Curly Birdie

I just love to share!! (Lovely Etsy Shop Sew Sweet Stitches)

2010-02-25T13:27:00.000-08:00

So you all know that when I find cute stuff, I MUST share!!! Today is no different. I came across this lovely shop, the gal makes the most beautiful pieces and I am crazy about color and she know how to use color so well.
But this cuff bracelet is just breathtaking. I'm trying to think of what outfit this would go with because it if for sure going on my Birthday wish list. Stop by her shop!! I guarantee you'll like what you see!!!

Chandelier Tank Top for Sale

2010-02-22T16:23:00.003-08:00

Craft show this weekend was so much fun. And I have a few tank tops left. I've added a buy now button to the tank tops and you can purchase them. Once they sell out the button will be gone! Hurry, these will be snatched up quickly.

The Cutest Flower backpack

2010-02-19T12:39:00.000-08:00

I found some more cuteness while browsing thru etsy this morning. I am working on getting ready for a craft fair tomorrow, but I needed a little break. And how cute is this backpack??!!!
It's always so hard to find cute backpacks but I think this is a winner.

It's from Busy Little Hands Etsy shop.

New Project

2010-02-17T20:39:00.000-08:00

For a while now I've been working on this special little project which I have come to really love. It's finally complete and I am SO excited of the result!

I had the idea for some time now and once I saw what I wanted in my mind it was time to do some research. I was able to find a local screen printer who did a great job. It was really important to me to work with someone local and not a big company.

Here is my little project, it's a chic pink tank top with a lovely chandelier. They will be coming soon to my etsy shop. Sizes are from 12 months to 5T. Price is $14.00

Lovely Pettiromper by Chic Baby Rose, I'm in love with the cuteness and I had to share.

2010-02-16T16:38:00.000-08:00

I came across this absolutely cutie patutie pettiromper yesterday in the etsy shop Chic Baby Rose
The ruffles, the pink! Oh my goodness it just gets no cuter. I talked to the lovely gal behind this shop and she is truly a gem, so nice. I saw that she was in the same area I'm in and I told her I would make it a must to stop by her little store. She actually does have a "store" outside of her home where she makes her lovely creations. I can't wait to stop by. I'll be getting one of these for my little Mia, as soon as I can figure out what color I want.
Check them out and all the other goodies at her shop too!!

One of my upcoming Craft Shows!!

2010-02-09T14:09:00.001-08:00

Surprises

2010-02-08T19:31:00.000-08:00

I like surprises and I don't like surprises.
Do: When my husband surprises me with dinner! (Love that!)
Don't: When my 3 year says surpri-ise!!!......usually means mess Mommy has to clean up.

I have tons of ideas right now for my shop and I'm working with several people to make things happen. I'm hoping within the next few weeks, have my shop filled with lots of cute fun and wearable (that's your clue) fun stuff!

So keep checking, I'll be sure to share some fun stuff with you soon

Better than I thought

2010-02-03T19:38:00.000-08:00

I finished some projects early this afternoon before it was time to pick up Isabella from kindergarten. So I thought, pretty day let's take some pictures. Here they are, I think they turned out much better than I thought. I bought the chair in the photo at Michael's Craft store yesterday as they were having a great sale. And my intention was to use it as a photo prop. I love the way they little shoes look on this adorable chair.

What do you all think??

I just love little surprises

2010-01-28T19:54:00.000-08:00

The lovely gal behind this blog sent me message letting me know she had featured my shoes in her post yesterday. So I went and checked it out. Her blog is A D O R A B L E, and the Emma theme...... How cute is that?? Give her some love and go take a look, you'll like all the cuteness you see.

What's New?

2010-01-22T22:23:00.000-08:00

So for the past two days my laptop does not like google and this also means it doesn't like blogger....blah! I have no idea why I can't get to these sites? I can get to every other site including etsy (thank goodness)

But luckily, hubby's laptop is perfectly fine and I can sneak over and use it to update my blog (like right now) so I thought I would update you all on what I've been up to.

Here are a few pictures of the newest listings to Curly Birdie

Choices, choices and more choices.

This listing is for those that like to have choices, I thought it would be fun if YOU got to select what color crochet Mary Janes you would like.........and Tah Dah!!!!

JULIA JULIA
My other listing is a yellow (love yellow) crochet baby shoe, I called them Julia. I have a friend named Julia and she is such a beautiful person. These shoes remind me of her :)

And finally, my precious Mia

2010-01-17T14:17:00.000-08:00

Mia is my youngest joy. She is the baby, 9 months old and the sweetest!! She has a smile on her face from the moment she wakes up, till I put her down to sleep.

