Big Gril Headbands!!!

I won't even tell you how much trouble I got into yesterday when McKenzie came home to see the baby girl headbands that I had made but nothing for her.  She was heartbroken :(...she loves to get things from me that I have made for her so I couldn't let much time go by without filling that little heartache.  I created these and she absolutely LOVES them so I think this might be something that I continue to do.  ENJOY!!
XOXO, Suzanne

Prices:

Glitzie Kenzie Bow Headband $10.00

Glitzie Kenzie Flower Bunch Headband $15.00

(Both are avaliable in my ETSY Shop and I will be making more in various colors)

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Baby Girls Headbands

So today I was suppose to be finishing those Dining Room curtains....that didn't happen.  They are delayed yet again.  I did go and get the thread I needed for them so I guess in a way there was a step in the right direction ;) 
Instead of sewing curtains during Tyler's nap time today I played with these.  Little headband for baby girls.  I have some other ideas to change them up a little and offer some more variety but until I get the chance to tackle those ideas here are the ones that I got done today. 
The barrettes are removable so that you can either use another band color or just the barrette itself.  Hope you like them.  I am going to sell them on my ETSY shop.  There is a link on the side of the page if you are interested or you can e-mail me here.

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XOXO, Suzanne

Filling those orders....

I didn't know that those letters would be taken to so well.  But I am very "Thankful".  I enjoy making them.  I had an order placed for some baby gifts.  Sorry for no posts lately but this is what I've been doing.  Just sharing a few more pics, I think they turned out pretty cute.  I've decided to call the girl letters "Glitzie Kenzie" and the boy letters "Rough and Rugged".  Of course I am still taking orders so if you or anyone that you know is interested just let me know.

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XOXO, Suzanne

More Letters...just sharing

I worked on these over the weekend.  They are all available in my ETSY Shop...there is a link on the side hope you like them :)...now off to make my Dining Room curtains...the list never ends I tell you.
XOXO
Suzanne

HOLY COW...IT WORKED!?!

It's been a good day...well all except for 15 to 20 min where I found a HUGE spider in my Foyer and managed to throw my flip flop just right in order to kill the stupid thing...but the thing was prego I guess because suddenly there were tiny little spiders crawling everywhere.  I was hyperventilating....major freak out!!! Oh in case you didn't know I HATE SPIDERS!!!, they scare the crap out of me!!! I cringe when I see them it does not matter the size they are all horrifying.  I managed to find the bug killer and spray the heck out of my threshold leaving it for Rob to clean up when he got home.  I was good to kill the spiders huge and tiny...no way in heck was I going to touch them there wasn't enough paper towels or toilet paper in the world to put enough thickness between my fingers and those nasty things!!!!

So that was the bad part of my day...lets move on to the better part of it shall we :)

So guess what...I CRAFTED!...if you are a close friend of mine and reading this at the moment I am sure that you are sitting back and in some way thinking of a phrase that might be something in the realms of "Excuse Me !?!"  I am NOT a crafter...far from it.  In fact for the majority of my life I loathed crafting...referring to is as "Crafty Crap" and I have very little of it in my home, what I do have; I have for the kiddos.  I felt the need to buy something to decorate the house with when the seasons changed or the holidays came.  But this is only because McKenzie would ask why we didn't decorate like her friends moms did?? I did decorate for Christmas of course, just not the other holidays or seasons. 

Also whenever I think of crafting I always think of those cute little old ladies that do all the cross stitching, and the dolls that you buy to sit on your beds with the crocheted dresses, and doilies...oh the list goes on you've been to those craft fairs...you know what I am talking about.

But I learned through a friend of a friend that crafting can be modern as well and we can all put our own little spin on it so as long as it includes fabric...because that IS my obsession...then I will give it a go.  I am trying new things after all.  Oh and this friend that I am speaking of her name is Stacy Davault and I HEART her SO MUCH!!! She doesn't have a blog but here is a link to her FB page check it out sometime, she had pics up of some of the things that she makes and sells.  She really just has the best stuff and always working on new things.

So I was sitting there this morning pondering what I was going to do today...there are a couple of projects that I want to try but I have this issue...Decisions....when there are a lot of choices I get flustered and I have a hard time singling one out.  So I pushed those aside I thought of something new and I was actually shocked that I liked the turn out. 

I used modge podge to put the fabric on the letters, distressed them and then added some rhinestones for a little glitz...GLITZ is a MUST!!! at least that is how McKenzie and I feel :).
The "M" is for McKenzie and I am gifting the "A".
Many of you send me e-mails via FB on my posts (which I am truly thankful for) if anyone would be interested in having one of these made let me know I actually had fun doing this :) info is below

Glitzie Kenzie "LETTERS"

A-Z

stand 12" high only 1/4" thick (not made to hang on the wall..more for display)

$10.00 each

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I can make them to match your kiddos rooms as far as colors go and I can do letters for BOYS too well just nix those rhinestones ;)

XOXO Suzanne

BEAT THAT CLUTTER!!!!

