It been a very busy day for us. Jorge worked for the winter boss doing something with wood - riping it apart. I cleaned the rig from head to toe. And now we are set for tomorrow's May For Me...
And just a reminder our contest link is
-----------> CLICK MEbe sure to click because there is a $20 gift card giveaway....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html - it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
looking to vemp your lamp shades up - well my friend from Girl in Air is a flipping genius when it comes to beauty of home improvements. Check out her blog article. You go girl (check out her home WOW)...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html- it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html- it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html- it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is my personal dear friend Chrissy's Store. She is one of the hardest working crafty gals I know. She has 4 wonderful children and so she takes her etsy store MOST serious. She is 100% children friendly and does a bulk of her order through custom orders.
She is not only my friend BUT my #1 Customer... And very loyal - you'll want her on your side!!
Most of our business does come from CUSTOM orders. So if it’s a Birthday, Bridal Shower, Tailgate Party, Day Care Inventory, Teaching Supplies, Oscar Night, Sunday School, Sleep Over Party, Baby Shower or what-ever party. I can help you prepare for that. We custom make in all of these areas. Just as a reminder on the shipping process: You do need to place your order with-in the 3 week period of your party date to guarantee shipping arrival.
We do also sell Gift Certificates… A great way to help any new parent, school, child, birthday, Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter, St. Patrick’s, New Years, Fundraisers, White Elephant Sales, Auctions, Donations and just to have for future spending!
crayon roll-ups, molded crayons, quilts, birthday bags, baby blankets, washcloths and just so many other items we do cater too….
This is not a hobby but my job. I am a stay at home Mom who supports 4 wonderful children who have been excellent with helping me with my color
QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Which of the funnies did you
like best in today's blog?
Would love to hear - leave a comment!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
•Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html - it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I follow this blog and today her article ROCKED... All Mother's must read... What a cool game and what is super cool is that we Adult can play as well. I like this whole idea a lot and I know a lot of my blogger friends are Mum and I have to share this blog with you all. http://familyfun.go.com/
Do show her your support and if you like the game leave a comment stating that. She'll find more items to blog about and we know how you Mum's like to help each other out - Just consider me the "World's Best Auntie"... Do tell her Evielynne sent you to her!! One heck of a talent this wonderful lady is... Go see for yourself!!
Click this link to be connected to her Blog link ------> Come Together Kids: Hula Blockers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html- it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Customer are often asking me how I can work so much with my hands and not complain about the pain. It's simple - I don't get pains. Like with any labor job if you want to continue doing a good job you need to take better care of yourself. Otherwise the younger folks will sweep away with your job. And so I exercise my hands and fingers not just before I start a project but many times a day. I watch my husband struggle with RA www.ra.com and I really do have to respect him because it's hard to do any form of crafting with his condition - trust me he's in pain 24 hours a day.
I think that's why I push his items more then my items in our stores because he works with pain and I feel it's worth the sales. The shots to help him deal with the pain is over $1500-2500 depending on the brand per shot (shot last for 3-4 months before a new shot would have to be given) without insurance in which he is one of millions that do not carry it. Don't worry he'll have some with in the next month thanks to Medicare because of his disease.
I do have insurance because I am a diabetic type 1 and require to be on insulin (lucky me 2 types of insulin I am on) up to 3 times a day on a bad day but only twice a day on all other days. This is over $400 a month in expenses even with the crappy insurance program. So as you can imagine our stores mean a lot to us...
So taking care of our hands are most important to us because our depended income. I will go over the exercises that we do first and then talk about the cream we use and how you can buy your own.
MASSAGE HANDS, WRIST AND FINGERS
I always do this first and dry (do not add lotion). I will use my thumb and do mini circles around the entire wrist. And then grip the wrist and rub. And then I will do the same thing over the entire hand and then work my fingers with a slight pull (not too hard) and take each finger bending and moving them in circular motion. I work each hand for a least 5-10 minutes per hand.
