Fun Giveaways!

I [heart] the blog Joy’s Hope. I don’t even remember how I stumbled upon it, but I hope I can be as cool as Julie one of these days. Check out her blog and you’ll see what I mean.

She also has a great Etsy shop (Joy’s Hope Etsy shop) where she sells her super fun Pretty.Messy.Flower pins and headbands. I have been eyeing these fun accessories for MONTHS. Literally. I’m not exaggerating.

Two blogs are giving away an item from Julie’s Etsy shop and I wanted to let you all in on the fun. If you want to enter to win, go check out:

The Fabulous Finds

and

Lu Bird Baby

Next Etsy Milestone–200 sales!

Hope you’re not sick of hearing about Etsy.

I’m kinda sad the big sale is over. It was so much fun and we increased our sales to 160! Crazy! We also had three inquiries for LARGE orders, so that is very exciting. Two look like they are going to happen and I’m still working on the third. Kati will be a busy sewing bee before Cadence comes in a few weeks…and there have been threats that I’ll need to get behind the machine. I’m willing to do it if it means continued success for the Two Florida Girls.

• Kati is also working on a couple of new items for the shop and we’re hoping to start carrying stuff for a the “Little Florida Girls” (or little girls who dream of being Florida girls).
• Looks like our next milestone is 200 sales. And, I’ve decided I’ll do a giveaway on my blog when we hit it. So, spread the word about the Two Florida Girls and we’ll have some giveaway fun on the blog!
• Speaking of giveaways, our shop will be featured in a fundraising giveaway extravaganza over at One Day at a Time. It starts September 20.
• And, last but not least…I need some opinions. We are considering launching a Facebook Fan Page for the shop. I know, I know. I can hear the snide remarks now. As you may know, I am not a “fan” of being a fan of things on Facebook, but after a quick chat on the topic with another Etsy seller I am wondering if it wouldn’t be beneficial. Thoughts?

Watch This. Do It.

I saw this video on my friend Kathleen’s blog, and you need to watch it. It’s an incredible story about a teenage girl (who is autistic) and her newfound ability to communicate. It’s about 10 minutes long. It’s worth the time.

Autistic Teen Finds Inner Voice

Something Redeeming on MTV

Sometime after college, I finally tore myself away from most of the useless programming on MTV. Occasionally something fun came about, like the Legally Blonde show, and I would set my DVR forgetting that MTV plays reruns 18 out of 24 hours a day.

Last week, my friends Josh and Kami were raving on their Facebook statuses about an episode of a new MTV show, 16 and Pregnant. The episode chronicles the story of a young couple who decide to give their baby girl for adoption. I had NEVER cried watching anything on MTV…until last week. The courage, strength, bravery and selflessness of these two teenagers should be an example to all of us.

So…since there’s nothing decent on summer TV anyway, take some time and watch this episode of 16 and Pregnant. It’s about an hour long, but I think it’s worth your time. And, as someone said to me, “I dare you not to cry.”

Here’s a link to the episode: http://www.mtv.com/videos/16-and-pregnant-ep6-catelynn/1615511/playlist.jhtml

Not Slacking

I promise I’m not slacking. Although it appears that way if you frequent my blog, I promise I’m not. I am doing TWO classes for school right now (one as a directed study) and I am doing so much reading and writing just to keep up. I’ve also got lots of writing to do in the next 6 days for a freelance job I’ve been working on. My little fingers can only type so much on this wonderful MacBook keyboard, and that leaves my blog to suffer right now. I promise I’m coming back. All is not lost. I actually have a few different topics I want to blog about…maybe I should write them out here as a reminder. Yeah…I’ll do that. These are blogs that are brewing in my head:

• You Have All That You Need…And Then Some: a conversation with God
• How Do You Do That?: explaining the 6-week Chanda email update rotation
• Transition vs. Change: just some thoughts from school
• Life As I Know It: an update on me

I know all of those give you compelling reasons to come back.

Stay tuned.

MIA

Yes…I’ve been MIA in the blogosphere this week. I’m guessing all three of you noticed.

I have been in Birmingham helping some great friends move back to Florida and celebrating a college graduation! Such fun. Been doing lots of reading for school, and I want to share some of it…hoping the three of you reading this aren’t bored by it. I’ll stick some of it up here next week.

Stay tuned.

Coffee Cozy Giveaway!

Danyele at A Thorn Among Roses is hosting a giveaway today featuring items from our Etsy shop–Two Florida Girls. I’ve been following her blog for a little while now, and she is one fun girl!

So, get on over to her blog and enter to win!

And, thanks for hosting such a fun giveaway, Danyele!

Go Vote for Tenth Avenue North

My friends, former CF team members, and fellow PBA alums (minus Jeff), Tenth Avenue North have been nominated for a Dove Award! How exciting for them.

For the first time, fans can vote!

Head over to the Dove Awards site and vote for Tenth Avenue North (Best New Artist).

Really? Seriously?

Much to my surprise I found an incoming link from WordPress’s top blogs of the day (for yesterday) and I was number 81. Ha ha…Really? Seriously?

PBA Sea Kittens? Really?

PETA is asking PBA to change their mascot from the sailfish to the sea kitten.

Really?

Can you imagine?

“The Fighting Sea Kittens”?

“You wish, you wish, you wish you were a sea kitten”?

Seriously?

Hilarious.

Check out this article from the Palm Beach Post–PETA to PBAU: Scrap sailfish for ’sea kitten’ as mascot