Yes! The Holidays are coming the Holidays are coming.

Ok...so it is only August 18th...but truthfully...they are right around the corner.

So.  Time to start thinking pictures!

First...Halloween.

See them all here.

I am going to start offering all my designs with or without names.

So peeps don't want to put their kids names across their shirt.

Older kids might not think it is cool.

So.  Now, you can get any design without the name.

The site might look a little funny until I get photos of the designs by themselves...so if you don't see that particular option on there...let me know.

I did a candy corn as well...but truthfully...it is not half as cute as these three.

If you want a candy corn...email me...I can do it...but is it cuter than a spider with a heart on her back?  You be the judge;)

Thanks Giving.  It is coming.  It was done...and honestly...there is soooo much bling on it...it would not fit on a tee smaller than a size 6.  So hang in there.

Now we have Hannukah:)
A very colorful one at that.

And of course...Christmas:)

The snowman face...is my favorite.  I love him.

And for the older chicks...or the young ones..

Fa la la la la la la la la

You pick the color for your last "la".

I have a couple other cute new regular tees.

I have not posted the gumball machine yet as I hate this photo...and I already sent the 

tank off to it's new owner. 

She will have good pictures though:)  

I have wanted to do a gumball machine forever. I had done one in the transfer version and I have been meaning to do the all blinged one.  I never got around to doing it.

That was until a special request from a great photographer for her daughter...and voila.

So stay tuned.

This last one though...it is up on the site.

It is by far my favorite shirt I have ever done.

Why? I have no idea.  Because it is big and pink and sparkley.

What do you think?

If I am missing any designs that you had wished I would do...please let me know.

Sometimes the obvious designs totally slip outta my head.

And like the gumball machine...I don't get around to doing it until it is requested.

Yup...still here:)

Blah blah...been a bad blogger...blah blah...whatever.

I will make it up to you tomorrow.

As soon as the sun rises:)  I can take pictures.

Pictures of what you ask?  Pictures of Holiday stuff silly!

O.M.G. I have to tell you...I do love my new designs.

Noone can accuse me of cheaping out on the bling.

(not that anyone every has)

So.  Tomorrow...new goodies:)

Tonight.  Just fun stuff I have come across.

First I have to tell you.  I hate hate hate chipped nailpolish.

Now, of course I sport it from time to time...didn't say I didn't.
What I said was that I hated it.

I also seem to be a nail polish hoarder.

Yes.  I have enough nailpolish to stock one of those nail salons.

In fact...I was at one the other day and I thought to myself, I have a better

selection at home...why do I not bring my own color?

 

I work with my hands all day long. Looking down at them...all day long.

If they are a fun funky color...I swear to god, it makes me work faster;)

Right now...I am loving greens and silvers.

Seriously.  How can you not be happy looking at those?

Next I love all the jeggings I see everywhere.

Why? Because I so wish I could wear them with a regular tee and not make people wanna vomit.  So...since I can't do that...I will put my kids in them.

But again...not until November...when I don't have to worry about them passing out from heat.

These jeans from the gap...soooo cute.

I have to return Peyton's pair because apparently she is a stick bug and a regular skinny jean is wayyyyy to large on her.  No way is that child mine.

Next...this week...I love Halloween:)

Wheeee.  Love it.

And I love all the adorable costumes.

 

Peyton wanted to wear this with her best friend.

 

That was until her best friend wanted to drip blood on herself.

She is one of those kids that NEEDS to be scary on Halloween.

That is not Peyton.

A cute heart with little red converse...that's Peyton.

This costume...this is Peyton.

Who knows...maybe by Halloween she will have a new best friend!

Yikes.  Just jokes. I hope not.  We do adore the one she has now.

But creepy halloween costumes...we don't do.

For instance...this is what Peyton wants to be now.

 

No joke.  She wants to be big bird...but with pink converse.

Um.  Ok.  Ya.  

Ok...what else am I loving this week?

Ombre Hair.