MAKING FIST MOTIONS
I will do this for about 10-20 seconds. make a tight fist. Make a fist and hold position for 10-20 seconds. And then release the pose and relax your hand for about 5-10 seconds. Repeat to 5-10 times (I do it 15 times)
CIRCLES
Take your hands and make circles going the same direction for about 10-20 second and then switch directions. Do about 5-10 of these. This helps loosen up your wrist.
WAVE
Now you know how to wave of course but instead of waving side to side. Flap your hands from back to forward (like your going to slap me lol).
MASSAGE
One last time very quickly. This time it should feel a little differently.
LOTION ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE YOU START YOUR PROJECT FOR THE DAY
It will take about 20 minute to have fully dry hands... And if you work with yarns you know how important it is to have dry hands when working on a project. Some yarns are very scratchy and having moisture of any kind enhances it big time
I use BLUE-EMU (my husband winter boss got us hooked on it this winter).. Like I said this works for me but doesn't do a thing for Jorge. http://www.blue-emu.com/ will explain how it works and all the information to why you should use it including info on it's omega rich oil. I am telling you how it feels - I love it... My hands feel free and loose and I wish I could slop it on my whole body but at $17.99 a container is just too expensive for me. You can pick this up from any www.walmart.com in the country. The best part is that the cream is ODOR FREE
When I crochet or knit I have been know to put in 8 plus hours into any given project - so maintaining good hands is very vital... And it's never too late to start!!
Welcome to Soapfun. We make quality Bath and Body Products. Each product is handcrafted and hand wrapped. Top of the line ingredients are incorporated into each item we sell. Feel free to browse our shop. We are sure you will find what you are looking for. Don't see what you want, we can probably make it for you.
Any of our products can be ordered unscented. Want a custom label? We can do that too. Send an email and let us know your wishes.
We ship to the USA and Canada at this time.
A free sample will be shipped with each order
QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Do you workout before crafting?
And How?
Your comment help newbies...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
•Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html - it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Get in on the ACT... $20. Gift Card GiveAway for 1 lucky CRAFTER,,,, May for Me starts in just a couple of days... Click on the link just below and sign up to get your chance to win.... Good Luck Everyone!!
Handmade'>http://handmadecraftsdonewhilerving.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-husband-and-his-quilts-and-prize.html?spref=bl">Handmade Crafts Done While RVing: My Husband and His Quilts and a PRIZE GIVEAWAY: "GiveAway Contest information is at the bottom of the article - I just wanted to show off my husbands skills first... Like OMG I have a hus..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html- it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Catherine Campbell is an artist working in Melbourne, Australia. This is where you will find prints of her work, original pieces and other hand made goods.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
•Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html - it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From time to time people will take the time to email us with suggestions of new items to make or colors to use and such. Well this morning was one of those days. Pink!! Must have more pinks in the stores... Well which is funny because my friend Holly of Mission Montana Blog had order some products from my store and she asked me if I did cozy's for cups? ummm yes once but they where for kids. So I offered to make her some for FREE (after all she's my friend and expert to sizing up things and offered to let me know what she thought). Well I did her package and it's in the mail and with today's email I thought "I've got to make myself my own cozy". I like one of the styles I did for Holly and made the same patterns...
What do you think? I was seeing what they go for on etsy. And almost all of them where going for $10.00 - in which I will sell on there for BUT if anyone orders through my blog I will give it to them for $5.00. I only take paypal for payments. So comment me - email me if you wish to order.
Now Jorge my wonderful husband got in on the act today as well. Going with a pink theme he decided to do an outfit (he would of done more but the winter boss really needed his help - he's out there now making noise with the weed whacker) well 2 outfits but the same material... I so love the tube top stitching. And later today I will put them up for sale.. But what do you think?
Aren't these just so cute... We need to have 75 different outfits done by July 4th - just in time for the Christmas Season. Of course any and all sales are welcomed year-round.
