And Again...

Another weekend with my parents! This time it was still fun! hahaha! My dad needed some help with the garden and the kids love going out with nana and grandpa :) It was a lot of fun staying there, but now once again back to reality.

All the passports are in! How fast was that?! I'm totally amazed with the government for once! hahaha!! I am super excited to get over to Mexico!

I got some FABULOUS finds this weekend thrifting and garage saleing with my mom! It was totally awesome, even though it was a bit chilly!

Up top there you can see a heart shaped Barbie Lunchbox I found and transformed into a purse! OMG! It totally rocks!

Here are 2 fun selections of Barbie goodies! These have already been sorted and everything is a perfect jewel! I have already started working with some of the goodies!

We're baaaccckkk!!

Yikes! Have we been having a blast lately! We've spent a lot of time at my parents house and even spending the nights there. They have so much space when my sis is out of town! We had so much fun shopping for the kids entire summer wardrobes and touring some homes....YIKES we even looked at the house RIGHT across the street from their home!!! Crazy, but Husband says they are the only parents he could even think about living close too! hahahaha! It was nice looking, but reality set in and we just don't want to leave the area we live in now. We love it too much and just can't get into the mind set of moving to yuppie town! heeheee! Not to mention living this far out gives us plenty of excuses not to see people ALL THE TIME!!

We have been hitting up garage sales and auctions left and right and i've been getting alot of good supplies! It's just been so much fun! I lover finding new treasures out of old stuff.

We're supposed to be going over to FIL (husbands dad) house for dinner soon, but our schedule is too hectic right now. Our little guy has had tons of appts. recently for his ears and that has my hands full at the moment. I don't mond going over there anymore and actually have found them pretty pleasant recently. Husband says he prefers going there because he is starting to actually like his step mom when she's not being all fake and stuff. :) He says she wins the step parent award! hahaha...

We seem to be getting super busy before our summer has even hit and have already started planning our next trip! We are going camping over Labor day weekend (or whatever weekend comes first Memorial day?! ) and we've been buying up loads of gear as it is my first time tent camping since I was like 8! I'm a bit frightened!!

After that, we get our butts into gear for our Mexico trip and get this! My passport application was REJECTED! It' s totally last minute and now I have to go apply again! argg...

After Mexico we have another camping trip planned for the other holiday (labor day?!) and then a nice calm fall!! :)

I can't believe how fast this year has been flying!

Yay for Friday!

Oh boy am I so ready for the longest week EVER to be over! And guess what!!?? There are 2 Estate sales in the paper for tomorrow! Yay! I love being able to go through peoples drawers and such and find all kinds of goodies!

I've finally and super slowly started working on my new Industrial Chic line, It's made from pieces slavaged from my husbands job! He works with electrical stuff. I love looking at stuff and going with my gut instinct on what to make first! This little Breaker piece TOTALLY looked like a robot the minute I saw him :) So here he is! I LOVE it!

I've also finally started getting back to my roots of button bracelets. They are impossible to make with the kids being around all the time and their little fingers!! Soo I have to eek one out when I can. I can't believe how AWESOME this one turned out, I fell in love with these buttons at an auction and antique store, that I had them set aside for my collection. After a bit of time of just looking at them in glass jars, I knew they were destined to be loved as something else. I'm really in love with this spring/summer look!

Human Again!

Ahhh...To be human again! We are all finally NOT sick for the first time in months! It's an amazing feeling! I can't believe how behind I got, having a house full of sickies!!

On top of getting better, we had to venture out to the 'suburbs' last weekend to a party for my Father In laws parents. It was a suprisingly nice time and God help me, but once again, I found my FIL to be a nice and tolerable guy. AUGHH!!! I know! But honestly, it was because he didn't have a drink in his hand non-stop. I suspect that someone has told someone that has told him (you know the old telephone game!) that we can't stand that he's constantly got to be loaded. I'm glad that he's finally catching on. His wife was even semi decent too! YIKES! The world must be ending! She still doesn't have a clue about parenting and wants to give the kids chocolate and cookies for dinner, but hey at least she wasn't going on and on about how she lost 20 lbs and her clothes were literally falling off her as she walked....oh wait she was! hahahaha!! She's comic relief for us lately though, so that's alright. It was a fun weekend!

This weekend has us cleaning hard core around the house, out with the sick and in with Mr. Clean! We have 3 Drs appt.s for the kiddies and then we have the rest of saturday evening to get this place in shape!

As far as the shop, I have gotten some good supplies in because.....GARAGE SALE SEASON IS HERE!!! Yup!!! we hit some Estate sales and garage sales last weekend and it felt GREAT! Yay Yay! I can't wait to start sharing pics of my loot! Alright, i've chatted enough!!

Thanks for hanging in there with me!

Time Flies

Boy o Boy does time fly like crazy! It's been a hectic weekend and now it's April first?! YIKES!! I have to get started on so much work, but of course I find myself here. Why?

Well I broke my drill bit and my kids are napping, soo I have to wait until husband gets home so that I can go and get more.

Next I can't play on ETSY or organize my shop, because the wonderful site is DOWN! YIKES! I totally thought it was me at first and I tried a billion times to log in and everything! All to have no luck in the end! blahhh...

I have started working on 2 new lines in my shop. The Lolita Glam look, for gals with that 'baby doll' taste and then Industrial Geek Chic for that rustic, computer insides kinda look :) They sooo are 2 opposite ends of the spectrum, but I want to make it mesh well together some how!

I got the GREATEST shirt in the mail today! It was my first shot at using ETSYs Alchemy and it ROCKED! I will add in photos of everything later, it seems I am having sudden problems with my camera thanks to one of my children...arggg....