You might or you might not remember this picture or the magnolia tree that is in my front yard.
Usually during Spring time it looks like you see it, with the pink flower all open and smelling amazing.
But this year was very weird weather wise and we had a very warm winter and a freezing Spring, so I had blooms in Januaryand they are all gone now.....
But me and the kids didn't let this stop and for Easter, we decided to decorate the tree to make it look better.
Ready to see the results? SET?GO!
I present you our very own egg tree!!! LOL
We also enjoyed dying eggs, we went a step further and made GLITTERY ones!
Don't believe me? see for yourself!
And now if you excuse me, we are going to eat them!
How are you passing Easter? I'd love to know and see pictures!
And another Saturday is upon us.....HAPPY EASTER to all of you! Here the latest news, mostly about business this week.
♥ I'm taking a break for my Etsy shop: yes, you read it right. For the last 2 years I woke up in the morning scrambling over the PC with my hot coffee to list something, then crochet something, taking pictures, editing them and eat a sandwich at the PC again while I was listing another item, do all my chore and spend time with the kids in the afternoon so at night I can sit down at the PC and list while tweeting, facebooking, posting on kaboodle, votehandmade and what have you to get views.....all that to get 10 views at day in the best day. No more. I actually got back to CREATE and to love what I create and loving it more this way. I'm not going to leave Etsy completely: I will still take orders and list a few things, I'm just no going to sweat over a site that is not giving me nothing else.
♥ But, not all hopes are lost! I'm still very active in my Artfire Studio" new products are added daily and to celebrate Easter with all of you I'm having a FREE SHIPPING SALE and little samples are available like this
♥ I'm also very happy that My very best friend Michele at Sweet Irie decided to come back on Artfire. You can visit her studio here!
♥ The best news of the week was that I was accepted on 1000markets. For those that don't know, 1000markets is a site to sell handmade, but it's not for everyone since is juried. So, I submitted my work and few days ago I got approved! Here a sneak pick for all of you and I'm offering a free gift with purchase for all the people that will go to shop there
♥ I got very spoiled this week with a lots of amazing things coming in the mail: but this is enough for another post!
♥ And now enough business talking and I'm going to share with you a band that lately I'm LOVING so much that was really hard to pick up just ONE song to share with you: The Nickel back. I'm so gonna buy all their CDs, they're simply amazing. For now I settle down for this song, since it's a theme really dear (and also scary!) for me, hope you enjoy it!
Thanks to my blog Buffy Kayla of The Eclectic Element, I was included in a great cause that's going on brought to you by Hershey's and a ton of different online bloggers!
Here is some information on the Hershey's Better Basket Blog Hop:
"This Easter season Hershey is all about helping you to create Better Easter Baskets with their special limited edition Easter candies found at Walmart.
More importantly, Hershey wants to promote the idea of going good in our own communities. The Hershey Company is committed to making a difference in the communities where we live in, and has a heritage of giving back to the community."
Thanks to Hershey's and 20 different bloggers looking to blog for a good cause, baskets like the one above were created and given to charities of each bloggers choice to spread Hershey's ongoing message around: We are ALL working together to do good in and out of our own communities!
In addition to those 20 baskets donated to charity, Hershey's is also sponsoring a Better Basket Blog Hop where Hershey will donate $10 per blog post entry for the Children's Miracle Network, up to $5,000.
How fantastic is that!?
If you want to be apart of the blog hop, here are the rules:
* Copy and paste these rules to your blog post. * Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger – you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want. * Link back to person who gave you an Easter Basket. * Let each person you are giving a Virtual Easter Basket know you have given them a Basket. * Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop, and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there. * Hershey’s is donating $10 per each blog participating to the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to total of $5,000 by blog posts written by April 4th, 2010). * Please note that only one blog post by each blog url will count towards the donation.
So not it's my turn to give away some virtual Easter Baskets:
Coming from cleaning the bathroom floor due to an overflowing toilet, here it is!
♥ Update on Michelle: Her ears seems to be perfectly fine now but she got a cold virus. I guess we simply can't win.
♥ Update on Gabriel: He's keeping doing great. We had another baseball game and he hit the baseball by himself at his second try. Made mom and dad really happy!
