Happy Easter!!

*UPDATE* I get lots of sweet comments on my blog, but I wanted to share this one comment in particular from one of my best friends. Her words just made me break down and cry (again)....

Tracy said...
I felt the same way about yesterday's service. It really hit me hard when he talked about how Terra made an impact on Louie who in return made an impact on so many of us (not to mention the other 1/2 of the church that Pastor didn't specifically include!) I honestly believe that if it weren't for Louie then Aaron and I would not be together...which in return you and I would probably would of never met. I am so blessed to have such a good friend in you Mol. You are an amazing, strong, Christian woman! We are so blessed to have your family in our lives, especially little Emma who has made her first BFF in your beautiful daughter. One day they will be each others bridesmaids saying "Oh we have been friends since we were babies!" Ha!
Love ya girl-keep up all the good work!!

T

Thanks Tracy for the sweet words!!

Original Post:

Happy Easter Everyone! I hope you're all having a wonderful day with your family and or friends. Today we have had such a wonderful time with our church family/friends and our families after church.

We enjoyed a beautiful service this morning that brought me to tears a few times. Its amazing what having that many people in a room worshiping our Creator will do for your emotions. My good friend Carrie sang this beautiful song, and I wanted to share the song with you. Carrie is such a beautiful singer, I wish I could have posted her actual video from church this morning. After church, I received some amazing news from my friend Melisa which I will share with you once all the details are ironed out. I was waiting in the car for Gerrad and I turned on the radio to our local Christian station and the song was on that Carrie sang this morning, and I just started to weep. I am SO blessed and sometimes feel so undeserving of all the things I have been truly blessed with. I wept thinking of my God dying for my sins, and what that means in my every day life.

Our service this morning was about how you can make an impact on some one's life on a daily basis. They passed out bracelets to all the adults this morning that have our church website on them, and the words IMPACT on them as well. So we can all wear them and remember to try to make an impact on the peoples lives that we encounter daily. What do you do in your daily life that you feel like you're making an impact in some one's life? Gets you thinking doesn't it? I love leaving church and feeling like there are things that I need to really try harder to do, and follow through with them to make a difference!!

Happy Easter everyone!



*If you'd like to listen to this song, make sure you mute my music player at the bottom of this page*

Much Love~

Friends

So, not only do I have the most amazing real life friends, I have also made some wonderful friends through the blogging world. My friend Summer over at Summer's Story did the most AMAZING and sweet post I've ever seen. She is such a blessing and has the most adorable daughter Kelcee who she loves to doll up. Head on over HERE to see what sweet things she had to say about me and my growing business and designs!! I hope you'll head over to her blog and leave some love for her!!!

To everyone who has supported me through this learning/growing time in my life/business... I cannot ever thank you enough. It means so much to me that you all take the time to leave such sweet comments for lil old me :o)

Have a great Wednesday! I'll be adding some new items to my shop this morning, so keep your eye on my business blog and Facebook page!

ABC's of ME!

I have seen quite a few of my blogging friends do this, so I thought I'd take a turn as well. Plus its fun to have something already thought out, to blog about every once in a while :)

{The ABC's of Molly}


A. AREA CODE : The Midwest
B. BED SIZE: King... and my 6'4" hubby's feet STILL hang off the edge, sheesh!
C. CHORE YOU HATE: Say it with me now... LAUNDRY!!
D. DOG'S NAME: None
E. ESSENTIAL "START THE DAY!" ITEM: My computer...need to check my emails, catch up on blogging, Facebook, etc!
F. FAVORITE COLOR: Pink!!
G. GOLD OR SILVER: Silver
H. HEIGHT: 5'7
I. INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: None....I used to be a pro at the clarinet, be jealous!
J. JOB: Stay at home mom to 2 sweet girls (well 1 is in school all day) and aspiring boutique owner :)
K. KIDS: 2 precious girls
L. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: With my husband and daughters
M. MOM'S NAME: Mom ;)
N. NICKNAME: Momma, Mommy, Moll Doll
O. OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAY: Childbirth
P. PET PEEVE: Oh boy, we don't have enough time or space for this one...
Q. QUOTE FROM A MOVIE: "You shut your mouth when you're talking to me" Wedding Crashers
R. RIGHTY OR LEFTY?: Righty
S. SIBLINGS: One- a sister
T. TIME YOU WAKE UP: 6:30-6:45am
U. UNDERWEAR: Yes, I wear them
V. VEGGIE YOU DISLIKE: Beets
W. WAYS/REASONS YOU ARE LATE: My husband takes longer to get ready than I do, ahhh!
X. XRAYS YOU'VE HAD: Finger and ankle
Y. YUMMY FOOD YOU MAKE: Um... can we come back to this one, I'm no Betty Crocker!
Z. ZOO ANIMALS YOU LIKE: Penguins...Polar Bears...Hippo's and Giraffes

Top 2 Tuesday

Today's topic over at The Undomestic Momma's Top 2 Tuesday is 2 Random Things about Yourself... this ought to be fun since I have some of the most random quirks ever!! Head over to her blog to check them out, and link up if you choose to join in on the fun!!

1} I DO NOT like online shopping... GASP!!!! That's right folks, you heard it here first, a girl who does not like online shopping. I think I have MAYBE ordered something off Old Navy's website once, and a few things from ebay. I will not purchase things online from stores we have here locally, I'm not sure why. I'm more of an instant gratification person, and if I want it, I'd rather just walk right in to the store and buy it.

