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Project Run & Play

Hey all!  I've missed you.  I'm in the last stages of wrapping up three very biggo projects and starting one biggo project so it's put me into a bit of an hiatus online.  Which I won't lie, has been nice. 

Anyhoo - I am back and so excited to be a judge over at Project Run & Play!  Have you guys seen this?  Think Project Runway for kids clothes.  They are a week in with the theme of Winter Wonderland.  Check out some of my favorites:

And this next one.. um yeah.  Love it.  Will I be able to be subjective?  Yes, I will.  :)

The really fun thing about this?  You get to vote to.  There will be voting polls open on judging day on the blog.  So if you like, hop on over and subscribe to the blog for all the fun.  I can wait for the next challenge!  Let me get my judging face on.  If you recall, I've done this before.

Here is me and a few fellow judges.  (Poker face, girl.)

Eye scan the garment, take it in, take it in..

Poker face slightly interupted..

Okay, poker face is pointless.

Next one..  I honestly don't remember what this was.. but..

dang.  I seriously gave up poker face here.

I swear I'm really sweet and nice!  Just look at me, how could I be cruel?

Is it me or does the gal behind me look like she's plotting which way best to dispose of my corpse?

Here, a closer look:

Um yep.  It could have been at something walking the runway, but it doesn't looook like that.  Happy to say, these were taken about 6 months ago and I am still walking around happy and alive. 

And I promise to be a good judge.  Did I mention you guys are welcome to join along in the challenges?  Fun!  See you there.

Welcome 2011

Welcome January and 2011!

I am not usually a New Years whooper, but I am so ready for 2011.  2010 was a rough year for me, and I am bound and determined to make 2011 shine. 

January in particular is generally depressing to me.  I think it's because I wholeheartedly throw myself into the celebrations of the end of the year, and then January hits and... ...  what?...  nothin.  But this year, I find myself embracing January.  We are covered in a beautiful blanket of snow and it's just lovely.  Lovely enough to draw as is show by my new blog banner.  I've got this fun idea to change it each month of the year to reflect the surroundings I find myself in.  (Hop on in from your reader to see the full makeover if you like.)  That lovely branch is one of the views from my bedroom window, and how bad can January be when it brings such beauty?

New Year's Eve found me trying to embrace some particularly bad news (everyone's healthy, nothing I really need to go into here, but don't worry your pretty little heads!) and I felt all I could do was light a candle and breathe.  In the long scheme of things, small worries pass and the important things stay.

Yes, I am loving on January this year.

I've made a few changes to the sponsor info (lower prices, more options and larger buttons!) so if you are interested in being a sponsor on this here blog, please take a look and shoot me an email.

Also, I want to welcome our newest sponsor, Birdsong Bows.  Birdsong Bows offers lovely tutorials for making your own bow and hair decorations.  Check them out!

Also, on my last sponsor giveaway, I neglected to mention Blueberry Hills promo code!  If you enter the code "PIXIE" (how clever is that?) you will recieve 35% off your order through Jan. 31st.  Wahoo!