Design Aglow + Epiphanie

Have you seen all the beautiful new products & contest for pro photographers on Design Aglow?

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Epiphanie camera bags. I heart the turquoise/green one:D

Welcome home....

I love seeing and hearing the geese back. We are lucky enough to have a big ol' duck pond type thing across the street and I watched the thousands of them gather there in the fall and now they are back. Welcome back guys!! Makes me smile lots today.

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Lovely Launch

Crazy thing. My baby mobiles launched yesterday on Trendy Babies and the blog, Handmade in Manitoba, featured them today! Yay!

I don't yet sell my mobiles through my Etsy shop, but plan to in the near future. There are 4 other Artiafora items that the lovely gals at Trendy Babies have decided to take on and they will be featured over the next few weeks.

I'm pretty excited about this new little adventure and super-excited to see what will come of it!

Try, try, try.

That is the theme around these parts lately. The light is at the end of the tunnel...I know it...I can see it!

We are trying all kinds of experiments....yes, I suppose that is what you could call it. Wee Man is trying on rain boots for the 1st time and declining it; I am trying to get Artiafora into the spotlight a bit more; we are trying to spend more time outside now that spring is on the horizon; and maybe most importantly, we are trying to conceive babe #2. It sounds so impersonal....'baby # 2'.

First, a small note on the biz. A few select Artiafora products will be available through a website called Trendy Babies. The launch of my baby mobiles (which currently are not available in my Etsy store) will occur this Sunday with other products to follow, a few of which are also not available in my Etsy store.

Now back to the real excitement! I don't know why people are always so hushy about it when they are trying to conceive. It really isn't a big secret to me, but of course, that is because nothing has ever gone wrong for us yet, I guess. I am tracking my basal body temperature and LH surges and it is exciting and anxiety-inducing. I like the sense of control it gives me, even if that control seems fleeting and sometimes downright false. I found an amazing eBay seller that sells the LH test strips and the HCG test strips (for testing pregnancy). Amazingly affordable and super-fast shipping and they are in Canada! And so, I must offer a link to their shop. And - yes, the strips do work. A friend of mine has already been successful with them and turned me in the sellers direction. I find this "trying" time very invigorating, the waiting is excruciating sometimes, but it is so darn exciting:D

Oh, and I will certainly try to post a bit sooner next time....this break was a little ridiculous!