2} I have a weird food texture thing. I cannot eat anything with a mushy (yes that's a word) texture for too long or I will start gagging. For example... mashed potatoes, yogurt, applesauce, you get the idea. I love all 3 of those foods I mentioned, and eat them regularly, I just have to portion them properly. HA HA! So ridiculous right?!

And the Winner Is......

Congrats to Ashley at The Thames Trio, you're the winner (chosen from random.org)!!! Please email me at tutucutebymolly (at) yahoo (dot) com and we'll chat about what you would like to put your $10.00 gift certificate towards!

THANK YOU so much to all of you who gave me advice and pointers! I plan on using each and every idea in some way. I cannot tell you how much I truly appreciate all of your kind words!!!

Its Monday Already?

This weekend seems like it just FLEW by for some reason. Maybe because we were pretty much on the go all weekend (as usual it seems). Friday night my friend Tracy and I went to a children's consignment sale in Kansas City at the Speedway to check out the good deals. Tracy is expecting a baby girl (I've mentioned this before) in June, and she was looking for a double stroller for Zoie and Emma to cruise around in once Zoie arrives, no such luck. We did however find some SUPER cute clothes for fairly reasonable prices. I got Aaddaline 3 outfits/dresses and a jean skirt (All the pics on this blog post are from my blackberry so pardon the superb photo quality, ha ha)

I got Macie 2 dresses that were super cute. I love the dress on the right with the fruit on it, one of my favorite lines from Gymboree.
AND without further adieu.... LOOK WHAT I GOT AT THE SALE FOR MYSELF... Go me!!! I got a gorgeous blue Coach purse, for $50.00. Yep that's right, I said $50.00. It was love at first sight :o) I'm aware that its probably a fake, but none the less, I LOVE it! It has a small coin purse inside it and a long strap to put on my shoulder to carry it as well, yay!
Tracy and I had a WONDERFUL night just the two of us, getting away from the kiddos and enjoying a night to ourselves, with adult conversation all night, being on our own schedule was amazing! Thanks again Tracy for inviting me!

Saturday morning Macie had 2 volleyball games. She rocked the house as usual on serving, and did well at bumping it too. Since she's so young, her age group has a hard time volleying the ball back and forth, but they all do GREAT. Its so fun to go watch my little super star play on Saturday mornings.

Saturday evening we celebrated our friend Aaron's birthday (Tracy's husband) and went out to dinner at a Japanese steak house, it was yummy, and we all had a great time. There were 16 of us there, and I some how managed not to take ANY pictures! BOO :( We were all invited to go over to their place to watch the UFC fights after dinner, but Addaline had a long day with no nap, so I took her home and put her to bed, and Gerrad and Macie went and had a great time hanging out watching the fights. I was SO sad I missed out, but needed to get Addaline in bed, poor girl was exhausted!!!

I was going to craft a bit, to catch up on some more orders, but my lack of motivation got the best of me, so I laid on the couch and caught up on my dvr'd shows instead!

Yesterday we had church, and then lunch with friends afterwards. We came home and I made a few dresses, and bows, and Gerrad worked on my bow rack that I needed. I have been so overwhelmed lately with my growing business and trying to find time to balance every thing else. I think my biggest problem is not having a craft room, THIS is what my bedroom looks like on a daily basis, AHHHH! I am SUCH a neat freak, that I'm at wits end with this bedroom disaster. We're going to convert our computer room (which is super small but will work great) to a crafting room I believe, SOON! I might work on it tonight while Macie is at dance, just so I can have some peace of mind, ha ha!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I'm going to do a drawing today for the $10.00 gift certificate winner, so stay tuned in a bit!!!

HELP- I Need Your Creative Advice!!

Hey everyone... so I've got a few questions for ya'll. I have 50+ followers so I'm hoping for LOTS of comments with suggestions and ideas! Yes that means from you silent readers, I see you :)

So I'm trying to really get my business to take off as I've mentioned before... but I need a little help and advice as to how to reach out to local area boutiques. I've been designing a large postcard to take around to local shops with me, and I will also be improving my portfolio with my most recent work. Where I'm struggling is with how to 'Sell Myself'... I'm not one of those pushy people who is loud and straight forward so I'm a little nervous about approaching shop owners. What items do you think I should take with me? Maybe one of each thing so they can see the quality and design? What else would you suggest I take with me? I've got business cards as well. Also, I've been trying to think of some good promotions to host on my blog, my business blog and Facebook fan page... any thoughts or ideas? Here are my prices for all my products, what do you think good deals would be? What would you be willing to buy/spend?

TuTu Outfits: $35.00
TuTu: $20.00
Applique Shirt/Onesie: $15.00
Pillowcase Dress: $20.00
Burp Cloths (NEW Item): 3/$15.00
Bows: $4.00-$8.00
Onesie Dress: (still working on this but I need a price suggestion?)
Crochet Hat w/ Flower clip or Single layer bow: $10.00

SO... since I want to pick all of your brains, IF you submit a comment with an idea for me, you will be entered to win a $10.00 gift certificate to my shop!!! I'll keep this open all of today, and maybe some of tomorrow, so comment away!!

Thanks in advance every one! I can't wait to hear all your creative ideas! Also, I'm always up for new ideas to put in my shop, so if you have anything you would like to see that I don't sell, fire away :)

One more thing... I'm also in the market for a new website. My husband would like me to keep it as inexpensive as possible, so if any of you know any web designers that are inexpensive, or any free web design sites, feel free to pass those my way as well. I LOVE my blog, and the design, thanks again Jamie, I just need to find something that's easier to navigate for my customers.