Yellow Pages

Explain to me why me, the girl who never chooses yellow, has a sudden attraction to bright yellow accessories?

Ooooo! A punchy yellow yet inviting armchair! Aaaah!! Bright and cheery plates! And now I should co-ordinate with my new decor with this chunky yellow necklace and sassy flats.

Anthropology. How do I love thee. Too bad I will never be able to actually purchase something from you.

(*Even though I am craving yellow, I been using lots of cream, brown and pink. Check out my newest tassels on Megity's Handmade!*)

A New Bow

Look at this darling bow that I made for Mia.

Don't you love it?? I do! I love it, love it, love it!!! Love everything about it but apparently Mia doesn't.
Conversation with her about it:
Mama: "How come you took your bow out at your friends house??"
Mia: "'Cause I don't like that dumb bow. I didn't want you to put it in my hair."
Mama: Hugging her and telling her sweetly even though I felt like dropping her on her hiney, "Because Mama wants you to look pretty and I made a pretty bow just for you because I love you.:
Mia: Unimpressed, "Hmm."

If you would like to make your own bow, it's super simple. I simply used four different ribbons from American Crafts. They are perfect width, texture and coordination. That perfect red flower button is from the Creative Cafe. And if you make one (or more) for your cute little one, let me know. Especially if your sweet little one is sweet about it.

My Crafty Blog

I love to craft. I have three young children and they like to demand. Together, we meet their needs, wants and just plain spoil day in and day out. But, late at night, after the kids are asleep, Mama slips downstairs and works on her never ending list of projects. And they make me happy.

I've created a new crafty blog to showcase my latest tassels, scrapbooking, decorating and other crafty goodness. Come on over and visit me at Megity's Handmade, I would love the company!

LOVE!!

Find out more about this fabulous tassel on Megity's Handmade.

New Valentine Tassels!

Finally got some time to work on a new line of tassels. These are so much fun for me to do. I've had several requests for Valentine tassels so here is a few that I've been playing with:

First, a sparkly sequined heart all dolled up with classic red and cream toile ribbon, red checks and layers of red and camel colored fringe. Hanging from a red checked ribbon completes this classic combination. The heart measures 3 inches wide and hangs 8 inches long.

This yummy heart tassel features a chocolate brown and red confetti heart hanging from a rich brown satin ribbon. Layers of chocolate, red and camel colored fringes and ribbons dress this heart up quite nicely!
Heart measures 4" and tassel hangs roughly 10" long.

Last one is my favorite little tassel. Measuring about 4 inches long, it features my favorite cream custom made pom-pom layered with lush black fringe on a antique silver topper. A satin pink ribbon topped with black and pink grosgrain and my absolutely favorite little heart lock and key charm.

More to come soon! If anyone is interested in any of these, leave a comment and let me know. Thanks!

Mia's Winter Recital

Mia was as darling as ever about her recital this year. She was so pleased with how she looked for the recital. If you couldn't tell by the way that she pranced around or kept looking in the mirror, she would tell you. And she did look very cute and she did fantastic! I loved watching her and we were all very proud of her.

This is her third year dancing now at this school and she still enjoys it. Her teacher is fantastic and makes all the girls feel good about themselves. No pressure at all, just dance around and have fun!

An Formal Expression of my Intentions

Every January, I think about joining the masses and resoluting to make the New Year a better one. Lose weight, run a marathon, make lots more money and build a house with my own bare hands! Then, just like most of us, the resolutions get lost in the year and nothing happens. As if I was suddenly incapable of doing even the simplest of them all. Mental block possibly?

In my little attempt to change that outcome, this years resolutions are to make smaller, more attainable monthly goals. This months goal is to exercise more. And, because I let go of my perfectionist feelings about it, I have done it. It may be 20 minutes now, but that 20 minutes is so much better than zero minutes daily and for that alone, I am happy. Exercise is something that my body has been craving and I have not been doing simply because I am already behind in all of my daily chores, my mothering skills, the nightly dinner and all of the billions of projects that I want to do. Excuses, excuses. Time to take care of myself and I am looking forward to it!

So, what about you?? Any New Year's Resolutions for you?