Christmas is just 25 days away so It's Sale Time!

With Christmas just 25 short days away I have decided to offer a different sale each day until December 17th!  

At CadyMayDesigns we offer many accessories that make the perfect Stocking Stuffers!

From newborn to Adult these hair clips may be small but they make a BIG statement in your hair! 

For TODAY ONLY Buy any Daisy Clip get a coordinating clip set FREE! 

(Daisy Clips can be custom ordered in different colors if you don't see any you like.)

If you are not into Hair clips we also offer some other items that make great gifts!  

Be sure to head over to CadyMayDesigns  and get a custom one of a kind piece for the special person in your life! 

FLASH SALE!!

is having a 

Today and today ONLY!!  

Everything in our sale album is $2.00 a piece shipped!  I have never sold anything for this cheap before so get them while they last!!  This sale will last until Midnight 10/10/12, these will go fast so get them before they are gone! 

CadyMayDesigns Grab Bag Event!

CadyMayDesigns is doing a Grab Bag Event to clear out old inventory to make room for new! 

Receive 5 bows/flowers for just $15.00! That's just $3.00 a piece!! 

If you are not in Three Rivers comment with your Paypal email and I will send you an invoice and ship it out to you on Monday (or as soon as payment is recieved). 

Be sure to get them while they last!

Ultimate Blg Party 2011

Today is the start of the Ultimate Blog Party at 5 Minutes for Mom.  This is my first year participating and I'm hoping to discover lots of new blogs to read! 

So, for those new here:  I’m Steph!  Wife to Leif, Stay at Home Mom to Cadence and Nathan, Crafting business owner and certified procrastinator!  I married my best friend 6 years ago, Cady is 3 going on 16 and Nathan is 6 months.  I blog mostly about parenthood, marriage, my strange addiction to gnomes and my crafting business CadyMayDesigns!

(Be sure to check out my page because CadyMayDesigns is giving away a prize in the prize pool this year!!) 

I take on way more than I can handle, I procrastinate like the best of them, I work better under pressure and I stress out about little things.  I LOVE my life!  My kids and husband are my world! 

That's my life in a nut shell!  I look forward to meeting fellow bloggers!

CadyMayDesigns is running a contest!!

 CadyMayDesigns is running a contest right now and I wanted to let you all in on it! 

I'm running a New Contest for all of my Fans of my Facebook page!!!! It's SUPER easy to do! Head on over to Bee Mine Too Children's Consignment and "Like" her Facebook page. Come back to CadyMayDesigns Facebook page and comment on the status that talks about my contest that you liked her page. Everyone who likes her page AND comes back to tell me, will be entered into a drawing for 10% of your next order! Like I said, it's SUPER Easy! 

 Contest starts now and ends tomorrow at noon!

 Oh yeah, If you are not currently my Fan on Facebook then you better head over there and "Like" my page first!!  

 

On a different note: Today is Friend Finding Friday!

 

Hop on over to Supermom's Blog and join her Linky!!  While you are there Follow her....And follow ME! Have a Great Weekend!!

Life Happens....

I know I have been missing from the blogging world lately....I honestly can't really think of much to blog about.  I've been so busy yet I don't have much to say! *Sorry!*  So I guess I will just give everyone an update!

I am 7 weeks into being a mommy of two!  I LOVE it!!  I feel as if Nate (or Monkey as my mom calls him) has been here forever!  Everyday he amazes me with something new that he has learned to do!  I do have to admit that he is growing WAY too fast for me!  He apparently received a memo to grow like a weed but I must have missed it!  He is now officially out of Newborn pants.  They are about an inch and a half too short!  And we have seemed to bypass most 0-3 months pjs and went straight to 3 months!  I can't believe it!  He is such a skinny little thing but is SO long!  He brings so much joy into all of our lives!

Miss Cady is doing SO well as a big sister!  She loves her 'Bubba' So much!  She even gave him that nickname! LOL  She started back into Gymnastics shortly before Nathan was born so that consumes every Friday Night.  But other than that she is just the same little spitfire she always has been!  I laugh a million times a day at the things she comes up with!  She is so funny!  Her latest thing is she wants to know when Friderday is.  I asked her if she was talking about Friday or Saturday but she insists that she is talking about Friderday!  So, I've been told that I need to find a calendar with that day on it so I can show her when it it .....hmm....either I'm going to make one or I'm going to have to explain to a 3 year old that there is no such day! :-) I can hear her now telling me that there really is a day called that and that I am wrong....Oh the joys of having a 3 year old little girl who thinks she is ALWAYS right! :-)

As for me...well, I am So proud of myself for adjusting so well to becoming a mommy of two!  Technically during the day I am a mommy to three because my niece Miss Emma Paige spends the day with us while her mom and dad are at work, So I guess you can say I am already training myself to become a mommy of three someday!  I am getting a little ahead of myself in saying three, but I figure if I'm doing so well with two why not add another one to the mix! LOL.  I did recently start a new venture in my life though.  I became an Avon Representative!  I was getting a little bored in the evenings, I know, It's hard to believe a mom can get bored!  And I love Avon products so I decided to go ahead and start selling it!  So, on top of my mommy and wife duties I now have hairbow making duties (CadyMayDesigns) and Avon duties!  Call me crazy, but I'm at a point in my life right now where I am so happy!

(Just a little plug: If you are looking for an Avon Representative check out my website! http://www.youravon.com/shightree  You can order from anywhere in the US on my website and have it shipped directly to you!)

