The Worst 2 Hours of My Life

***Update - Please read to the bottom of this post for a brief update.***

So yesterday was the first day I decided to take a break from making bows. I was just going to kick back with Kynzie, work on some web devlopment for my new site and catch up on some TV. My morning was the same ol' same ol', after getting home from dropping Maddie off at school, I was loading the dishwasher from the morning dishes and then checking e-mail, feeding Kynzie and myself, etc. So I get Kynize down for her nap (at around noon), make myself a little lunch and sit down to watch TV. Phone rings. The Caller ID says, "Central Showing". Since I didn't want it to keep ringing I answered it and hung up right away. A couple seconds later it rings again with the same caller ID, so I answer it. It was a realtor wanting to show my house in 2 hours to a prospective buyer. TWO HOURS!!! My house was trashed (well trashed in my eyes).

This was the first time we had kinda let the house get messy since we first put it up for sale. I had bow stuff everywhere dried up glue from my hot glue gun all over my granite counters and ribbon fragments everywhere. There was laundry in a huge pile in my room that needed to be attended to and the kids left a bunch of little things laying around.

I have never worked so hard to get a house spic and span in two hours in my life. I was sweating so much I wasn't sure if I was actually sweating or crying from head to toe. I just kept praying that I would get it done in time.

Fortunately, Kynzie was asleep during my cleaning rampage (and her room was fine so I didn't need to do anything in there except fix her bed when I got her up). So I got to clean uninterrupted. I not only cleaned and straightened out all of our almost 3600 sf home, I also straightened out the backyard some and was able to get the gardener to come out and mow and edge the lawn before the buyers came.

Please pray that the buyers liked our home and are wanting to purchase our home. The sooner the better for us.

***Update***

We just got another call today because another prospective buyer wants to look at our house! This is amazing because there are a total of 6 homes on my street that are up for sale and none of them have had a bite yet! Please pray that we sell to someone soon!***

I'm having so much fun!

I love creating with this double ruffle ribbon. Check out my latest creation. Just looks so Summery to me (is that a word?).

Drum Roll Please.....

And the winner of my "Happy Tax Day!" RAK Custom Bow Giveaway is.....

Nicole from Back At The Ranch! Congratulations Nicole! I'll be in contact with you soon. Thank you everyone for playing along and congratulations for surving Tax Day!

One More Day!!!

There's only one more day for my "Happy Tax Day!" RAK giveaway. So comment away to increase your chances of winnning. If you don't know anything about this giveaway, please read the post entitled "Happy Tax Day!". Here's another little Bizzy Bug Clippie I made over the weekend. My girls are loving these clippies!

Bizzy Bug Clippies & Princess Clippies

Tinkerbell Clippie (approx 2.25" tall)

Jasmine Clippie (approx. 2.75" tall)

Aurora/Sleeping Beauty Clippie (approx 2.75" tall)

Ariel/Little Mermaid Clippie (approx 2.25" tall)

Here's a pick of my Bizzy Butterfly Clip. The wing span is approx. 3" and it is a little over 2 1/4" long. The eyes are made of genuine Swarovski Crystals!

Here's the Bizzy Bumble Bee. It measures approximately 1" wide by 2" and includes some Swarovski bling!






Here's my Angel Fish Clippie. The body of the fish measures approximately 1" x 1". Like the Bizzy Butterfly, the eye is a genuine Swarovski Crystal.

My Cupcake Line

Here are some of my Cupcake Bows. Don't forget, you can win one of these...check out the info on how to win on my "Happy Tax Day" post below!







Red Velvet Cupcake Bow (approx 5" wide)











Blueberry Cupcake (approx. 5" wide)














Sprinkles Cupcake (approx 5" wide)








Chocolate Strawberry Cupcake Bow (approx 5"wide).











Strawberry Cupcake Bow (approx. 5" wide)

Happy Tax Day!

For some of you this is a bad day (i.e.. you owe the gov some money), for others this is a great day...big refund! We're getting a refund due to the joys of homeownership! To help give you a little pick-me-up or to celebrate your tax refund with you, I'm doing a RAK. One lucky winner will receive a custom bow of your choice in any color or color combo you want! Even if you don't have a little girl, I'm sure you know of a little girl you can give this to. They make great gifts! Here's how you can win, you will get one entry for the following:

1) Commenting on my blog (if you don't have a blog, you need to leave a way for me to get in contact with you in case you win). You'll get one entry for every comment.

2) Linking me to your blog or commenting about my blog on your blog (comment me on this blog to let me know you've linked me or posted about me, then you'll get two entries).

3) Contest ends a week from today, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at noon.

Good Luck!

To help you start thinking of what kind of bow color combo you'd like, here are a few samples of bows I've made (the picture above is my Yellow Cupcake Bow).

This is my Lots of Love Bow (approx. 4.5" wide):


Here's my Bubble Gum Ice Cream Bow (approx 4.5" wide):

Here's a single solid color Boutique Bow in Papaya (approx. 7" wide):

One last sample for you, this is the bow I made for Maddie to match her Easter dress (approx 6: wide):