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...

a little r & r...

Thursday night we headed up to Nebraska, taking advantage of the long Labor Day weekend, to visit some of Ryan's family. Many of them haven't seen Eden yet :)

Before we left I asked Jonah to name some things I needed to pack, to help make sure I hadn't forgotten anything.

He says "OH! I know. We need towels."

"No," I say, "Grandma will have towels we can use."

"Oh. Okay. How about our tennis shoes?"

"I have those packed."

"Oh," Jonah says. "Then we've got everything we need!"

Towels and tennis shoes, the necessities of a 5 year old :)


I'll answer emails when we return on Tuesday.

Hope you all have a fun and relaxing weekend!

midwest modern...

Here's a sneek peek of something to come soon...