She is just so joyful to be around, she makes me smile.

On this day I dressed her in aqua and of course she had to have the matching shoes. Although the aqua and brown made a couple of people think she was a boy that day as we were out and about running errands (Grrr)

Of course I don't see it, but I guess the colors and lack of long hair would suffice. She makes my trio complete. My three girls, all with their own personalities and unique in their own ways. I really couldn't ask for anything more. They cause me inmense joy and drive me crazy all the same :)

My Havana Banana

2010-01-13T13:20:00.000-08:00

My middle child is about to turn 3 at the end of this month......"sigh". She is completely filled with energy (seriously). I was thinking the terrible two's were the challenge but with my girls it seems to be the three's. Apparently that is the age when they think they rule the house and "No, I don't want to!" becomes their favorite phrase. Havana is currently using this phrase in full force.

She is in preschool in the mornings 4 days a week. Because she is a January baby she will be in preschool for 3 years! But she does seem to like it, and it's a bit of a Mommy break.

We started calling her Havana Banana for no particular reason, just because it rhymes. And then it stuck. My husband asked me to stop because more and more people starting calling her Banana and not Havana and so we've phased it out a bit.

Here are some pictures of her modeling for me. Let me tell you, that was one work out for me. I must have took oh.... 40 shots, just in hope of 3 good ones. I couldn't get her to look at the camera, she was busy building with rocks and cooking her plastic chicken in the kitchen. What a work out, I suppose this is also my bodies way of telling me I need to get back into the gym:)

It's time you meet my girls........

2010-01-08T21:13:00.000-08:00

I guess the time has come that I present my lovely girls, so one by one (there are three) I'll be showing some random pictures and sharing some cute stories of our everyday.

This is......... ISABELLA

She is my oldest. 5 years old. I took this picture after I picked her up from kindergarten today. She is always so excited with lots and lots to say when I pick her up. She will talk the whole ride home about recess and what the letter of the week was. This week it was the letter "P".

Then she always asks what we did at home. I guess she figures we had some adventure while she was at school.

Don't we all LOVE a good sale?

2010-01-07T16:54:00.001-08:00

Stop by my shop and check out my current sale..........

Oh me, Oh my!!................... The beauty!!!

2010-01-06T06:39:00.000-08:00

Hi all, I am very excited to share this with you, the amazingly talented Laura Winslow behind www.laurawinslowphotography.com is hosting a giveaway from.........you guessed it! Curly Birdie

I saw her email yesterday in my inbox. Could it be? The pictures I had been dreaming about........
And there they were!!! I must admit, I stopped breathing for just a bit when I saw them, then I started jumping up and down like a 5 year old.

Laura is so talented at what she does and an ABSOLUTE delight to work with. I would love to transplant her to sunny California so I can have her photograph my girls..........hmmm, maybe some day.

Run over to her blog.......and check out her B E A U T I F U L photography, after you're done drooling, enter the giveaway......good luck!! And don't forget about the additional entries ;)

Another wonderful Curly Birdie Giveaway

2010-01-05T12:48:00.000-08:00

Run over to Buggie and JellyBean and enter to win a pair of fabulous CurlyBirdie shoes!! Good luck to all!

Photo Blog Makeover

2010-01-01T23:44:00.000-08:00

So, how great would a photo blog makeover be???? Right?? Check out this giveaway from the Design Girl Blog, I'm crossing my fingers. A blog design would be "F A B U L O U S"
http://designgirlblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010-happy-new-year-giveaway-sale.html

Etsy Treasury Feature

2009-12-28T16:06:00.000-08:00

I was featured in this lovely treasury on ETSY today. I received the lovely news from http://www.etsy.com/shop/momgen on etsy that she had included me in her treasury. What a surprise!

Thank you much Momgen!!

Here's the link to the treasury: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=102848

Some of the BEST gifts!!

2009-12-28T12:49:00.000-08:00

Our family had a wonderful and fun christmas, there are still boxes and wrapping paper spread across the living room. My girls received toys and clothes and goodies. However, I must tell you about the BEST gift. My sister in law is spending the day with us today, her gift to me was doing my laundry.......aaaaahhhhhhhh. Laundry washed, folded and put away AND I didn't have to do it!! Love Love Love it!!

I am going to have such a good day

Oliva Headband

2009-12-26T09:04:00.000-08:00

I absolutely HAD to make the pretty headband to add the crocheted shoes. Together as a set or separate these are so cute! I added them to my etsy shop this morning.

