Six by Six Tag

My son was just over 2 when this picture was taken. He was dancing in his big brother's hat while the sister of said brother's best friend was cheering him on. That was an interesting summer - I watched my oldest's best friend and his sister a couple days a week. They had tons of fun that summer. I think my youngest dancing there had the best time of them all...it was like having 3 siblings that would always play with him.

Thanks to Nico Designs for tagging me in the 6x6 photo game and leading me back to those memories. She's a fellow blogger and has an awesome blog and Etsy shop. see...

Now..I am supposed to tag 6 people...




Annette Piper - Under the Loupe












Dee - All Wired Up








MommyBee - Lil Bees










SolSisters - solsisters














ZuzuGirlHandmade - zuzugirl










LostMitten - lostmitten









Can't wait to see what you have for us :)

By the way... I also left an award for the 6 of you over here ...
May make a good Wordless Wednesday *hint hint*

Award Time

What a great way to end the year. I was awarded the Spreader of Love award by ManaMoon. She left this for me on my post featuring Giggling Goldfish :

"I wanted to let you know I've left an award for you on my blog. With your spirit of giving and sharing Etsy artisans this year with family and friends I just had to include you. All the best ~"

I ran across her etsy shop some time back and had put some of her items on my Christmas wish list. My sister-in-law was the sweetie who got me the bracelet from her shop - Tickle Me Pink. She was so impressed by the package she received from Mana Moon that she showed it around before I even got it. see...isn't it great!


A personal note was sent to my sis thanking her for shopping handmade this season, something ManaMoon had done herself this year. Did you remember to support handmade this year? It's never too late...Valentine's Day is coming up. This is another fave from manaMoon's shop:

Ok - onto the award rules:
1-Post a copy of the award on your blog post
2-Mention who gave you the award
3-Pass the award on to 6 others
4-Leave a message on their blog letting them know the honor has been bestowed upon them

My 6 ... very hard to choose - there are so many out there, but I will pick from my newest team: Pluggers United.... still lots to choose from...

1 - Huckleberry Arts (and by extension, Blockhead Rod) - the King and Queen of Artisans...and kinda a 1a: AGoodWitchToo: the 3rd of the trio, the Queenette


2 - Deb's Primitive Country Kitchen ... she even has all us Pluggers at the bottom of her blog!


3 - Roseworks Jewelry - my buddy and partner in crime...er...blog series, but crime sound more cool and mysterious, albeit evil and wrong :P


4 - Terronda / UniqueCommodities - lovely lady, lovely blogs, lovely artisan supporter :)


5 - Dee from All Wired Up Too... my buddy who is always looking out for me :)


6 - Lily from Tulips Talking ... always makes us laugh & always there to help promote us.

Marie Antoinette Award

I have been awarded by SpiritMama the prestigious Marie Antoinette award!
So in keeping the spirit of the award,
I have nominated the following fabulous blogs:

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Daydream Art Studios

Michabella Creations

All Wired Up TOO

P and J Crafts

Cara Makes

Thyme2Dream

Knits and Thats

Official RULES:

1) Please add the Marie Antoinette award photo on your blog
2) Place a link to the person from whom you received the award
3) nominate 7 exceptional blogs to receive the award
4) put the links to those blogs on your blog
5) leave a message on their blogs to tell them they are the chosen ones!

...but I am not always one for rules :)

I am certainly telling everyone here about the award & would love if they mentioned & linked it...but in the midst of this sale weekend - they get a free pass on passing it on...but I'd love to see some sites they fave so I can go check them out.

New blogs are always fun! You never know what you may find.

***Make sure to check them all out - some have fabulous sales going on right now! ***