Help Us Defeat ALS

I know  I haven’t blogged in quite some time!! BUT I am writing this blog today for a very important cause that affects me personally. At the beginning of this year my family found out that my Dad was diagnosed with ALS… also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. This hit us all pretty hard.. no one wants to lose their Dad!! But we are taking this day by day and my Dad is so strong and positive and I love him for that! My parents and the rest of my family have such a strong faith in God that we will make it through this… the prayers and support of family and friends helps us through this as well.

My brother and sister inlaw have created a team and will be joining the Bellingham Walk To Defeat ALS and they need our help! If you live in the Lynden or Bellingham, Washington area and would like to join their team you can do so at the link below… or if you would like to show your support, but don’t feel you can do the walk, you can also make a donation on the link below as well.

Click Here… Bellingham Walk To Defeat ALS

Please keep my Dad and my Mom in your prayers… we can all fight this together!

HALF PRICE SALE!!!

Yup! That’s right! I have several items in my shop that are HALF PRICE!!! It’s mostly scarves, but I have some baby items and fingerless gloves on sale too.

Why am I slashing my prices you ask? Well, the truth is… we need money! There are bills that need to be paid and groceries that need to be bought. Times are hard for us right now, as it is for a lot of people. And selling stuff online is one of our ways to make it through… so I figured I’d have this sale to maybe help us out a little more.

I would like to ask you all a favor… can you please share this sale with all your friends and family. And most importantly, prayers are needed. I’m just so tired of being stressed out all the time.

So now… here are some of the items I have at HALF PRICE!! And the prices have already been reduced, so no coupon codes are needed!

  Hello Kitty Toddler Hat

Hello Kitty Cowl Scarf

Fruit Salad Long Skinny Scarf

Pink Flower Lariat Scarf

 

 

SALE!!

I am having a sale in my etsy shop!! So if you’re looking for stocking stuffers or Christmas presents, I have plenty to choose from in my shop :). I have scarves, hats, coffee cozies, fingerless gloves, skull rings, etc… When you go to check out just be sure to use the coupon code THANKS10 for 10% off your purchase!  The sale ends 11/27/12.

Now Accepting Credit Cards

I now accept all major credit cards in my etsy shop! So if you get an Etsy Giftcard for your birthday or Christmas, you can use it in my shop :).

Here are some new items I have in my shop…

If you can’t tell… I LOVE Hello Kitty!!

Pet Palooza Voting & A Giveaway!!

My dog, Petrie, is the only dog out of the 3 that made it to the Final Round of the Pet Palooza pet photo contest that I entered them into. Thank you to all of those who did vote!! You all rock!

So I have decided to have a giveaway since at least one of my dogs made it to the final round :). In order to enter the giveaway, you will have to vote for my dog, Petrie :)… think of it as bribery ;).

Here’s what you could win…. a jersey knit infinity scarf. It is light blue with an Asian floral design… it’s very pretty!

Here’s what you need to do to win this scarf….

Go here… Vote For Petrie … and Register (if you haven’t already) so you can place your vote. You are allowed to vote ONCE per day! If you have more than one email address, you can vote with all of those email addresses each day :).

After you have voted, come back here and leave a comment saying that you voted! For each time/day you vote, you can enter this giveaway, just leave a separate comment each time… that will be a lot of entries (and better chances) for you :)!

That’s it! So simple :). So go vote for Petrie!!

Voting ends on Oct. 26th at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time. I will announce the winner of this giveaway on Oct. 27th, in which I can hopefully say that Petrie is the winner as well :). So vote, vote, vote!!

Pet Palooza Photo Contest

I have entered my 3 dogs into a pet photo contest that a local radio station is hosting called Pet Palooza 2012. The winner of the contest will receive $500!! So I am asking anyone and everyone to please help me and my family out to try and win this $500, which we could really use! All you have to do is vote for each of my dogs. You will have to register with your email address, and you can register all of your email addresses to give even more votes! 🙂

All 3 dogs have made it to Round 2… thank you to all those who have been voting!! You’re all awesome :)! You are allowed to vote for as many of the pets that you want (which hopefully those votes will go to my dogs :)). And you are allowed to vote once per day…. if you have more than one email address, you can vote once with each email address.

