lost in a sea ribbon and clips

yes. lost in clips. ribbon, flowers, and glue.

job 1. houston. mon-fri
job 2. respite with boy. tues. thurs. friday. (after houston)
job 3. blueyedesign.

i took my bows/flowers/ holders/letters to school this week.(houston) and people ordered. a LOT.
about 50 flowers.
probably 30 bows.
and 2 names in reg sized wood letters.
one BIG letter.

stayed up late after working three nights so far. had a bad headache yesterday & couldnt figure it out. then while working on clips last night i realized ooooooh. i'm looking down for 3 hours. hmmpf. duh! so i stared up for a bit to give my neck a rest. :)
it will be a busy weekend, people want their clips n stuff.

not sure if i'm gonna keep doing big orders.

miss you all.

our little gracie lou (queensland heeder/ australian shephard mutt) is prego, she's getting quite big(due around christmas we think) for those that don't know, we got Mufasa (german shephard/chow mix) about 6 weeks ago. and thats why we're expecting puppies!!

Bow Clips

Check out my BluEyeDesign blog to see the bows close-up & put in an order.

the boutique is over.

And it went well? I came out on top, i made money. :) that was my goal. Got 2 orders for Big letters! exciting!!! BUT... there was some suppppper cute booths. i bought two headbands, a ring, a purse & some other little doo-dads. hehe. BUT i did some trading for most of it! great!
Just dont look at the hideous girl sitting at the table.

I made 140 bows. gahhhh. haha. but i'm taking them to the school i work at on tues to let all the teachers buy some! i've had a few requests! it got ReALLY hot the last few hours of the boutique but the turn out was good and i had fun!

life & crafts

alright ladies& gents!!! On November 21st, its a saturday... there will be a boutique sale! In Queen Creek...& i will be selling BOWS & taking orders for letters! :) & of course there will be lots of crafty ladies & gents there selling crafts of all sorts!

When: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Pecan Creek South Neighborhood

i'm excited! i'll remind you all too when it gets closer!

SO life? its good. busy. busy. busy. church callings, family, friends, WORK WORK WORK...yup, we are busy.

i'll try and post sooner than later. :)
p.s. look at BLUEYEDESIGN please?

happy fall.

hello friends.

sorry for neglecting you for so long.
we still don't have the internet. i'm lazy & trying to find a time when they can set it up & mike home to help me? not possible! we are too busy!

life is going fine these days. just working working working.
starting week after next ill be picking up more hours at my 2nd job. (i do respite for any of you that didnt know that!) The boy i work with is also in our SPICE class at school.

my beautiful sister traci had her baby girl on August 31! Harley Paige Washburn
& my Brothers wife also had a baby just a few weeks before traci did! Annie Grace Riggs!
Both such precious beautiful babies! so fun!

I starting making hair clips! :) woot woot! Traci wanted me to make a bunch for harley, now her sister n law wants some, & a lady at work! :) yay. I made myself some too! i'll try & take pictures & post them, (dont count on it any time soon!) Flower, button, and bow clips!

ummm...my puppy is doing well & as cute as ever!!!
i finally painted my guest bathroom! Brown stripes on the bottom half & a tree/cherry blossomish design with Grey background on the top half! yay.

know anyone having a baby? need a gift? LET ME KNOW! Baby name wood letters? bow clips?
head over to blueyedesign.blogspot.com!!!!

have a great day. enjoy the nice cool air.

what have i been up to?

Ok besides re-doing our kitchen...for the last few months i was planning and preparing for my sisters baby shower! Right when she found out she was prego i said I AM THROWING YOUR SHOWER! woot woot! i was so excited! why? because i had found www.amyatlas.com months and months ago, and fell in love!
once she found out it was a girl, and planned her room colors i was ready to start. Amyatlas always has SOME type of background for her tables...candy bags on the wall, material, flags, always something. so i thought to myself... a clothes line, with onesies that are the colors of the shower! so each time i went to the store, i'd buy a few.
THEN...i was set on doing really cute cupcakes like amyatlas has. but they had to be gluten free...so traci found Betty Crockers Devils food Chocolate cake mix! tried it out, and she liked it (actually they turned out better when my mom and i made them for the shower :)
My friend Brooke decorates cakes, so i called her to help me make Buttercream frosting & of course, frost them. Also, my sister amy found Lime green/white polka dot cupcake holders(the things you bake them in! Third part of the cupcakes? The white chocolate button on top! I searched and finally found www.bakeitpretty.com and that is where i bought my vintage buttons mold & button sucker mold!
Next task? I found lime green tins at the dollar spot at target! I found The cupcake stand holders at walmart! I needed scoops for each of the candys, ya know i wanted to be like amyatlas! Finally found those at Walmart, 3 pack, 3 different sizes.

I must say...NO ONE WANTED TO TOUCH THE CUPCAKES...did they look TOO cute to eat? haha. We made 54 cupcakes...how many were left that evening? 37. oh phoowee. haha. traci is probably still enjoying them!
Next, a ice bucket...i had sonic ice so i needed something to put it in! VUALA...Joanns had these summery ice buckets w/scoop! Just added the colored ribbon & it matches!

Last but not least...the present table had these two things on it, a refurbished diaper cake...new ribbon & some pretty fresh gerbera daisies! & a BIG H for Harley!
Thanks to those who brought stuff for the shower & helped with the cupcakes! woot woot!
it was a success. if i do say so myself!!

before & After....

BEFORE: (this is 2 days after we moved in, don't mind the mess)

AFTER: this is on July 25.

these sweet decals are from Etsy, i ordered them when we first got the house, but we JUST did the cabinets black last week, so i finally got to put them on! yay!)

Did i mention My sister tracis brother&sisterinlaw Dan & kirstie gave me 2 gallons of this blue paint for FREE?! yeah. i'm lucky! (thank you thank you!!!)

I have been slowly collecting plates from Anthro, the two on the left are from there. the one on the right, hobby lobby. i have 2 more i need to hang up, one from germany my grandma west gave me & another one from Anthropology.

pics of my table and chairs, soon to come!