Custom Orders are the BEST!

This week I have been busy with over 3 custom orders! I love custom orders, it is so great to come up with something new. I have been covered in glue up to my armpits and paper up to my head...lol! Not to mention all the paint that I am still trying to clean out from under my finger nails.

I have had such a great time with these custom orders. I have also been working on some sample wedding invitations for a friend that I graduated from high school with.

I feel like super mom and super crafter this week, but no complaints...I love staying busy.

Here are the frames that I have been working on for a customer for a bachlorette party photo.






And here are some of the samples of the wedding invitations...although I made like 8 different samples.

My Day Job...the Highlight of my Career

So needless to say I have been very busy lately trying to complete some custom orders that I have during the night, but during the day I have been Potty Training my son like crazy. Can't complain at all though, because it is really paying off.

This past weekend I came up with a great idea in my mind. I created a Potty Chart and a Treasure Chest for my son, so that we could embark on our Potty Adventure. The Potty Chart I created is broke down into 13 weeks and every time he pees or poops on the potty he gets to add a star to the chart.



We started off saying that every 10 stars in a week he gets to pick one toy out of the Treasure Chest, but we had to change that as soon as he decided he was going to pee on the potty a total of 7 times in the first day...so we changed the 10 stars to 20+ stars...lol!

I have to say I am one proud mama. Within one week of training he was already coming up to us and telling us he had to go "pee-pee". It is the cutest thing in the world when he comes up and say "pee-pee, mama"...lol! So this week I purchased a folding potty seat to take out with us during the day and some cloth training pants, just in case he decides to go in his undies while we are out and about.

Here are just a few photos of his potty chart and treasure chest. Please excuse my painting job, painting is not one of my big strenghts.






Here he is getting his first toy from the Treasure Chest...he had a total of 43 stars this week!

Back into the Just of things

I know, I know...it has been a really long time since I have posted on my blog, and from here on out I am promising to post on a weekly basis.

So after a long, great weekend at Harvest Festival...things are starting to get back to normal. Harvest Festival was wonderful. I had a great time hanging out with great friends and seeing all of my friends and family stop by our booth to check things out. I was so grateful to share a booth with my friend Rochelle. Our booth looked great.

Besides taking a couple of days to relax from the longs hours I put in to get ready for the show...some other exciting things happened. We have been trying to potty train my two year old son now for a couple of weeks and I am proud to say that he took his first poop and pee on the potty all by himself, well except for the fact of me helping him get up on the potty because he is too short...lol! I have to say I am one proud mama. I know, I know it is sad that the highlight of my week is my son going poop and pee on the potty, but hey if you have kids you understand. It is a work in progress and I have to say that he is doing really well.

As for the rest of the week, I have a couple custom orders I need to get to work on and I have some inventory to get ready for another show that I will be attending in October in California. Once again, I will be sharing a booth with my friend Rochelle in Claremont, CA on October 24th from 9am-5pm. It should be a great show and I am very excited for it.