tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34206975048921288292024-02-19T02:06:53.939-08:00simple joysSimple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-2253149840695740752011-07-22T11:00:00.000-07:002011-07-22T11:00:32.206-07:00Catch UpIt's hard to believe that it's been almost a month since my last post. Let me assure you, my life has not been as boring as this blog; I've been so busy! Between family and friends visiting, traveling around Colorado and making time to relax, I've also found time to have the busiest month for simplejoys :)<br />
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This past month I had people stock up on stocking stuffers for grandchildren, made multiple hats and booties for newborns, did some custom blankets for friends and mailed a few packages to loved ones on California. Blogs are way more fun with pictures and unfortunately I have been lagging in that area, so here's some pictures, unrelated to yarn, but related to the simplejoys in my life :)<br />
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</div>Hope you all are having a fabulous summer! If you have any orders or special requests shoot me an email: itsthesimplejoys@gmail.com<br />
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Love love loveSimple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-38009439603970367962011-06-24T09:39:00.000-07:002011-06-24T09:39:29.958-07:00Friday MarketLast Friday I packed up all my inventory and headed down to the Granby Friday Market. It was a cold, windy and rainy day so the crowds were light, but I think it was a good practice for the more crowded days to come. Here's some pictures of the set up and such :) Happy Friday!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Life is about to get crazy in a wonderful kinda way. Grandma arrives on Sunday, Courtney arrives on Tuesday then the rest of the family trickles in throughout the week. It's been nice to have some peace and quiet, but I am SO excited for them to be here! </div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-57033837205235761722011-06-19T14:37:00.000-07:002011-06-19T14:37:12.291-07:00ETSYOne big goal this summer is to figure out where the best place to be selling my items is. I've had about 20 people tell me I should try out Etsy, so today I decided to give it a shot! Etsy is a super cool website that is like eBay, but everything is either handmade or vintage.<br />
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Check out my shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/itsthesimplejoys?ref=si_shop">here</a> :)<br />
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Simplejoys of the day: getting to spend time with my dad- he is truly an amazing man and such a great person in my life. Truly blessed.Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-8041794510967493562011-06-16T10:53:00.000-07:002011-06-16T10:53:53.115-07:00Big BrotherA few weeks ago my sister asked me to make a baby gift for our friend's newest addition to the family. They love all things sports so we decided on a Rockies hat for the baby (who is coming very soon :) and a Broncos hat for Aiden, the soon-to-be big brother. Tarah and Kyle went to see then last weekend and brought the gifts.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Seriously, does it get any cuter than this?</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Along with the hats we sent one of my favorite baby blankets....</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Congrats Mike and Sonja, I'm so happy for you and can't wait to meet the little one :) </div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-57221404574272950022011-06-08T10:40:00.000-07:002011-06-08T10:40:46.020-07:00The Hair Bar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On our way out to <a href="http://itsthesimplejoys.blogspot.com/2011/06/colorado.html">Colorado</a> Dad and I stopped in Glenwood to see Tarah and Kyle. The Hair Bar is the little shop that has been selling my stuff so we decided to stop in and see how things were going. We unfortunately did not get to meet the owner, but I did get to see my stuff on display and snap these photos... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqjAWVxpdE4nVOa2oW8si-41BPYxlrttYR02O5vCZVJHLce1frgTK75izkf9jUv4ILpA1YHyBUwnXBYI4qtS43ai1rfoxD8_0uOag-M5zxahgugOS_z30QK_DPlRv_uY4QAptbOstdIM/s1600/IMG_0382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqjAWVxpdE4nVOa2oW8si-41BPYxlrttYR02O5vCZVJHLce1frgTK75izkf9jUv4ILpA1YHyBUwnXBYI4qtS43ai1rfoxD8_0uOag-M5zxahgugOS_z30QK_DPlRv_uY4QAptbOstdIM/s320/IMG_0382.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">simplejoys of the day- learning to make lattes with my cousin's new espresso machine- im obsessed!</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">After a fun but long three days of driving I'm finally in Colorado! Sorry for the lack of blogging, things are about to pick up so I will have lots to share :) Here's some pictures in the meantime...</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Simplejoys of the day: sitting out by the lake, riding my bike around town and the ice cream shop!</div></div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-19499605616727337802011-05-30T14:52:00.000-07:002011-05-30T14:52:03.476-07:00Happy Birthday 21st AL!!Today is my fabulous friend and roommate's birthday :) Al loves her birthday more than anyone I've ever known and I really love to celebrate other people's birthdays, so we make a great pair. We started the day off with a big breakfast, strolled around Pikes, got yogurt and are going out to dinner tonight! It's so fun to be up here and get to celebrate my wonderful friend.<br />