There really is no update on Leif...lol...he is just the same wonderful husband and daddy!  His health is getting increasingly better!  I am worried about his now because the weather is getting colder and once you get pneumonia your body is never really the same again, but so far so good!  Pray for us throughout the cold Michigan weather that we can keep him healthy!  He is working a lot, but I am great full everyday that he has a job to support us!

Oh yeah, one last thing, I'm starting to read the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan.  Has anyone read this before?  I'd like to know your thoughts on it.  I'm not real sure when I will find time to read it, but it's a book I've been wanting to read for a while so I finally bought it tonight!

Well, I hear the baby calling me for a late night snack!

Until next time......

I finally jumped on the Alligator Clip Bandwagon!

If you have read my blog you might have noticed that I have an online business making All things Girly and some boy items called CadyMayDesigns!  Well, Ive been trying to think of some different things to branch out and maybe get more business and have had a couple of new ideas but nothing super cool!  

So, knowing that clippies generally sell pretty well and are fairly easy to make, I finally jumped on the band wagon and started doing Lined Alligator Clips. 

 

 

 What do you think?? 

(BTW, I didn't realize that these were so complicated at first!  After I got the hang of it they became 
 really easy but in the beginning they were a little hard to keep everything in line!)

We all LOVE Clearance!

A little plug from CadyMayDesigns!

We are having our first:

I have too much inventory and I need to sell some items so I have marked down over 20 items!  Come to CadyMayDesigns and check out our new Clearance Photo Album!  If you are interested in any items and are a Facebook member comment the picture with "SOLD" and I will contact you for further instructions.  If you are not a Facebook member but are interested in something feel free to email me at cadymaydesigns@gmail.com.  

Remember, even if you dont have little ones these make GREAT gifts too!

Thanks!

Sneak Peek!

Thanks to Mimi @ He & Me + 3 for letting us know about a Flip Flop Exchange going on here I decided to join in the fun and press my luck at exchanging a pair of flip flops!  If you know me in real life you know that if Im not bare foot in the summer then I am wearing flip flops, this only seemed like a natural thing for me to join in on!  I was a little nervous at first because I tried a book exchange before where we were supposed to send one book and get up to 30 back from various participants and it failed miserably!  Some little child is now enjoying one of Cady's book while Cady did not recieve a SINGLE one!  I just keep telling myself that maybe the book I sent her is helping her to learn to read or learn to love books and reading....something anyways!  :-)

So, back to the Flip Flop exchange.....I got my email on Sunday with the name and address of the person I am to send flip flops too and their size so I ventured out to get some!  Me being the crafty person that I am decieded on a pair of plain brown ones so that I could decorate and jazz them up a bit myself and add a personal...or CadyMayDesigns touch if you will! Lol 

SO, I wanted to share with you my finished product! I hope that she will enjoy them just as much as I enjoyed making them!  I had some different ideas in my head when I started but after having a 2 year help out this is what we came up with!  My package will soon be going out (have to get it out by Sunday!) And HOPEFULLY I will be recieving a package of my own within the next week or so!  If not then I guess the joke is on me and someone in Texas will have a custom made pair of Flip Flops for the summer! 

I finally stepped out of my comfort zone!

So, I finally broke down and taught myself how to make a crochet Baby Beanie!  It was actually easier than I thought it would be, I was just afraid to actually try it!  So, without further a'do, here is the finished product!  (Keep in mind, this is my first time making anything other than a scarf and a blanket!)

I cant forget my plug!  If you are interested in ordering a customized Baby Beanie jump on over to CadyMayDesigns and let me know!

Its finally over and it was a Success!!

I've been working on organizing and chairing my church's first annual Mom 2 Mom Sale since January and I am proud to say that last weekend we had the sale and I am proud to say that it was a success!!  WOOT! WOOT!  I had a lot of things working against me when I started it so I was a little nervous at first but knew that I could do it and make it a great fundraiser for our church!  Since January I have struggled with the location of our church being a little small, members at the church not understanding the concept and openly stating that it was going to fail, little interest in renting tables until the last minute, living in a small community that is new to the Mom 2 Mom Sale concept and just general exhaustion from life!  We went from 2 tables to 8 tables to 10 tables to suddenly having 19 and running out of room!  It was wonderful!  So, I am so happy that we were able to get it together and we had a great turnout and people already asking when next years is!  I thought I would share some pictures that were snapped of my CadyMayDesigns area, Im soooo happy that things went well and not only did the church make money but the sellers did too! And secretly my mind just wants to stand up in front of my congregation and yell at the top of my lungs "I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD BE A GREAT SUCCESS!!!!"....but don't worry....I won't! :-)

Wordless Wednesday: I'm up to my ears with Tutus and Headbands!!

They asked and I delivered......

Some of you may have noticed that I have my own At Home Business called CadyMayDesigns.  I make hairbows and tutus and lovie/taggie blankets and then sell them online.  Well, I have been asked by multiple people to start making some headband or bows with Skull embellishments on them.....well....I have hesitated.....and put it off....and ignored them....but finally I gave in!  I decided that even though I wouldn't put skull items on my baby doesn't mean that it doesn't look cute on others or that I should deny them the opportunity!  So, I just wanted to show off some of my latest products.  And if by chance you are interested in looking at more items just head on over to Facebook and search CadyMayDesigns or go to http://www.artfire.com/users/CadyMayDesigns.