The first dog is Wicket… she is a Brussels Griffon. Just click on the picture below and it will take you to the site to vote 🙂

Next, is our newest dog Petrie… he is part Chihuahua part Rat Terrier (we think).

And last, but not least is Willie… he is a Chinese Crested.

Feel free to share with all of your friends by tweeting or sharing on facebook 🙂

Thanks everyone!! I appreciate any and all votes you give!

Donations Being Collected For Cancer Treatment

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. My father inlaw is in need of radiation treatment and chemotherpy, he is scheduled to start his treatments in 2 weeks and will be under going them for 6 weeks. I am collecting donations for the costs of the medical bills and his living needs during this time. My father inlaw is a good man that has worked his entire life and has never asked for anything. Back in January he started getting a lump on his right breast which quickly grew into a softball size lump, well being a hard headed man he is this was kept secret from us up until I got a call at 3am one morning that he was in pain and needed to get to the hospital. Needless to say I drove down to him and took him in and much to my surprise and shock this was unveiled to me. He was referred to a specialist that wanted to do surgery right away and remove the lump. After a biopsy was done it was determined that the lump was malignant cancer and that the therapy was needed as soon as he healed from the surgery, because they were unable to remove 100% of the cancer. My father inlaw is the kind of guy everyone likes to be around and never has a bad thing to say about anyone or anything….. He is too young to be going through this but unfortunately this is just the way life works and we are dealing with it daily, our problem is that up to this point all the Doctor visits, medication and the actual surgery we are all broke (let me add that my father continued to work the whole time this was going on, including as soon as he was released from the hospital after surgery) But what the doctors are telling us is that he will be too bad off to continue to have an income during the six weeks of treatment and that’s where I ask if there is anyone that can donate even a penny would be great and this could really help him. I hope that everyone can find it in their heart to donate even just a lil bit…….
Donations can be made through PayPal to bradymomn9@aol.com

 

Coprolite… aka Dino Poo :)

We have come across an awesome discovery! We have found Coprolite, or what we like to say… Dino Poo! Of course it is fossilized and they look and feel like rocks… it’s just that these rocks look like poop, LOL!

ANYWHO… We have literally come across a giant pile of crap! 😀 We have found them in many sizes, from small to ginormous!! Right now I have some of the smaller coprolite listed in my etsy shop. We have been selling a “crap load” of coprolite on ebay, and I wanted to see how well they did on etsy. We have cut into several pieces and have found many with the rare crystallization, which make them look like geodes. They also have some very pretty coloration in them too with reds, yellows, and even purple!

We have had a paleontologist friend take a look at them and they seem to think they come from Raptors. We have done some research and have found out that they come from the Triassic period which was 203 to 250 million years ago!  And, recently as we were picking up some more specimens we found some Dinosaur bones, including claws and turtle shell.  So, needless to say we were ecstatic to verify that we really were finding coprolite!

By clicking on the pictures, it will take you to the listing in my etsy shop. The second picture is an example of the variety of cuts we have made.

Also, we are not willing to share the location of where we find these, so please don’t ask. Thanks!

On another note… my black skull rings are BACK IN STOCK in my shop! And I’m planning on listing one in Antique Silver later on today! So be sure to check out my shop!

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!  ALL of my coffee cozies in my etsy shop are ONE DOLLAR!!!

(clicking on the pictures below will take you to that item in my shop)

ONE DAY ONLY DOLLAR SALE!!!

That’s right! I am planning a ONE DAY ONLY DOLLAR SALE on ALL of my coffee cozies in my etsy shop!!! I’m ready to add some new stock into my shop, but before I do, I really need to dwindle down on my coffee cozy inventory. So what better way than to just make them all ONE DOLLAR?!?! So be sure to tell all your friends… or you can buy a bunch of them and GIVE them to your friends :). They make great gifts!

So on TUESDAY JULY 3RD be sure to head on over to my etsy shop and SHOP, SHOP, SHOP! Cuz this sale will only last ONE DAY!!! Mark it on your calendars :).