September's Giveaway - Knotted Up in You Ring

i cannot believe it's september already. the mini is 20 weeks old! the time is just flying by!

it's time for september's giveaway! this month, it's one of my "knotted up" rings in sterling silver made to fit you (or someone special!)

i'm making it even easier to enter this giveaway. all you have to do is become a "follower" of my blog (if you are already, that's fantastic - just leave me a message here saying that you are following!)

- for an extra entry, you can go to my shop and tell me what you like the best.

make sure you leave details (a link to your blog, an email address, etc.) so i can find you! go enter! now! i'll be picking a winner on september 15th!

happy september, everyone!!!!!! xxoxooxox

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autumn & allergies

i know that autumn is coming.

as i write this, the mini is curled up in my lap, her breath whistling with each inhalation. she apparently has inherited her father's extreme seasonal allergies. seriously, this little gal is so much of her father, it's unreal. they sneeze simultaneously, their sniffles are identical, and they both have runny noses and teary eyes. just too cute.

however, the huge difference is that the husband can take a plethora of pharmacological remedies. ibuprofen, pseudoephedrine, aspirin, otrivin. the mini has none of those at her 19 week old fingertips - except maybe the 1/4 tsp of benadryl the pharmacist said she can have, and i'm reluctant to do that. so thanks to my sisters and my etsy gals, i've gotten some excellent advice, including rubbing vapo rub on her feet before bed, raising the head of her crib mattress, and keeping her upright as she breastfeeds. (that one doesn't really matter because she throws up from the congestion anyways.) thank goodness that she has the sweetest disposition (which i'm sure is the only part she gets from me! LOL) and just smiles through it all. except when i try to pick the boogers out. she hates that.

anyway, it's a reminder of how close autumn is now. and my thoughts turn to lovely warm scarves! i'm not much of a coat person, so give me a thick, chunky scarf any day. i have an obsession with crocheting long, luxurious scarves like the one above. i'm toying with the idea of selling them... if i can part with them!!!!

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the great reorganization

okay, so i've been DYING to reorganize the basement and eventually move my stuff back down there - i've been working upstairs in the kitchen so that i can be closer to the baby. when she was a newborn, things were so hectic so to make things easier - and quicker to access - i'd been working out of the kitchen. anyhoo - i haul the mini to ikea and not only don't they NOT have the shelving i want, but they also don't have the bins i want either. so i buy another shelf in the hopes that it will help get me kick started and it seemed soooooooo small. like too small to be good for anything. except maybe holding knickknacks. and maybe a marble or two.

but i sucked it up - seriously, i don't want to go back if i don't have to - and set it up anyways. although i still have a heck of a lot of sorting and putting away to do, it seems servicable for now. the pictures make it look like i'm still disorganized - but this is TEN times better than what it looked like before. i've even been able to set up my little sewing machine and get working on some fabric-type ideas that have been buzzing around my head. but this is what i get for going alone to ikea.

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and the august giveaway winner is...

... the wonderful beadicious1221!!! thanks to random.org for picking my winner, and to everyone who entered!

watch this space for september's giveaway - it's going to be a wire wrapped ring! YAY!!!!

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