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Love you so much Al, you are an amazing friend and such a blessing to know :)<br />
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Part of Al's birthday present was some homemade stationary...Here's some pics.<br />
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Here are some of the favorites...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">simplejoys of the day- walking around greenlake in the sunshine!</div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-53738538570486572812011-05-22T15:27:00.000-07:002011-05-22T15:27:08.394-07:00Granby Friday MarketsThis week I sent in my application for the Granby Friday Markets this summer. It's a cute little market filled with fresh fruits, vegetables and, of course, crafts! Fingers crossed I get accepted :)<br />
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In attempt to fit in this summer I have added a new "line" to the collection of hats....So here we are, Broncos and Rockies colored hats!!! They come in all different sizes and are perfect for staying warm and fashionable at games :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">simplejoys of the day: getting to see the adorable little girls that I babysit and getting to spend time with my wonderful roommates</div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-20356342967641182982011-05-20T20:39:00.000-07:002011-05-20T21:08:18.175-07:00stripped of beauty and purposeLast week Courtney and I went downtown to look around and try to find some stands to hold my stuff for the craft fairs and farmer markets. After seeing <a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=17722281&parentid=A_DEC_JEWELRYBOX&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=190&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=A_DEC_JEWELRYBOX&popId=A_DECORATE&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=">adorable jewelry holders</a> at urban outfitters, I decided that it might be more cost efficient to visit the thrift store. I'm a huge fan of thrift stores and love finding something that has been stripped of beauty and purpose and turning it into a fun project... and that's exactly what I did.<br />
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We found two items, one that looked like it was a DVD holder (definitely has seen better days) and a wooden thing that looked like a broken paper towel holder (no joke) I bought them, got some spray paint and $6 dollars later here we are!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Overall I think they turned out really well, I made some bigger ones that can display sales and such. It's all coming together!<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Simplejoys of the day: seattle and sunshine. reunited with roommates and best friends.</div></div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-66394083126911142362011-05-16T10:39:00.000-07:002011-05-16T10:39:11.978-07:00My Favorites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The best part about this whole thing is getting to make things for people that I love. I absolutely love giving people gifts and it's even more fun when you made it! Here are some of my favorite gifts given lately :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHPyWL11F7tiljR6sA2s6ArBqD_FcwVvGqNLBZzCt4C0FetzmlHw9QvIpM0VAu4zQFVtzoNc-Lwvq2y0zqc2NZ-DPkR96NcNzlVsamgsr5WxwTPpeCaQQ54L3gsyxeZv4d3T1mKPOW1Q/s1600/IMG_0311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHPyWL11F7tiljR6sA2s6ArBqD_FcwVvGqNLBZzCt4C0FetzmlHw9QvIpM0VAu4zQFVtzoNc-Lwvq2y0zqc2NZ-DPkR96NcNzlVsamgsr5WxwTPpeCaQQ54L3gsyxeZv4d3T1mKPOW1Q/s320/IMG_0311.JPG" width="179" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> My beautiful sister and "business manager/advertising guru/delivery man" I really appreciate all her help (she's in Colorado and I'm not yet!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I've never been more excited to be in Colorado. Looking at my calendar I think it's going to go quickly- family visiting, friends coming up, trips to glennwood, horse shows, craft fairs and farmers markets.<br />
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Out of everything I'm most excited about this view and it people I get to share it with - it doesn't get much better...<br />
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Here are some of my favs.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">simplejoys of the day- getting to see all my favorite nieces and nephews last night, saturday morning tv, and brown nail polish. Happy Saturday! </div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-67589419679355676832011-05-13T11:59:00.000-07:002011-05-13T11:59:17.927-07:00SALE DAYI think it's pretty firmly established that I love a good sale. The dollar section, buy one get one free, half off- just about anything sucks me in to buying it. I've been searching for coupons to stock up on yarn for the summer and came across this....<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 20% the WHOLE thing....such a good day</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, the whole cart is full. Things got a little outta control. </div><br />
