Seriously, This Label Maker is Awesome.

Just for the heck of it, I'm having a sale for all my blog readers. Now through January 1'st, take 10% off anything in stock in the shop. Type in Blog Sale in the "notes to seller" section of check out and don't pay. I'll send you an updated invoice and you can pay then. Thanks for a great year and happy 2008!

Operation Organization

We live in a VERY small house - less than 900 square feet. Now that we've had our first official "toddler Christmas" (which came just one week after a 2 year birthday party), we've officially outgrown our living space. Where to put all the new toys?!?! We have thus embarked on what I call operation organization - it's pretty amazing how many things you can cram into a small space if you're organized about it! This cabinet has been a dumping ground for all kinds of weird things, and I finally finished wading through it all yesterday. Then it was off to target for plastic bins and a label maker (my new favorite toy) to copy my friend Karen's toy storage system, and voila - we have a toy cabinet! Next on the list: clean out my closet, which I share with Moses. Yikes. Wish me luck!

...And to All a Good Night

*sigh* Ah, the day after Christmas. A whilrlwind of opening and assembling toys, trying to find/create new places to store said toys, cramming more and more cardboard into the overflowing recycling bin, promising one's self that was the last hershey's kiss to be eaten, trying to meet up with friends from out of town, looking for that last AAA battery that will make the cars drive along the track, sneaking another hershey's kiss...

At last the little rascal is asleep. Hubby is putting on his America's Funniest Home Videos DVD and I am settling in for a bit of crafting. I'm hoping to finish up these little beauties for listing in the shop tomorrow. I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and are getting a bit of time on the couch of your own.

Preview of Things to Come

In addition to working on this last minute Christmas gift (the lighting made the color look a bit weird, but this yarn is the softest shade of green), I've been making up lots of new things for the shop. Here are a few pictures to tantalize you until Wednesday when I make my next shop update.

And what is this going to be...? I'm still figuring that out, so check the shop to see what I come up with. I hope you are all having a wonderful "Christmas eve eve"!

Just Imagine What You Could Do...

...with a $300 shopping spree to your favorite knitting shop! Knitting Daily is hosting a "Yarn Spree at your Local Yarn Shop" contest, and the first place winner gets a $300 spree to her (or his) favorite shop! The second place winner gets $200 and third place gets $100 - that's still quite a bit of yarn. Just follow this link to enter the random drawing by December 31'st - winners will be announced in January. Good luck! (Oh, and while you're there, check out the site - tons of awesome free knitting patterns and other gems.)

A Little Art Therapy

We're both still feeling a bit under the weather, so Moses and I spent most of our day inside with the two best standbys a mom could have: playdough and crayons. God bless the wonderful people who invented these things! It seems my drawing skills could use some improvement, though. Moses kept asking me to draw a chicken, and each time I did, he insisted it was a cat and asked me to "try again." Needless to say, there won't be any ACEO's in my shop any time soon. :)

I have a "Cyber BFF"

Many many thanks to Lauren over at Sweet Bean's for this flattering write-up on Junie None Designs. Sweet Beans makes the most wonderful diaper rash remedy and it comes in the cutest drawstring bags made of vintage feed sacks. Seriously, wouldn't this make the most wonderful gift? And if you want to try out the product before committing to a whole bag, you can buy a sample - what a great idea!