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We arrived back home on Saturday from our whirlwind visit to the Lower Mainland. My hubby had a one day course there so we drove down and had a couple of quick visits with friends and family. P saw some of her great Aunties and Uncles, second and third cousins, big and little. She saw her Great Papa too. We had a lovely time and we are looking forward to the next visit.

Yesterday was Cyber Monday , I sold a few things....

While P was sleeping last night, I packaged everything up to ship off today.

I sold more in one day than I sold at my last two craft shows, and I didn’t have to leave my house. My hubby was nice enough to mail everything off on his way to work. <3

With my hard earned cash, I rewarded myself by cashing in on some Cyber Monday deals. I ordered myself these:

They are coming all the way from Poland, from a shop called Zoana. I want everything she makes, her prices and shipping rates are great too.

bizzy bizzy

I still haven’t fully unpacked from our last trip and soon we will be heading to the lower mainland. I have a lot to do before we leave and I am hoping to squeeze in some outings before we go. Between looking after Miss P and house stuff I have been hanging out on the Busy Moms of Etsy team and working on the Busy Moms blog http://busymomsteam.blogspot.com/ I have found so many great Moms out there, juggling jobs, kids and their handmade art businesses. It is hard to spend time on the Etsy web site and not buy everything. I put together a treasury for the team featuring handmade holiday items.

'Busy Mom Handmade Holiday' by industrialhippie

Some lovely handmade holiday items from the Busy Moms of Etsy!

Patchwork Christmas... EmilyandIzzy $25.00	Christmas Green and... RibbonsAndRose... $8.00	DIY PRINTABLE Winte... mylittleworlds... $7.50
Christmas skirt wit... kellybowbelly $21.00	Christmas in Stripe... creativelifeby... $12.00	Snow Man Hugs Winte... JoyfulStitches... $13.00
Christmas Ornaments... WoodgrainDesig... $20.00	7 Cute Holiday Gift... HuntingDragons $3.50	M2MG Gingerbread Gi... foucaultbear $9.50
Christmas Snowflake... CraftyHomescho... $3.00	Chirstmas Flower Be... justHOOKing $16.00	Holly Fairy Hand En... GlassGoddessNg... $16.00
Fingerless Mittens ... FromTheSticks $35.00	Christmas colors 9 ... craftsbynesli $24.00	Smiling's My Fa... ZavalickDesign... $10.50
Santa Crochet Baby ... nicolesbreastf... $28.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

When I have spare time I collect links of events in the Okanagan, Craft fairs, arts shows, farmers markets, art courses etc. There many things to do in the Okanagan but some of the events can be hard to find. I decided to make a facebook page to list the links I find of artsy things to do in the Okanagan.  Oh, and I made a blog for it too. As if I didn’t have enough on my plate already, right? It is ok though, I am keeping it simple. I am using Google Calendar to post the events as I find out about them, http://artsyokanagan.wordpress.com/. You can click on the event day, read the details and import the event to your own calendar, or you can import the calendar. When I have time I would like to attend some of these events. If you would like to be notified of artsy events you can visit the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Artsy-Okanagan/195947850485064 I have sold a couple of pins this week. Another skeleton cameo and the Frankenstein Hello Kitty pin I am working on some new inventory that I am pretty excited about. I am also anticipating the fun things I have ordered and have yet to arrive. I'm not sure why, but I really enjoy getting stuff in the mail.

We are back from our Halcyon Hot Spring retreat. We had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back!

Last night was fun. I spent more than I sold, but that is ok because I met some really nice people. Miss P behaved herself which was awesome. My wonderful Mother came along to help out. Thanks Mom!

I found P some really cute hair clips from Sweetie Bug Creations. Here she is wearing one of them.

Hot Spring Retreat

We are in Halcyon Hot Springs for a couple of days. This is a picture of a water fall by Nakusp.

We are back on Wednesday, then Thursday November 10th I have a craft show downtown. Come by and check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133718243387817

Halloween Anniversary

We had a great Halloween Anniversary weekend. Our Halloween party turned out great, the kids had fun and ate alot of candy while playing "Boo-opoly". Penelope was scared of a Pirate hat but was ok with a Freddy Krueger mask.

We had a few trick or treaters for Halloween. Some kids were too afraid to come to our door. We made it worth their while with full sized chocolate bars. Penny's costume wasn't cooperating with me, so the mermaid thing didn't work out. I was prepared and had back up costumes so I was a gypsy/witch and P was my feline familiar. Miss P had a great time greeting the kids at the door and would wave to them as they left the driveway.

This week I have to work on getting the house in order and prepare for our get away to Halcyon Hot Springs next Monday. My workspace looks like a tornado went through there. I have a craft show coming up that same week, on November 10th at the Laurel Packinghouse https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133718243387817 so I have to make sure I have everything ready before our trip so I'm not scrambling around the day before the event.