The Glitter Workshop Dish

Sweet Stuff

The other day I had a little time to kill (I know.. pretty unbelievable right?) so I was at the bookstore before picking up Zoe from school and found this great magazine called Romantic Homes. I know, sounds really cheesy, but it was so inspiring! It reminded me of how much I would love to go to Paris and roam around or how much I enjoyed sitting in SoHo sipping coffee in a cafe, writing in a beautiful journal while waiting between modeling appointments when I was eighteen. Basically, it reminded me of beauty. So, I dropped the $6 for one issue (!) and have looked at it every day since. I do believe a subscription is in order…

It also inspired me to start creating for the Craftacular which I abruptly remembered is ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW! yikes….

So, here are a few things I have done.

Then of course, there are always the ’sweet things’ at home. Well, lets just say the little two have been very sweet lately and the older two have been a bit sweet and sour!

I love watching this guy learning to feed himself. Gotta love the two fisted eating! Of course, with Jerome and myself as parents, what did I expect?

Oh, I have an amazing picture to show!

What is so amazing about that picture of Zoe you may be asking? Well, for anyone that knows her, she started dressing like a skater in about the second grade and her clothes have gotten progressively baggier as the years have gone on, but yesterday her and I were having a special alone night shopping and she asked if she could look at skinny jeans! I told her hell yeah! Don’t get me wrong, some ’skinny jeans’ are just ridiculous, but that girl can pull them off perfect. She was soooo excited! A new page perhaps? I did learn, however, not to ask her to watch her sister for too long. This is what happens when she does..

Poor, poor Luna…

Well, time to get ready to pick up Darby from a sleep over (no school for middle school… no idea why…) and back to working! Perhaps I too have turned a new page? The postpartum depression hit me like a brick wall this time and I have been pretty much trying to get through day to day. Today I see a light at the end of that tunnel. Keep your fingers crossed for me…..
xxoo

Catching up, Again

Wow have I gotten behind! I have been in a kind of haze the past few weeks. Taking two weeks off from life really gets you behind! Then just when I think I’m inching back into life Henri gets a cold and decides to be up most of the night. Ugh. Of course once he finally went to sleep Luna was up!

Anyway,what have we been up to besides that?

Well, let me share! First off, I have been crocheting like a mad woman. For some reason this is the only thing I can focus on. Well, that and catching up on Dexter DVD’s…. Anyway, I have a few cute goodies to show for it.

I have also been getting some fun goodies in the mail for the Craftacular bags. Be one of the first 25 shoppers and one can be yours!

And, there is never any shortness of cuteness around here! First, Darby had her orchestra concert last week. They sounded great and I couldn’t have been more proud of her. When she’s not talking back, on the phone (when she’s not supposed to be) or being overly dramatic, she really is a sweet girl.

However, I did have these two monkeys to deal with during the concert. For some reason Zoe and Violet are either best friends or trying to kill each other! You would think they were sisters..

As for the little packages of cuteness? Well, this lady is getting quite the personality. Let’s just say I think her sisters are giving her sassiness lessons.

And last, but certainly not least, thank the goddess for this little guy (well, all of my kids, you know what I mean, but seriously, he is a charmer…). When he is not trying to vomit on my lap or play at 1 a.m., or going around making farting and burping noises (another lesson from the sisters.. the kid doesn’t talk, but he knows how to fake burp!), he really is just the sweetest thing. Here he’s showing me where his teeth are. He’s obsessed with brushing them.

Time to go sneak some lunch in! I am soooo hungry for greasy, junk but I guess I will settle for my slightly nasty Jenny Craig meal. Oh well. At least their desserts are good!

signing off..

They did it again…

Grandma Verhoeven and Aunt Jenni love dressing up the little ones and taking them for pictures. Part of me feels sad that I’m not part of it and would like to be there when they take them, but I do appreciate them doing it. I used to take Darby and Zoe when they were little and I certainly have more on my plate than I did back then.

They got them adorable outifts, although the beret did freak me out a little at first and took them in this afternoon then sent Jerome home with a bunch of prints (yes Mom, I will send you some..).

So, here they are. Henri is seventeen months old and Luna is three months.

I have Craftacular goodies to get photos of and we are working on getting the vendor page updated, but that will have to wait til later… I have to go squeeze those cute babies.

Amazed

I am simply amazed by the support in the crafting community. I sent out some emails asking for donations to give away at the Valentine Craftacular and Storey Publishing Company sent a huge box of craft books!

My vendors are also donating some great goodies including magnets and greeting cards. I am hoping we can get to the website to update the vendor page this weekend so everyone can preview the super talented selection of artists.

I also met with someone today and think I may have secured a spot for a summer show. More info on that to come…

On a personal note, I am also amazed at this..

That is a picture of my oldest child holding my youngest. It really is a reminder of how fast time goes by. It truly seems like yesterday Darby was that small, now she is half done with her first year of middle school. For this new year I am going to try hard to remember this picture. Before I know it Luna will be in middle school and at that point Darby will be possibly out of college! It certainly reminds me to slow down and appreciate the days we are given.

So Much New!

First, I just ordered (and received amazingly fast…) a new vinyl banner for shows, new biz cards with my redesign on them (I think cleaner and easier to read…) and new barrette cards that feature the same design and have bubbles on the back!

I loooove them.

I also have about a zillion Craftacular postcards so I will be looking for helpers to get those handed out soon. The posters will be printed in the next few days. Thanks again to Andrea and her husband for another great design!!

We have also had some new steps in our household including Lunas’s first cereal!

This is definately the youngest I have given any of my kids cereal at (twelve weeks) but with the formula she has been having some digestion problems and they think this may help. So far so good!

We also got out the Bumbo chair to see how she would do in it. She is still a little small, but loves being able to watch everything. Of course, Henri thinks she is his own personal toy. He is very gentle (mostly) but LOVES trying to give her toys, binkies, kisses, hugs…

They are off with Daddy to go watch football with Daddy so I am off to sort through the piles of Craftacular applications I have! There are so many great applications and only twenty spaces for this venue. Wish me luck…

signing off!