I'm here honest!

I was trying to get a real post together for this week, but it looks like it's not going happen. My kids have been sick since last weekend, though they are finally better today, and I'm working on finishing up the story I've been writing so I can enter it in a contest on Monday! If you're interested in hearing more about my story you can check out my new writing blog: The Write Way To Type! :) I'll go back to my regular posting after I'm done with this contest. :)

Oh, I also added a new tab to my blog called Etsy Teams. Check out the cool groups I'm currently in on Etsy! :) There's some new stuff in the Cook Links tab as well if you're interested.

Have a great week everyone! See you next Monday! :)

Quick Post Today

Not feeling real well today, so I'll just do a quick post. I finished up the next Across Etsy treasury, but I didn't get time to make a mini treasury for it. Today's theme was the Dolls half of Dolls and Miniatures. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to do the Miniatures part. Here's one of my favorite pieces from today's treasury. :)

- Dolls Across Etsy -

You can click on the picture to see the whole treasury. :) And don't forget to visit my Giveaways page to enter a chance to win some delicious bacon from HashDelectableEdible!

Have a great day! :)

Just a quick post today.

My youngest is sick again. This time he has croup. I swear there has not been a month this year where all of us were healthy at the same time! At least it's nice out today. I'm gonna open up all the windows and air out the house a bit. I'm hoping for a nice breezy afternoon. :)

In other news my cousin Amber, formally thewanderingknitter, has just opened up a new shop and filled it with knitted goodness. Here new shop is called threadbareknitter and it is chock full of cute kitties, scarves, and knit bags. This is my current favorite kitten she has for sale:

Mia the Orphaned Kitten

Okay, that's it for the moment. Tomorrow, more from my treasury series: Across Etsy. Its theme will be Holidays! :) Have a great day! :)

Better luck next time. :(

So I didn't end up going to the craft show, because all three of my kids have been sick for the last three days with 104 degree fevers. They are actually doing a little better today, but I haven't gotten any sleep or any work for the show done since Wednesday. Luckily I still have another craft show right in town in November, so even if everyone is sick again, I can at least get someone to sit with my stuff if nothing else. Just wanted to let you all know, in case some of you went and were looking for me. :( On the up side I did get a LOT of sewing done since they all got sick, as I've basically been sitting watching TV with them all week. And since my husband is home today and they are starting to recover, I will probably be able to get some of my new pieces posted today and tomorrow. So, anyway, I hope you all have a great weekend! Stay safe and enjoy the last weekend of summer! :)

Well this is new...

So we are all officially over the stomach bug! YAY! However, now my husband and two of the kids have ear infections instead. ::sigh:: This has not been a good summer health wise. Aren't all the sickness suppose to strike in the winter when we have to be stuck in the house anyways? Needless to say, I've been a little busy lately, still. I got this post done up yesterday during a brief period where everyone was sleeping! I guess that is one nice thing about everyone being sick, they sleep more. :) So building on the theme of being sick, today's mini treasury features some Etsy get well soon medicine. Enjoy! :)

Feel Good Pill Bottle in Red by LoucheLab	Candy Medicine Bottle Cap Necklace by PhotoLindsey
Doctor Doctor - 8x10 Photo by Dongedyframe	Plush Get Well Pill in Bottle by mypapercrane
Blue Hardback Book with Lyrics by BooksByStephen	3oz. Happy Pill Soap by LoveLeeSoaps

Have a healthy day! :)

Yes we have no Bananas!

We have no bananas today! Because we have run out, yet again. Kids are still sick, but I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's either that or an oncoming train, we'll have to wait and see. :) In the little computer time I had yesterday, I managed to at least get a treasury put together.

Orange you glad I didn't say banana?

In non-silly news, I stayed up WAY to late last night, enjoying the quite that really only exists in this house when everyone is asleep. :) But it turned out that I picked an excellent night to be up late, because my starfish was featured on the front page! :D

Sailing by jennyndesign

This is the first time one of my items has ever made the front page! :D I was so excited! :D I had my first treasury that I made, make the front page this month too! July has been a pretty good month, except for the kids being sick. :) Anyway, I have some Etsy posting to work on today, if the kids will let me. Have a great day! :)

B.R.A.T.