Actually...I have been loving it for the past 6 months.

I even took in some fabulous photos to my hair chick last time.

She told me that it is a stylists nightmare as they are trying to get rid of roots.

I think she isn't hip enough for me.

Sorry hair chickie.  I enjoyed talking to you...but when a stylist talks me out of what I want them to do...I don't like that.  If I say...chop it off and make it platinum (cough cough) I mean it.  I am a big girl...if I hate it after...it is my own fault.

So when I say give me 6 inch long roots...I mean it.

I will try this...probably sooner than later as I am bored.

Sure I don't look like Camilla...but my hair is about that length and well...ya never know.

The is the beauty of hair...if you hate it...change it. Plus, honestly...this is the perfect hair do for me...I wouldn't have to get my roots done for a year!

So it is now 10:15 and if I am not snoozing by 10:17...I am hooped in the morning.

I NEED my 8 hours to get me through my days.  I just do. I don't like to drag...I hate that feeling.  So I will leave you with these. 

Yup.  Miss Lyra lyra strikes again.

Happy customers=Happy me

Seeing kids in your creations never gets old.
I love it.

It truly brightens my day when I get emails with pictures.

Thank you thank you thank you.

Just darling.  

Also...here is a fun lil' thang.

Alison Tyler Jones is a photographer in Mesa.

She did the most amazing photoshoot at the Garage...a beyond amazing kids store in Scottsdale.

This was a major major photo shoot. If you want to see more of the pictures...

you need to "like" the garage on Facebook.  You will love them all.

Never the less...Alison took this picture.
Katie, the owner of the shop, used the photo on her private label water bottle.

Me.  I just love it all.

Look at Alison's blog here...she could very well have the coolest studio I have ever seen.

Like the garage on facebook here.

Those are all the "family" tees.
I plan on growing the line...and actually have three new versions in the works.
Should have them in a week:)

Things I am loving today

Since I don't have my new stuff done for you yet...I will just post pictures of things I love this week:)

I love the fact that the Rachel Zoe Project is back...along with Flippin' Out.

I guess I just love Bravo.

Honestly...who wouldn't want to look this fabulous.

In my mind I look this fabulous while I am working. 

Ha.

I dislike mirrors as much as I dislike photos of myself.

So I like to avoid them and pretend this is what I look like.

Ok.  Other things that I like.

Madewell

I am not totally sure of the connection to JCrew.

But I believe Madewell is JCrews sister store.

All I know is that I adore JCrew (who doesn't) but honestly...my life..

I am more Madewell.

I cannot believe that I can even look at this jacket since it is blazin' hot outside.

But I can.  I love it. 

Kid wise...kids are hard to dress.

Or at least mine are.

And hair.  Oh lord...don't get me started on hair.

If Ainsley makes it to Monday without a major haircut...I will be impressed with my restraint.

Again with the Fall clothes that we can't wear until November.  So cute though.

Forever 21 kids.  Love it.

I would wear this.  Is that bad? 

Do I need to grow up?  Ya ok...nevermind.

Also, check out these headbands my sister got for the girls at the

Ivivva store (lululemon kids) in Calgary.

They are beautiful.

Not so certain they pass the CPSIA rules as I believe they are all swarovskis and the sparkle factor is through the roof.  But they are Canadian and so I am not sure the lady who makes them is aware of the laws down here.  Never the less...I don't think my kids will be munching on them anytime soon and since I plan on wearing them as well...

Speaking of headbands...I did one for a Sorority chicki...cute huh.

There is nothing I cannot do on a headband or tee.  All ya gotta do is ask.

And finally...I love the Science project we just did in class this morning.

Not exactly sure what you would call it...it was basically an eco bottle.

No air gets in or out.  Nothing.

The carbon on the bottom of the bottle cleans the water.

The plant feeds the fish.

The water goes up the string and waters the dirt.

The worms _ _ _ _ ,fertilizes the other plant that creates oxygen for the fish.

One big happy eco family.

Pretty cool for a 2nd grade Science project.

