The Penny Pinching Mama Review/Giveaway!

I recently was approached by Heather over at The Penny Pinching Mama to send her some bows so she could do a review for me and setup a giveaway! I was thrilled! It took a little time to coordinate with my busy schedule (thank you for your patience Heather!) but we finally got it going and she posted an awesome review! You can check it out here:

The Penny Pinching Mama- Sweet Pea Swank Review/Giveaway

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Dont forget to also follow my Sweet Pea Swank Blog:

sweetpeaswank.blogspot.com

Whew.... Where did summer go!?

Oh My! Summer seems to have flown by! I really had planned on updating my blog and keeping up on it this summer... BUT obviously that didn't happen. I always think that maybe THIS summer isn't going to be as busy as the previous.... but each summer proves me wrong!!

We had a good summer! We had alot going on and are glad for fall to come. Not that it will slow us down any but at least it will be cooler!

Cydney started 2nd grade, turned 7 and has lost 6 teeth now!! She has grown up sooo much this past summer. She has recently gotten very interested in her own "fashion" sense and "style" as she calls it. She was very excited to go shopping with her birthday shopping for such things as "skinny jeans" and "boots" etc... she now likes to wear her Converse tennis shoes with all her dresses.... I'm pretty sure that this new "style" of hers has been inspired from her favorite "Disney" channel star "Selena Gomez".... haha. Its cute and I can't believe how mature she is becoming! Where did my baby go!?

Miss Lilly started pre-kindergarten this year!! She is going 2 days/week to a local pre-k program at a church in town here. She goes from 9-2 and just absolutely LOVES it!! She did so awesome her first day! She ran right in, put her backpack in her cubby, started playing and said "Bye Mommy!" NO separation anxiety AT all! She is making friends and is such a smart girl! We are so proud of her and how great she is doing!

Bella is now 9 months old and is now crawling, standing and cruising ALL OVER the place! Oh my this girl can get into things!! She had her 9 month well check last week and she is 17.9lbs and 28.5"tall. :D My big girl! Cydney was that big at 1 year old! She now has 4 teeth, 2 top and 2 bottom and is just turning into such a neat little girl. Every day I think to myself that I am so blessed to have her. She just lights up my life! She is SOOO happy and silly! She is definitely our "Strong willed" child.... and pushes the limit's already at 9 months old... so that is becoming a challenge for us already, But her giggle seriously makes it all worth it!

I am still enjoying my new side business making bows!! I have been doing a ton of custom orders! I'm loving it! I just started a blog to show everyone my current projects etc. Hopefully I will be better at maintaining BOTH blogs now! http://sweetpeaswank.blogspot.com/ Check it out!!

I will be having my tonsils out September 15th finally. I have cryptic tonsils and have had ALOT of problems with them since I was a little girl... So the time has come to finally get them out! Please keep me and the family in your prayers as I recover. Apparently the recovery for an adult is actually a pretty bad experience vs. as a child! They expect me to be down for a good 2 weeks! Hopefully I will heal quickly and have no hemorrhaging! Thanks in advance for your prayers!!

I will post pictures as soon as possible!!

HAPPY SEPTEMBER!!

Announcing.....

Well I am officially open for business! I got my shop up and running this week for my new venture! I will be adding more bows and other "things" as I work on them and I will also be accepting custom orders! I will eventually be starting a blog for it to keep up with what I'm up to and new products! Check it out and tell your friends! Feel free to link to it! Thanks for all your support!!!

A New Venture.....

So I have some exciting news!! I have decided to start a little part time "business" in my spare time! (haha I know who has that right?!) In my quest to find cute bows for Bella's hair or rather LACK of hair and failing, I decided to take a stab at trying to MAKE them! Turns out I really really enjoy doing this and I'm not half bad at it! So I've decided to open up an online shop called:

"Sweet Pea Swank"

Impossibly fashionable designs for your little Sweetie!

I am going to start with bows but I decided to not include "bows" in the title because I don't want to limit myself. Who knows what creative ideas I can come up with!

What's in a name? Well Sweet Pea has alot of special meanings for me! 1. Sweet Pea is one of my favorite flowers.... Yes people it is a flower! (Chris learned this fact today). I used to grow them around my mulberry tree in our front yard as a little girl! It is also my birth month flower for April! 2. My daddy always called me "Sweet Pea" and it stuck with me and is why I call Cydney this. 3. Swank by definition means: Impossibly fashionable and elegant, chic and stylish. This is what I want my creations to be! Different! Not the same boring stuff that you can go to Walmart and buy!

So pray for me on this new venture! I am already having alot of fun making new creations and the girls are having a blast modeling for me! More info to come as to when my shop will open! I will be taking custom orders as long as stocking my shop... so be thinking of things you would like me to create for you!

I will also be creating a special "heart" bow and 100% of the proceeds of this bow will go to "Prayers for Princess G". My best friends little girl who is in need of a heart transplant.

For now here is a picture of Lilly modeling a whole bunch of my bows! haha :)