The Whole Kit & Caboodle

I'd like to thank the Academy...

I'm still new to this blogging thing, and I'm pretty sure that I haven't even found my groove yet. I have discovered something that you hear bloggers talk about but can't really appreciate until you take the plunge yourself; how incredibly sweet and supportive other bloggers can be!

In my time blogging, I've been tagged (and haven't gotten around to tagging back!) three times, and had just as many awards bestowed on my pitiful little blog. I don't know what you guys are all reading but I'm ever so appreciative! Thank you, thank you!

One super sweet fellow blogger who has taken the time to get to know me through my posts, tagged me in a meme, and just yesterday given me the lovely Snazzy (love that word) Blog Award, is Jamie from Stampin' Mom. Go check out her blog & her Etsy shop, then come on back here to read  7 random things about me! You're excited, I can tell.

First, I'm supposed to paste in this little blurb...
"This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

Okay then. And the visual.

Cute huh?

Now I'm supposed to give this darn thing to eight more blogs. Are you kidding me Jamie? That's sounding a lot like work, and I've already told my daughter "hang on, just one more minute..." about eight times already. So, how about everyone take a peek over there ------->
in the sidebar, under Leave the Dishes for Later, and just loose yourself in eight (or ten) amazing blogs for a bit, because they all deserve this award and more!
Work done.

Jamie tagged me in a meme too. Because she obviously believes that I do not have enough to do. I said a while back that I was going to post my 7 random things about me, so here goes.

1. I don't eat or drink things that are artificially blue. Like Koolaid. And since nothing is truly that color in nature, I suppose you could say that I don't eat blue things.
2. I love ornery old ladies. Good times, I tell ya'.
3. I have no idea how to work my camera yet, but I'm learning.
4. My daughter dresses herself. (okay, not really about me, per say, but I do have to walk around the grocery store with a three year old who put together her own outfit.)
5. I don't like my cat very much.
6. I love sushi.
7. I love lists, why did I take so long to do this anyway!

I'm supposed to tag 7 more bloggers. Am I supposed to know this many bloggers?? Man, my networking skills are in the toilet apparently. How 'bout 2 for now?

Little Red Cottage
Monkey Musings

That was fun. Thanks so much Jamie, youre a dollface! (((hugs)))

Like mother, like daughter

Yesterday Emma & I dressed in our prettiest party clothes and took ourselves off to a baby shower for one of our new playgroup friends (the mommy, not the toddler).  Emma wore a tutu of course, because everyone wears a tutu to a party, darling .  She never seems to notice when she "presents" herself to the room, that she is the only one actually in a tutu. She charmed everyone there with her smile and her curls, as always. The tutu was just gravy.

It was so nice to find myself in a roomful of women. The kids were occupied upstairs ransacking a dress up box and would pop in periodically to do a little twirl and curtsy in one sparkly gown or another.  I found this to be a particularly pleasant roomful of women, actually. When the gifts were opened, not even one eyebrow was raised over my gift;  packaged sweetly in a reusable pink storage box rather than wrapped in paper.  Even better, I didn't feel like a total crazy woman for giving handmade gifts (a taggie blanket I made, some embellished onsies, and the most adorable booties from bublico.etsy.com). Everyone seemed to really like them! I even made a crafty playdate for myself with the new momma to whip up a few more onesies! One small step for handmade.

My little daughter dressed herself  & I brought handmade gifts. We stood out a bit, but you know what? It worked out just fine.

She truly is my daughter... the other day, I noticed how similar Emma' s technique of "putting away" her books is to mine.   Here's a visual.

A shelf of my books....

and her books....

She didn't get the tutu thing from me though.

Have a happy Sunday everyone!

The Storque!

I stayed up until the wee hours of the night to get my envelope template ready for Danielle. What a joy it was to see it featured in her great little Storque article and read all the nice comments. Though why someone believes  I'm having heart surgery tomorrow, I don't know.  Sweet of her to wish me well though, don't you think?

 

I thought I would spread the goodness and share with my readers here too.

So here it is, in all its fold and paste glory. Just save, print, cut, and glue.

Now go mail out some pretty packages to someone right now!

I get to play in the Treehouse today!

I am just a little nervous (but very excited) to hold my first live Critique in the Virtual Labs today.  I'll be giving some tips, pointers, and my two cents to some new shops. The web cam trained on my face is tripping me out a bit, but I think it will be fun!

If you want to join us, pop in around 4:00 Etsy time in the treehouse and take a seat.

Wish me luck!

Not only do I not have an apology prepared, but I'm gonna post and run too!

I know, I know. I haven't posted in FOREVER! Well, the truth is (and you should have suspected this by now), I have an incurable form of ADHD that does not allow me to focus on more than say, two things at any given time. Lately I have been obsessed with the election and pretty darn busy in the shop. Apparently, there was no more room in my brain for this blog. If it makes you feel better, I'm neglecting my team blog too. Thank goodness I have a lovely friend in Zoe over there who is picking up my slack. 

On top of everything else, I have been invited to whip up a How-To for the Storque.  I had the honor of sending a package off to Etsy in Brooklyn and they liked it so much they asked me to show everyone just how I make such awesome packaging. Okay, well...ONE person there really liked it and asked me, but I'm sure she showed it to everyone else who absolutely thought my little ol' package was the bees knees.

So what else? Oh, I'm in a lovely treasury right now, curated by the also lovely Kate from katedowding. Of all the treasuries I've been in, this might be my all time favorite. These colors just make me happy and thats my best ever product photo. If only all my photos were that pretty.

I need to mention too, that I was tagged by Jamie at StampinMom like, a week ago. I just saw it.
I'll play along and post my meme and think of some folks to tag tomorrow. Thanks Jamie!

For now though, this girl has got to get her beauty sleep.
Cheers!