A new endeavor-Little Bishop Creations

Just in time for a new year, I have officially launched Little Bishop Creations.  It's on both Etsy and Facebook, and will be a way for me to hopefully bring in some extra income while I am currently unemployed.  The bills are piling, the debt is climbing and I feel like I need to do something to help.  Hopefully this can be something that can expand into something really great for our family, and anyone who supports it. Please go to Facebook and like Little Bishop Creations.  I'll post new items, new patterns, sales, etc...there.  I am still trying to learn my way around Etsy, so bear with me on that!  The headbands are my focus right now, but I am not limited to headbands.  I do tag blankets that work great for teething babies and general carrying around (they're smaller and easier to transport with the little one).  I also do make quilts, but I will tell you that these are time consuming, and due to my anal meticulous nature, I try to make them PERFECT, so those are not cheap but if it is something you are interested in, let me know.

NO SLIP Headbands will sell for $8 (kids) or $10 (adults) starting February 1.  For now, to start out the new year right, all headbands will be $6 or $8 (respectively) and if you buy 2, you will get 1 for FREE.  I'll run different specials each month.  Towards the end of the month, I'll have headbands that will be perfect for Valentine's Day, so check back in on Facebook for those!

If you live out of state, shipping will range between $1-2.  Orders of 10 headbands or more (think sports teams) will be discounted to $5/each.

Once I get to 100 likes on Facebook, I'll give away a headband to the 100th like! If you are interested in working with me to promote a giveaway on your blog, please contact me directly. A blog specifically for Little Bishop Creations will be up and running in a couple of days.

On another note, can you believe this is my last post for 2011?  Hopefully I'll start the year out right with a new post tomorrow.

Don't hold your breath!!

I'm gonna be ugly!

My brother has an aging booth app on his iPhone and I let him take a picture to see what I might look like on 20-30 years. Kris obliged too. Here are the results.

Back to The Cutting Edge

It was past time to have my hair done again.  I still love The Cutting Edge Salon and think that what they do is pure art. Here is what they did for me. No cut this time, just color.
I love it!!

Huh?

I posted this on Facebook last week. This picture disturbed me. Obviously it was intended for those who love to hunt? I think? I don't know. It just didn't logically make sense to me though. Why have a decal of a deer's head and then the body of a woman? What does it mean?

Who is Santa anyway?

Each year for the last several years, either my dad or one of my uncles would dress up as Santa for our extended family Christmas get together. This year, (after celebrating with my dad's side of the family which included at least 40+ people with kids) we went back to my parents' house with just my brothers, sister, and all the cousins (our 9 kids). Kris read from Luke 2, as is tradition in our family and kept the kids occupied, while my dad dressed up as Santa.

As soon as he came in, Abbey and Kaleb, amidst the adults saying "Look, Santa's here!" began shouting "Hi Pappaw!!"  Kris and I immediately silenced them, as Olivia and my niece Sophia still believe in Santa.  We explained to them that even though they knew it was Pappaw (my dad), they needed to go along with the magic of Santa for the little ones.  They understood and Santa handed out presents to all 9 grandkids.  As Santa was leaving, Sophia (three) wanted to tell Santa goodbye.  She ran up to him and he picked her up and hugged her, and held her for a few minutes.  Then my mom, wanting to get a picture, said "Turn this way Pappaw."  We all just kind of looked at each other and started laughing and I was like "Why did I just yell at my kids for outing Santa when my mom just gave the secret away?"  

Yesterday I had the privilege of having lunch with an old friend, one that is very special to me.  His name is Chad.  We've been through a lot over the last two+ decades and have had long intervals of not communicating, primarily due to just life in general.  But yesterday, it just so happened that we were in the same place at the same time, and it worked out that we were able to have lunch.  It was really great.  We got to talk and laugh and he got to meet the crazies my kids.  I was a little sad when the visit had to end and we had to drive back home but was very grateful we had the time and opportunity to meet up after all these years.

While we were having lunch, we were talking to Olivia about Santa.  I asked her if she believed in Santa Claus.  She said she did.  She also said that she knew that Pappaw was Santa.  I said "Who told you that?"  She pointed at Abbey or Kaleb.  And so I asked her if Pappaw was going to bring her presents this year on Christmas and she said yes.  I asked how he was going to get there and she said he would drive his car.  I said "Is he going to fly with his reindeer?"  She looked at me (like "seriously mom?") and said "NO! There's no such thing as reindeer."  We continued questioning her, because the conversation was slowly unfolding into something that we all found very amusing.  We asked her "Well, what about your friends? Who is going to bring them presents?"  She replied "Pappaw."  Wait..."Olivia, Pappaw is THE Santa Claus?"  She nodded her head.  I asked her if she was going to tell her friends that my dad was Santa Claus and she said "No.  It's a family secret!"

So...in case you didn't know, my dad is Santa Claus.  Livvy said so.

Christmas in Indiana

We spent the weekend in Indiana, celebrating Christmas with my family. We had a good time. It was a short trip but was a lot of fun. The kids got to see their cousins, which is always great!
While waiting for my parents to get home from church, we let the kids play outside. Livvy, as some of you know, is highly allergic to cats. And my mom has a cat that was coming near her, so she took off running. Next thing I know, I see her defensively coming back towards the cat like this! It was hilarious! *knife is plastic PETA*

No slip headbands

I stumbled across these at a vendor event over the weekend and determined to learn how to make them. Kat wanted them for her whole basketball team. I've made a total of 13 since yesterday.

If I were selling these...

My next goal is to figure exact measurements for babies and toddlers. I have measurements for young girls and adults.

Of the many features...they don't move (velvet ribbon is used to keep them in place)! No headaches or pain behind/on/around the ears. And as Abbey says "They don't hurt when I have my glasses on!" It's true. I tested it. That's one thing I always hated about headbands when I had my glasses on.

What's not to love? So quick and easy to make, and a lot cheaper! I'll never buy another headband again.