the procrastination ends here

I was given this award by my dear cyber friend at Apron strings and the Ties that Bind
Quite an embarrassingly long time ago(sorry JD) I just could not get up the doing it bone...(was that dirty?) any way here it is ,you have to answer each question with one word ( I did no want to use names)

1. Where is your cell phone?questionable

2. Where is your significant other? bed

3. Your hair color? mochai-sh

4. Your mother? hot

5. Your father? missed

6. Your favorite thing? color

7. Your dream last night? strange

8. Your dream/goal?breadwinning

9. The room you’re in? common

10. Your hobby? living

11. Your fear? anger

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?Texas

13. Where were you last night? bed

14. What you’re not? mathematician

15. One of your wish-list items?huh

16. Where you grew up? South

17. The last thing you did? stretched

18. What are you wearing? pajamas

19. Your TV?friend

20. Your pet? protective

21. Your computer? Ernest

22. Your mood?sleepy

23. Missing someone? daddy

24. Your car? daddy

25. Something you’re not wearing? bra

26. Favorite store? confused

27. Your summer? 100+

28. Love someone?many

29. Your favorite color? all

30. When is the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? "drive"
this was very difficult for me....lets see how my seven will do...if they do(don't strangle me guys)
Mama sings the blues
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Speaking Of the Holidays

Speaking Of the Holidays I wanted to mention The Handmade Pledge. It seems like I have always tried to make most of my gifts for the Holidays (I have always been the "artist/poor" family member). I suppose it started when I was a kid. Most kids are encouraged to make things for gifts. Then along comes the teen years and all artistic expression takes a back seat to academic achievement; and we begin to buy everything. Since 'Art' was Academic for me, I was allowed to keep on making things for gifts, and gracious family members "smiled and said thanks Chas". Well times have changed I now have family members requesting handmade gifts and people I don't even know asking me to make gifts for their loved ones.
Usually, for me it is those closest to me that reap from my laborious paws (and those who are willing to pay for my services). I do,however, still buy some gifts (I could not possibly make all our gifts) but I try to buy handmade or at least local. There is this great online Pledge site called I took the Handmade pledge.

They list 3 great reasons to Buy handmade
* Buying Handmade makes for better gift-giving.
* Buying handmade is better for people.
* Buying handmade is better for the environment.
So for Those of you wanting to try to bake and make your way thru the holidays there is all sorts of help out there on-line. There are plenty of great sites to buy Handmade like etsy, dwanda, I shop indie, and meet me at mike's
where your can pick up one of thes Super cute pendants for a song
From recipes to, decorating tips to sites that teach you how to make easy fun gifts.
A great site dedicated to giving you the hows and tos to make your own holiday gifts is
Handmade and Homebaked.
Amy cluck of Pepto girl Industries has been working incredibly hard to bring Holiday gift tutorials to the crafty masses This Holiday Season


I mean I have a sort of holiday decoration aversion (due to over exposure as a child; sorry mama but it is true) however homemade decorations like this nifty little candle could make a born again holiday decorator out of me yet.


* (my added personal reason ) The fourth reason to buy handmade~ gives holidays meaning again!

Well I have found that making gifts and buying from other makers actually gave me back (some) of my lost Christmas (that is my holiday) spirit. It is so easy in these times to get lost in all the stuff; and depressed from lack of funds to buy all the stuff; and super irritated that something that should be a cherished time for family and friendships (especially in a young family 's, such as mine) turns in to the "dreaded Holidays". Sew I am taking back my holiday spirit (one year at a time, mind you) and I am going to try and help my little monster enjoy the Holidays with me not because of all the things we bought for him (or could not buy him)
But because we always make and do fun stuff for the Holidays and have fun giving those things to our closest loved ones...end of rantiness (I know when he is 13 I will look back and laugh a little bitterly at my naive young mama self, but until then I am innocent and I will try)

~New bling and new kicks~

So Dada really needed some new shoes this week since he said he was slipping when he was working on top of a roof because he has no tread left on his shoes~ and BIG dog really likes them...Ok, so I staged the photo a little he- is actually waiting patiently to be fed (food bowl not pictured)



And I was able to provide for his new shoes after the market...yay market! I Also of course needed a new pair of shoes.
So I went to whole earth provisions to get the crocs that look like flats( i know it is terrible but I love them) but they were all gone, however I had spied these cuties back when Nanny bought Merle his green crocs.
They were way too pricey and too wintry( or what passes for winter in Texas)back in May. Lucky for me they were still available in my size and 1/2 the price! I really love them...sweet little horned owls.
I also traded my owl skirt that I just posted yesterday~ for this beautiful necklace.



The flower is pure silver( which means like 99. something% pure) I just love the heaviness of the tiny thing; and the soft smoothness when you touch the metal and the bead is recycled glass(I love m2's little metal tags)
I also have another little something coming from her(M2)I will post it later.
My final weekend acquisition was from the ever so talented Blue Mama. I really love the simplicity of these earrings. The buttons are vintage on a hoop that she fashioned from sterling silver wire. I wore these blue flower earrings to the market on Saturday and got all kinds of compliments .

They are light as a feather and super comfortable.Especially these little green babies, I wore them for 3 days straight to bed and everything(...oops). I only took them out to take these photos.
I know she has multiples of the blue flower button ones that she is putting up for sell in her etsy shop. Her prices are super reasonable and you can do combos like lavender vanilla lip balm and Modgepodge recycled fabric earrings as gifts for your BFF( like me; well I bought orange blossom and a necklace...you get the idea). By the way she also puts fabric remnants on the lip balm tins making them sweet inside and out .





Lately I am really loving my sweet lips agave-rose lip balm.
the texture is creamy perfection and the tint is just right with my sunny market kissed skin.

I am truly lucky to have found a kindred soul in such a talented intelligent lady(love you blue mama)

*************Thanks for perusing my little shop/swap extravaganza!!!!********************

Blue Mama grand opening on etsy!

My fellow crafty mama pal from the blog mama sings the blues is launching her very own etsy line that includes jewelry and handbags made from recycled materials and her fabulous beauty products that include several all natural lip balms. These lip balms are "creamy and delicious shea butter & beeswax-based... sweetened with agave nectar" My favorite is the one called Lovely ...."This is a creamy and delicious shea butter & beeswax-based lip balm sweetened with agave nectar, fragranced with neroli (orange blossom)essential oil and tinted a soft, sheer nude."
I am also enjoy wearing my super sassy button earrings that have recycled vintage fabric decoupaged on one side. I just love them ! She has lots of earrings that range in price from $12 to $18!!! What a steal? They are all one of a kind... and she will even do custom orders out of that little swatch of fabric that you just love and can't let go of.







In addition to all of these awesome things blue mama also makes super cute handbags that she knits from plastic shopping bags and adds vintage handles! I just love this one in black I covet it and envy the one who will tote it( could be me after a good weekend at the market!)!!
Check her out!! lots of beautiful and fun stuff!!!!! She is adding new pieces all the time and doing a lip balm give away on her blog!

Thank you blue mama

My fellow crafty southside mama made me this sweet necklace!



Daddy teased me when he took the photos calling it my friendship necklace....yeah it is a friendship necklace!


( I teased him a week or so ago for making orange papa a "mixed tape"(CD) so I guess I deserved it. Anyway... I heart my friend and my necklace and spell check for keeping me from spelling it "knecklace "