And The Winners Are...

Congratulations to Kimberly W for winning $20 for Spoil Me Rotten Momma and to Heather Smith for winning $20 for CBK Vinyl. (Check your email!) These winners were chosen at random by Rafflecopter. Thank you everyone who entered! Let me know if you are, as readers interested in more giveaways and what I can do to make them easier and better for you. (I have some ideas too.)
Remember I am going to be going a drawing for a $25 gift card to Applebee's once I get 100 followers. And a $50 gift card to Olive Garden when I have 500 readers!

Pajama Time!

Little Miss and I both have colds so today we are having pajama day! A day we lounge in our warm jammies and watch movies, read books, eat, and nap! Feel free to join us. This is how I look:

Source: google.com via Laura on Pinterest

Ok THAT is how I wished I looked. I am more along this line except add a hoodie and pink fleece pants. :P I'm a mom, that's my excuse and I am sticking to it!

Source: google.com via Laura on Pinterest

REMINDER: Last day to enter my giveaway! I will be drawing tomorrow! Enter before it's TOO LATE!

Ok About The Rafflecopter: Still Going Another 27 Hours!

OK I had no idea the Rafflecopter was set for Eastern Time nor that it wasn't set through Monday. Go ahead and leave a comment of the things you have done. I am so sorry it didn't work the way I thought it was going to. (Should asked my guru blogger Karina!)

ONLY 30 HOURS LEFT!

There are only about 30 hours left until my giveaway is over. I will be honest; been disappointed with the turn out. Only 4 people have entered! Can you imagine your odds if it even was 10 or 20? All you have to do is follow me or do one of the other items (there are 5 total). Completely easy! Check out my Rafflecopter which makes it even easier to do! I am so happy to be offering this as giveaway. The Applebee's gift card is still happening, once I reach 100 followers. To add to that if I get 500 followers (yes, I am ambitious) I will be giving a $50.00 gift certificate to Olive Garden!
To end here is a picture of Little Miss with Santa (bet you can't guess where we got the picture done)! Great way to start off the Christmas season (officially):

You Made WHAT With Cardboard!?!

Along with adhering to my goal of being more crafty (and I make working on growing out my hair, just throwing that out there). As I may have mentioned (but to lazy to verify) I am not only trying to be crafty and do so on a very tight (ok non-existent) budget. Cardboard however is in great supply (thanks to drinking soda and baby diapers). Once again I took an idea and ran a completely different direction with it.

Source: mydesigndump.blogspot.com via Laura on Pinterest

Here is the original & it had the deer template too!
So here is my latest project (made from a diaper box):

The No Animals Were Harmed In The Making: Deer Head!
Supplies Needed:

• Cardboard (boxes work great!)
• Sharp razor cutter thing (What are those things called anyways?)
• Deer Template (From Chronicle Books Blog)
• Tape
• Scissors
• Wire or something to hang it up with (I used the hooks for Christmas decorations)

It really was pretty easy to do just time consuming, hand hurting. I started out by printing out the template and taping the extra long parts together. I cut wide and taped the template on my cardboard.

I proceeded to carefully cut along the lines and cut out all the pieces.

Then it is pretty self explanatory. Add each piece where it goes and you have the finished head.

Then all I did was take a pin and pin a couple holes and feed the hook through and bend to make a hanger.

Lastly I decorated it for Christmas. :)

My hunting hubby grudgingly likes it (since he hasn't gotten to hunt this year or last). I love these types of projects because there are about a million ways to do your own! Hope you all enjoy! I had a blast doing it (more then I probably should of). Don't forget to enter my giveaway it ends only in a couple days! Also remember 100 followers and I will be giving away to $25.00 gift card to Applebee's.

Taking A Break

Source: beckieandbrad.blogspot.com via Laura on Pinterest

Taking a break from blogging today and tomorrow. Hope ya all have a Happy Thanksgiving! Don't forget to enter my giveaway! And remember once I get 100 followers I will be giving away $25.00 gift card to Applebee's!

Finally Got Rafflecopter!

