Say Hello to "Peppy La Clown Mouse".

He is practicing juggling red and white pom poms for the upcoming Circus, he is the main act. A bell attached to his wire tail rings everytime he doesn't drop the pom poms. He just gets so happy!  Peppy is made from hand painted and stained muslin.  His bottom is weighted with poly pellets. He has exceptionally big clown feet but don't let him know, he is such a sensitive little guy!!!  Peppy La Clown Mouse is a Snugglebug original and is now listed on my website at: http://www.snugglebugprimblessins.com/store/WsDefault.asp?One=222 
So come on by for a visit and meet Peppy La Clown Mouse and watch him do his act. He's just $24.95 and is for sale now...hurry he won't last long. Tee hee!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

                                     

Once upon a time in a land far away, lived a magical publishing company called Stampinton & Co. One day I got a email from a very nice princess named Jennifer. She asked if my Princess Lilly and Bunny and her Egg would like to visit them? "I don't know" I exclaimed. "Let me ask them".  They squealed with delight. Not to mention all the jumping around they did, but they told me not to say that. Shhhh! LOL!

So off they went, a little nervous but sooooo excited to meet all their new friends and see what Jennifer had in store for them. As the post man whisked them away, a tear of joy and just a tiny bit of sorrow, fell from my eye. But I knew this was their destiny.

Time pasted, it seemed like forever that my fair friends had been gone. But suddenly, an email came from Jennifer. "They have arrived and we are now photographing this lovely ladies". I was so excited for them.

Yes, it is true, my Princess Lilly and Bunny and her Egg got published! I am so very proud and grateful for this opportunity. Thank you Jennifer and Stampinton and Co.

It is a great honor and privilege.

Meet Frost. She is looking forelorn. She can't find a friend to play with. She's waiting patiently for her friend. I made this wonderful snowgal with a whimsical touch. She has hand painted eyes and mouth, clay nose and is carrying a glittered snowball. Vintage tinsel adorn her dress and as you can see, she loves polka dots. You can find her at my etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/snugglebugblessins Hope to see you there. One of the new things I am trying is blackened beeswax tart and more. I love how this darling basket with a tealight inside came out. It is very primitive. I rubbed a mixture of spices to add a more prim touch and they also scent it just wonderfully. You can find them at my Etsy shop too!

More wonderous Christmas primitives are on their way. Hope you can stop by for a visit. God bless.

Primitive blessings,

Cathy

Where are you going?

I hate to repeat this one more time, but it has been a long time since I have posted. Way, way longer than it should ever have been. I have moved. The house we moved into is wonderful. It isn't old and huge and right on a corner so the noise is almost unbarable. It is a wonderful, little house, athough still in the city. Not so much fun. God has been amazing and he opened this door up for us to move here. We have a wonderful landlord and so far, great neighbors. Even though it is still in the city, it is good. I will get some pictures of this sweet house in the next post so you can see how darling it is. It is what they call a bungalow and I just love it.

Well, the beauty in all this is that God has opened doors for me to start wholesaling my dolls. I am excited and a bit nervous but still happy these doors are opening up. Below is one of my wholesale dolls and he is up for sale but as a wholesale doll. You would have to have a brick and mortar store or an online store in order to purchase him wholesale. Otherwise he can be bought retail for $38.99. Just email me if you are interested in him.

No matter what I am pleased that these wholesale doors are opening up and am glad to be going somewhere with my business. I already have 2 stores I'm wholesaling with and hopefully more on the way.

Well I am hoping and praying that God will open doors for you and bring you what your heart desires for you and your family's future. God bless. Cathy

We moved. Yeah its true. It's one of the main reasons I haven't posted or made and dollys. We finally found a house and I give God all the glory. Here's the story.

I had been looking for a house to rent for over a month. I road around my neighborhood, checked out Craigs List almost daily, newspaper searched and more. I was getting discouraged. Many folks wanted tons of $$$ for us to move in, others wanted nothing to do with us since we had dogs, especially a Rottwiler. (big chickens) I prayed on day to the Lord and said "Lord I am doing my part, searching and praying, when am I going to find a house.

A week later, my friend Alice, (who describes herself as 3 years from 90) asked me if I had found a house yet. "Ah no I replied". She told me she might know of one and then hurried off to her car. I didn't think anything about it most of the day. Later that evening, I got a call from who else, but Alice. "I think I have a house for you, can you come right over"? "Sure" I said and headed right over. Alice took my hand and we walked up the street together as she told me about this lovely house and landlord. I had seen this house before, but thought nothing of it.

When I entered the house, my mouth dropped open. it had arched doorways, french doors, two bathrooms with TUBS!!! Yea, I haven't had a bath in 7 years (our old house only had a nasty old shower). A sweet breakfast nook and a lovely fenced yard.

On My Journey

So this journey has begun. I discovered in my book on "boundaries" that boundaries are like fences. Fences identify our boundary lines, this is my property , I take care of it, manage it and am responsible for it. However, when you grow up in a home where your boundary lines are repeatedly crossed, not respected or protected by those you love, you have trouble as you get older identifying where those personal "boundaries" or fence line begin and end and where to draw the line with others.
I grew up in a home where my brother was allowed to beat on me, abuse my car, fling plates at me and put my head through a wall. I still suffer from that physical damage today. (Yeah, this is hard to discuss) My brother was an alcoholic and drug abuser. He beat on me to make himself feel better. So as you can see he did not respect my fence, he marched right through it. The worst of it yet was my parents never held him accountable for that abuse and so even to this day after he has supposedly been with AA for years, he has never "made amends" with any of us as he is supposed to do. He doesn't even realize that he has offended, hurt and abused his own family, because he was never shown true boundaries from those who raised him. Because of those blurred boundaries, my brothers and I suffer and I made the choice to marry an alcoholic. Where is my fence line???
All fences need to have gates. The gates are to let those who truly love us in and keep the bad and not so good people out. I am learning to identify who and what they are, it is a slow process. Years of keeping the bad people in and not knowing who the good people really are to let in, will take time to correct. One of the things I am learning to identify, is that little voice in my head that tells me "RED FLAG" don't touch that!!!! Don't go there, or don't be apart of it, don't let them in. It also tells me there are good, kind, loving and trustworthy,people. I'm learning to listen to that voice. It takes practice and good listening skills. LOL! Will be working on that for awhile I"m afraid.

Lastly, I'm discovering that I too am responsible for my choices and that I don't have to do anything anybody else trys to make me do....really. I don't!!! Do you ever do this: you have something you really need to do, but the person your with, can't seem to get you home on time, they have to go here and there and in the meantime, you have asked them to please take you home. They don't, they just keep doing what they want, don't mean to make you late but just one more stop, Ok?!? So what could I have done different. Well I don't like to be yelled at so I just suffer in silence, or I say this "take me home NOW!!! I have asked you repeatedly and you are not respecting my needs as well. If you can't respect what I need then pull over and get me a cab, I HAVE TO GO HOME NOW!!!! Which will get their attention and results? I usually do the first choice. If I do the first choice, I get so mad and fume for days, nothing gets resolved and that person does it again and again and again. I didn't set the boundaries with that person. That really happened to me. If nothing else, I should have never stepped foot in her car again and told her why I won't.

Fear drives me, but I believe through this journey of self discovery and God's guidance, I will truly learn to set boundaries. I just put the first fence post in the ground today. See ya at the next fence post.

God bless! Cathy

Reference: "Boundaries" by: Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend