a little hairy...

I overheard this conversation today while the boys were taking their morning shower...


Caleb (age 7)- when you get older, you will have lots of hair in your armpits. (this immediately got my attention so I listened in)

Jonah (age 5)- hair? here? (I imagine him pointing at one of his armpits.)

Caleb: yep. it's how you know you're old. like Daddy.

Jonah: but Mommy doesn't have hair in her armpits...?

Caleb: that's because she's younger than Daddy. She just hasn't grown hers yet.


I love listening to Caleb sharing his "wise" big brother knowledge :)

a bloggy giveaway...

Bloggy Giveaways is giving away 2 custom pieces from the vintage pearl!!!

Click here to go and enter!

picture therapy...

here's the kind of day I had yesterday...



she looks how I felt at the end of the day... I really dislike mondays.

then tuesday comes and everything is back to it's regularly scheduled happy chaos... :)


ahhhh, much better :)

weekend sale!!!!

I'm so happy for the weekend!!! Lazy mornings of waffles and cuddles on the couch during saturday morning cartoons while sipping fresh coffee and waiting for soccer and football game times... the perfect way to relax after a busy week!

So let's have a sale!

Everything in my Etsy shop is 20% off!

Just type in the code "I love weekends" in the notes to seller box as you check out and then DON'T PAY, I will send you a new invoice with your 20% off!

This is a great time to get some presents off your Christmas list!!! The sale will end sunday night at midnight!

Hope you all enjoy your weekend :)

thunder thighs and capris...

how stinkin' cute are these thighs...?


wish I looked this cute in a onesie!



My sweet Eden, I love you so much... I love cuddling and playing with you and your big gummy smile is so contagious!

BUT.

You have got to quit waking up at 5 am to eat. And play. For over an hour.

Beacuse Mommy is so tired after 4 early mornings with you! Let's go back to sleeping in til 8 am and then we can eat and play, k?



I doubt she's gonna listen to me ;)


Today Tessa had on some "capris" I didn't recognize...



so I checked the tag...



and I realized they fit her as pants about 3 years ago! But she thinks they're capris, and they actually fit her kinda cute!

photography 101 and christmas in september...

Last night I started a photography class with my friend Kristen- she asked if I was interested and I thought "a night out, to play with my camera? Absolutely!"

So for the first class I knew how to do everything he taught (all in manual mode), I just didn't know what it was all called. Like f-stop and apertures. I've just been winging it all through a tiny bit of reading the manual and trial and error. I refer to them as this button and that button, and the dial right here. So I'm excited to learn the actual names of all of the buttons and dials I've been using :)

Quite honestly I wouldn't care too much if I didn't learn anything new.

Because it's a night out.

To play with my camera.

ALONE :)


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IvyLane is having a Christmas "bid to win" launch starting today...



Basically, you bid and you're entered to win some pretty amazing prizes!

It's been raining here for like FOREVER so my pics aren't that great. That'll teach me to wait til the last minute...!

Here are my listings, they both start LOW with NO RESERVE!!!

i love you snow much... (there's a heart that peeks out from behind the snowman!)


and euro christmas...



which is m2m Jen of little*red*wagon...


Jen traded us the outfit for some jewels which we are SO THRILLED, isn't is adorable? We love it!



You can get your own hoodie dress here!

You can find ALL of IvyLane's launch listings here!

eBay news...

...remember these fabulous jeans?



They were made by Katie of my*toot*toot, you can find them here!!! Hurry!




and IvyLane is having a "bid to win" launch this thursday...



Get ready to bid and win some AMAZING prizes from our designers!!!

the readers have chosen...

...your favorite barrette is Confetti! Confetti was suggested by Patty, please email me Patty with what barrette you would like!

And the random number generator picked Denise as the voting winner! Email me Denise!

Thanks for all of your help, look for the barrettes in my Etsy Shop soon :)

a vote off, some new stuff, shoes and a cutie pie...

Wow.

You guys gave me SO MANY awesome ideas for the barrettes, thank you!!!

It was so hard to choose! So I made a list of my top 5, made the barrettes, and now will you guys please vote and tell me YOUR fave? The one you choose will win the barrette! I'm also going to randomly pick someone else that voted to win one (the one that you vote for!), so please VOTE!!!

Okay, so here are my top 5 faves...



1. confetti
2. neopolitan
3. indian summer
4. beyond the sea
5. october sky



I love them all, I really just couldn't pick! Thank you for all of your suggestions! I have many of them written down for me to make up soon!

Something new for my Etsy shop, small squares on a chain...



I just bought these sweet little shoes from sheknitsamy...



for my sweet cutie pie...



Ryan surprised me by ordering us a new computer WITH PHOTOSHOP!!! I am SO THRILLED!!! It should be up and running this week, I can't wait to play with my pics on Photoshop!!! Thank you babe!!!


PS-- Don't forget to vote :)

helloooooo...? wanna win something?

anybody there???


Ryan told me I have been slacking on my blog and pictures... so I apologize for being such a blog slacker!

But I've been having computer issues that have been frustrating me to tears!

For example:

I had kid free time last night to ship a bunch of orders out but. my. computer. locked. up. AGAIN. I came out in tears, knowing Eden would be awake and wanting to nurse soon and my "free time" was almost up, so Ryan, seeing my agony, did what he could for a temporary fix.

The words "new computer" are being tossed around. My fingers and toes are crossed.

An online business needs a dependable computer! And especially being a Mom of 4, it HAS to work when I have that window of golden opportunity of kids being occupied!!! Right Moms??? You feel my pain, I'm sure :)

In the meantime, I almost bought Tessa a crystal hair barrette about a week ago, but right before I clicked on "add to my cart" I had a brief thought of "I bet I could make these". So I did!

I added pearls to them, of course :)

They are so fun and I love have something new and different to play with! I plan on adding them to my Etsy shop soon!

Here's a sneak peek of a few I have made so far...



What do you think!?

Let's give one away!!!

I need names for them (and other colors as well). Tell me some name ideas (like, for example, the pink and orange I thought of calling it "euro so fun" and the multi colored one I may call it "birthday bling" or something like that).

What other colors would you like to see and what would you call it?

I think I may make matching bracelets also... :)

So post some ideas and the one that I use will win one in their choice of colors!


*PS* I'm not going to publish the comments for all to see, I'm keeping all these fabulous ideas all to myself!!! (insert evil laugh here) bwa-ha-ha-ha!

her guardian angel...

a sweet reminder that an angel is always watching over her...



Handcrafted from freshwater pearls, sterling silver findings and hung on a sterling chain.

you can find it here!

a BOO-tiful bracelet...

a collaboration with some IvyLane girls...

the bracelet, a bit of bling to jazz up her favorite halloween outfit...



the bows by **jjbb**...



the outfit by Kandy Kisses...