Party Time

So I have been MIA for awhile its been crazy around here. The holiday season is officially upon us and I feel like I have been running non stop since Halloween! Today is my sons 5th bday party! We are so excited :) We have decided to have it at a local pizza place so that there is less for me to have to deal with! Thank God for party places they keep moms sane!! I have been working on getting this MASSIVE bow order done in between working and taking care of kids and it has not been very easy :( and so blogging has been thrown to the side unfortunately but I am trying to get back into it and do it more consistently! Thanks giving is next week I cannot believe it. This year has flown by! I cant wait for thanksgiving to come and go because then my countdown til Christmas can begin!! We are going to New Mexico to visit my parents and two younger sisters and I am super excited. The only bad thing about it being the holiday season is that my husband and I are trying to lose weight!! UGH This is going to push our self control to the max!!! but we can do it :) After I finish my bow order I also have a pillowcase dress to make for a friend :) I have missed my crafts since I have started working full time outside of the home again :O I am going through some serious crafting withdraws!! So maybe tonight after the party i will sew and bow in order to wind down after a day with screaming, wild kids!!! That sounds like a great idea! :)

Until next time,
Alex :)

Website Work....

Sitting here trying to get our website up and running. I've added products...WOOHOO, so people can buy things..but the color scheme and our logo need to be updated...However, bigcartel.com uses this exact moment to stop working :/

We've already had our biggest order yet...$90 worth of merch :) That's all thanks to our youngest part-time employee, our cousin, Ayanna :) We have a business agreement that if she sells, then she will get paid...and her dad said that if she wants to be a part of this, then to make her work for it...so we will, believe me. haha. And we've got some prospective clients and some ideas we're working on..I'm getting pretty excited. I can't wait for this thing to BLOW up...

I'll add all the pictures of us working "hard" when my Internet isn't acting up.. :(

<3 Natas3ha
(the 3 is silent)

What a day!!

Ok what is the correct way to begin a blog??.. Is there such a thing as a right way to blog?? Today has been a HECTIC day to say the least. We (Natasha and I) set out bright and early this morning to go buy supplies for our craft/business day. We bought fabric and all kinds of other goodies at Hobby Lobby, then ventured over to JoAnns where we stood in line FOREVER to get our elastic that was sold by the yard cut bc the lady in front of us had a zillion bolts of fabric to get cut...We then walked into and right back out of Hancock fabrics bc nothing looked appealing. I forgot to get a pattern that was on sale while we were at the first Hobby Lobby so what did we do? We stopped into another one and of course I got side tracked in the ribbon department (i make ribbon bows, but well get into that on a later post) and totally forgot to even look at patterns until I was in my car driving away! Thats my mind for ya... As we were driving back home my car started making a funny noise... and let me stop here to say that my husband and I just bought this car YESTERDAY! so to say I was NOT happy was an understatement! I popped the hood and Natasha informed me that it was the "serpentine" belt... didn't know she was the mechanic type :) .........

We finally made it home after we got somebody to change out the belt (a testimony to the fact that there are still nice people in the world) and began our crafts. We are beginning to build our inventory to sell online. Which is going to be an adventure all on its own! Tasha spent the evening setting up our website and this blog.. There were times during the night when I didn't think her computer was going to make it to see tomorrow! but I am happy to report that it is still alive :) And while she was slaving over the computer I was making bows. A few months back I challenged myself to find a hobby and began to teach myself (with the help of online tutorials and some questions to my mom and Sister Sibley-my Pastors wife) to make bows and sew. I am quite proud of myself for what I have accomplished but I am by no means done learning. I want to do BIG things!

Until next time...
<3 Alex

Blog #1

Here's to new beginnings...

Our first blog and all I want to do is throw my computer across the room. Who knew setting up a website/email/blog/etc was soooo stressful! BUT...it will all be worth it one day.

Natasha :)