I got tagged

So the deal is I have to tell you guys 7 random facts about myself that you didnt know...this is hard cause my life is a pretty open book, so i am gonna have to dig deep here

1.) When I was in school, I used to play musical instruments! WOW! I played violin for a lot of years and then switched to guitar in middle school. I would still be playing today but my love of music has faded...it was a constant love thru my whole life till recently...weird huh. But I LUUURRVES Annette Neuman

2.) I have ate with my hands. My husband is Muslim and they eat with their hands...bet ya didnt know THAT! LOL When I met him I was fascinated by this whole eating with hands thing, so I did it too for a lot of years...I miss it. Its nice to feel your food. I quit cause I got my nails done...yeah ME, I got my nails done OMG! I havent done it since and it was like 5 years ago...I just done it cause there were some really handsome Asian guys working...I am awful. I am married now and I dont look at hot Asian guys no more but back then.....

3.) I find too much joy in little things. This is a good thing I guess, but gets me a lot of stares in places of commerce...imagine hearing a squealing shrieking lady in the next aisle at the grocery store...you look and she is dancing in the aisle holding packets of Kool-Aid...yes, it can be a problem for me....

4.) I am a hardcore truthseeker AKA conspiracy theorist. I am not into the Alex Jones kind of conspiracy where there is no hope and they are going to put us all in concentration camps, but I am more of a, "Yes there is a small group of insecure people wanting total power over the whole planet, and yes, there is a LOT I can do about it. First thing is realizing we are infinite consciousness, and breaking out of the box. I dont want to go into it all here, but google David Icke, and my personal hero Freeman...Freeman answered one of my emails to him (giggles) I like Freeman. I dont tell many people about my conspiracy side...I figure everyone is happy in their view of the world so why burst their bubble...but lately It has been on my heart to do more to get the word out, so look for me on your streetcorner with a bullhorn...kinda like Alex Jones only with a quieter voice LOL

5.) I love the smell of books. I do. I could open up a book and sniff it all day long. That smell reminds me of knowledge...I am such a nerd.

6.) I love all things pink and green. I love ruffles and girly frilly looks. I love victorian stuff of all kinds, and if I had a choice I would live in a huge victorian style house with nothing but the finest victorian furniture...and I would walk around it in one of those huge dresses with the ruffles and lace waving myself with a fan that also has ruffles and lace while looking at my daughter covered in ruffles and lace, and the boys with ruffles...Ok thats going too far! They would kill me! LOL

7.) I used to be a skater. Yes, I had a skateboard, and I rode it everywhere! I loved skating. I also used to be a size 9/10....but that was a long time ago. I listened to lots of skater music like the Dead Milkmen, The Ramones, Suicidal Tendencies...I cried when Joey Ramone died. That sucked.

So thats my list, and now I have to tag 7 other people...gosh I dont know who to tag and Maylee is awake now so i have to go give her kisses! If I think of 7 people soon I will let you guys know but I got to run and give kisses now...Its tough being a mom (wink)

My busy day yesterday

I started off the day by getting up at 6 AM cause Maylee likes to get up at that time now...I got busy sewing on a custom I ended up finishing that night. Check this out, is this the most awesome skirt ever or what!

This was made from some Alexander Henry fabric my customer sent to me, and I was quite excited to work with it as I LOOVE Alexander Henry and I love pirates too and this print has skulls with pirate swords crossed under them. This skirt came out perfect. Each tier is exactly 1 and 1/2 times bigger than the tier before it. It just came out perfect and I am really proud of the craftsmanship.


I also made 6 pounds of soap yesterday. I made so many new scents. i been ordering new ones like crazy thinking I may get into a craft show soon so I been stocking up, plus my soap store is doing really good business right now and I am so thankful for that.

I wish I had pictures of the soap but I am waiting for the sun to come out so I can take some. Its raining here in Kentucky today and its cold and crappy outside.

I made a new soa called "Hayride and a Bonfire" It sounded interesting and fun so I bought the fragrance oil and I am so glad I did! I smelled so many different things while I mixed it up. Forst it was orange, then there was clove, then it was a spicy smell. Now that its mixed up and cut into bars I am smelling mostly orange with some spicy notes right behind it. Its a pretty happy fragrance and its my new favorite!

I also made a new one called "Winterberry" It has some minty notes, like spreamint, and some pine but not like pine-sol LOL it has berry notes of course, and its just a really nice crips fragrance and really does remind me of winter time. its a fresh scent, real clean really fresh like the driven snow....

I made a batch of Amber, and some called "buttercream" this one smells like the best vanilla cake you ever smelled, or those Werthers candies...good stuff! I tried out another designer rip off fragrance too, this one is "Goddess" by Baby Phat. I never smelled the perfume yet but this soap smells really damn good. I am thinking I will get more for some body butter...its nice, very nice. its a floral scent so if you like florals try it out!

