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YIPPEE!!

FP Curated by letitiah 12 24 08 5:35 am PST, originally uploaded by nansglam.

Well Here I am on the front page Christmas EVE! Thanks so much Letitiah!

Okay its back!

Here's the link with all the info so you can check it out and follow the progress with me! Oh MY!!!!

http://thequirkyhandmadeholidaybazaar.blogspot.com/

also I will be at a fun small home town show this weekend in Red Hook, NY called Hard scrabble day.
I will be near the stage so come find me and say hello!

Hope to see you there
♥♥
me

Hello
I have some new items and lots of new bags up on my site!!! Whoppee!!

I also will be going on vaca with my family, I cant wait for sun and sand. My eldest Gage is so happy that Mommy wont have to work the whole week! Kids do say the funniest things. Here are a few pics of new items and please go shopping!!!

Well I had a show this past weekend in Bridgehampton NY, needless to say I was thrilled at the prospect of doing a show in a beautiful place! The location was at the historical society in the heart of the village, the Corwith House. I was able to see a few other amazing etsy sellers Chestnut Farmer, a second shop of Charlie and Sarah of Charlie and Sarah. And Morgan Street which sells fine soaps and body product, I meet this amazing person when she was a vendor at The Quirky Crafters Holiday Bazaar, which was the first show I have Hosted. I also had the pleasure to meet a new face, Hampton Jewels.

But at least I was able to take some new photos of my work, I hope you enjoy. I also got to spend some great quality time with my friend which is the best reward no matter what! Thanks bud!!

it feels like we just keep going on and on.... After further blood tests they found a extremely high level of strep in his system that can or does damage to the heart, so tomorrow we are off to see a pediatric cardio specialist. He also had a very very high level of blood platelets as well. So needless to say we just still have more test and hopefully we will be able to soon find out exactly what Gage has.

Well

Gage has 5 more days of the antibiotics left, Yes that's right 5 days!!! On Thursday the 3rd of July at or around 4 pm est Gage will have his last dose of medication and then have his picc line removed. We are defiantly popping open a bottle of champagne!!

Even though this is a great and amazing moment the struggle is not over yet. We still have the Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis left that we will need to overcome next. It looks like we will have knee taps, cortisone shots in the knees as well as more medication.

The pains have spread to his neck now, the fevers are still presentand the weightloss has continued. As I have always been, I am so amazed by his fortitude and resilience.

He is terrified of having his picc line removed, even though it will be painless. He is also extremely worried about the next step as am I.

I watch him during the day and when something triggers the pain or when something stupid hits him and the tears hit its heart breaking. I just want my baby to be well. And I know in the scheme of things that this is small potatoes but to me and him its huge.

I also just want to say thank you to all who have supported us through this mess and to all of your patience as I am trying to juggle work and being a mom.

Thank You!!!!!!!

Well its been a very long week. Gage was admitted to westchester children's hospital due to severe Lyme disease. He was not responding to oral antibiotics so we ended up there for testing and such. Gage is now on a I.V. antibiotics that is administered through a picc line, which can be done at home instead of the hospital. We have to limit and mobility so that it does not break or clot and I give him his meds daily. We are now down to 24 more days!!!

Gage has been incredible, he has his ups and downs and we still have not seen a great improvement. His knees are still extremely swollen and they removed a large amount of spinal fluid when we were admitted which has returned.

I am still waiting for a whole day of no extreme symptoms.

Thanks for listening!

I have also been making some fun patchwork belts with my signature ticking for women:

well I have been a bit neglectful on my writing, its been a bit crazy lately. I have been working on some great new designs for my shop. Some cuteness for tykes and some great loungers for women. Some of my items have been featured in some amazing blogs this past few weeks




thought so I thought I would share them with you. 1st is a really hip cool site Heart Handmade, they featured by french market tote in the segment named What's Cookin'?, Thanks so much!!

Okay I have decided I need to get a industrial sewing machine to handle some of the items I am making. I have a 2 great Vikings but I need to upgrade to something with a walking foot, and I have also decided to earn my machine by working really hard and to have a huge sale! Good for you right!!

You can check out my shop and here's a link for my Sewing Machine Fund Sale.
Once I raise the dough I need the sale will go bye bye so don't wait!

Thanks for all your help!!

well guess what! I abandoned the green sock and decided to make red in favor of valentines day for my first born. I over came my shudders and used a basic acrylic red yarn (no worries with the wash and wear). After knitting these adorable sock I can see why I refuse to knit with acrylic yarn, its sucks!!!!!! I hated every moment and at times I almost threw the "sock in" to make a new pair with a better yarn.
But alas I digress, I could not finish the darling socks in time for the big v-day, mother nature decided I had avoided the flu long enough and it was my turn to suffer. So after three very very long days in bed I emerged on friday the day after the big kissy day. My son the sweat heart he is never even new what they were or who they were for, he enjoyed his books and bit of candy.
Well this morning I finished the toes and he is now proudly wearing them tonight at his first sleep over at grammas house.
He has mommies sock to keep him warm and snug!
When he returns from his adventures I will have some photos to go along with my tale.

Wonderful Sharon asked me to create one of my new bags the Emma for her with some fabrics she had in her own collection. At first I was of course, sure, no problem! When I received the box full of beautiful fabrics I was a quite a bit Flattered. That She thought high enough of me and my work to trust all these beautiful textiles to my hands. So Any ways after a few emails I got creative and just played with what I had and after 2 days here is what I have created!

Drum roll please......