Initial Christmas Ornaments, now in the SHOP!

it's that time again.... time to start thinking about CHRISTMAS!!  but then again, if you were in hobby lobby in July,  you've already started!!  i'll be filling the shop with my initial ornaments again this year.  all letters will be available (even x, y and z!) and i'll do custom colors for you!  here are 2 examples from last year

 and

if you need a great little personalized gift for under $8, you're in luck!

get them here:

chinamommy

Whewww, it's hard being BIG TIME!

You might remember me saying that my goal (this Christmas season) was to beat my etsy shop sales record from last year.  It was a lofty goal as I had ONE sale last year... hahaha, Oh, I should be sad, but that cracked me up when I typed that.... Anywhooo, I am proud as punch, I'm tickled pink, I'm walkin' on Sunshine cause I have sold a total of 20 items since November!!  Thank you to all who helped me attain my goal, I TRULY appreciate it!!!  Yeah, I know The Black Apple and dennis anderson would be crying with 20 sales, since they do that (+ some) daily!!   WHEN my sales really take off, I'm going to have to have the Mister (the type-A, organized one in this marriage) sit down and show me how to come up with a more streamlined shipping system... The days is coming, I'm sure of it!  

I keep thinking I'm going to show you my Christmas tree, so here we go:

 Ummmm, excuse me!!!!

i added a string of red and white big lights, i love how it looks with the small blinkie ones!

the ornament is MUCH less annoying than the real thing :)

Hello, Hello Kitty! (2 of 5 HK's-we love her!)

2 new ornaments this year

stuffed bird with pearl accents

and Santa (recognize him, fellow TARGET lovers?!)

and who doesn't have a SUMO on their tree??

Ok, off to organize all my artwork that is waiting to go to it's new home!

The insane and the Awesome!!

1st the insane

Who's a happy girl? 

Who has black circles under her eyes? who needs a shot of botox between her eyes... 

Yes, I ran.  Yes, it's snowing.... But how can I put that "Runner Girl" sticker on my car if I don't?

 Make sure you get a blinkie, and an i-pod (and tissues and pepper spray in your pocket).  Also make sure you have a scarf on-it soaks up your wet breath and the snot that will pour from your nose...and it keeps the cold air from your lungs!  Without the scarf it will feel like someone stuck an ice pick in your throat, trust me, I know...

 My yard by 10 AM.... 

it's now after noon and hasn't quit snowing since I woke up at 7!

Dear snow: I hate you, that's all.

 Let's move on to the awesome...

 REAL ★silver★ glittered city scape...

 Vintage image ornaments

 monogram letter ornaments "k"

 "m" ornament

Ok, I need to get off this stool before my legs start cramping up!

Have a GREAT Wednesday!!

The Good & the ugly...

So my hair has started doing this crazy stuff in the morning... so crazy I told the mister -perhaps I should start a new blog segment called: "What the Hair?!!"

obviously this is the "ugly" portion of my title :)

It's weird because a squirrel crawled out as I was drinking my coffee...

Or, is THIS the weird part- the Mister doesn't even look twice when I go into the bathroom with a camera & giant piece of white foam board...

Ewww, let's move onto "The Good"

LOVE...turquoise shoes for darling daughter (Target)!  If these are in the bigger girls section, I'm getting a pair for myself!!  The best part, I bought this dress YEARS ago & have been waiting for her to fit into it for over 5 years

don't you ❤ it when an outfit comes together!!!  motherof5, I know YOU love this too!! :)

I know Christmas is over, but...

69 ornaments for $1.99?! - grab 2! 

 Yes, I WAS that lady switching out the broken ornaments in these 2 containers with the non-broken in the 3rd! Target had their Christmas 90% off!  Imagine how happy my Mister was when I came home with MORE Christmas stuff!!  I believe the exact comment was "More Christmas stuff? I can't get all the %&#$ in the barn as it is", see how excited he was!!?  I have this dream of doing a "candy" tree at some point in our lower level...& don't you know these were just the colors I was dreaming of & obviously since there were Red & Turquoise together I was sucked in!  $1.99 each, seriously, who COULD pass it up?

This picture was given to me by friends when I was waiting to go get Darling Daughter from China.  It came from Pier 1 several years ago.

I LOVE it! 

 There was also a boy but I never felt the need to buy him because I don't have a boy, don't think I want a boy, & just didn't want to spend the $ for it until...

we found him at Goodwill for $9.99!

Darling (who prays for a "baby boy" ALL THE TIME!) wanted to make sure he came home with us so we could "hang it with the girl."  Goodwill...despite the weird smell, I have found some real goodies there!

Like this Quick Curl Barbie!  It's from 1974 & even though some of the parts are missing, the Barbie itself has never been unwrapped from the plastic!  This will be going on ebay... if you'd like to see what I have listed on ebay (nothing, as of this very second) check under my seller name:

chinesebabydoll

I know, it sounds like a porno name... well, I don't know that, but was told by a male friend.  I picked it when I was waiting to go get DD.  Babydoll is a term many granddaughters in my family have been called- guess I didn't realize my grandma's were into porn nick-names!?

American Girl craft supplies at Michael's!!  So cute!!

I had a gift certificate to Hallmark & thought this was PERFECT for my art studio!

Ok, off to the studio, I've got several things in the works!

I've really been working hard to get a variety of goods made... now to photograph & list them :)

Happy Monday friends! 

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