The kids loved it.

Photo via blackberry because I totally forgot my camera.  Nice.

Here's hoping the fish and worms last longer than the two hamsters I brought in last week.

Let's just say that had I kept the Petland receipt, I would be using my 15 day money back guarantee.

Perhaps the lady at the store was incorrect when she said that hamsters like to be together.

That they like companionship.

That little snowball should be renamed Chuckie...as in the Horror movie.

Back in stock

LOTS of new styles coming really soon.

In the mean time...if you need that back to school tee for your little dude...they are back in stock.

Get them here.

I added a Yellow Kindergarten Rocks as well...in case you were not fond of the lime/black or the red/cream versions.

Happy birthday to blah blah blah...whatever lol

So today was my birthday.

It was sooo exciting.  We switched from Cox to Direct tv.  Today. 

It took forever.

It's ok.  I have work work and more work to do.

I am ok with it.  I don't like hoopla about me.  At all.

But...I did wake up to this.

My hubby had decorated everything for me.

It was very nice.

Due to my lack of carbs...for the rest of my life...I did not want a box of

Sprinkles or Cupcakes in my house.  

But I also though it would be fun to make my "cake" with the girls.

My friend Kristine had given me a Tie Dye cupcake kit from Jo Cupcake.

It was right up my alley...and really a genius idea.

It was super fun and super easy.

The girls loved it.

They turned out great.  And yes.  I even had one.

No. They are not even almost as good as a Sprinkles Vanilla cupcake...mmm.

But that was my goal.  The kids liked them and it was more fun making them than buying them.

Plus...I only ate one to satisfy my children's birthday wishes for me...and then I didn't want 3 more:)

Ainsley wanted me to take a picture of the one she made.

Of course...I would not trust her since this is what was 2 feet behind me after I 

finished cleaning up the kitchen.

Omg...she is nuts.  Seriously nuts.  The problem with this child is that noone else knows how nuts she is.  She is beyond hilarious at home.  But to other people...she is more serious.  Something.

They are missing out.

She reminds me of the dude on the Six Flags commercials.

The bald crazy dancer guy.

 Funny.

Anyways.  It was a nice day.  The kids were in the pool at 8 am.

It was raining.  It was lovely out...they jumped in.

Then I worked all afternoon and night.

It's ok.  I like work.  I have the best of both worlds...I'm HANNAH MONTANA!!!

I can't find the Jo cupcake tie dye mix...but I did find these two mixes on Amazon.

We might have to try them next. I think the monster ones look pretty cute.

Whaaa...I want fall weather

I was just dipping my feet in the pool.

The water is 92 degrees.

The air temp...blah.

Everywhere I look there are cute fall clothes.

We don't have fall here.  

We have summer...and winter.  We skip spring and fall all together.

I want these.
Those Missoni looking leggings. 
My favorite Matilda Jane print so far.

Oh I really want that one for myself.  I am afraid it would not be even a quarter as cute on me though.
But I love it.  If you do not own a pair of big ruffles for yourself...you are missing out.
The swish when you walk and you then know why your little chick always insists on wearing her Matilda Jane...because she swishes:)

Kids like to swish.
Lili loo swished all day yesterday.

I think that is one of our favorite skirts ever.



It is going to be 112 today.  That sucks.
Tomorrow is my birthday.
That sucks too.
I hate hate hate my birthday.
Seriously.  I hate it.
I have no idea why...but I do.
Maybe because I still feel like I should be 25...and well...as of tomorrow, I will be a decade past that one.
Whatever.  Good thing I get to spend the day with the Direct TV man.  That should make it about as uneventful as can be. 


Off to the grocery store...then back to the grind.
I have almost almost caught completely back up.
I have it under control...even with the 3 huge special orders from yesterday.
I got this;) 

Just had to share

While we were in Calgary, I found my old bag of legos that I played with as a kid.

I played with them for many hours by myself since my sister was older and she was not into legos.

