Fix-it Friday #62

July 16, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

Such a SWEET photo to fix for this weeks Fix-it Friday at I Heart Faces. Here you go:

{My fix}

{Before}

Would you like to fix this? Head on over…

{Just a quick reminder…. This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh! Ends today.. Don’t forget to enter your photo in the challenge! And: I’d like to offer anyone that would like to advertise on my blog the rest of July for free: if you purchase ad space for the month of August. You can click here for more details. I REALLY love handmade shops SO I do give a discount for Etsy shops (or any handmade business). 🙂 Check it out! AND, if you have any questions please e-mail me. I do get a little busy with my crazy little babe and may take a little long to respond. I still ♥ you! if you buy}

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Flashback Friday: Newborn baby 3 AM

July 16, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

I took this photo with my cell phone at 3am when little baby Laureli was about a week old….

{Ruari: 1 week old}

Mike was seriously passed out (kneeling on the ground, halfway on the bed), Angus was nice and cozy, and my new baby was taking forever to eat. I MUST say I’m glad to be done with the newborn stage!

Flashback with us!

{Just a quick reminder…. This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh! Ends tomorrow.. Don’t forget to enter your photo in the challenge! And: I’d like to offer anyone that would like to advertise on my blog the rest of July for free: if you purchase ad space for the month of August. You can click here for more details. I REALLY love handmade shops SO I do give a discount for Etsy shops (or any handmade business). 🙂 Check it out! AND, if you have any questions please e-mail me. I do get a little busy with my crazy little babe and may take a little long to respond. I still ♥ you! if you buy}

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Before and After: Ha ha! I think I’m funny!

July 15, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

{Tattoo photo-manipulation: The Paper Mama Shop}

HA HA! Look what I did during Ruari’s nap time!!! We went and got some tattoos! Hee.

I do get a TON of e-mails asking for help with photos, which I LOVE to help! LOVE to! So, if you’d like me to do this to your photo I’d be MORE than happy to…. but, it does take me quite a bit of time so I’d have to charge. I did post a listing for this in my Paper Mama Etsy shop. It’s $45. But, for you lovely bloggers: $40. Just mention that you saw this on my blog in the checkout and I’ll reimburse you. (Don’t forget to mention this, or I wont know you get a discount!)

I also made a button of my tattooed babe! Ha! I really crack myself up!!!

{Just a quick reminder…. This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh! Ends tomorrow.. Don’t forget to enter your photo in the challenge! And: I’d like to offer anyone that would like to advertise on my blog the rest of July for free:ad space for the month of August. You can click here for more details. I REALLY love handmade shops SO I do give a discount for Etsy shops (or any handmade business). 🙂 Check it out! AND, if you have any questions please e-mail me. I do get a little busy with my crazy little babe and may take a little long to respond. I still ♥ you! if you buy}

Link up your before and after!!!

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Thursday’s Three: Family

July 15, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

Just a quick reminder…. This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh! Ends tomorrow.. Don’t forget to enter your photo in the challenge! And: I’d like to offer anyone that would like to advertise on my blog the rest of July for free: if you buy ad space for the month of August. You can click here for more details. I REALLY love handmade shops SO I do give a discount for Etsy shops (or any handmade business). 🙂 Check it out! AND, if you have any questions please e-mail me. I do get a little busy with my crazy little babe and may take a little long to respond. I still ♥ you!

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Ok, on to this weeks Thursday’s Three… it is all about my family! I want to support their little businesses any way I can. Here we go…

Thursday’s Three: Family

1) Cositas Bellas: This is my VERY good friend Roxana’s shop. Ok, so we’re not technically family, but we’ve been friends for about 10 million years now and we know WAY too much about eachother. 😉 I love her like she was family, so please show her shop and blog some love. She is extremely talented and very pregnant. 😀

{Elyse multi-strand necklace: Cositas Bellas}

{Lena multi-strand necklace: Cositas Bellas}

2) Pepper and Farley: This is my Mom’s Etsy shop. She makes some very lovely nice quality purses, pouches, pendants, and a few other creations. In addition to her Etsy shop she also has a quilting business. This doesn’t mean she’ll MAKE the quilts for you… she let’s you do that part. She owns a GIANT quilting machine and freehands the stitching on your quilts for you with this machine. She’s very good and her pricing is great! She accepts quilts from any state (you pay for the shipping). If you are interested in getting your lovely quilt quilted before the holidays, hurry and contact her! Her time fills up quick! You can contact her through sending a conversation in her Etsy shop.

