Tara took another step away from babyhood this week.

My older girls seemed to always be in a hurry, in a hurry to walk, to talk, to get that big girl bed. Both were in their very own twin beds by the time they were 18mths old because they would not stay in the crib.

Tara though has been more content to let things take their sweet time. She didn’t walk til nearly 11mths, she was happy to let Anna take the lead and talk for her, and she showed no signs on wanting to move from her crib……

Til now. A couple weeks ago she started swinging her leg over the top rail, never climbing out, but more showing us that she could anytime she wanted to. No surprise, she is nearly 3 and a big girl(compared to her sisters at her age). So we took the rail down the beginning of the week. So far so good, equal number of nights staying in bed, and getting up to be put right back.

The last baby taking another step away from babyhood and into big girl territory. Makes this Mom a little bit wistful.

-Kim

Summer Bead Sale on Artfire!

To celebrate getting my Artfire store up and running I am having a Summer Sale! I’m taking 15% off everything in the store. Discount has already been applied to all items.

Blue Lady Studios on Artfire!

Sale runs 7/2 through 7/10.

Just a reminder about the upcoming holiday….

Most post offices within the US will be closing at Noon on July 3rd and will not be reopening til Monday, July 6th!

Orders placed after 8pm EDT on Thursday July 2nd will not go out til Monday, July 6th.

-Kim

Happy 4th of July!

The evidence

Anna cut her hair today

Originally uploaded by blue lady studios

Anna seemed surprised that we noticed her new hairstyle. I must say it could have been worse and she could have chosen a sister to try her hair styling attempts on.

Bringing back the beads…..

Summer Sage 12mm Rounds

Originally uploaded by blue lady studios

When I first began using polymer clay many years ago now, I made beads. I’m coming back to this first love and have added the first of many sets to come in my BlueLadyBeads shop on Etsy.

It really doesn’t end does it?

So we finally are well again, so what happens, I threw my back out. I’m on the mend now thankfully. No longer standing a good foot or two shorter then normal, and I can bend down without crying. I want to quickly get things caught up but know that I need to go a bit slow or I’ll be right back where I started a few days ago. I could really use a maid. LOL

When will it end…..

Yet another illness. I don’t think there has been more then a few days since December where at least one of us was sick. Most of us are on the mend, but my middle girl now has double ear infections. Ten days of antibiotics for her. Please let this be the end of the cycle.

New beads have arrived….

My latest shipment of Czech Glass Beads arrived today. I have already photographed everything, (thanks to my Dear Husband Mike  who bought me a light tent which made the process go so much faster), and I’ll be editing and adding new items the rest of the week in my BlueLadyBeads shop on Etsy!

New items at Etsy.

Beehive Magnet

Originally uploaded by blue lady studios

Finally back to work and new things are starting to appear in the shops.

You can find this beehive magnet at my Polymer Posies shop on Etsy.

I’m working on some new designs and hope to be added new items every few days.

Not another fever…..

This winter has been one filled with just about every cold weather illness known to man. We have managed to stay illness free for around a week or so and my hopes were high. Silly Mom! Mike is down with a flu like illness. He’s on his second day of fever which is a rarity for him so he’s not doing so hot. I just hope this one leaves me and the girls alone. Pretty Please!