Yikes...I got nothin

I will post more later. But I will say that I just got this necklace in the mail. Totally forgot I ordered it from a fabulous etsy-er and well...it is awesome. So well made. And $35...please...that is a steal. I had ordered it for my daughters birthday. We call her lili loo lollipop...so I did the lili loo...and then a dangley lollipop charm...the charm does look more like a blowpop, but hey...thats a lollipop so whatever...it is stinkin cute.

And here is a funny pic I took this weekend. It is warming up here in ol Arizona...and my parents heat their pool to 90. Ours doesn't heat up until June...which is totally fine with me because let me tell you...2 months plus of swimming every day and you want to drain the damn thing and make a skate ramp out of it. Blah. Swimming. Blah.

The hotel is booked...

see...I just had to make up my mind and do something...so I booked the hotel and we are off to the Land of the Princesses.

Now...if someone can tell me where I can purchase this poster please let me know. I need it...I mean *cough cough* my daughter needs it. Ha.

Oh ya...and Shannon...if you and Madison need to make a trip to Disneyland anytime soon...it would be just terrible if we bumped into you there and you caught some fab pics...don't ya think? How horrible to get a fabulous photo on those pesky brightly colored tea cups. Oh my!

Ok forget it...plans have changed

Man have I had the strangest day. Sigh. Some days just dissapoint ya know?

Anyways...I have decided that all birthday party plans are on hold and we are going to swoop up the princess and take her to her favorite place on earth...she goin' to Disneyland! Wheeee. We love Disneyland. No horror stories...we just love it all. The girls are in their element there...and well...did I mention that we love it.

It is only a 5 hour drive from us so off we will go. BUT...we are not telling the kids...gotta keep this one under wraps. Not sure how we will spring it on them, but since she is in rare "party planning" mode right now...we are going to have a little shindigity when we get back. Who knows. I am am easy. But just look at her face here...this was a year and a half ago or so...she loved it! Who am I to deny her of that.

Sooo...what do you think?

First of all can I just say that my readers have the best ideas? Janelle...you and I are soooo on the same page! That is exactly what I was thinking, pink and black with just the barbie head silhouette! I already found the "barbie font"...did you even know there was a Barbie font? And April...you crack me up...girl I would like to check out the bookmark folder on your computer because I am thinking it looks something like mine:)

So I now have loaded the girls and boys tees on my site. Can I just say that my new boys number tees are my new favorites? So bright and fun...who says a boy cannot wear a little bit o metallic? Can you not just picture these on a cute little dude, with his funky jeans and surfer hair? So cute.

check this out!

Oh how I love shout outs. Love it. Look at this one! Not only that but this blog from Giftfully Simple just saved me alot of work (and possibly cost me some more money). Last year I made my daughter a rainbow layer birthday cake. Hang on, maybe I can find a photo. It was pretty good,BUT, a couple months ago I had seen a recipe for a different kind of rainbow cake and well...I like color. So I know I book marked it somewhere on my computer, but if you saw the books marks on my computer you would think I am nuts! SO...in wakes Apple of My Eye today and boom, not only does she have my new sparkle mix up tee highlighted on there, BUT...she also has THE rainbow cake recipe! Is the woman reading my mind?

Seriously, you don't know happy this made me. I kinda think I am even more excited about the recipe than the shout out! Ha. Priorities dear.

Ok...I will try and find a photo of last years birthday cake. Hang tight. Ok...there it is...told you I was not Betty Crocker.

What a great blog this Giftfully Simple is though...talk about a life saver! They hav the greatest ideas...and clearly good taste:)

uh oh...someones birthday is coming up...help!

This is sooo not like me. I always have a plan for my kids birthdays. Like a month or 2 before. My oldest daughter did have a couple huge shindigs for her 1st-5th birthday...my youngest...just had family parties. I have done a good job of taking their minds off the fact that just because every kid they go to school with is not in our home celebrating with them...it can still be a party...and you know what, not once has there been a complaint from either of them. Now don't get me wrong, my kids have some super sweet friends and my youngest has a good handful that would have great fun at a birthday tea party...BUT...I am just not into it this year. Not. At. All. (perhaps it is a good thing one of my antihistamines is also an antidepressant...hmmmm...unfortunatly not in the small dosage that I take it. Darnit. I could use an upper every once in awhile.

ANYWAYS (man do I digress alot) my point is that the kids b-day is in a couple weeks and I have nothing planned. She does though. She pulled a page out of the new family fun magazine of a Princess and the Pea cake...HELLO! Clearly she does not realize that I make rhinestone shirts...I am no Betty Crocker.