I was reading a blog about YARNBOMBING http://yarnbombing.com/ and it will be part of today's question... I just want to say from my personal feelings - that if this is done for charity and with the permission from the property owner, I support this. But when these individual trespass and do this form of art - they are forgetting one thing - it's no longer art but vandalism.
A happy buyer makes a happy seller. I want you to be a satisfied customer, so please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Ask a question and you will get an answer :)
QUESTION OF THE DAY:
What do you think about YARNBOMBERS?
Would love to hear your comments..
Just a rememinder keep comment clean. We do get a lot of young people that do follow this blog and hateful and disrespectful comments will not be posted. You can have strong views and I welcomed that but don't hurt someone's feelings proving a point... Thanks!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html - it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My husband was asking today if he could make money with his quilting - ummmm? I am not the one to ask and so I poked around on the web to see what info I could get. Patchwork Quilting Business and so check out my question of the day....
The quilter died and went up to the Pearly Gates. (It doesn’t start well, but it gets better….) There, she was faced with a choice: she had lived her life so that she could either go to Heaven, or Hell – her choice. She was pretty sure this would have all been decided by now, and she was pretty sure where she wanted to go, but she was also a very curious quilter.
She asked Saint Peter if she could just take a look at what might be awaiting her in Hell.
They entered a huge room (anyone ever been to the Houston Quilt Festival? Bigger than that!), with tables and chairs. There were quite a few pleasant looking quilters sitting everywhere. But it was what was in the middle of each table that caught her attention: a wonderful huge pile of fabric. She thought she’d died and gone to Heaven!!!
She made up her mind on the spot, and turned to Saint Peter: “I know that Heaven is probably very nice, but I’ve decided that I want to stay here, thank you.”
As the door closed quietly behind him for all eternity, everyone at the tables turned to her with a smile on their faces and said, with one voice:
“Did you bring the needles?”
My friend Becca sent this poem to me via email this morning and had to share
Welcome to Patchwork Passion Quilt Shop! We recently closed our brick and mortar shop and are now selling online. We're located in the foot hills of New Yorks beautiful Adirondack Mountains. Our shop offers a variety of fabrics, books & patterns from many top manufacturers as well as original patterns from "Little Louise Designs" by Patchwork Passion.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html - it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today started off with a rain storm but would eventually clear up later in the day. Jorge had decided to finish his denim bag and I am happy to report has been completed. Pics another day. But what was so wonderful about today is that it's Easter. A simple quiet day full of grace in the heart for the very man who died on our Cross of Life to Rise again.
And an added bonus of our day is when the winter boss came over to knock on our door to say someone was here to see us. Who????? I was so jazzed at the answer: my OCD partner in crime Betty and her husband Weldon. It was pure joy to see them again. They where camp host for CLM last season. This year they are working for a super area and company and I couldn't be happier for them. Ummmm when Betty cleans she cleans (I am a mini her) - so if any of her future bosses read this then I am shouting out in my loudest voice "TREAT THEM GOOD YOU WON'T FIND A MORE HARD-WORKING PAIR"... So we all hung out for a while swapping stories and experiences and then off they went.
And so as the day is winding down it's time to make some dinner and do some more relaxing and day dreaming. I am day dreaming about May for Me - excited to be a part of a team of wonderful women who I find I talk to more then my family these days.... I miss my family so much and hate the ocean sometimes because its what keeps us apart. Giving a shout out to Miami letting them know we are missing them too... Love the current pictures too!!
Proud winner of this years Mixed Media award at Toronto Outdoor Art Festival! ***************************************************************
**************************************************************
New work coming in the next week!!! Keep posted!
QUESTION OF THE DAY:
What did you daydream about today?
Would love to hear...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ •Need an Ad button? I'll design it for you! •You will receive the ad in photo format and html- it can be used to promote your business on any blog or website! •$5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
