had a CRAZYYYYYY day yesterday and I was just so HOT and TIRED! I ran my kids ragged and blasted the A/C in the car whenever I could. Texas heat is a beast I tell ya. On my way to my last stop I checked our mailbox at the house and found a prize! Yes! It was the totally sweet necklace I ordered from Classy Clever Chic on Etsy. It's so dang cute, and I immediately forgot how hot and tired I was and put it on immediately. Here she is, and she was quite reasonable I must add...

I have this silly obsession with birds right now. AND the fact that I am a mommy to two little ones just made this necklace seem perfect for my neck. I highly recommend checking out Classy Clever Chic and doing a little browsing. Nothing is too outrageously priced, and everything seems to make a statement without taking over the universe. Jackie was a delight to deal with and I got my treat very quickly with a cute little note inside. Totally made my hot sweaty drag the babies all over the dang place day that much better. If you're reading this Jackie, THANK YOU so very much (again) for being awesome and oh so talented. 

Here's a couple of other items that are worth checking out..

Love? I thought so. :) Have a great weekend everyone! Jon and I are going to a little taco truck competition downtown. I'm so pumped. Food served from trucks is one thing that I love trying out!

{Feature} Persia Lou bathroom redo!

Have you ever seen something really cool somewhere in the blogosphere, and then have an "uhm what?!" moment? Like, that is SERIOUSLY how they did that? Then promptly after you start thinking of where you could do such a thing? That happened with our feature today. The super talented and sweet Alexis at Persia Lou took PAINT PENS and revamped her bathroom walls. I must admit that is probably the very last thing I would ever think of doing, but it's people like Alexis that make me LOVE the creative blog world. She took her cute bathroom and gave it some "oomph" for under 5 bucks. AND IT LOOKS RAD. Profesh, and kinda perfect in that space. Check it out...

{image from Persia Lou}

See? I told you! I had my "Excuse me what?" moment and then thought, how frackin' cool is that?! Alexis is super creative (duh), and sweet and I'm so happy she has a blog with lots of really cool content that I can be inspired by almost daily. You should really stop by and say hola, and maybe jump on the Persia Lou bandwagon and follow her radness too :)

Happy WED-NES-DAY!

Monday Munchies debut!

I've made an executive decision. Mondays at BADD are going to be the day we feature "Monday Munchies." Recipes that are the BOMB in my humble opinion. If you saw my butt lately you'd trust my recipe judgement, promise. I tend to know where everything is based on what food places are in the vicinity. Annnnd it just so happened that I recently moved to the SECOND FATTEST city in the United States. Lucky for my taste buds, not for the butt referenced above. Maybe Tuesdays at BADD can be "Tone Up" Tuesday, since you stuffed your face with the Monday Munchie, you might need some help undoing what Monday did to your bathroom scale. HA! Actually, I'll leave the fitness tips to the fitness bloggers, because this recipe is sure to make Tony Horton and Shaun T cringe :)

Without further ado, I give you the richest yummiest looking brownies I have seen in a VERY VERY LONG TIME.

It's the Farm Girl's Cookie Dough Brownie Recipe! Can you say Heaven in a 9x13 Pyrex? Yes Ma'am I can!

{Image from Farm Girl}

Lucious, chocolatey, cookie doughy, triple yummage if I don't say so myself! Their blog post has a link for a handy dandy printable too, now isn't that kind?! I signed up to bring a treat to an event this week, and I bet you'll never guess what I'm bringing! ;)

Do you have a favorite recipe that everyone asks you for? We would love to feature it on BADD and give you some  blog lovin'! You can e-mail us at here and we will get ya goin'.

Happy Munchin' bloggies!

{Vintage Revivals} A. MAZ. ING. Dresser Rescue!

Today's feature is from an AMAZING girlie from St. George, Utah. Maybe you have heard of her. Maybe you follow her blog. I just stumbled upon her and her awesomeness last week and am SO glad that I did! It's Mandi from Vintage Revivals! I read her story on her blog after drooling over this dresser redo and decided right then and there that she's my latest blog crush. I bet her house is so dang cool, and vintagey, and DIY to the max. LOVE! She coined the phrase "Thrift Shop Glam" and I just think she's great. Below is the dresser that I wish I could have in my house, and I hope this inspires you all to take something crappy and make it ridiculously fantastic. I know it did for me. I'm on a hunt now for a dresser for Aiden's Star Wars/outer space room that I can remake into "galactic greatness." Enjoy! And if you think Mandi is as awesome as I do, go say hi and tell her that the BADD girls sent you her way!

Happy Monday Lovies!

 

Coolness? Doesn't it make you wanna go to the DI right this instant? I can't wait to see what I can get my hands on. You can go visit Mandi and this dresser in all her glory here :)

{SHE} is our first Feature!

I love anything personalized. It could be a beach towel, necklace, baby blanket, mug, a sugar cookie, or better yet... personalized stationery! Do you think that writing letters just to say "hi" or "miss you" are becoming more and more old fashioned? I think so, especially with the good ol' internet. I swear I know more about my loved ones through Facebook than anywhere else. Don't get a girl wrong, I'm all over the web..(uh hi, I have a blog, I LIVE on Facebook, and I tweet). However, to me, something personal and thoughtful and HANDWRITTEN speaks to my soul anyday over "textual relations." So naturally, when I saw the Spring collection of personalized stationery by SHE PAPERIE, I immediately sent an e-mail an ordered a set. 

Now hear you me, I am NOT an impulsive person. My hubbs can vouch that I can take five years a little while to decide on anything. Not when it came to these babies. No siree. I needed some {SHE} in my life. And I needed it like yesterday.

Have you heard or have been to SHE PAPERIE? If you haven't yet, today is the day. Suzanne is one of my most FAVORITE people who walk this earth. Seriously. She's a graphic designer (duh). She's an event stylist (been featured on Amy Atlas) She's a mom to the cutest twins I know (dead serious). She can take anything and put the "Suzanne spin" on it and make my heart swoon for days. I wish I could just put her in my pocket and take her everywhere. But since I can't I have to settle for her FAB stationery. I already picked out who is going to receive the first card, but I waited to write it until I could share them with you. So without further ado, here are my pretties!

And get this. The envelope color for this set is called 'Pear'. Made me love them even more!

Aren't they gorge?? I was just so happy to receive these pretties in my mailbox! Here's a little sample of other designs from She's Spring collection.. all images courtesy of SHE PAPERIE + DESIGN BOUTIQUE.

You can view the full posts here and here. 

If you haven't checked the SHEness out yet... I beg of you, DO IT. Do not pass go, do not switch the laundry. Eye candy and all things beautiful await! Tell Suzanne you're a BADD girl and say hello!