Mom Time on a Dime

(this giveaway is now closed... from random.org, the lucky winner is...

 #46!... Thank you Miss Christina Duggan for "liking" the Ramsign facebook page!
 I will contact you directly to get your Ramsign out to you ASAP! Enjoy! And thanks again to everyone who entered!)

Ok, show of hands.... who likes free stuff?
...Who likes pretty stuff?
...Who likes practical stuff?
...Who likes practical, pretty, FREE stuff?
...Who wants me to get to the point? (...this is where my husband usually raises his hand...)

Well, today you are in luck because I am hosting my first-ever FREE giveaway sponsored by Ramsign - Classic Enamel Design!
(pauses for shock and aww)
 Yea, they are an AWESOME company that makes hand crafted porcelain address signs that I think are just gorgeous!

I highly recommend that you check out their website: Ramsign.com and their facebook page to check out all their colors and designs!

Personally, Im kinda obsessed with their hunter green/white "Arrowhead" style...
My favorite thing about their signs is that they can be used for more than just house addresses!... Important date... favorite jersey number...number of loved ones in your family... they are practically ART!

And now you can have one for your home for FREE!!!  This would also make an AWESOME Mother's Day gift (the giveaway runs through Sunday **hint**hint**)



Good luck everyone! I will contact the winner Monday!

P.S- Sorry I've been a little M.I.A... Chris and I took a little break after all the work we've been doing on the deck and my job has really been cranking... but dont worry, we have some AWESOME new changes coming up!... Including a story about how I scored two of these breathtaking wingbacks for 85% off!!
I'm still giddy about this find... More coming soon!!
(pssss... I just posted about my awesome score HERE!)

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Full details of how to make these can be found on there website: HERE

 I let them soak in some hot water and soap to get the labels off (tip: scrubbing them with steel wool after helped get off all the little bits of glue)
 We then pre-ordered all our needed tools per the "how to" website via Lowe's and picked them up a few hours later (P.S- if you shop at Lowe's, you NEED to be using this service... it saved us TONS of time and we didnt have to scour the store asking "What isle can XX be found?" or "I'm probably starring right at it, but can you help me find XX?" We love it!)
 All in all total was a little over $3.75 for all the supplies per bottle... not too shabby! **side note: the only thing I would recommend is buying a 3/4" spliter instead of a 1" (it was too big)**

I was a little worried about the wicks and would DEFINITELY recommend getting the wick/bottle seal as tight as possible.





First time we tried this, ours was a little loose and they would only stay lit for about 3-5 minutes before going out... lesson learned: make the seal SUPER tight to suck up all the oil!
 We didnt flood the bottle with a ton of Tiki: BiteFighter (its the super-duper anti-mosquito oil because I am NOT taking any chances) but just left the tip about 1-2inches deep.
 Once everything was happy and built, we had to determine where we wanted them on our deck...
 We decided a little above eye level so 1. People could see them and 2. It was the height we determined was least likely to catch anyone on fire.... which is a bonus.
 Last drill just to make sure it was secure.
 Ok, so super pretty!!



I seriously couldnt wait until it was dark to light them! (P.S- they stuck out about 5 inches from the beam.  We were worried at first that this would look kind goofy, but they ended up being perfect and we didnt have to worry about them accidentally catching the wood on fire or leaving any scorch marks)
 Here's a pretty blue one...
 We decided that 5 bottles was the magic number and tried to put everyone parallel to the railing (except one beam that didnt have railing) to make sure they would stay (for the most part) out of everyone's way...
 A full deck view:
 And at night time??
 OMG i love them...
 The flame above looks pretty big/out-of-control but I promise they were pretty mellow (I tipped this one on its side to get a little more of the oil up in there for the best picture... only it turned out a little pyro-ie... ... ... hooray FIRE!!!)

I dont know if you noticed in our previous "lighting" post, but we had them out and lit for the little get together we had last week.
They worked perfect and I'm happy to report I didnt get bitten ONCE by any evil 'sequitos!! (probably because I was wearing jeans, boots, and a long sleeve shirt, but we'll go ahead and award it to the wine tiki torches)

So there you have it!!
Do you guys like em? Would you ever try something like this? Again, if you like em, check out that website and try em out!!









I would love your feedback!
-Samm