It was funny to find the bag and see some of my creations still put together.

I have never even concidered buying my kids legos.  Not sure why.

I guess because we are in the Nintendo age and I did not think it was worth it.

Lego sets are not cheap.

Well much to my delight...the girls, especially Peyton, played for hours with my old pieces.

Then even more exciting...the first lego store in Canada happened to open up literally the day we went to the mall there.  I had no idea.  Devine intervention.

Ok.  Maybe god did not really care that my kids did something creative...but it was pretty darn good timing.

Now.  Mr Lego...if you are reading this (ya ok) PLEASE would it kill you to invent a purple lego?

Or a couple more girlie sets.  Not super girlie...just I don't know...something a little more fem than a pirate ship?

We now own all the girl lego sets.  

My kids played for HOURS and HOURS.

I loved it.

They cracked me up.

First we had Peyton's lego Starbucks.

(don't judge me)

Then we had Ainsley's hot tub

Oh those little heads just crack me up.

Here we have mixed my old lego men (the huge head dudes) with new legos with Toy Story 3 Kindersurprises.  Kids make me laugh.

Lego.  Worth every dollar...trust me

That should be their moto.

I know...your kids probably already own every pc of lego already...but if you have only girls...did it ever cross your mind to buy legos?  Not me.  Glad I found that old bag of toys though.

I'm baaaaack

Wow.  It feels good to be home, not because I don't love Calgary. I do.  How could I not? It is the home I grew up in...but the ride inbetween there and Phoenix...

in the freshly popular words of Usher..."oh my gosh!"

I have no idea what happens to us when we travel.  Germs happen I guess.

 I can count on one hand the amount of times my kids have puked in their lives...

all of them have been while travelling to Calgary.

We even projectiled once on the plane to Calgary.

This is when my slow mom reflexes actually come in handy.

I think I have mentioned before that I have very slow reflexes.  Not when it matters...like driving...or dropping something...those times I am very quick actually.

But if someone falls in front of me...or say, a child pukes all over the airplane seat in front of them...it takes my brain a second to fully grasp the severity of the situation and really...I can honestly hear my brain say, "seriously???!!"

So, once again...we got sick.

It WAS Peyton's turn...and it was not fun.  No puking.  Not like her car trip home last summer...and no, she is not car sick.  I don't know what she is.  But for some reason, we spiked a fever of 102+ and it made for some good times.

It was gone by the next morning and has not returned since.  

If you can explain this one, please...let me know.

But we are back.  Everyone is back to normal although Ainsley had really stinky armpits this morning.

Is that normal?  Can 7 year olds get stinky armpits?  Well actually, I answered my own question...yes, yes they can...I smelt it for myself. 

We are so going organic.

School starts tomorrow.

I am already sad.

I heart them.

I heart lyralyra too.  

Her photos just make me smile.

I could fill up my entire house with canvas' of these girls.

Is that strange?  If you walked into someones house and it looked like an art gallery exhibit of their kids, would you think that was a little nutty?

I am asking this honestly.  

Maybe just a couple more...then I will stop.

Or not.

More pictures that I love.

These pictures are from a Calgary photographer.

Shae J Photography.

I do not know her, but I love her pictures.

And I have been friends with Chris, the dad of these two little beauties, since 2nd grade.

The craziest thing is that I was reading her blog and if you notice something on this post

you will notice a couple things.

A. the kids are all decked out in Matilda Jane....but really...who isn't right?

It is not like it is a shock that kids are looking fabulous all across the globe in Matilda Jane.

BUT

B.  if you look closely at little Marlow on the tire !

Guess who made her tee!

I wish it was in color so I could see it lol.

It made me feel good.  Just randomly seeing your tee on a cutie makes your day.

Trust me. It makes mine every time.

Especially when I think about the process mom's go through planning the photo outfits.

So my darling children have interrupted me 8 times while I was writing this(...hmm...maybe school starting tomorrow is not such a bad thing) and I have not lost my train of thought.

I should probably end it here.