The Glitter Workshop Dish

Apply Now for the Fourth Annual Holiday Craftacular!

I am now accepting applications for the Holiday Craftacular.

Click HERE for all the details!

No One Said It Would Be Easy

But no one said it would be this hard. NO, that’s not true… I knew it would be hard! Wonderful, but tricky… The physical exhaustion has finally caught up with me!

The past week has been a whirlwind as well. We had the first day of school..

Which went really well. Darby is in fifth grade now and Zoe is in fourth! They are adjusting really well and seem to be off to a great start.

It is a whole new challenge though doing the day to day with a new baby. Even getting ready in the morning after very little sleep and with a baby that wants to nurse all the time is an adventure.

Here’s a couple pics of the little gnome.

Don’t worry, his car seat straps were properly adjusted before we got in the car! I’m quite particular..

Henri also got his first real, in the bathtub, bath this past weekend. I know, he’s a month old, but he has really really sensitive skin and his water on the body and soap on the bum baths are plenty good. He did NOT like the full bath much. He looks very concerned here..

Of course I have also spent a great deal of time ‘helping’ the girls play with him. They love him sooo much. I actually spent more time trying to get them to stop fighting over him than anything! They even like the boppy mat..

Don’t worry though. I have been working too! I sold a record number of goodies (for myself at least… I can’t speak for them!) at Anthology last month. I also have my first show in a couple of weeks coming up. Also, Jerome and I went to the Masonic Center today and measured out the booth spaces and finalized a few more details. I am soo excited for the Holiday Craftatacular! We will be able to offer 65 booths for this show. There will also be food available in the dining room and a whole room full of vendors beside the main banquet room. Here is a picture of the banquet room. There were some tables set up from an event, but it gives an idea of how great a space it is.

I just can’t wait!! I also have many great advertising ideas for the show and have spoke with local businesses regarding sponsorships and donations for goodie bags.

I hope to have the official application up by the weekend, so check back!!

Did you all have a good week??

Thank you!!!

I know I have said it a zillion times, but I am sooo lucky to have such kind people in my life. The twin gnome baby music box came in the mail today from the lovely Dee Hooks of Kittyweird (don’t have a link to your site Dee.. email me and I’ll add it!!).

Dee is an amazing crafter and thrifter and I am always taken back with the treasures she comes across. She even wrapped it in fake fur for me to make kittens out of!!

Besides being gnomes, the twins with their papa has a special place in my heart. I have told Henri about his special little guardians watching over him and Jerome and I both could feel their presence in the delivery room when Henri was being born. Even though I have moments of sadness over their loss all the time, I also have found a type of peace knowing that somehow they have given us Henri.

Thank you Dee, for your kindess.

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Oh, side note… the girls and Hankster and I did go down to Anthology today. The store looks amazing, as always and the girls even got to pick out a Rement box of fake food goodness to play with. Then we came home and the played nicely for a while so I could rest with Henri. For that, they have earned climbing at Boulders tonight!!

Time to start dinner…

Things I am Loving

Sometimes being a crafter is tricky work. When I have the time to create, I am trying to restock things I already do. That doesn’t leave much time for coming up with new projects.

Last night I was making more bits and bobbles fabric barrettes to drop off at Anthology when I thought ‘Huh! Those would look good on button bracelets!’. I really like the way they turned out and have so many fun fabric scraps to use up anyway! So Anthology, no fabric barrettes today, but I think I will bring by the bracelets to show you! I’m hoping if all my wee people behave, I am going to attempt to go down to State St. with them today. Yikes!! Going downtown is always a production for me, for some reason, and especially now that all the students are back in town… we’ll see!

I was treated to breakfast today by my chefs. We had bagels with salami (a fave since childhood) and fresh fruit. Yum! I let them make a fort to sleep in last night so they were happy ladies.

Here are two more things I am loving….

I went in the workshop to try to get some production done last night and when I came upstairs Jerome and Henri were reading all about Henri’s development at three weeks, while Henri hung out in the Baby Bjorn. Like I said, Jerome was pretty darn excited that Hankster (as he refers to him) was big enough for the carrier! It will be super handy.

Time to get everyone dressed and see where this exciting day takes us!

More Kindness

The lovely Mindy Kuen sent this adorable charm in the mail for me yesterday! I can’t wait to find a chain to put it on. She also sent a sweet tag with Henri’s name on it that I think I will put on the diaper bag. It is soo wonderful to get all these treasures in the mail. Thank you!!!

In actual business news, I should have the Craftacular applications available by next weekend, so make sure to check here, or to email me at naomi@glitterworkshop.com to be notified when they are up.

Now for the rest of life…

The other day at the grocery store, this man

was not being so kind to his mama (insert…. screaming until he turned bright red, with a full cart of groceries and only two checkout lanes open…. I was getting some nasty and sympathetic looks!), so I bought myself these.

I am trying desperately to get better at taking a deep breath and just savoring the moments. Even the moments with screaming babies!… or annoyed husbands (he put in a new QUIET bathroom fan for me this weekend which involved cutting out a large portion of the bathroom ceiling… no, he actually wasn’t even too annoyed!), or whining daughters (WHY can’t we be online for eight hours a day????)..

Prince Henri had his checkup yesterday and all is well. I was concerned because he seriously poops like 10-15 times a day! They said it is normal. Yikes… Of course I am a bit annoyed though because he has a rash type thing on his bum that will not go away (small, but redder than regular diaper rash) no matter what we have tried. I used the Burt’s Bees diaper ointment, which did nothing, then switched to a ’stronger’ diaper ointment and even an antibiotic cream, and nothing helped. Then I thought his gdiapers would help since all the info I read about ‘natural’ disposables and cloth were supposed to be better for rashes since you have to change them more etc… SO, what was I told at the doctors? Go buy some Pampers. His skin is too sensitive for the cloth and it’s not pulling the moisture away from his skin enough. I change him every hour too, but nope, not good enough. I said my apologies to the Earth as I lugged out another bag full of diapers this morning. I also had to buy some industrial strength diaper rash crapola. deep breath…. He is up to 8 lbs. 1 oz. though so Jerome can finally use the Baby Bjorn! He has been waiting since the shower to stick the little guy in the carrier and lug him around!

Well, small man is calling for his milk machine and the Pillsbury Doughboy is telling me our cinnamon rolls are done (even a crunchy organic mama can fall off the wagon sometimes and get ‘fun food’! .. of course that won’t help the 30 lbs. I would like to lose)… it’s hard to believe Henri is almost a month, or that this peaceful man can drive me crazy sometimes!