Happy Birthday to Me!

Today I turn 33 years old. I still feel like I'm a 10 year old! My 33rd birthday promises to be like any other day. I'm currently organizing my craft room which doubles as my bedroom. I've been working on this daunting task for three days now, and it feels as if there is no end in sight. Here is the family cat, Mr. Bob, "helping" me straighten up.

Look at the cute gifts my 3 year old niece, Allie, picked out for me all by herself! She gave them to me early because she wanted to make sure that I liked them. Of course I loved them. They are probably the best gifts I've ever received because she hand picked them.

My best friend, Adam, celebrated his 35th birthday with family yesterday, but we will be meeting up later today to celebrate mine. He is a huge Gary Busey fan. I decided to make him an angry Gary Busey plushie for his birthday. Gary has gone a little "off" in my version and forgotten his shoes.

To celebrate my birthday, I'm offering 33% off in my Etsy shop this weekend when you use the coupon code HAPPY33 at checkout. This offer is not good on custom orders or gift certificates. So head on over to House of Plush and take advantage of this deal!

Happy Halloween

Pumpkin plushie I made for my niece, Allie, for Halloween this year.

Here's wishing all of you a very happy and safe Halloween!

Happy Birthday, Allie!

Today is my niece's 3rd birthday. Isn't she a doll?

Etch A Sketch Appliqued Bag for Allie

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! (Or Happy Zombie Jesus Day to those of you with a sense of humor). Have a great time with your family and friends today at church, an Easter egg hunt, or in my case, at the Cracker Barrel (yes, my mother doesn't want to cook so the family is headed out to the Cracker Barrel). Allie, my niece, is looking forward to hunting Easter eggs in the "tall grass" at my parents house because Poppy (my dad) hasn't been feeling well lately, so he has neglected to cut the grass.

Much love,

Birthday Present for Mom

I just finished this tiny little brooch for my mom for her birthday on Tuesday. (I hope she no longer reads my blog).

Allie's New Doll (One of 10!!!)

Here is my niece, Allie, with one of the 10 dolls she received this Christmas. This particular doll was given to Allie by her "granna." It's supposed to look like Allie, but I don't see the resemblance except maybe for the hair.

Happy Holidays!

Since I'm broke this holiday season, I was unable to mail out Christmas cards to all my friends and family, so I'm posting it here. Happy Holidays to everyone!

Allie's Halloween Costume

My niece Allie has already been showing off her Halloween outfit. This year, she is going to be Tinkerbell. Here are two of my favorite pictures of her in her costume.

My New Do!

My little sister cut my hair today. I decided I needed a change since I hadn't had a haircut since March. Here it is!

Happy Birthday Allie!

Little Miss Independent

My niece, Allie, is turning 2 on July 4th! Here's her most recent picture. Don't let her cuteness fool you, she takes after her aunt!

Allie's Motivational Poster

A Nun Plushie for Allie

Allie is my niece who will be 2 on July 4th. For some odd reason she has an obsession with nuns. (See this blog post for a little background). Well I had insomnia again last night and early this morning I decided to search for "nuns" on Etsy. I found a nun plushie that I liked, but it cost 10 bucks and there was no way I was paying so much for something so small. My friend, Sugarlishes, who made my new pet monster immediately came to mind. She has a knack for making plushies, so I decided to ask her if she could commission one for me for less than $10. I sent her the picture of the $10 nun earlier today and she just posted the above pictured nun in her Etsy store
maybe 10 minutes ago! Needless to say, I immediately fell in love with this nun plushie and snatched it out of her store (even though it was a reserve listing for moi). I know that Allie will absolutely go nuts over it! Thanks again, Sug, for creating something wonderful! You rock!

Racing Nuns

My 19 month old niece, Allie, became enamored with a ceramic nun that I had left at my parents' house years ago. The ceramic nun was actually a Christmas ornament missing the hanger. Allie would take the nun wherever she went. While eating at a fast food restaurant after church one Sunday, my sister dropped the ceramic nun sending it into a thousand pieces. Allie immediately exclaimed, "My nun!" My sister frantically called me and asked me to search for a similar nun on eBay. I couldn't find anything like it. Allie's granna was able to locate these hilarious racing nuns on the internet. Now all is right in Allie's world!

My niece, Allie, just doesn't care. No, really . . . she doesn't!!!