simplejoys of the day- sales and summer plans!Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-27621433657893723322011-05-11T21:45:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:37:05.258-07:00stamps, stamps and more stamps....Last month I ordered the "simplejoys" stamp online and have gladly stamped hundreds of price tags since then. Just yesterday I went on a bit of a rampage and did a about hundred at a time!<br />
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After figuring out that side of the price tag, I ran out of time and just sharpied the price, size and item numbers onto the other side of it. Once I got my big shipment sent off, I decided it was time for something a little more subtle- sharpie can be a bit abrasive :)<br />
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So I found these stamps at Micheals, then wandered into the dollar section and found some great ink pads. Who doesn't love the dollar section?! I'm pretty happy with how they are turning out....<br />
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simplejoys of the day- lunch with my mom and sister, laughing at old jokes, watching my parents get so emotionally involved with american idol that you would think my mom was dating scotty and was best friends with lauren. Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-875758372093383022011-05-08T09:17:00.000-07:002011-05-08T09:17:25.077-07:00Bows and Happy Mother's Day!Last week Ms Courtney Clayton asked me to make her a headband with a bow on it. Bows were new to me, but turns out youtube does have just about everything. I learned how and now I'm hooked! So far I've put them onto clips and headbands-next up hats! I got to send a few to the store I sell at, so we'll know soon if they are popular. Here's some pictures...<br />
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Shout out to the world's best mom! I'm so grateful for everything she is and all that she does. Such a blessing to be in town to hang out with her today! Love you mama bear<br />
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simplejoys of the day- spending time with mama.Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-31920528772470895602011-05-07T10:02:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:02:24.051-07:00Raymond Warren EllisonSorry for the "silence" on here lately, life has been a little crazier than normal. Last Friday my grandpa left life on earth and entered into eternal life with our Savior. While it was very expected, my family has been flooded with emotions ranging from devastation to joy, heartbreak to peace. On Thursday we celebrated his life on earth and his new life in Heaven- it was a beautiful time together as a family. There aren't really enough word to express my love, admiration, respect and gratefulness for my grandpa. He was truly one of a kind and the reason my family is the way it is.<br />
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Anyways... here are some pictures of him and our time together on Thursday.<br />
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coming up this week- stamps, bows, and craft fair news!Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-76220689188702280222011-04-27T16:05:00.000-07:002011-04-27T16:05:21.428-07:00the newest addition to simplejoysLast week I got to have lunch with a very dear friend of mine Katie Hahn. It was so great to get to catch up with her, hear about her life and the upcoming wedding (which I am beyond excited for). Somehow simplejoys came up and she suggested that I try making hair clips. She's done it with fabric and I love them so I thought it might be a fun experiment with yarn and buttons.<br />
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A trip to target for clips and my mom's laundry room for a hot glue gun later and here we go!<br />
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I was so excited about it that I wore it out for the birthday dinner. The waitress told me it was "different" - Im still deciding what that means, but I like them! Hope you all are having a wonderful week thus far.<br />
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simplejoys of the day: family and our shared faith in a wonderful, sovereign Lord who has a perfect plan and timing for our lives.Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-53908814635392972122011-04-26T11:19:00.000-07:002011-04-26T11:19:27.183-07:00ten percentI've grown up learning about tithing and while I know it's good and right, it hasn't really been a priority. Until lately, that is. Recently I decided that I need to tithe. It's not mine to start with and I really do want to give joyfully back to the Lord. Even if it's just five dollars from babysitting.<br />
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I don't want simplejoys to be an exception so I've decided that 10% of the profit from every item is going to somehow be given back. There is purposefully some freedom in this, but I want it to go to simple necessities of life. A cow from World Vision so a family can eat, a well so a town has clean water, donations to help build schools so children around the world have a chance to receive an education, medical supplies so treatable diseases don't turn into deadly diseases...<br />
