I promised I would take some pictures...

So here is our impromptu shoot.

"Shoot"...I say that like I actually know how to take photos.

I have no idea how to take pictures.
Or edit them.  Lawdy I have no idea how to edit.
My brain cannot handle photoshop.
I have tried.

But.  Here are a shots from this afternoon.

I believe that the love print is a Courtney Courtney screen original:)

So...dress by CC

Bling by me

and the rest is sweetness between a girl and her dogs:)

Do you see how these animals love her.

She is the dog whisperer.

They are lucky to have her I tell you.

You see him smiling:)

And last but not least...this one make me laugh.

Look at his eyes.

Can't you just hear him say,  "hey...whad up?" and then expect him to nod at you?

Thank you CC:)

Yay...January is Ovah:)

Yep.  Feb 1st.

Tuesday...which means I made it through both January & Monday.

And noone yelled at me yet this week:)

Why?  Because I didn't deserve it yet.

Actually.  I am happy happy because I ALMOST missed a little chicks birthday yesterday.

I don't like to miss birthdays.  

If you think something I make is special enough for your little wonders special special day...then I will do everything I can to make it happen.

I almost missed one yesterday.

But.  I didn't.  It got there:)

Don't for a second think that I do not appreciate just how important that day is.

Trust me.  Today on the way to school Ainsley was telling me who she was inviting to her birthday.

It is not until the end of March.

I know birthdays are THE big day of the year for basically anyone under 30:)

And the fact that some people base a party around one of my shirts.

That is a wow thing to me.

Serious wow.

So thank you.

All of you.

Now, yesterday I got good deliveries.

First...here is something new.

Jilly Bean Kids just opened.

Jen has some fun stuff!

Unique packaging and gifts...that's her thang:)

Me...I love straws.  We go through alot of straws in this house.

But check out the package.

I cannot believe how cute it is!  

I did not know you could even ship in packaging like this.

But let me tell you...it sure looked cute in my little mailbox:)

CUTE!

And even more cute.  Heart straws.

Ohhhh you KNOW they are big in our house.

Thank you Jen:)

Next...I had some new lovelies from Lilly Plum.

Valentine's lovelies.

The lilly plum bottlecap charms never get old I tell you.

and some Easter charms as well.

The charms work on either the bracelets or the necklaces.

Get the charms here:)

 Then...I got some new Rolf Bleu bracelets.

Peyton wears these ALL the time. Piling up her arms.

I just restocked the purple cupcake ones since those sold out super fast last time.

I see 6 of them sold last night already.  Everyone loves cupcakes.

Same with the turquoise dance bracelet.

But now I have some Valentines ones as well.

This is a terrible photo.  Sorry.

The pinks are actually pretty bright pink.

Get them here.

I did also get a fun package from my favorite upcycler:)

Peyton wore it to school today.
I meant to take a photo before school...but we were putting in her contacts.

Party time.

She wanted contacts a couple months ago. So we got them.

Then she realized what it took to get them IN her eyes.

So she didn't want them.

I told her this weekend that we would be wearing them (they are daily contacts)

until we are all out. I think we have a 2 month supply.

I explained to her that they were indeed not free...cough cough.

And  after we are done with them...she can wear her glasses for the rest of her life.

I truly don't care.  It was originally her idea, however I have to admit...it is nice to be able to see her whole face without her glasses slipping down her nose.

We wore them Sat.  

Good times.

She had Volleyball.  Her big concern was that she has raccoon eyes from her tan.

And she did. 

Big white circles.  I convinced her noone would notice.

We went to her volleyball game and I kid you not...her coach called her out on her white eyes IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!  I wanted to throttle him. 

Sigh.  I figured everyone knew that you don't single out a 10 year old girl in front of 60 people.

60 people who were now looking at her white circles.

I have NO idea how she held it together and did not cry.

I wanted to for her.

So she went back to not liking them.

 I told her that was not the deal.

We spent the weekend playing volleyball at the park and tanning our circles.

Monday she wore them.   To school.

I think it must have gone well because she sparkled when she came out of class.

So now we are fans of our contacts.

You know...these pictures are only about 5 months apart but there is a change in her.

My "baby" is growing up:(

It's ok.  She is the funniest person I know.

Like stand up comedian funny.  It is bizarre.  

