Joy Leanne

*I wrote this last night but my computer didn't want to post. I have been trying not to do house work on Sundays for the past few weeks for two reasons. One, having a day when I don’t work is a motivation to be productive on the other six days. For whatever reason the more time I Have to do things the less gets done. Not that I believe in having a jam packed schedule, but to much free time allows me to put things off. The second reason is the desire to instill a rhythm and a Sabbath structure in my life. The hope its to make room for rest and play and self reflection. Unfortunately my mad attempt at getting ready for the craft show meant these ideals were neglected. So five pm found me doing three days worth of dishes and picking up a week’s for of clutter. As I puttered around cleaning a through drifted through my head. “At least now I can have a reason to say I am tired and rest." As soon as the thought fluttered through my head I stopped (mentally) rather surprised. It made

 Ok so I have no idea how to copy and paste from the Random.org so I hope you all just trust me. Winners...... 77. Genevieve P said... I love both Shayla and the bunting baby. You do lovely work! Thanks for the giveaway! 24 Lu said...What fun! I love pleasant surprises, so I would choose the surprise tote bag. Thanks for posting! My email is in my profile. I will be e-mailing you both soon. 

***If you are looking for the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway please scroll down. *** ***(Note winner will be posted at 8 pm tonight)*** Just wanted to give every one a sneak peak of what's coming up in the etsy shop and what I will have at the craft show this weekend.

So my original Giveaway post said that I would be picking the winners on Thursday the 24th... yeah uh Thursday is the 20th. So yes I will be following the Sew Mama Sew rules and picking a winner tomorrow!

*** If you are looking for the Sew Mama Sew give away scroll down. *** We had a low key weekend for the first time since the move back in March I think. It was nice. Friday Hubby's parents watched the kids so we could go out to a nice dinner. We used a gift card so it only cost us ten bucks, which made it even nicer. After that we went and hung out with a group of friends. One of the married couples actually moved into our old duplex. It was our first time seeing it since they redecorated. It wasn't nearly as weird as I thought. They did a great job making the space "theirs". Saturday I spent most of the day sewing frantically for my first craft show coming up on the 22nd. Hope I can get enough done. Saturday night we went shopping with some of my birthday money and got new dishes and a new swimsuit. First swimsuit I bought in 4 years. Not nearly as scary as I thought it would be. I found a nice one piece since I'm not ready to show my post-two-c-section tummy yet

It's Sew Mama Sew give away day here in blogland and I am sew excited. (Lame pun I know.) I have entered a ton of giveaways last time and actually one some which was really cool. So this time I am participating as a giver. (Unfortunately I am not able to ship internationally at this time.) So what am I giving away? Well, I am offering to options and the winner will get to chose. Option 1 - A tote bag made by me filled with some hand made surprise goodies. (A sample bag, not the actually bag, I will do my best to make a bag in colors you would enjoy) Option 2 - Any children's item in my Etsy Shop . (Including dolls) (These are just examples of items in my shop. I will be loading new stuff this week. Be sure to check it out.) Here is how the give away works. *Post a comment here letting me know if you want a surprise tote bag or an item from my shop (and which item you would be most interested in). *For another chance to win post a separate comment letting me know if you have be

So I was all excited to work on some stuff for my Etsy shop this evening. Two hours till Josh comes home from work and I thought it would be the perfect time to make some items for Mamas. Unfortunately the girls had other ideas and kept walking all over my cutting mat. So I figured I would post an update here instead. We are finally getting settled into the house. I can't wait to post pictures but none of the rooms are entirely done yet. I want to get the finishing touches done a few then I can start posting.  We had a wonderful weekend. My birthday always falls with in days of Mother's day so it's always an extra special time. This year I made the girls coordinating t-shirt dresses for Mother's Day. Bear is on the left and Goose on the right. Goose is walking now, but of course won't stand still for a picture with out help. For my birthday Josh took me shopping for some supplies including two amazing skeins of yarn. I couldn't get the light right for this which

I keep waiting for things to slow down. Spring is well on its way working towards Summer. The weather is warming and I keep waiting for the days to settle into that nice slow rhythm of summer. But with two little ones I'm not sure how likely that is this summer. In fact, the theme of life right now seems to be motion.