A FEW NEW PILLOWS and A GIVEAWAY!!!!!!

I have NEVER done a giveaway before, but this morning I went down to this wholesale "purse lady" and went a bit crazy! I bought WAY too many purses and so I decided that I should give one away!!!! (yes, we have a wholesale purse distributor that I know and get the purse hook up!)

This purse is navy blue and white striped and looks like the PERFECT beach purse!!! I can picture it with jeans and a white shirt! love it!!!!!!!

So leave a comment on this post from now until Thursday at midnight and I will announce on Friday the winner of this super cute bag!!! (and then I will cry a little tear as I mail it off that afternoon!!!) GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

AND HERE ARE A FEW OF THE NEW PILLOWS THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON!!! I have always claimed to be a SILVER ONLY girl....however Gold has made it's way into my heart lately! I am adding a few of the origional designs in GOLD as well as black!!!

And after spending time at the beach....I just HAD to add this pillow. It just makes me feel happy! They will be up in my shop this evening considering Collin will not take a nap!!!

Busy Busy Bee

I have been BEYOND busy lately!!! Between company, trips to visit family, vpk registration and meetings, ballet recital practices............SEWING, SCREEN PRINTING, SEWING, SCREEN PRINTING....I have been running non-stop. I LOVE being busy!
THANK YOU ALL for being SOO patient as I switch over from transfers to SCREEN PRINTING. I am LOVING the outcome!!!!!

Dispite this busy busy time, I am still finding "me time". I LOVE the hours between 10pm and 1am when I am the only one awake.....I can sit down and do what I WANT TO DO! I can sew, watch hgtv, catch up on Oprah, read magazines...whatever I feel like doing. I don't get interrupted with...
I need a snack
I have to go potty
I am stuck
She/he hit me
NOTHING interrupts me at this hour.

I am SOOOO grateful that my husband doesn't leave for work until 9am and he feeds the kids breakfast so that I can sleep until 8 or 8:30 most mornings. He knows the "wrath of Katie" if I am overtired. :) It is a HUGE help!!!!!

I PROMISE that within the next two days I WILL add my new designs....here is a clue.....BEACH, BIRDS, A BIKE, AND GOLD. :)
xoxo

LAST WEEKEND

I AM HEADING TO THE POST OFFICE THEN TO THE BEACH TO SPEND ONE MORE NIGHT AND SEE MY KIDDOS!!! I AM BEYOND EXCITED!!!!!

I HAVE ENJOYED MY "MOMMY BREAK" FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS, AND AM UP TO MY ELBOWS IN SCREEN PRINTING INK! (LITERALLY....MY ELBOWS ARE COVERED. :)

THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND THAT THERE WILL BE "BUY ANY 2 PILLOW CASES....GET ONE FOR FREE". SO HURRY ON OVER TO MY ETSY SHOP AND PICK YOURS UP!

NOW OFF TO THE BEACH. I HAVE A SERIOUS STRAP TAN LINE THAT I NEED TO FIX ASAP! :)

Work Work Work

My kids are gone to the beach for TWO WHOLE DAYS with my mother in law and her whole family. I have never had them gone for more than one night (and that has only been a hand full of times at my parents house). I am SOO excited for them and that they will get this chance to hang out at the beach and be SPOILED the whole time. I can remember going away with my grandparents and convincing them that I ALWAYS ate Lucky Charms for breakfast and that my parents regularly stocked our fridge with Kool-Aid. Ha! I can only imagine what my kids will come up with in these next two days. The though alone makes me smile for their exciting time.

Last night Chad and I were a little freaked out by how quiet the house was! He slept in this morning and laughed about the fact that he hasn't needed an alarm for work since Collin was born. (kacey was a born teenager and that girl sleeps in and then lays on the couch until she is fully up)

We didn't get the "I miss my mommy" call last night at bedtime. This made me so happy for how big and proud they are....but kind of made me sad for a split second that I wasn't needed in their nightly routine. Chad kept reminding me that this is because we have made them confident and that they are enjoying themselves. (you bet I called them first thing this morning!)

I am enjoying my day screen printing (still in my pj's) and I have the ipod CRANKED up to MY music...no kid music here today!

Be on the look out for SEVERAL new pillow cases today!!! I will be cutting my screen printed day short to go on a hot date with my hubby tonight to a Hawaiian restaurant. MMMMM.. I hope I get something involving pineapples!