I should get all these listed over the weekend. if the sun dont come out today I will rig up some kind of lighting so I can get pictures of these, I got real creative with the colors of course. I am really tickled with the Goddess soap. I twisted ropes of purple, pink, and plain white soap all together and I came out with a really cool looing soap.

And yesterday I also did 2 loads of dishes, a load of laundry, picked up Maylees messes about 50 million times, and swept the floor twice, made the best spaghetti in the universe (Tylers words not mine) shipped off a few packages,Packaged and labled 6 pounds of soap, answered a bunch of emails, updated my street teams myspace page, called mom to see if she got her present I sent her,and changed a bunch of diapers.

I am sitting here today wondering how the heck I did all that stuff yesterday...I wonder if I could do even half that today...probably not, its friday and fridays are crazy here. Too much business to take care of on fridays to get any real work done...I would like to make more soap though...i am expecting my shipment of oils to come today..I got some nice ones (I am tempting you now) I got more pumpkin pie spice, more warm vanilla sugar too I got 4 ounce bottles cause these sold out SO quick. I want to make two pounds of each so i have plenty, and I will have enough oil left to make 2 more pounds each or make some body butters...Hmmm..I also got Pink Sugar by bath and bodyworks...been dying to try it out.

Ok Maylee is up so I HAVE to shut up now. If you read this far, I thank you. I have been wanting to blog for a long time but havent had time...I just cant shut up now its all been buiolding up! LOL

Warning about chocolate candies

Please watch this video blog about the very real danger in chocolate candies. I really like this man a lot. He seems to be a real kid at heart, he normally does funny product reviews of kids toys and candies but this post is very serious. Please watch.

Maylees Birthday Party

There she is wondering all over moms house sniffing the air and seeing what we are doing in the kitchen.


Me and mommy are hard at work making the best damn cupcakes you ever ate.









Dont that look good? And thats BEFORE the homemade real butter and sugar icing...yep no stuff out of a can, its all made from scratch.









I wish the pictures hadnt come out so blurry I have very few clear ones unfortunately but just bear with me LOL







We made the best cupcakes ever with green and pink icing. There was a gallon of chocolate ice cream in the freezer that dad had bought about 3 days before he died. Mom said he had picked it up at the store cause he knew we was gonna need it for Maylee's birthday. Dads favorite was vanilla, but he bought chocolate cause he knew thats what I liked...I almost cried when mom told me, but I didnt I did good I held up thru the whole day...I knew I could do it. When mom told me he bought plastic spoons and paper plates I almost lost it again but I hung in there....Dad was always thinking ahead.





















I gave Maylee her presents that Tyler had wrapped in such a fashion I had trouble getting thru all the paper to the actual present inside...Tyler sure can wrap a present! LOL I got Maylee a really cool I Spy Bag from The Crafting Corner I also bought one more bag for my friends baby who is turning 1 a week after Maylee. I also got Maylee a cool ninja from Sandy's Dandy's I loved the ninja, so well made!! You can see it in this picture.



I also got in on shopping too late for Maylee so I bought her some "after birthday" presents. I got her A block from a local shop, Spool of Plenty I dont have a picture of the blocks in action yet but trust me, they are big and fluffy and VERY well made, and she even done the one I got for my friend with a custom embroidery! I highly recommend this shop if your looking for baby stuff, and she has more than big fluffy blocks too!




I also bought Maylee a little green baby doll from my sweet friend Patience who did an incredible job



You can see his legs hanging out of Maylees Halloween purse/bag I got a couple weeks ago from GinnyMacks Crafts . I could not get a good picture of her playing with him for nothing! She moves quicker than I do LOL.





My friend Patience makes all kinds of cool stuff and her shop can be found here

This is a picture of the cute lil guy from the listing she had for him. he is adorable in person. Maylee loves him a bunch!






I also got Maylee some shoes...not as a birthday present but because she needs them. I hate buying anything from a store that can be handmade, so I searched Etsy high and low for baby shoes to fit Maylee. I found a couple of pairs I liked and bought.



These came from kaboogie and are VERY well made, and perfect for a baby walking around outside and in stores and whatnot. Maylee wears these everywhere she goes, and I highly recommend this shop for shoes cause they are VERY well made. I have seen similar shoes in stores for babies...you know, the soft soled shoes....I like these better, and they are warm! There is a layer of flannel inside.





I also got these cute lil shoes for Maylee for just around the house so I can hear where she is at. These have bells on the sides and she sounds so cute walking around in these. These came from Bublico and are also very well made. I LOVE these lil shoes, and they come in a bunch of different baby sizes too!



So now Maylee has a bunch of nice toys, and some really awesome shoes to wear now that its cold outside and we NEED to protect her feet.




So that was Maylees birthday...she liked her two toys she got, and she ate a little bit of cupcake all by herself. That was pretty cool to watch, and she didnt get it all over her dad either! You go sweet baby!










She liked the cake a lot but the ice cream was just a bit too cold for her new teeth....


That face is priceless....