My aunt was visiting and she said, "I always wondered what it would be like to know a Jim Carrey sorta person"...uh...that is Peyton when she is on a roll...which is basically every night.

She has me laughing...hard...all the time.

So I am ok with her getting older because I love her.

I will get a picture of our CourtneyCourtney creation this afternoon.

It needs to be seen:)

Well now...this week could have gone smoother I think

eh...not sure.

It did kinda stink.

Let's put it this way...I got railroaded 6 ways from sunday this week.

I may not be the sharpest crayon in the box but I know when I am being taken.

Let that be known. So if you think you are pulling a fast one on me.

You're not.  Sometimes it is just easier to give in.

'nuff said.  You probably know who you are if you are reading this.

I am sick of it though.  Gotta tell ya.

Oh...I did get yelled at by a store this week.

Ya.  That was uncalled for.

We aren't going to let that happen again.

The moral of the story is you get more honey with sugar than vinegar.

So please don't yell at me.

Hey...since I am dishing stuff out right now (bare with me...this is my therapy at the moment)

I gotta tell you a funny story (cough cough)

so...before xmas a "friend" who lives close, emailed me asking if I had a tee for her childs upcoming b-day.  Um...well.  Let me think.  Probably.

So I said "yes" and I left it outside my front door all packaged up like I do for all "orders" and said friend apparently came one day and picked it up.

Ya.  So...ok...did I get a thank you?  Did I get a "how much do I owe you?" 

nada.

So I emailed a couple weeks later to make sure she got it.

crickets

Not even an 

"oops I am so sorry, what a turkey I am...I didn't even thank you for my free shirt that I ordered"

HA.  People never fail to let me down I tell you.

sigh

Moving on to happier things now.

Thank you for listening.  

I do know that 99.9% of the chicks I have dealt with are truly truly good people.

It is just funny when you see peoples true colors.

Hm.  Funny is probably not the correct term.

Anyways.  So last night I thought it would be fun to make a few doll tees.

I listed 9 of them.

They were gone in less that a minute.

Huh!

I did learn that my website cannot handle that.

No worries...newer bigger things in the future and hopefully it will be able to handle that.

Here were some of the tees.

(if you missed them...I promise to make more)

I want the striped tee in my size...unfortunately it would only fit my havanese Roofus.

Yesterday was also school project day.

We had 3 to do.

(1)  hat

(1) teeth diorama

and these (for a book report)

You know what.  I am going to be honest.

For the first time...I did not help with the projects.

They did them all themselves.

If you do not know what the sock puppets are it is a mouse and a porcupine.

I figured I needed some valentine decor around here.

I also figured I would test my will power with an easy pour container full of m & m's.

I guarantee I will throw them out by sunday because lets face it...I am the one that will be eating them.

aaaaaand...I skipped my Christmas "peeps in a jar" decor.  I just wasn't feelin' it.

But I brought them back because I cannot resist sparkly vanilla heart peeps or ones that say I love u.

I mean I cannot resist shoving them them in a jar.  I can totally resist eating those.

Ew ew ew.  I hate marshmallows.

Ew.

Yes that is a $4 table cloth from Target.  

Cheesy?  Ohh ya.  But isn't most Valentine's decor?

Think about it.

So, I am currently dyeing "something" that I can't tell you about yet.

But I had an AHA moment the other day along with a "why did I not think of that before" moment and with a little luck, I will have something to show you this weekend.

Oooo...I forgot to mention the rest of my "friend" story.

It's good.

But I have to first tell you that I got an email yesterday from Jeni and it was so sweet

and I just want to say thank you.  

I tell you...one nice email from a reader, customer, friend erases all the bad stuff before it.

It's true.

It's kinda like a quick compliment to anyone...and you just see them light up.

So just to let my "friend" know...the one that is now avoiding me.

Yes...we saw you pretend to be fishing for something in your purse at xmas time and literally

breeze right past us into a restaurant.

It was a scene right out of a seinfeld episode.

I thought it was pretty funny.

This was all over a $25 tee.

All I needed was a thank you.

Thank you's go a long way.

