School Time

As you can see my baby started Kindergarten last monday. Doesn't she look excited!!! Here you can see her on the Cat bus, on her way to school . Further down you also see me at her school walking her to class on her first day too! She wanted me and daddy to meet her there to make sure she made it to her classroom (she was a little uncertain if she could remember where it was)

This is her before school waiting in the driveway for the bus. We did alot to waste time that morning(since her bus was 1/2 a hour late), so you'll see her posing , playing 'rock paper sissors" with daddy, and then her getting on the bus.

She informed me that evening that the best part of her day was riding the bus. She absolutely loved it. She also let me know that I no longer need to follow her and then walk her to class, she was confident that she knew where she was going and even if she did get lost her teacher would be sticking her head out into the hallway to make sure she'd make it to class. So I feel demoted some how. *pout pout pout* I guess I'll get over it. She did make sure to ask me what I was now doing with my days since she was now at school all day... Made me feel good to know she noticed i'm all alone now.

Stoked that Summer & my 60+ hrs are OVER!!

Yep sad huh? those are my summer hours. Being a nanny, a mom & a wife(amongst many other things) I rarely had time this summer for anything aside from working. I spent this past weekend in total surprise that I could actually function past 9:00pm, yea not very late but normally by 8:30 I am a zombie of drool and slurring words. I literally feel like I am not sober at these "late" hours. This past weekend I let one of my girlfriends talk me into letting her have a "jewelry party" here at my house, I couldn't believe I said yes. Not that I'm not a very giving and sharing person, but I really wanted to join in on the fun & I really didn't think I'd be able to do that since the kids I watch didn't officially start school until Monday... Well here comes Saturday night...Normally I would have spent at lest all day and the day before "super cleaning" but I just wasn't feeling up to it, so instead I just picked up, swept and then spent most of Saturday morning relaxing. THANKYOU for me not feeling like it, b/c when 11:00pm came and went and the "party" was still in full swing, I was actually still in full swing too!!! YAY! One of my girlfriends actually noticed and thanked me for not kicking them out yet. They ended up leaving at about 11:50 and I was still going, I finished cleaning up and still stayed up to read a few chapters. I love when "summer" ends. I am so glad that I can stay up past 8:30 and not get picked on for not making sense when I talk, b/c I am still "there". Happy End Of The Summer To ME!!!

summer to summer

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2 Fab Giveaways

Two of my favorite bloggers are giving away wonderful things today, please enter and try to win.

http://littlebitfunky.blogspot.com/2009/08/friday-giveaway-on-saturday.html


http://www.joyshope.com/2009/08/hope-ink-giveaway.html


Good luck to you!

Give Away today

Hello all! Since my shop is officially up and running, I decided to call in a favor of a fellow blogger Julie over at Joy's Hope. She has helped to inspire me over the last year or more, so when she said she love to help me out, I was just ecstatic, to say the least. For those of you who are new to my site I'd love to give you the tour... over to the left you'll see photos of my beautiful daughter and my loving husband, who love every minute of my creativity and are so encouraging in my endeavor. Especially little Miss G who is constantly telling me I need to add a little more ribbon here and more rhinestones there! Love 5 year olds and their independence. As most of you will notice I took a leave of absence throughout the beginning of the new year, that was due largely in part to the craft fairs I took part in with a few girlfriends this past spring. I loved them so much. I just had the hardest time setting up and taking down, it was like I never wanted them to start and once they started I didn't want to leave. Hearing the feedback was such a great boost for my confidence and self esteem. Now if only I could start selling on a more regular basis... now this is where you and Julie come in.

Julie and I are hosting a giveaway this morning, it will go on until monday July 6th noon pacific time, where Julie will randomly choose to receive one of my most popular items the Chalk Clipboard absolutely FREE and for ANYONE who leaves a comment and makes a purchase here with in the next 30 days, will receive 25% off there 1st order. I'll be providing all commenters with a coupon code to redeem before check out.

Thankyou for checking out my blog and my shop. Come back when ever you feel the need. I'd love any and all feedback.

Thanks and Take Care

~Simona

Last Day of K-4 (formerly known as pre-k)

She had such a wonderful year this year. I can't even imagine her teachers being any more caring and loving. She also had such great friends. Can't wait for summer to get underway. If only I could freeze time. She is in such a great stage right NOW!

Started My Etsy Shop Today

So I started my shop today, don't have everything listed yet but I am soon on my way. I am having problems with my photos being to large, any helpful hints on ways to take great photos but have less quality, or is there some way to change to photos I already have to be the correct size(less than 2mb preferable closer to 250k)? come visit me at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7434425&ga_search_query=smwcustomcreations&ga_search_type=seller_usernames unfortunately no photos yet ... These are supposed to be the photos listed with the items

Two....

With two customs orders under way, both orders from my craft show, I'm feeling great. I have been very busy this last week. My husbands sister and family are moving here tomorrow and before they get into their new place, they're staying with us for a couple of days. Since the hubby has a little more time on his hands he's been helping me out around the house and in the yard, in preparation for his sister( which is really a great excuse to get a little bit of help) but all that being said we've been deep cleaning EVERYTHING. When they're settled into their new place, I am going to start setting up my etsy shop. I'd love to have some girft certificates or free giveaways... if anyone is interested in hosting that on their blog let me know. Until next time~Simona

Below are the clipboards I made for the craft show

A little help?

I am trying to enlarge my portfolio. With that in mind I would like to have some mini sessions, where I get with you and your family or just the kids and shoot for 20-30 minutes, from there you will be provided with 10 proofs to choose from. I have set aside Saturday May 23rd from 8:00-6:00 at the Landing in Downtown Fort Walton Beach. Prices are as follows for the day:

Session Fees $25.00

Per Print:
5x7 $3.50
8x10 $8.00

Wallets $4.50
11x14 $15.00
12x16 $20.00
16x20 $25.00

12x16 collage print
$15.00
Digital Art Canvas 11X14
$120.00
Digital Art Canvas 16X20
$150.00

Digital Art Canvas 8x10
$100.00

5x7 Invitations
$1.00 a piece

Contact me at Walterssimona@gmail.com

Craft Show Update

So we spent all Saturday at the show and in the end our whole booth sold over $250 but that doesn't go very far when combined the booth has 7 vendors in it... Now did I mention that the craft fair as a whole have over 90 booths (yep! ) that means over 90 booths filled with options galore for all of our shoppers. So needless to say we thought $250 was pretty good, but from now on we will double check how many vendors there will be before making any commitments. Due to last weekend being a little bit of a flop, we have all decided to do this coming weekends craft fair, we are hoping that since it includes booths for kiddie crafts and food vendors on top of the normal craft vendors and there are only any where up to 50 booths we feel we will do much better... Wish us luck. The following photos are the set up photos from 7:30 AM, we actually changed it up a bit somewhere around 10:30 and I never got any more photos. The booth looked so much better the second go around, but that's okay...Here you are our 1st show.