Lollishop Now OPEN

I finally did it. I opened my Lollishop this afternoon. The girls would love it if you would take a peek... HERE!!
XOXO

Thank you!!!

I've been given the blog award by my dear friend, bear-maker extraordinaire and mother to 2 gorgeous puppies, Daphne of Backroad Bears. Check out her cutesy little blog here.


"The authors say that blogs who receive this award are exceedingly charming. This blog invests in proximity in space, time and relationships. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends .They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandisement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these awards are cut, even more friendships will be propagated. Please give your kind attention to these writers! Deliver this award to 8 bloggers who will choose 8 more, and include this cleverly written text in to the body of the award."


I would now like bestow this lovely award to the following:

Aleta - The Silly Bear
Shelli - Potbelly Arts
Catherine - Bumpkin Bears
Nicole - Raggedy Old Annies
Wendy - Whendi's Bears
Diane - DudaDaze
Vivianne - Gotta Share This
Tina - Cherry Hill Cottage

I've chosen these lovely bloggers because in some way they inspire ME.

Shantell

Tagged!!!

Well, it finally happened...I've been tagged by my friend, Laura Lynn of Teddies by Laura Lynn. It's taken me a few days to get to this...I've been a little sidetracked. I'm to share 6 random things about myself and then tag 6 of my blog friends.

Here is to goes...6 random things about ME.

1. Shantell is my middle name.

2. I had all three of my children BEFORE I married their Dad and now I'm happily divorced.

3. I'm completely tone deaf...I can't sing or play any instrument although I've tried. I do sing in the car and don't care if anyone is watching me. LOL

4. I love the smell of babies and puppy breath.

5. I'm not quite 6 ft tall and have a terrible time buying pants. I have to order my jeans online most of the time, except Levis. I sometimes can get them in TALL at the store.

6. I collect and wear funky socks every day. I hate plain white socks.

Here are the rules:

THE RULES (for this game of tag):
1. LINK TO THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU
2. POST THE RULES ON YOUR BLOG
3. WRITE SIX RANDOM THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF
4. TAG SIX PEOPLE AT THE END OF YOUR POST AND LINK TO THEM
5. LET EACH PERSON KNOW THEY ARE TAGGED AND LEAVE A COMMENT ON THEIR BLOG
6.LET THE TAGGER KNOW WHEN YOUR ENTRY IS UP
7. DON’T BREAK THE CHAIN (not actually a rule)

I'll post who I choose to tag soon. I need to check out who hasn't been tagged since so many of my blog buddies have been tagged 1 or 2 times. How much randomness can one person come up with. :O)

XOXO

First Annies of 2009

Gosh, two post in one day!!!

Here's a picture of the two Annies I talked about in my earlier post. Annie in Yellow Flowers and Annie in Polka-Dots. I may change their names yet. I can't decide whether to individually name them or call them all Annie something-0r-other. It's a dilemma...LOL

XOXO

Case of the Lazy Blogger...

...that's me! I've signed on at least a dozen times and then just sit here and stare blankly at the screen. I'm sure you can relate.

I hope all my blogging friends had a wonderful holiday. I had a lovely time with my kids...it's so much more difficult (at least for me) to buy for them now that they are grown. They have opinions, likes, dislikes, etc...and they make them known. :O)

I have two new Annies complete and ready to make available as soon as I do their little photo shoot. The mohair/alpaca has been staring at me and lurking in my dreams. I just haven't decided exactly what I want to do with it yet...it's like having words on the tip of your tongue and not being able to spit them out. The ideas are there just not as clear as they should be.

Enough blabbering...I'm here, alive and ready for a super duper 2009.

Hugs,