If I was to throw a Valentine's party

The invites would look like these:

From Autumn Leah Designs

or these from TomKat Studios

Or maybe these from Tiny Prints

the decorations would look include stuff like this

and these

and these

the food would include these

(which I will have one anyways because I have not had a cupcake in about 3 months!)

or these

 they would not include these:(  Because there is not a hope of me making them and well...
Bakerella doesn't ship:(
Oh how I wish she shipped...but can you imagine the wait list!

and mmmm...yummy

and honestly...if this was sitting on my desk I would eat up all cookie monster style...no joke

Ok. I will be back tomorrow with my Valentine gift finds for
kids
men
annnnd WOMEN!

Shaun T is lucky he is cute

So I am only halfway through the day and so far it has been a bust.

I have worked my schedule so that I do my torture after I drop the kids off at school.

Then I am done and showered and ready to go by 9...

and since I work until 10-11 pm ...that is plenty I think.

Today was good.

Monday morning.

I got some new kicks yesterday.

Totally ugly...but strangely comfy.

Ya I have cankles...sooooo

Back to my point.
So I managed 20 minutes of insanity (literally...insanity) and I was doing so much better this week.

Then wham...out of the blue...extreme pain.

Not sure if I have ever mentioned on here that I have had severe endometriosis in the past.

It dates back to junior high.
Not good.  Many hospital stays.

Ovarian cyst rupture.

Badddd.

It has been better since I had kids. Having kids kinda cured me for a few years.

That was until this past year and omg...OMG.

Owwww. 

So 20 minutes of feeling great was quickly squashed by intense pain this morning and once again...I was stuck in the fetal position on the ground while I crawled to the medicine cabinet to get some painkillers and a heating pad.

Darnit.  What a waste of time that was.

Now that it is noon and my meds have kicked in and I can somewhat function, I am prepared for a crappy week since that is usually how long this lasts and grrrr...it sucks.

On a lighter note...I hung my painting.

And now that I am blonde again...it kinda looks like me.  

That alcove is about 7 feet tall...so it is really cool in person.

Makes me smile.

Something that makes my kids smile is the accessories department at forever 21.

They really do have the best selection of cheap costume jewelry.

Peyton likes to wear fun necklaces, bracelets etc to school.

Here is a sample of what is laying around my kitchen table at any given time.

Clearly we are not the only ones obsessed with their accessories since 

the selection literally changes day to day.

Ok then.  

I am off to make something...not sure what...but one of my most favorite people in the world gave birth to a little princess last night and she needs something sparkly don't you think?

owwww...apparently this is going to be a double dose of meds sorta day.

Just so I can say I managed 3 in a row.

Wow.  3 days blogging in a row.

Not that I have much to say.

I really just wanted to share this photo.

If you have read my blog for awhile, you know that my daughter sees hearts.

Literally.  In everything. 

And now, I have customers that send me photos of hearts they see.

I love that.  

Today...it was the tip of the soap bottle.

That is most certainly a heart.

She literally oozes love.

The kid is a walking heart.

It reminds me of one of our favorite books.

Because I like the photos.

And secretly...it reminds me of her.

It kinda even looks like her.

As you can probably imagine...Valentine's Day is big for her.

So other than pressing 110 items today, shipping 45 packages tonight and somehow passing out for a 45 minute nap on the couch....and I mean passing out. 

I was talking to Peyton about her sleep over last night and bam. Out like a light.

Which actually reminds me.

Sleep overs suck.

You get your kid back and they are grumpy and tired and geez louise.

Sure they had fun...but I am going to make a tee that says

Warning: 

I just came 

home from a

sleepover

Ya.  That says that.

This weekend...we planted a couple plants.

beautiful huh

um...ya.  Ok so they are metal.  Whatever.  I kill plants.

I am not good with them.

Not ones that I have to remember to water.

So these are the perfect plants for us.

We did plant some strawberries though.

Totally forgot to water them today.

They will probably be dead by tomorrow.

I think I need to make more of an effort in the plant department.

Do you have plants in your house?

I don't have one.

Is that strange? Now that I write that out...it kinda seems strange.

I should get some plants.

And fish.

Wow.  I am just rambling again.

I need to continue my nap from this morning.
So before I go to sleep...I will leave you with these new items.

They are not listed yet, I will list them tomorrow.

I now have doll tees.

I am not sure how I am going to work these.

I kinda just want to bling them all out myself and list them.

We will see.  

Oh and one more.

Hmmm...wonder if I can make it 4 days in a row.

I am not that interesting...so I am going to guess no.  But you never know what

I come up with tomorrow.

Nite

~Cristy