{Put your custom photo on the pouch: Pepper and Farley}

Here I am laying on a quilt made by Janis (my mom). If you go to a larger photo you can see all the detailed stitching. 🙂

{Quilting by Janis: Contact through Etsy}

3) Spittin Toad: My cousin, Denise, runs this fun little shop. It’s full of her unique creations and I just love it. She has always encouraged me to be creative. I know that a lot of what I create today probably stems from the time I spent being crafty with her while growing up. She recently donated an item for a giveaway on my blog. (Athena Workman won!). Please check out her blog and her shop. Feel free to buy stuff too. 😀

{Chalkboard Pendant: Spittin Toad}

{Warm wool bobble hat: Spittin Toad}

I hope you do visit them and enjoy their shops!!! I do!

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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Splash

July 14, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

{Drool pool}

{Munchkin tub Ducky!}

{Please ignore the Angus hair on her foot. :D}

{Look at those eyes}

{Nom}

{Aaarrrgh me matey’s!}

{Munchkin tub Ducky!}

{Yummy Sophie!!!}

{Really… how cute is my baby? I love that swimsuit! Happy Wednesday everyone!}

{ALSO: I’d like to offer anyone that would like to advertise on my blog the rest of July for free: if you buy ad space for the month of August. You can click here for more details. I REALLY love handmade shops SO I do give a discount for Etsy shops (or any handmade business). 🙂 Check it out! AND, if you have any questions please e-mail me. I do get a little busy with my crazy little babe and may take a little long to respond. I still ♥ you!}

{A little reminder…
This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh!}

{Link up… Wordless Wednesday HQ, 5 Minutes For Mom, 7 Clown Circus, Jolly Mom, Go Graham Go, Marvelous Mommy, And Baby Makes 3, and My Wee View.}

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Shutter Love Tuesday: By the pool

July 13, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

{Ruari: almost 7 months}

Sunday we spent most of the day outside, which Ruari really enjoyed! We’ve been having such sweet weather here in Portland… we filled up Ruari’s ducky tub and splashed around outside! And, of course Sophie the Giraffe HAD to be there too. She mostly just chewed on Sophie in the beginning until she realized she can splash. I guess our baths are usually so quick she hasn’t had a chance to figure it out. Now she’s a pro! It’s cute.

Link up your by the pool shot:

A little reminder…
This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh!

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Ok, it’s sebaceous glands.

July 13, 2010 | Posted by Chelsey

{Miss Ruari… almost 7 months}

So, little Miss Laureli was born with a mark on her left cheek. At first the doctors just assumed it was baby acne and said that it would go away. A few weeks later, it didn’t change a bit and she still had the little mark.

{Ruari at 3 weeks old}

She’s about to turn 7 months old (on the 18th) and she still has the mark. The pediatrician finally suggested we take her to the dermatologist to really figure out what it is because no one else knew. Turns out it’s a grouping of sebaceous glands (sebaceous glands: are microscopic glands in the skin which secrete an oily/waxy matter, called sebum, to lubricate the skin and hair of mammals.). I guess while she was forming in the womb her body just produced a few more glands than she needed… which pushed them up on to the surface of her skin.

As she grows the glands will grow with her. Getting larger as she grows older. I didn’t really notice it until I compared these photos: It has grown. The doctor said there is a 1% chance that it could turn cancerous as she gets older. Which brings us to… do we get it removed? Of course, this wouldn’t happen till after she’s 2 or 3… but, do we let her get old enough to decide? Or, do we just say: screw it! She’d want it removed. We decide!

The rundown:
It will get larger. There’s a very tiny chance it could turn cancerous. AND, let’s be honest: kid’s can be mean. I don’t want her to be teased about it. BUT, maybe she’d eventually feel that it is a part of her and she wouldn’t want it removed. Hmmmm… Oh, and yes I’d love to read your opinions. 🙂

A little reminder…
This weeks photos challenge: Make me laugh!

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