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I was so crazed today that i didn't get to do the blog giveaway for a FREE Easter Banner Kit! So, after i get home from the flea market tomorrow, i will post my finds and then you can comment to be entered in the drawing for the kit!
The photos in this post are of the Easter Emebllishment kit for sale on the sight right now. Not really related to waht i'm talking about...but just lovely to look at. :-)
(thoughts spilling)
I'm an overly emotional person. These past couple of days have been quite the roller coaster of emotions for me. And i get motion sickness so me and roller coasters don't mix. My head was spinning... "Is this going to get done in time...you can do it just stay up all night...but i've stayed up all night 3 days in a row now...it's 4 am and there's no way i will be done in time...not just the website but so many other things...i didn't get enough of this...too much of that...no one's going to like this stuff...i'm crazy..."
And then...after i left the house today at 8am for Paris to the Moon, i thought to myself, "Self, why would you ever think that you could be in two places at one time??!" How do you open a website and set up a booth...all by 8am? More emotions...stress...anxiety...nervousness. 
I get to Paris (1.5 hours late) and everything was AMAZING. The sun was SUPER bright but there was a cool breeze (which ended up being FREEZING later), the people were as sweet as can be...i met people who buy from me online that i'd never met before...people who i see at classes all the time...sweet little girls in coordinating cupcake outfits that come bearing gifts (Hi Holiday!!)...i was told that my table "made them happy"...that made me want to cry tears of joy...before i knew it the sale was over...did some much needed therapeutic spending...got lunch at a yummy Cuban restaurant in the Orange Circle...then went home and checked my email...
.Well now...how can i say this without sounding like i'm out of my mind...i don't think there's a way to come off normal...and that's a risk i'm willing to take...normal is so boring anyways...I STARTED BALLING! A little squealing...a lot of dancing...picked up the cat and kissed her about 500 times (which she HATED)...looked at EVERY SINGLE ORDER...balled some more...and then i took the BEST NAP EVER! That kind of nap where you feel like you soooooooooo deserve it. The kind of nap where your head hits the pillow and everything is in the right place...my pillow and i really needed to get re-acquainted. And i woke up around 7pm...went out to a FAB Italian dinner (bad diet day...Cuban for lunch and Italian for dinner). I was so craving comfort food...and for me that will always be Spaghetti with Italian sausage. (By the way i have lost 12 pounds so far...but i can now take my "fat" jeans off and on without unzipping and unbuttoning them! In fact i joke around with friends because i look kind of gangster the way they sag. SUCH a wonderful problem to have right now. At least i fit in better in my neighborhood. My saggy jeans are accepted here on the border of Tustin Ranch - obviously the poor side of the border. lol! ) So now i'm home...and i'm going to watch tv all night long. Really looking forward to it.
So what's going on tomorrow? Long Beach Antique Flea Market with Cheryl and Kim! I've never been...always hear great things about it...and well...i'm hoping to find some treasures that i can incorporate into kits and share with you all very soon! Cross your fingers...send good vintage vibes...say a peacoats and party hats prayer...I'm digging for the goods tomorrow!
So anyways...THANK YOU all so very much. Your support, sweet comments, emails and smiling faces just mean the world to me right now! This is better than a dream. I hope you all know that. I did some online baking tonight. Please help yourself to one of these fresh-out-the-oven frosted and sprinkled cupcakes...i made them just for you!
Fat free, sugar free and vitamin chucked!
If your email begins with charmedgirlnc, please email me your address so i can send you a free on of these!!!
Thank you so much to all of you who registered for the newsletter. This will be the first of many newsletter drawings. :-)
More info to come about the newsletter...i'll let you know when i expect the next batch of new products so we can all save our pennies. Including me. You know it's very hard to sell the items i receive. I figure they're already in my house...why not just keep them for myself! But then i guess i would have a very pretty house...with no food on the table. lol! I'd be skinny though...hmmmm
...wait till you see the rest.
Peacoats and Party Hats will be "opening its doors" at 8am PST tomorrow morning! I sent out my very first email newsletter...and well forgot to put a link of the shop in there. HELLO! McFLY! Anyways, i think most of you know how to get there. :-) I am busy as all heck today and don't have much time to dilly dally. I'll be back with more to tease you with in a couple of hours.
Our good friends Diane and Wendy, owners of Melrose Vintage, were kind enough to set mom and i up in their guest house for 2 nights while in Phoenix. I was emailing back and forth with Diane before the trip and she was telling me that "the guest house is nothing fancy but is private and comfortable". Well, as usual...Diane and Wendy don't do anything "not fancy". This place was just perfect! Both beds were decked out with Shabby Chic bedding and super fluffy down comforters...we had a mini kitchen...our own private bathroom...and mini living room...and 2 sweet pups to keep us company! It was pure heaven. I normally don't sleep well when i'm away from home. I was up late at night scrapping on our kitchen table and i slept in until 11am! It was as close to home as i could possibly get. Just Perfect . And my mom missed her own puppy so much...it was just like home...i looked over at her sitting on the couch around 2am...she was passed out with one of Wendy's dogs cradled fast asleep in her arms. Just like home. 
And i just have to share the beautiful neighborhood we stayed in. It was like a old movie or something. Palm trees lining the small roads, vintage street signs and awnings galore. Whether we were at Melrose Vintage taking a wonderful class by Teresa Collins...or riding through the streets to our own private guest house...we were always surrounded by beauty.
Thank you SO MUCH Diane and Wendy for welcoming us and letting us crash in the guest house. You were so inviting...even gave us muffins for the morning! Wendy, your family is just gorgeous and we can't thank you enough for all you prepared for us. Gals...we miss you already! Good thing we're already planning the next thing huh!
Speaking of the next thing...Diane made a very special announcement during Teresa's class...i will be teaching a vintage Halloween class at Melrose Vintage!! Oh my...i can hardly contain myself. We've been plotting and planning already for the can't miss event of the fall. I'm too excited about this!
I have been lucky enough to visit this gem of place now for the second time. Hope you get to go sometime soon. Here are some fab photos to tie you over...
Fot those of you inquiring about their location...here you go!
4238 N. 7th Ave., Phoenix, AZ
Only a short, giggle session/music blaring 5 hour trip for us So Cal girls. SO worth it. 
FYI...i was a couple days behind in shipping these kits. I got so overwhelmed in prepping for m AZ trip and class prep for CIB and the clock was just ticking away. I have gotten just a couple emails about when the Lucky Girl kits shipped and have already replied with the update. You all are just waiting so patiently! So sweet! I am the lucky one i think.
Anyways, my hubby dropped off the first batch of orders on Saturday. I dropped off the rest last night. I stated in my shipping policies on the website to please allow up to 3 days for order processing and shipment...well this time it was more like 5 days not including the weekend. Next time i know not to schedule a shipment before i leave the state for 5 days! lol! Thank you so much for understanding...i am pretty sure you are all just going to squeal with delight when you open up your kits. It is a very fun project and i think you are going to enjoy it very much. :-)
Alrighty...back to work!