...is pretty much all we've been eating around here for a week now. If you don't know already, it stands for Bananas, Rice, Apple Sauce, and Toast, and it's basically what you eat with you have intestinal issues. So far we've gone through 2 bunches of bananas, 4 bags of boil-a-bag rice, a jar and a half of apple sauce, and a whole loaf of bread. Having three sick kids is no fun at all. :P On the upside, this week I've had more rice then I've had in a long time. :) I love rice, especially sticky rice! My husband got me a rice cooker one year for my birthday, and we used to use it at least twice a week. But when we moved it got lost in the shuffle and we kind of forgot it existed. I still have a lot of kitchen stuff that's packed, because this house is smaller then our last one, but my new mission once the kids are feeling better is to find the rice cooker! After have boil-a-bag rice for a week straight, I am so ready to go back to the good stuff! So today's theme is one of my favorite side dishes ever: white rice! :) Enjoy!

Rice Patterned Ring Dishes by baileybowls	Pouch with Navy Blue Rice Bowl by EmiShimosato
Organic Thai Jasmine Rice Blend by ZenNubian7	Rice Pearl Bracelet by ChocolateKate
Rice Flower and Shea Soap by LusciousLather	Chinese Rice Bowl ACEO Giclee Print by artiparti

Have a yummy day! :)

Oy!

I guess I should have taken this week off instead of last week! All three kids are currently cycling through a stomach virus: 1 down, 1 currently sick, 1 to go. I'm HOPING beyond hope, that my husband and I don't get it too! Anyway, I was able to post a new piece I finished Monday. It's a sugar plum, and it's the first fully beaded piece I've ever done. It came out cute! :) It wasn't has hard to the beading as I thought it was going to be. If this piece sells I may do another plum and maybe a couple other beaded pieces. :) Anyway, since I didn't have a lot of time to come up with another theme, today is officially sugar plum day on my blog! Enjoy!

Plumin' Around In Silver Painting by JNociforaStudio	Plum Blossoms Photograph by enamour
Veronica Hand Knit Sweater in Sugar Plum by whiletheyplay	Absolutely Yummy Apple Plum Butter by Pinkflamingo66
Sugar Plum Beaded Christmas Ornament by Autumn2May	Hip Pocket Bag in Plum with Blossom by jennyndesign

Oh and I also did a treasury to go with today's post. You can check it out here. Have a sweet day, and try to stay healthy! :)

Not a good blogging week.

So when was my last post? Wednesday? I think it was Wednesday. Last week was the worst. For no particular reason; it just was. The kids were cranky and didn't sleep well, the husband has a cold, and the weather was terrible! Tuesday it was 50 Thursday it was 90. That's not cool on any level. I'm not sure why my kids weren't sleeping well, but even if they had been I still wouldn't have slept well, because my husband was coughing and sneezing all night for, well, a week! Arg!

Luckily the weekend was pretty mellow, and I did get a lot of sewing done. Plus I finished a commission for my cousin Amber.


It's a creepy pendant from what I've been told is an equally creepy, but artsy, Russian video game called The Void. It's a copy of the moon from the game, which for some reason, has a big eye on it. The pendant was the finishing touch on her custom My Little Pony she created in homage to the game. She's a video game nut (much like the rest of my family). :) Here's a pic of her finished pony.


Strange no? But that's what she was going for, so I'm glad I was able to help. :)

In more normal (yet just as geeky) news, I've started on my 3rd Harry Potter ornament! This one is going to be Slytherin! I posted some during pics on Flickr and I'm going to take a couple more when I'm done here and post them as well. Here's the roughed out shape with none of the embroidery done.


I've actually gotten all the checker board background done and started on the black and purple edging. Here's a link to a picture of the actual shield, if you've never seen it. Okay scratch that. After taking another look at the shield pic just now, I just noticed that there are little black diamonds inside the cream colored checker board pattern, that I have yet to put in yet. But it's still coming along nicely! :)

I was going to do a selections post this morning, but I never got around to it, so it will have to wait until tomorrow. I can tell you that it's going to be May themed and I might make a Treasury East treasury to go with it (if I find enough cool pieces!). Okay, off to take pictures and clean up all the Goldfish crackers my kids just mushed into the carpet. Have a great day! :)

~ sniff ~ ~ snort ~

Ugg! Not a good weekend! Okay well Saturday was okay, and I followed my own advise and took the whole day to unplug from the computer (well most of the day). But Sunday my husband and I ended up with some sort of virus that wiped us out most of the day. And today, I can't breathe through my nose. :( HOPEFULLY I'll be feeling better by tomorrow, but I'm not counting on it. Anyway, there is no way I'm getting an offical post done today, but I'll definately try to work on one for tomorrow this evening when the reenforcements return. :) I hope you all had a great weekend! And here's to hoping we all have a great week! :)

Oh, and just so I have something to post, I finished another treasury Saturday night.