♥ My March Madness promotion is still going: Use the code MARCHMADNESS during check out to be entered in a drawing for a 25$ Gift Certificate from my shop! Few More days left, so hurry!
♥ Easter is almost here: What are your plans? We decided not to make plans. We will wake up, see if everybody is in good health, the planet all aligned and in base on how much money will have on our pockets we'll go do something fun.
♥ The song I'm gonna share tonight: I Will remember you by Sarah Mclachlan. For some reason makes me go back in time, when my sister was 5 (kinda like my kids age) and we used to play and fell asleep reading stories and I always asked her if she would remember me and the time together when she grew up in a teenager....well, she does remember me ;)
Hi there to all, this is Lu. Here it is newsletter #7. Saint Patrick's day is quickly approaching upon us, spring is in the air and before our next newsletter Easter will be over too.March Madness promotion going on: Use the code MARCHMADNESS during check out to be entered in a drawing for a $25 Gift Certificate from my shop!
I'm starting with greeting you with an awesome giveaway! The first sponsored by Pieces Of Me Pendants on Sweet Irie blog.
New items are available at Crocheted Little Things while other products are phasing out. As I posted on my blog: Out with the old and in with the new. My 50% off sale is still going on for the items that are being replaced by an entire new section: Party items! I will try to get a sneak pick in here for you! In this new section you'll be able to find the perfect addiction to a birthday party like my cupcakes with a candle and party favors. And soon I will be posting sweet party hats and little gifts for school exchanges.
What's coming up?
Well, new items are in productions for sure, so check back often to stay in the loop of news. I also just finished my first wholesale order so, for people living in Ohio, Crocheted Little Things products will be available at Wholly Craft!
Easter and Spring is fast approaching and I know a lot of people are, like me, busy with spring cleaning and news. Here's mine. If you're doing one too, please let me know and I will be delighted to feature you!
Out with the old: My old etsy shop is closing and I'm having a 50% sale: these items will not be made any more, so this is your last chance to get them at unbeatable price!
Crocheted birthday cupcake with candle - RASPBERRY, $10
Crocheted cupcake pin cushion with pink flower, $10
Crocheted cupcake trinket box - Easter, $8
Crocheted Easter eggs fillable in pastel colors SET of 6, $9
Plus a big news: March Madness promotion. Buy anything for any of my shops during the month of March using the code "MARCHMADNESS" in the note to the seller and you will be automatically entered in a drawing for a $25 Gift Certificate for my Artfire Studio!
Hi you'll! How everyone is doing? I'm doing ok here, except for my little Michelle that got a very bad ear infection and is in a lot of pain :( Let's the random stuff start, shall we?
♥ I was working on some Easter bunny hats the other day and my daughter saw one that was incomplete, missing a ear of the bunny. She immediately picked it up, to bring it to my attention (I got side tracked doing something else). With a note of worry in her voice she told me: "Look mommy, the bunny is hurt!" I promptly assured her that the bunny was ok and I was going to fix it, picked up my crochet hook whipping up the missing ear and attaching it to the hat. She seems pleased with the result and wasn't worried any more. Few Night later, she woke up in the middle on the night with very acute pain in her left ear. Trying to calm her down, I sweetly whisper to her that mommy was going to fix her ear. At this point she stopped crying, crawled out of the bed and went to pick me up....well, you guessed a HOOK. I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or cry, trying to figure out how to tell her I couldn't fix her ear with a crochet hook.
♥ I was live with my cam on Thursday night: I was given a shop spotlight to promote my wares by the amazing site: Everyday Moms. Let me tell you.....was brutal being live, but was also fun! Hope you will join use next Thursday on Mingle Media TV at 8.30 pm Central Time. I also just accepted (kinda few minutes ago!) the offer to become admin of the site, so it's a good way if you'd like to connect with me more!
Easter if quickly approaching and I want to greet my costumers with a sweet sale.
So, here it is and I really hope you'll enjoy!
For every purchase from my etsy shop, get 50% off for any item in my sale section! Yup, your heard me right 50% OFF. Now, isn't that sweet?? You don't wanna miss it :)
Crocheted little things needs room for new creations, so I'm glad to offer my costumers a bargain! What are you waiting for? Go shop now!!!