In my 20 minutes that I devoted to this task yesterday, I got a fabulous idea in the form of an ad from Toys r Us. Barbie. How revolutionary I know. But its Barbies birthday and well...simple idea. Then I ran into my first road block. I wanted to find some birthday supplies that just had the Barbie Silhouette on them...you know the one. And to my total disgust...all the barbie birthday supplies are basically just Barbie and the Diamond princess or whatever the heck that is. What ever happened to simplicity? I need simple. So now I am stuck again...and all I managed to buy was a Malibu Barbie because well...look at her...ahhh...if that doesn't take you right back to your childhood (no seriously if that doesn't you are way to young to be my friend! lol).

If you have any fabulous ideas how I can do this barbie birthday party for just my kid, her sister and our family...please let me know!

I'm a bad bad blogger...sorry

Ok...so apparently I am a little missed when I don't blog...I LOVE that! Please yell at me...it makes me feel missed.

No I did not fall off the deep of my hives...but I tell ya...I could. Tonight I googled "cronic hives,cleanse, HELP!" And well...a zillion things came up as you can imagine. I am thinking a week of water and rice and that would tell me if it was something I am ingesting. Speaking of ingesting...I went to the store and bought one of those pill holders...you know the monday-sunday pill containers. It honestly is that bad. When you have to take 10 pills a day at different times...you start to zone out. And it was warming up today...about 77 but felt like 90 in the car pool line...I was going NUTS with itching. This could be a very long summer for me.

So...where have I really been? Well to tell you the truth...A. I am feeling a tad sorry for myself these days...and hiding out in my home which leads me to B. brand spankin new ideas and I LURV them. Wheeeeee. I have so many new ideas floating through my head that I need to zone in on just a few. So. For now I am leaving you with a couple little hints...I originally set out to make some new tees for boys...but they were so cute I thought...hey...maybe some funky chicks would like them too! So...boom...let me know what you think. I will have the rest up tomorrow.

is it wrong to want to rename your kids?

One of the many fun parts of my "job" is that most of the items I do are personalized...and so each one is totally different. Throughout the zillions of leggings I have done, I have come across some extremely cool names that I WISH I had heard before I had kids of my own. Ha. Terrible I know. ANYWAYS...another part is that I really love it when customers are super specific...this does not in any way mean super difficult...it means they want something very specific...maybe they have found a perfect skirt and are trying to match a shirt or leggings to it. This is great. I love that. Please do not hesitate to be super specific if you are looking for something. Telling me the exact colors for each letter...bring it...I love details. I have lots and lots of colors of stones and we can match most everything.

So here are 3 pairs of leggings I just did today for a lady who clearly has good taste because A. she was buying 3 pairs of leggings from me and B. she has the coolest names for her kids! Hellooo...

I am also posting a pic of a Big Sister tee. Again...just because I don't have something listed on my site does not mean I won't make it for ya! Just ask!

On a different note, because I have had people ask me about my hives...well I wish I could give some good news...but I can't...I am a mess. Today especially. Not sure what is going on but they seem to be getting worse by the day. I think the steroids are officially out of my system (but left a trail of bad skin, moodiness and about 8 pounds...nice) and the hives are now breaking through my zantac/zyrtec/benedryl combos I got going on. I am heading back to the allergist in the morning to add something in. I feel like I am at McDonalds or something ordering a combo meal...ha...we just need to figure out the right combination of meds to get this crap under control.

It sucks...I won't lie. I am jumping out of my skin today.

lmnop

If you have a few minutes to spare this morning...or whenever...you have to check out the new issue of lmnop. I love it. It is just fun to flip through. Great ideas. Always makes me realize how boring I am. Anyways...click here...to download the newest issue of the magazine.

Today is the last day...

Ok...if you have not perused the Matilda Jane Catalog of all the new Spring/summer items yet...you are missing out. There is no way that you will not find something you love and just have to have :p Today is the last day of my online Trunk show. So check it out...here...and if you find something good (hello Blue Bird dress...I must have you)and then email

Christy Ingle at christyi@matildajaneclothing.com and she can take care of your goodies for you...please tell her you are from the Cristy Leonard Trunk show.

Ok...I am off to work on my new boys birthday tees! Wheeeeee...crossing my fingers they turn out like the vision I have in my head.

ps...can you believe these pics that Shannon Stewart has done! That woman is beyond fantastic. I am going to get her to come to Phoenix to do a family shoot in the fall...I need about 5 other families in Phoenix to join me to have mini sessions...email me if you are interested. But I don't want family pics...lol...I want fun ones of my kids! Why would I get in the picture and ruin it? No thanks.