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Buried treasure

A big hooray + a very big thank ewe to Ruthie and Michaelann of VintageFrocksOfFancy for featuring one of my pieces in their treasury!

(Can you spot the little.black.sheep.shop piece?)

Take a peek at this adorable assortment of Etsy goodies before it's gone forever! 

 

 

(For a direct link to my featured work, click here.)

p.s. ...

So long, March. You were an odd month this year... and you rushed by so quickly. As much as I love you, I am going to be very happy to see April welcome in some warmer weather this time. Until next year, your truly.

xxoo!

-h-

Birthday Pics

Lindsay & I decided to head to a great hibachi-style restaurant for our birthday... our chef was REALLY funny and entertaining. (Thank you, Shogun!) Then our family did some damage on some GINORMOUS cookie cakes! Yummy!

Here are some pics from the evening...

 

Funny faces!!

  

 

 My twinkaroo and I  :)

Gigantic Sugar Cookie Cake for L and Double Fudge Cake for me... we did NOT finish them!

The twin and me and our respective men. Ryan was guffawing when this picture was taken!

It was such a great evening... and really really nice to see the fam again. I had gotten into a car accident on Friday (my actual birthday) in my sister's car, which had completely shaken me. So it was nice to forget about that whole mess for a few hours and just chill-ax with my peeps! :)

  

Hope you all had rockin' weekends too.

xxoo!

-h-

Flava Flav

We just picked out three different flavors for our wedding cake - we were having a hard time picking just one!

So... Our choices are... 

 

Carrot Grand Marnier for the top,

Chocolate Raspberry for the middle layer,

Lemon Raspberry for the bottom layer.

Yum!! I am so excited!

Thank you, Rustika!!

 

xxoo!

-h-

The Twin & I

Today is my twin's and my birthday. Woohoo! I can't believe yet another year has flown by - where does the time go?! 

  

So I will be spending some precious time with my friends and family today and tomorrow in celebration. I have to say, I truly look forward to sharing my birthday with my twinkie each year... it makes it so special!

 Happy Birthday, Lindsay!! You beautiful, free-spirited red-head, you!!

 

And in since I'm in a celebratory mood... I'm giving a gift to all of ewe as well...

 

FREE shipping on all shop orders placed this week until midnight on Thursday, April 1st (Central Standard Time)!

 

Happy Birthday to my twin & I... and free shipping to ewe! 

Visit the shop, make a purchase, and your shipping charges will be promptly refunded if your purchase is made within the valid time period! :) Yes - it's that simple!

All my best to ewe & yours this Friday... xxoo!

-h-

Cute Gardening Shirt Designs

I planted a few more veggie seeds in my slowly expanding vegetable garden on Tuesday. And I have to admit, I've had gardening on the brain since the winter weather hinted at subsiding.

In my internet perusing, I came across some really cute gardening-related shirts...

Check out some of my favorites from Cafe Press:

 

 

 

I absolutely love these - super cute!!

-h-

Tipsy Wednesday - Stay Clean while Playing in the Dirt

Spring has sprung... officially! Even my daffodils know what time of year it is... they have all sprung to life and are blooming in unison! Yippeeeeee!!

Spring is a great time to get back into gardening ... to weed out all the nasty things that may have started to grow in the cooler months, to fertilize for the upcoming warmer seasons, and even to get a clean slate for future projects. 

 

While you're playing in the dirt, keep in mind a piece of advice I picked up in a recent issue of RealSimple:

Make it easy to clean dirt off your hands this season by applying Vaseline onto your hands before donning your gardening gloves. Be sure to put a little under each of your nails too - it will make cleaning the dirt off of your hands (and out from under your nails) a total cinch! 

 

 

Happy gardening!

xxoo!

-h-

Did you know??

Did you know that gift-wrapping in my shop is ALWAYS 100% free? 

 

That's right! F-R-E-E FREE!!

I really love free. For reals.

:)

-h-

Wedding Planning into Doing

So I have been a bit out of touch this past week or so... I have been madly trying to book appointments with all sorts of vendors... and cram them into just two days! Eek!

While that has been a little stressful... I'm excited to report that Ryan and I finished the design of our Save-The-Dates... and are finally turning planning into DOING! :) Yay!!

And I really LOVE how they turned out... here's the front side...

 

 

We based it off a design that we saw online. We snapped a bunch of pics of ourselves and ultimately chose this one. I then added the text and changed the coloring a bit. Love it!

One thing off my to-do list... only a million more to go!!! :)

xxoo!

-h-

'Member?

Remember how I told you I was working on some new things for the shop?

Well... you're on the inside track... so I'm revealing one to you... right now!

I've just launched a new product... sweet handmade custom nameplates, perfect for any nursery or child's room...

I'm really excited to introduce these guys. I LOVE that they're unisex... so they make great gifts for little boys and little girls. And each one is made to order. You can't beat that!

I initially made a set of these when my cousin's little girl, Karis, arrived last year. And I got so many inquiries about them when I blogged about it that I decided to give everyone a chance to own a set for themselves!

So... now you can!

I'll be sharing info on more new goodies for the shop here soon. So stay tuned!!

*****

To see this new item in the shop, visit www.etsy.com/shop/littleblacksheepshop!!

xxoo!

-h-

Lookin' for a quick craftsy project?

I absolutely love love LOVE this cute idea Lowe's has on their website... turning mouse traps into cute (and practical) wall-mounted memo pads!

Check out the step-by-steps for this project on their website.

:)