CSN Stores Coming Soon

Awhile ago, I was given the opportunity to do a giveaway on my blog from CSN rugs and recently Csnstores.com contacted me again with an awesome review opportunity that I will be sharing on my blog soon! CSN has over 200 online stores to find anything you could want from a sofa, to a food processor, a t.v, or a beautiful piece of jewelry. I'm looking forward to looking through all of the goodies in their stores and experiencing what CSN is all about.

Welcome Ultimate Blog Party People!

Hello everyone, I'm Melanie and welcome to my blog! I started this blog to keep my online friends up to date with the happenings of my life and family, and later to update my family out of town.


In the last couple of months, I have eased into the review/giveaway arena because it looked like tons of fun! It HAS been lots of fun, and I'm enjoying networking with so many wonderful businesses and people.

If you look to the right of my blog, you will see windows for both my Etsy and Art Fire shops, KaiLei Designs. I am currently making home decor frames from recycled and unfinished frame bases and decorating and/or painting them. Please check it out when you have the chance.


I am married, just over three years now and I have one daughter and a step-son. They make life fun and interesting. I am currently a stay at home mommy, and I love it. Such a blessing especially in these times, to be able to do. Blogging helps me stay in touch with adults while taking care of a toddler during the day. I even get to talk to my friends that are just a few miles away :)

I have the most awesome friends and church community. They're the reason I stay here in the desert. After living here 13 years, I could say the only place I'd dislike more is one that snows as much as we have heat! I am where I want to be so I can't complain...too much ;)

Here are some pics of myself and my family-

My husband and I

My daughter and step-son

Thanks for coming by. It will be so nice to meet as many of you as I can!

My top 5 prize wish list-

1. USC35-hotslings sling and nursing cover
2. 89-gc to Homegoods

3. 58-Kitchen aid artisan mixer from moms who think

4. 56-Surprise art supplies-kv creative designs

5. 19,21, 0r 22-$50 Target gift card from shoot-me-now Agoosa or Beginner baby blog

Skin MD-Review

Just about everyone knows that in winter our skin has a tendency to be dry, cracked, irritated, just plain rough! Here in AZ, we don't have the bitter cold to contend with like a lot of other states but, we do have DRY!

My daughter has mild eczema right now and I get terribly dry skin in the winter. I asked the skin MD company to send me a sample of their natural skin care lotion, because I had heard about it and wanted to try it out. I received my sample a few days ago and am already enjoying the benefits!

I put it on right away because I wanted to see how it felt. There is no colorant and are no perfumes. The lotion has the faintest, familiar scent of your other sunscreen related products. Immediately, my skin was soothed and that was a great feeling! I checked the ingredients on the back and the second ingredient was aloe. An awesome and quality ingredient!

The lotion is not super thick or greasy, goes on easily and rubs in relatively quickly. It contains an SPF 15, which makes it a perfect everyday lotion, especially for us out here in the desert. This lotion is also recommended for those who have eczema, psoriasis, and people that have dry, itchy skin from thyroid problems as well.

Overall, with the quality ingredients and lack of colorants and perfumes, this is a wonderful skin care product! It may take a few days for you to notice significant improvements, but you will see them!