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The list goes on and on of hurts and needs in the world that yank at my heart and get me stoked to give.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So here's my (rather public) promise to giving the first 10% away so that people around the world can have the simple necessities of life that everyone should enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">simplejoys of the day: clean water, a full stomach, access to medical care, and the opportunity to get an education (and learn about things that I love)</div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-83757141708057715072011-04-25T21:04:00.000-07:002011-04-25T21:04:37.889-07:00Happy Birthday to my three favorite ladies!!!<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">April has been dubbed "birthday month" in the Hill household and for a good reason. Today is my Mom's birthday followed by both of my sisters' birthdays tomorrow and my cousin and grandma on Wednesday. It's a little bit of madness, but mostly super fun!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This year Tarah (not so discretely) hinted that she wanted wine charms and Tay hinted in a similar way that she wanted something made with my "mustard" colored yarn.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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I ended up getting all of the different little pieces and making the wine charms. It was way more fun than buying them and they got to be a little more personalized. Tay and I got some plastic wine glasses and margarita glasses for Tarah's backyard parties :) The mustard request turned into an "infinity" scarf. It is basically just a long loop of yarn that you wrap around a few times. I love it and wish it was mine...<br />
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Anyways, a very happy birthday to all of my April birthday loved ones. You are all wonderful, beautiful people and I am so incredibly grateful for you in my life!<br />
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simplejoys of the day: wrapping presents, celebrating family, chocolate volcano cake and good food :)Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-83034146608128186892011-04-24T21:29:00.000-07:002011-04-24T21:29:14.470-07:00Happy Easter!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Easter everyone!! Today was a wonderful day filled with worshiping the Lord, spending time with the family and reflecting on what Easter is all about. It's been a long day, but here are a few pictures from our family get-together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Easter seems to be the most joyful day of the year-and for a good reason- but here are a few of the smaller simpler joys of the day: scotch mallows from see's, singing in the sunshine, watching the kids do the easter egg hunt, catching up with family, the peace and joy the cross brings and getting to celebrate it all day long (ok that last one isn't small or simple but needed to be said!)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>This week I had the privilege of making a hat and some booties for my cousin's little girl. Elli has been my little model who I base some of my sizes off of. The first hat was about half this size (i'm still working out the details) and she looked like she had a little yamaka on. I wish I had a picture, it was ridiculous.... But honestly, how adorable is this little one?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>It's been an interesting week filled with a lot of contradicting emotions, but overall life is good. Looking forward to celebrating the Cross and the freedom that comes with that this weekend with my wonderful family. The fact that the Lord of the universe would send His Son to come, be killed and defeat death all for my sake has been blowing my mind. May you all see how much you are loved by God this weekend and appreciate the power He has to cover all of our sin, inadequacies, doubts and fears. Happy Easter!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coming up next week: my sisters' birthday presents and some new fun hair pieces :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">simplejoys of the day: cranberry orange scones and a homemade latte, catching up with new and old friends, summer plans in the making.....</div>Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420697504892128829.post-6444119283480730622011-04-18T14:40:00.000-07:002011-04-18T14:40:58.260-07:00funny farm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The other day in Michael's I got sucked into the button aisle where I found the cutest little animal buttons labeled "the funny farm". It struck me as funny because sometimes my gram refers to her and my gpa as the funny farm! She's such a cute, funny lady and these were so cute and funny- I just couldn't resist.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div>simplejoys of the day: polar bears on the discovery channel (who knew they were such smart fascinating animals?)Simple Joyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321572074032557323noreply@blogger.com0