Still here

I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted on here! So much has been going on. We moved to another town into our beautiful old home and are working on getting our old home ready to put on the market. Its unbelievable the work we have to do at both! I am in full swing with Christmas orders and my sales rep, Sandra, rocks! I will be putting ornaments in my Etsy shop next week. They will be available for quick personalization and shipping. I think I'll have a giveaway then too! I'll be posting names and locations of all my shops soon and there are a couple of "Trunk Show" dates  to post too. TTYL but SOON! 

Christmas in June

Yep, They'll be available SOON!

So.... how ya doin? Sorry for the long blog break but this has to be the MOST stressful and hectic summer of my life. 

I'm still packing up the old house, trying to strip wallpaper and paint walls at the "NEW" house, find fun things for the girls to do (and finding people to do these things with them), get estimates and get work started on the old house so I can get it on the market in 3 WEEKS!

I just started planning Ellie's 4th birthday party that is this weekend. Bad Mommy...

On the business end, I have a wonderful lady that had seen my keyfobs in one of my shops and contacted me. She is now repping my line and adding new shops left and right! That is ALL GOOD! But now I have to be a little more professional and make ordering books, brochures, ordering forms etc. Not to mention getting ornament samples done this week to be photographed.

I'm sure my mother is still disappointed that I didn't post about her on Mother's Day, and I wanted to post about my wonderful hubby on Father's Day and I missed that boat too. 

Anyway, enough about poor me. Thought I'd show you more of our UNIQUE house. The first pic is what I call the cave. It's very dark and cozy. This is our makeshift bedroom for now. You can see the way it opens up to the second floor.... interesting? I think instead of stripping that wallpaper, I'll have some wallpaper put over top of it.  Any suggestions? 

I'd better get back to work.... so little time...            

Chimp Eden

Totally love this show, if you haven't watched it before, give it a try. Great family show!

Mural Work

I've been doing a little mural work. It use to be a big part of my income until a couple years ago. When I went to Atlanta's Americas Mart, I picked up 70 new shops and was painting key fobs, frames, canvases, bottles, buckets, ornaments, stockings and plaques! I was so overwhelmed  with the massive orders, I had no time for mural work. I lost a bunch of those shops because I couldn't keep up. I have since cut my wholesale product line down to key fobs and ornaments only but I'm going to start adding some other items in the next few months. Wish me luck!

*There will be a painted name canvas hanging between the 2 palm trees.

My new shoes!

I spent the rest of my Mother's Day money on these Volatile flip flops. I love them! I'm 5'4" so not only do they make me feel tall but they are so comfortable!