A Steal of a Deal

A few days ago on Mamasource by Mamapedia I saw a deal too good to pass up.  An infant car canopy for the price of shipping only ($12.95). I have been wanting one of these for a while, as everytime I'm caught in the rain with Tiny Mr. I wish I had something better to cover his infant carrier with other than a flimsy, too small blanket.  Look how gorgeous these covers are:

You can purchase these amazing canopies at  Carseat Canopy Just coupon code "MOMCANOPY" to receive $50 off your purchase (the canopies are $49.95 so you actually receive $.05 off shipping as well).

With my purchase, I also received a coupon code to buy a nursing cover for 100% off at Udder Covers ($34.95 value), just pay shipping.  Here is an example of one of their covers: Use coupon code "CARSEAT"

as well as a coupon code for 100% off the Seven brand baby sling at Seven Slings ($39.95 value), just pay shipping, again with coupon code "CARSEAT".  Here is one of the available slings:

I think these would make amazing baby shower gifts. Hopefully they really are as wonderful as they appear.

My Brush with Fame

Last night, my husband and I had a date at the local mall.  As we were leaving, Rob spotted Jermaine Jones, of American Idol fame.  After getting over my giddiness, we decided to approach him and ask if he was in fact, Jermaine.  He was and here he is (as sweet as can be):

Of course it was the one time I went out without my camera, so we snapped this pic on Rob's phone.  He is now a band promoter and has a new single coming out.  We are so excited for him...and so excited to have met him :)

My Latest Creation

Sorry I have been so lax in posting, I was busy creating this beauty:

James Patrick

Born: June 20, 2012

He has been such an incredibly amazing addition to our family :)

Look What (He) Made

A couple of weeks ago I received a convo from a customer who wanted to purchase the charm from this necklace (without the loop):

He told me he wanted to add them to the middle of a pair of glasses a la "Charlie Sheen as Rick Vaughn in Major League."

Look how amazing they turned-out, totally hot!:

He tells me he has plans to create other pairs of glasses...he has definitely found his calling...and you heard it here first!

Science Day

Okay, I'm going to brag about my husband for a few minutes here.  About a month or so ago he volunteered to participate in the Science Fair at our son's school.  He didn't have a well-formulated plan about the experiments he was going to do but this sounded like a fun opportunity for him to spend some time with RJ in an academic setting.

Fast-forward about 3-4 weeks and he came up with 4 amazing experiments to teach the kids about specific gravity, stages of matter, surface tension and conservation of mass (this experiment was shelved until next year due to time constraints).

Here he is a few nights before practicing his dry-ice/sublimation routine:

And RJ super into it:

Here are the boys yesterday in the school:

Yesterday afternoon we received this super-sweet e-mail from RJ's teacher that literally brought tears to my eyes:

"Dear Rob,

Thanks so much for joining in on Science Day! The kids had a blast with your experiments, and I'm sure you noticed how RJ shined with love and pride. You're excellent at translating complicated concepts into familiar material that the kids could really grasp. Here's a few photos from our time with you. Please come by with more dangerous scientific materials any time! "

 

 

I am a very proud wife...today ;)

I Heart Minnesota

Over the past few days, I've gotten quite a few orders for my Teensy State Charm Necklaces from people in Minnesota.

This happens occasionally where I'll sell a run of a bunch of necklaces of a particular state.  Most recently, it was New Hampshire.  I didn't think too much of it, and then one of my buyers let me know that Falen, a new DJ on the Dave Ryan in the Morning show had received my necklace and had been plugging them online and on the radio...I'm so flattered and she is obviously very loved by her fans.  You can read about her here: http://daveryanshow.iheart.com/pages/falen.html

If you would like your own state necklace, you can purchase it here

My Break-Up with Facebook

Yesterday, after much deliberation and a very insightful conversation with a new friend, I decided to delete my personal facebook account.  I have been mulling this decision over for a while now and after a few unsavory incidents, the time seemed right.

I feel liberated.  I no longer feel obligated to "friend" family members and acquaintances that I have no interest in actually being "friends" with.  I'm will not feel pressure to comment on every adorable baby picture, wish randoms a "Happy Birthday" or pretend that I all of a sudden care about faces from my past that I didn't care about (or even worse) back then.  I will continue to share my life and pictures with people whom I actually care about and who actually care about me.

There are a few things I will miss about Facebook, the biggest ones being our secret book club group and playing "Words with Friends" on a large screen, however, a little birdie told me Zynga is branching-off from Facebook so even this point may soon be moot.

Here is something that actually IS important:

My Guys