I think I'll be making them to match the other shoe colors as well.

"Olivia" Crochet Mary Jane Shoes

2009-12-24T11:24:00.000-08:00

The Olivia shoes are ready! I absolutely had to make a pink pair of shoes, what says "girlie" more than pretty pink mary janes. Oh! and the flower of course. These are up and listed in my etsy shop. I had a few hours to take some pictures this morning and we had some sun....yay!

So now on to get the girls ready for Christmas eve......hope you all have a lovely day!

Last Minute Gift Idea

2009-12-23T14:25:00.000-08:00

So it's December 23rd, at this point there's only a day and a half left to shop. I love the way everybody is going crazy trying to figure out what to get those last few peeps on their list.

A friend of mine said she only has to get one more gift and it's for her Dad and she is getting him a bonzai tree. I thought that is a GREAT gift, right?

For the most part it's the guys we have a hard time shopping for, girls we can figure out easy. So hopefully you all are all done christmas shopping and aren't one of those crazy peeps out at the mall right now (even though I went this morning) trying to figure out what to get that last person on the list.

I thought a bonzai tree would be a great gift so I'm throwing this suggestion out there. Happy Holidays!

On a search for White Chocolate Bark recipe

2009-12-20T22:12:00.000-08:00

Last night we went to our annual group of friends christmas party. We had yummy yummy food and I had the most delicously delicious sweet treat. White chocolate bark. So I tried to find the wonderful cook that created this masterpiece, but that person was not there!!! Uggghhhh.

So I asked my friend who hosted the christmas party to "pretty please" find this recipe for me.

Until then (since I am not a patient person) I searched on foodnetwork.com and found these two recipes. Maybe I'll just try both of them and see if I can come close.

One is from Semi-Homemade Sandra Lee and the other is from the food network kitchens. Hmmmmm......I can't decide which I should try first?

Satin Fabric Flower Headband

2009-12-15T13:14:00.000-08:00

This flower was so much fun to make. I had some lovely satin fabric in a vibrant dark pink, so I decided to make this flower headband. I attached a "shell like" circle center and a stretchy grosgrain ribbon. It looks adorable on my 8 month old. But I couldbn't get a good picture of her. Perhaps after nap time. I listed the headband in my etsy shop today.

MATILDA Mary Jane Crochet Baby Shoes

2009-12-13T13:21:00.000-08:00

Listed these shoes today. I've been dying to work with this fabulous color and they are finally complete!! I think now I want to go paint a room in my house the same color.

Pancakes.................and cheese??

2009-12-10T22:05:00.000-08:00

I absolutely LOVE pancakes, so when I saw this recipe it was a MUST share with you all. Surely, you love pancakes as much as I do right??? I don't think I've ever been to IHOP without ordering a ginormous (of course it's a word) stack of their marvelous pancakes. But I do enjoy making them at home too. And I'm going to say it out loud.....I love them with cheese!!! There got that off my chest, everyone thinks I'm a bit odd for the cheese on top of pancakes, but there is something marvelous that happens when you combine the sweetness of a pancake with the saltiness of cheese....mmmmmmmmmm yummy! You should try it sometime and tell me how you like it. So here is the recipe, please try it on a pancake making day.
http://lickablespoon.blogspot.com/

Hannah Mary Jane Crochet Shoes

2009-12-07T14:50:00.000-08:00

Finally completed the "Hannah" Mary Jane Crochet shoes. I do love this color. Perhaps I will make some other projects in the same color. I used a wooden rocking chair I painted years ago to display the shoes. The whole time I was taking pictures my 2 year old wanted to "help". So she moved it several times, I think I took 50 pictures before I could get a few that I thought worked out. I did promise her that as soon as I was done, she could have her rocking chair back to watch Barney. That allowed me about 5 extra minutes of picture time. I listed the shoes today in my etsy shop.

2009-12-03T14:26:00.001-08:00

Just listed!!
I've been working on these shoes for the past 2 days and finally completed them. I must say I do like them quite a bit. These are actually going to be mailed to a very talented photographer and I can't wait to see the results. So excited! I will list them in my etsy shop since they are made to order.

On to the next project.

My first Blog!!

2009-12-02T21:08:00.001-08:00

Okay, well not really my "first" I started one a while back, but didn't maintain it. So here it is!
I have so much going on with my kids and my craft I figure you can sit back and enjoy the craziness that is my life!

As for now, the kids are in bed (that was a challenge in it's own) so I will be crocheting until my eyes close.