This will make entering even easier for the giveaway! For those entered already you can enter here or just leave your entries as is and I will count them! I have had to wait for Rafflecopter to invite me to use it which just happened today! Super excited!

Just For Fun

Source: loricraig.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com via Laura on Pinterest

I have decided that just for the heck of it; once I have a 100 followers I am going to be giving away a $25 gift card to Applebee's!

Source: google.com via Laura on Pinterest

It is my way of saying thank you to you as followers for reading my blog! It makes me feel great knowing someone is out there listening and I'm not just writing to the wall! So tell your friends to start following and we'll see how soon we can have that giveaway!

UPDATE ON GIVEAWAY!!!

The giveaway for Spoil Me Rotten Momma is for only the products Sue makes (they are the pictures I have shown). Sorry for any confusion!

Now For What You All Have Been Waiting For... My First Giveaway!

I am super excited to be starting my first giveaway ever! Thanks to my two friends Sue (of Spoil Me Rotten Momma) and Karina (of Karina's Challenge & CBK Vinyl) for helping out and both donating $20.00 certificates to their respective shops! Here is a little on each shop and what they offer;

Spoil Me Rotten Momma is owned by Sue, her sister-in-law and her sister-in-law's friend. They offer a whole range of products for little girls to women. Sue specializes in signs. Sue is an Army wife and has 3 little kiddos. We went to high school together and she was stationed here with me till a couple months ago. She helped me ease into being a military wife and is so creative I miss having her here to sneak ideas off of! Here are a few examples of her work:

CBK Vinyl is owned by my dear friend Karina. She does a lot of amazing vinyl work. She is also an avid blogger and is the inspiration for me starting my own blog and knowing how to do anything on it. She is from Brazil but now lives in Utah with her husband and little boy. (I also went to high school with her plus she lived a block over from me too.) She is crafty and trendy. Her awesome blog is called Karina's Challenge. And is definitely worth checking out. She always has giveaways going on and great ideas! Here is a sample of her work:

So here is how it will work:
There will be a number of ways to enter and a number of chances!

• Follow Dream Ranch on Google Friend, leave a comment letting me know you are following.
• Follow Karina's Challenge, leave me a comment letting me know yo are.
• Follow Learning Ranch on Twitter, leave a comment letting me know you are following.
• Like Spoil Me Rotten Momma on Facebook, tell them Dream Ranch sent you and leave me a comment letting me know you liked them.
• Like CBK Vinyl on Facebook, tell them Dream Ranch sent you and leave me a comment letting me know you liked them.

That's 5 chances to win! There will be two winners; one for Spoil Me Rotten Momma and one for CBK Vinyl. Good luck all and if this sees lots of success I'll will plan another one for next month! This giveaway ends November 28th at 12 PM!
**Disclosure: Dream Ranch is not responsible for fulfillment of these prizes. I will do my best to make sure each winner gets their prize. Facebook has no affiliation or responsibility for this giveaway. Any questions or concern, please contact me at learningranch**@gmail.com

Check Back Tomorrow!

Tomorrow will be the start of My Very FIRST Giveaway! Those helping me out with this giveaway are two wonderful gals who not only did I go to high school with but I count among my close friends! They are both crafty and make beautiful products! I have bought from one and plan on buying from the other soon! So check back tomorrow for the start of this awesome giveaway!

Tiny Prints Talent Search Contest

I am so excited to share that Tiny Prints is holding a Talent Search Contest. The grand prize is $1000 cash AND $500 gift certificate for Tiny Prints.
Entry runs until NOVEMBER 21st. All you have to do is submit a photo in one of the following categories:

• Cutest Baby (From ages 0-24 months)
• Cutest Kid (From ages 25 months-10 years)
• Cutest Family
• Cutest Couple
• Cutest Pet

After the 21st, the voting will be begin. To enter you can either go to their Facebook page or click on the above link (Talent Search Contest). Good Luck!

**Disclaimer: Dream Ranch is not responsible for any entries submitted to Tiny Prints. Tiny Prints has not paid me to advertise their giveaway.**