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New Creations!

Once upon a time, a prince charming said to his princess the most romantic words that ever existed. "Do you want to go to Hobby Lobby?" Usually this prince charming pushes the Hobby Lobby baskets huffing and puffing trying to blow the place down, but this day was different! He gave her a budget, but with a catch...

Like a mother bird pushing her little birdies out to fly, (but in a much more husbandly/manly way, of course) "I think it's time you get a booth at the local craft mall" She trembled in her skin a little, because she'd always had the vision, but never the confidence. But, no princess in her right mind would resist that shopping spree, how exciting! So that romantic day turned into a small business adventure.

 Let me give you the tour! Business cards with contact info...

Products in these old drawers I got for free at a garage sale. Silly guy did not see the potential in these, he chuckled and said "honey if you have a use for these they are yours." Little did he know they are now making  money. Well, that's the hope anyway, haha.

School Spirit Car Charms, Go Harvs! Meagan is making the tutus for the booth and maybe even a few other things when she has time aside from her husband, 3 year old, 1 year old, school, cooking dinners, changing diapers, playing pricesses, you get the idea.

My fan club, and set up crew. If there is a certain odor near my booth, please don't be alarmed. You can see the culprit here. This mommy forgot to bring a spit-up rag, so I had to smush it into the carpet to hide the evidence! But it's a great way to find my booth, just follow the smell.

So, there it is folks! I am officially a business woman. I am so grateful to have an encouraging husband that encourages this funky girl to do her thing. (I think he secretly knows it's cheaper than sending me to the looney bin.)

And, there will be a post about how I spend the other 99% of my time shortly. The true princess of this house is growing so quickly, and there is nothing that makes me happier than being her mommy. Even if I need crafts to keep me sane!

second chances!

A couple of weekends ago, my hubby took me on one of my favorite Saturday morning adventures of all times. It all started with a McDonald's chicken biscuit and a mocha frappe, yum. I could write an entire blog about Saturday morning Mickey D's breakfasts, but then my 5 readers would turn into none in a hurry, ha! We figured out we make quite the team at navigating our way through the local garage sales. Here are a few of our finds.

This poor ugly ducky got sold to me for fifty cents!

He got made over into this. I added a magnetic board behind in lieu of the duck burlap that was goin' on before, painted, and then distressed and made a home for it here..

I found this old frame for one dolla.

And made miss Maddox a bow holder. I painted, glazed, and added ribbon to it.

Not a bad day for less than 2 dollars, and maybe I did enough walking, sanding, painting, etc. to burn off that biscuit.

Bold Moves

This week we made a bold move, bold I tell ya. We won't be cruising around in our

much longer. Instead, you will find us in...

Which will bring us 10,000 smack-a-roos closer to calling our friend Dave,

to let him know we're debt freeeeeeeeeeee! We can't wait to say those words, and are looking forward to having financial freedom in our lives. Our desire is to be good stewards with what God has given us. I don't think in ten years when we have no mortgage we will remember not having cheek warmers! Here's an interesting fact for ya while we are on the subject: The bible speaks approximately 700 times on the subject of love, and nearly 2100 on handling money. Stubborn humans.

Chatty Maddie!

Maddox is really starting to get loud these days! Here's a quick video I took this morning. Forgive my video skills, turn your head to the side if that floats your boat.

Modern Day Morgan

Me at 2 months...


Maddox at 2 months!


P.S. I vow to never fix her hair like this again!

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Just wanted to share a few recent projects. The first one is my craft room, and I can't take any credit for that. My hubs did that one. Let's just say a craft room was a part of the negotiation process that took place when we moved here! It has been a work in progress for two years. It is so nice to have a place for everything and to be able to leave things out and not worry about a mess.

The closet, again, my inspiration but all the handy work done by Chad. We needed a little extra storage and did not want to splurge nor have the room for an armoire for Maddox.

The patio furniture, well it just needed to be updated. It was blah and making me depressed.

As was the belly.

I am certainly liking the this in my life!