Embracing the Camera Halloween

I got to go trick-or-treating with the cutest butterfly in the world this week.
I've come to realize that I get more excited for Delaney than she gets when we go places.

For instance, when we went trunk-or-treating earlier in the weekend, I pictured her walking down the line of cars, holding out her elmo bucket while people put candy in her bucket and commented on her adorable costume.  She would then say "tank-too" (thank you), which is one of the only words she says.

Instead, she cried as soon as we got out of the car and fell to her diapered bottom and refused to stand up.
We stayed about five minutes and went home.

However, she did have a great time on Halloween, and although she never said "tank-too" she did enjoy about five dum-dum suckers (don't worry-I brushed her five teeth as soon as we got home) and had fun collecting her candy.

The trick-or-treat gang (Mr. H had class)-boo.

Hope you had a great Halloween and were able to embrace the camera!

You are My Sunshine Necklace

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Delaney is my sunshine girl.  She is constantly smiling and literally warms my heart (okay figuratively I guess, but I think literally sounds more serious).  

My sister designed our "love you to the moon necklace" last year because she always said that phrase to her son.  Well, my daughter is not that into books yet and that is not a phrase that I often say. 

 However, I LOVE to sing to her and one song that I actually know the words to and sing to her all the time is "You are My Sunshine."  

There are only a few songs I sing to her daily, and this is one of them.  

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So, I wanted a necklace to wear that reminds me of my little sunshine, but kept the design similar to the moon necklace 'cause I love the design.

 It is a 1" silver disc with a copper "sun" fused onto it.  It can be personalized with a name around the edge of the sunshine.    

It can be found HERE.


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I hope there is sunshine keeping you warm today.

Helping her momma

Last week, Delaney wanted to be a big girl helper.  I needed to make cookies for a birthday party, so she thought she could help.  Actually, I think she just wanted to lick the icing, so she's a girl after my own heart.

By the way, that is cream cheese icing she is licking off her lip, not snot.  This time.

 Yes, I know my daughter is standing on a stool feeding icing to an 80 lb. dog.  But she was having a good time and our dog enjoys icing too.

 Hmm...I just noticed she's holding a knife in this picture.  But, it had icing on it, so...

 Our finished product- pumpkin spice cookies with cream cheese icing and candy corn.  Delicious.

Sticky mess.

"what?!  We're all done!  There's no more icing!  There's no more cookies to eat!  This is NOT okay!"

So, she helped her momma clean the kitchen.  

Yeah, I see all the crud on my kitchen floors too.  That's why I made her swiffer them after she swept.

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Embrace the Family Photos

Who doesn't like a good old-fashioned family photo shoot?  haha.

We were actually ALL able to make it to a family cook-out a few weekends ago, which means we needed to take a family picture.

Although my mom's entire family lives within 30 minutes of one another, we are never all able to make it to a get together.

Brodi and I came straight from a Tag...You're It! show, so I had flat hair and although the trees make it look like it was 60 degrees, it was actually 85 degrees, so we were all sweatin' through our sweaters (or maybe it was just me).



Are you embracing the camera today?  I hope so.



Inspiration. New Designs. [hopefully]

I'm feeling inspired today.  Yay!  I'm in the mood to make some new designs in time for the Holiday season.  Do I know the designs yet? 
No. 
Have I spent a month on an inspiration board putting my ideas down? 
No. 
But, I plan on whipping out some new designs by the end of the day, 'cause that's how I roll.
I always did my best work last minute, so let's hope that is the case today. 
There are a few new pieces in our shop that I haven't introduced yet that I wanted to share. 

Name Bar Necklace

 

Moon and Back Rocket Keyring

Pewter Couples Holly Ornament

We close our shop during the month of December for family time, so only about a month left to shop for Christmas! 

Weekend in Pictures

Alright, technically I'm not sharing my "weekend in pictures."  These photos are from 4 weekends ago when we went to the pumpkin patch, so it was still my weekend, just not this past weekend.  Make sense?

I didn't really take any photos this past weekend.  I think I'm getting tired of taking fall photos.  I had a great fall-filled-festival weekend, but I didn't even take my camera 'cause I just wanted to enjoy the time and not worry about whether or not I need a flash.

Or maybe I'm just tired.  I am wearing my hair in a side ponytail today, so I think I might be coming down with something. 

 This looks like I posed her and had her sit for a nice pumpkin patch shot.  Actually, she was walking, tripped, and fell and was just getting up when I snapped her picture.

 A perfect toddler-sized pumpkin.  I wish you could see the bite marks that it ended up with by the time we left.  She enjoyed a little green un-ripe pumpkin snack.

Embracing the Camera with Wild Women

Time to embrace the camera!  It has been a long week here and I guess it is only Thursday.  Sometimes it is hard to work on jewelry with two little ones running around.  I decided to take a break and watch some Sesame Street with the girls.  Please excuse my lack of make-up and stringy hair, but I guess that is what embracing the camera is all about.  I didn't realize how um...uncomfortable Delaney was, but she didn't complain and I guess Harper had to get comfortable.

  

Are you embracing the camera this week?