A Little About Me

I have been married for 17 years and have 3 children - 2 teenagers and a 5 year old.

I love to craft, love to create, but for some reason can't seem to decorate my home.  Crazy, huh?  I love to cook, I love to bake, but I love to go out to eat just the same.

I own my own hairbow business.  I would love someday to have a full-blown successful business from my home but right now I'm happy with my online website.  You can check it out at http://www.topthatbowtique.com/.  I also sell on Etsy http://www.topthatbowtique.etsy.com/.  Hair bows are my specialty, but I love to sew, paint, scrapbook and try new crafty things, thus the name crafty critter.  I'm always doing something crafty.  I come by it rightly as my mother has an art minor from college and my father is a graphic artist.  I do not work with sculpey clay and I do not make jewelry (I have awesome friends that do that!). 

I love Christian music.  It inspires me, moves me and makes my heart happy.  I feel that where I am in life is because of the Lord and the great things He has done for me.  My husband, children and I just moved to the south from the midwest and I am trying to adapt.  The line of the song, "I will praise Him in the storm" keeps coming to mind.  It's been an adjustment but I have made some wonderful Godly friends and whether God keeps us here forever or if we are just passing through, I know that He will be faithful to us if we remain faithful to His call. 

I decided to start blogging because I enjoy making things as gifts or for my family and I get excited when they turn out and want to share them with people.  My husband is a saint, as he puts up with my "craft crap" as he calls it constantly being spread all over.  Let me clarify - he doesn't think what I MAKE is crap, just the stuff I use to make the things, and ONLY when they overflow from my craft room into the living space of the house. 

I figure someday we will have a  house big enough for me to have a craft room that I've only dreamt about but for now I just need to organize where I'm at.  Tell me I'm not the only crafter who has a hard time staying organized!?!?

I hope you enjoy reading about my craft adventures as much as I do crafting and creating.  Maybe as I get used to this I'll expand and do more...we'll see!