Strawberries! Yum!

Enjoy! :)

Drat!

Well since Blogger had the hiccups yesterday, I didn't get a chance to work on a post for today. I did, however, get my shop reopened! :)

Autumn2May on Etsy.com

I don't have anything new in it yet, but I'm going to be working on some magnets this week (hopefully starting today). Unfortunately I have a very unhappy, teething, monkey in the house at the moment. The poor kid is in very bad sorts, so unless Grandma comes to relieve me for a bit, I'm probably not going to get an clay work done till tonight. So if you'd like you can check out my shop as is, but make sure you come back soon, as I should have a bunch more pieces posted by the weekend! :)

Have a great day! :)

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently. ~ Unknown

Yuck...

Keeping with the reoccurring theme of my posts right before I moved, once again all three of my kids are sick, and I'm getting whatever it is they have. My husband, on the other hand, seems to once again have avoided whatever plague my children have brought into our household. So before I am confined to the couch watching whatever Nick Jr. has on this evening, I shall do a quick post on feeling better. Warm blankets and hot soup top my comfort list. How about you?

Colorful Shell Stitch Crocheted Baby Blanket by retrobabyvilla	1/12 Scale Soup and Grilled Cheese by mousemarket
Soups On Shoulderbag by BlackBags	Blanket and Bunny Set by KuDum
Blue Blended Crocheted Baby Blanket by bubbiesblankets	Chicken Noodle Soup Earrings by BetsyEtsy

Stay healthy! :)

Update!

Well, we are finally done with the stomach flu, thank goodness!! Of course now my kids have a cold of some sort, but I'll take that over the flu any day! I've been getting a good amount of packing done at the current house, and we are all set to finish painting the new house this weekend. I am hoping that we will be able to move next weekend! It's very exciting, I'm so happy that we will be closer to everyone (and everything), including both sets of grandparents. :) On today's list of things to do is finish packing the dining room and go through all the baby clothes and see what I want to bring with us. Wish me luck!

Have a healthy and productive day! :)

Good news and bad news

So the good new is: WE CLOSED ON THE HOUSE!!! :D I am soooooo happy! We'll be painting this weekend and if we get it all done, we can move in next weekend!!! :D The bad news is we closed Monday and the reason you are just hearing about this now is my whole family is just now getting over a very nasty stomach flu. YUCK! Luckily the kids didn't get it that bad, but it laid my husband and I flat! I was almost afraid we wouldn't make it to closing, but luckily my husband I didn't get sick till Tuesday. Anyway, in summary we got a house! And the flu is NOT fun. I'll keep you updated!

Stay well everyone! :)

December 26 - Happy Lots of Holidays!

Today is St. Stephen's Day & Boxing Day! I was going to do a feature based on today's holidays, but I am not feeling very well today (too much food yesterday I think). :( But for all of you who celebrate today, I wish you much happiness and fun, and hope you have a great day!

Today is also the first day of Kwanzaa. And, assuming I'm feeling better tomorrow, I will be doing a Kwanzaa themed post. :)

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, and I hope that (unlike me) you didn't eat too much! See you tomorrow! :)

P.S. Happy birthday to my dad and my friend Jane! :D

Well that was a long week!

I am finally feeling better! Yay! Now hopefully I can get back to sewing and posting. I got nothing done this week, but the very basic cleaning and emailing. It's no fun being sick. :(

In other news I submitted some pics to craftgawker and so far one of them was excepted! :D

Nigiri Salmon Sushi Felt Pincushion

I love how this piece turned out so I'm very happy that they liked my picture. :)

I think I shall turn in early tonight. I promise tomorrow will include a Featured Seller of the Day!
Later!

Very quick update

So I guess I wasn't fully over what ever it was I had earlier this week. Yesterday I felt horrible, and today not doing much better. Hopefully I'm not sick all weekend (though with my husband home, I actually get to sleep some). I'll get back to posting when I feeling better. Sorry about the delay!

Later!

Quick Update

So I was going to post today's artist per usual (since I remembered my kids doctors appointment wasn't for another week) but I'm not feeling very good this morning, so I'm pausing for the day, and will resume tomorrow. You'll just have to wait till tomorrow to find out who the mystery mask maker is. :)

Later!