GOLD!!!!! What else screams "I AM THE QUEEN AROUND THIS HOUSE......DON'T YOU FORGET IT!" better than a GOLD crown. :)

Here are two of the new pillow case colors! LOVE THEM!

Makes Me Happy

I am probably happiest when I am at the beach with my family! I can't get enough of the sound, the smell, the shells, the sun, my kids excitement....all of it! I love it! I spent 2 days at the beach and feel SOOO refreshed! (and a tad bit fried on the shoulders....failed me again spf 30!!!)

My mother's day was AMAZING! I received a HUGE balloon that sings "you are my sunshine" that my son picked out (and I have wanted to pop it ever since due to the CONSTANT singing when my kids tap on it!), a SUPER cute frame my daughter made at school with a handmade card (my fave kind), a cake that said happy mothers day...............and a day where I didn't lift a finger! I even got to take a nap on the beach under the umbrella and took a jog alone on the beach! THAT BEATS OUT ANY KIND OF GIFT ALONE! It was GREAT! I could tell my kids were excited to help out and kept picking EVERY single flower that they could find to bring to me on my special day. I truly felt amazing and loved!

My husband's family is staying at the beach all week. (about an hour and a half from our house) The plan as of now is that we are bringing the kids to stay there for the next two nights....and then my husband and I will return on Thursday and Friday. I am VERY excited about being able to sew and screen print my little heart out on my MUCH needed "day off", but I am also a bit nervous as to how my kids will act at bed time and being away for 2 nights. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED!!!!!

Here are some pictures we took on Mother's day. I realized as the sun was going down that we had been at the beach ALL day without any pictures! See, when mom is having a "day off from all duties" pictures just don't get taken. :)This was taken by Kacey. I seriously think she takes amazing pics!!! (please take note of Collin's Diego in EVERY picture with him)

My little sunshine! She has a blue chin after eating VERY blue ice cream! ha!

Good luck trying to get a good family pic after 2 scoops of ice cream and a full day at the beach.

These two make my world a better place!!!!! EVERY day is brighter with them! They are the reason that I am able to celebrate such an AMAZING mother's day!

This Young House!!!

I am super excited! I LOVE This Young House!!! And I LOVE seeing my pillows on their site too!!! RUN over to their site and check out their AMAZING ideas, AND enter to win a FREE Sa-Sea Boutique Pillow Case!!!!!
While you are there.....check out their patio redo and vote vote vote for their AMAZING talents and porch! I LOVE the idea of the painted wood! I miss wood patios and decks so much, and I know for sure that if I had one I would have painted it the VERY same day that they posted their pictures. So smart!!!

I must unpack my sandy clothes from the beach. We had a BLAST! Pics to follow soon! I started my morning out with a barefoot jog on the beach and a dip in the ocean. PERFECT start to a GREAT day!
xoxo!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's day to all of you FABULOUS mother out there!!!!! I hope your day is filled with amazing food (all delivered to you by someone other than yourself!), wonderful drinks (any kind will do....but please add something pretty like a flower or umbrella to it), amazing friends (that want to sit around and talk about what amazing mom's we are), flowers (either real or made with pipe cleaners by your kids at preschool)......and all while having your feet up!!! SOUNDS WONDERFUL!!!!!





Enjoy your special day!!!! I will be spending the ENTIRE day at the beach with my family and enjoying this wonderful time with my kids and hubby doing what I do best.....relaxing on the beach! I feel SO blessed to have AMAZING kids, a VERY supportive and loving husband, a job that allows me to be creative and lock myself in my sewing room all alone, and an amazing mom that I am able to spend time with almost daily, and sooo many wonderful family and friends that I get to enjoy this ride with!!!! LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!


AND CHECK OUT THIS YOUNG HOUSE ON MONDAY FOR AN AMAZING GIVE AWAY!!!!! I am in LOVE with this blog! I actually found them in one of my decorating magazines while I was on a road trip and couldn't wait to get home and check out their WONDERFUL blog! They are BEYOND sweet, and live in Richmond Virginia. (I grew up in Northern Virginia!) Their style, house, ideas, and entire blog is amazing and I feel SOOO honored to be able to be a part of it for a day!!!! GO Sa-Sea!!! :) So stalk their site on Monday!