Frankly, today did not start out like yesterday did, instead of a deep breath of fresh air is was more of a groan followed with a HUGH UGH!!!!...why??? would you want to wake up to this?

Let me just shout this to the world now...I HATE CLEANING!!!! do I feel better no not at all...because it's still there.  This is not an area of my life where God has blessed me.  To all those "Neat Freaks" out there...I wish so bad some days that I was like you...but sadly I am not.  Not at all; not even close.  I thought for a moment.  See in being a Christian I have learned that this is not all mine...no...it's God's and I am totally thankful for what he has given to me...so here was my conversation that played out in my head..

Me: God you gave this to me, this is your mess so...you pick it up :) squinting my eyes shut tightly praying for that magical wand chiming sound like in Cinderella hoping/praying that it would be gone when I opened my eyes.  But it wasn't instead this is what I heard.

GOD: Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.

Oh GREAT!, he's quoting scripture at me THANKS A LOT!!!!

I then chuckled, smiled, shook my head and proceeded to BEAT THAT CLUTTER!!!!

I found it funny that I kind of cheered myself on.  I started to think back to when I was a Cheerleader in High School.  You know what... I wanted to cheer SO BAD...it tried out for years starting in Jr. High.  I almost made it that last year...how do I know? I was close with both of the cheer coaches one pulled me out of my first class the morning after tryouts and told me I missed it by a "fraction of a point" (they were both math teachers...go figure)...so a fraction of a point cost me a spot on the squad..bummer.  But I did make the squad in High School and you know what... I HATED IT!!!! every second of it.  As I stood on the side lines fake smiling and cheering the team on....I so badly wanted to be out on the court.  AND....those cute little uniforms....those were probably the worst...see I have really long legs...and that skirt barley covered my rump..thankfully I cheered for a fall sport so I was able to wrap my sweatshirt around my waist or wear sweatpants under my skirt.  Going up the stairs was the WORST!!! some girls might like that kind of attention...I for one did not.  I think it's interesting when we work for something SO HARD and then when we finally get it....it's not as great as we thought it would be.

So back to my day :)  did I get everything done?...nope sure did not...but I did get a lot of it tackled

Laundry: Done

Kitchen: Scrubbed from top to bottom

Piles of Clutter: Mostly sorted and put away

Dusting: Done

Floors: Cleaned

I laid Tyler down for a nap and I began to enjoy some GOODNESS!!! leaving the rest of the clutter and cleaning for another day

A Fresh Start...My journey to Happiness

This is a picture from my trip to Cocoa Beach with Rob a few years ago it just brings peace to my heart I loved this place.

I woke up this morning and took a deep breath.  Today is a fresh start.
A new Journey...after a long talk last night with my Husband ...thoughts and feelings that I have been harboring for a while surfaced.
I've been struggling lately with many things, but most of all my happiness being bogged down by me fears.  You would think that I have it all am AMAZING husband, two beautiful children and my third child on the way.  My own clothing line that is stable in this economy...yet something is missing.  I seem to spend more time looking into other peoples live such as my friends and even women I don't know through facebook and blogs admiring their lives.  They just seem so happy through their posts and through their pictures I want that.  But I don't feel that. 
I don't feel like I am enjoying being a wife and mother like I should be, I feel like I am missing out on something.  I'm not enjoying my business as much as I thought that I would because I've narrowed it to only "one kind" of design, and that is just not me I am more random than that.  I love to be creative I miss being creative with more than just clothing.  I love to create and design on so many levels and I want to try every one of them. 
I am tired of comparing myself to others and constantly worrying what others think of me.  I just feel so convicted that I am not living the life that God wants me to live so I am making changes. 
I am taking a leap of faith and giving God the control of my life, it's so easy to say that he has control of our lives but how often do we really relinquish the control to him? Honestly I have a very hard time giving up control it's like I ease up on the Tug of War rope but never completely let go.  I am excited to jump but I am deathly scared to fail. 
So in taking my deep breath this morning I am stepping through that fear, my fear of giving God control of my life, my fear of falling short of being a good wife and mother for my family, me fear of my business failing, my fear of another preterm labor, my fear of what others think of my clothing line, my fear of how others view me as an individual, my fear of how others view me as a christian, my constant fear of losing someone close to me...the list goes on and on I live in FEAR and while at this moment I am scared to death I remember a few scriptures.
Romans 8:31
"If God is for us, who can stand against us?"
And David said in Psalms 27 "The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear?"
So hears to taking that leap of faith and facing all those fears that I have and starting my journey to Happiness!.
Who knows what will come next or what I may create, but with God anything is possible ;)
XOXO
Suzanne