hello to those who read…
it has just been cold…really cold here and my poor camera has not been out of my backpack until really just the other day…it is almost like it is just too cold to even take pictures (unless there is snow of course)…otherwise colors seem dull, children are antsy, and i just would rather not do cold…..unless there is a good reason of course….a really good reason…like a city that is more fun than birmingham for instance.

today was the day…soft opening, favorite laundry store day….really soft opening….like charmin soft but i recently found out that charmin clogs commercial toilets almost every day so we are switching…so maybe the publix brand is soft enough? we are still fighting with the cash register tape, getting a box today that will hold a great deal of things that have to be tagged but nevertheless, you have to open sometime and today is it….my prayers are that we will get to grow the relationships that have been started as a result of BBTN through face to face contact. Building fun new relationships in serving through clothes in order to encourage one another…..anyway….

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but guess what else?
shoes….coming to the FL store…cute huh?

this is the brand but their spring things aren’t online just yet…..livie and luca

and boys’ shoes….lots of them…

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the tree that i have been talking about is finally finished!!  good thing being that the store is opening today right?  if you don’t know this already from spending time here…my thought life is a little quirky at times and i will let you in on what i was thinking today with regards to that tree… it was hard to make the tree…seriously, after about 500 hand cut leaves, a 9-foot pvc pipe, quick-crete, 100 feet of chicken wire & a bolt of chocolate corduroy with a whole can of adhesive… but once i was halfway in it was far too big to find a dumpster and i was invested at that point….i was reminded that God made all of what we see, easily….he didn’t struggle and have to persevere…nada…quick, done….majestic and easy….

i have a favorite tree that  i get to see 3 days a week in a parking lot that i frequent and i have installed a thought process when parking next to it….as silly as it is…God has taught me alot as a result of those few breath prayers there…i, like all of us, am still learning what i am made of and why God made me….

i wish i always meditated on the fact that my God is sovereign, almighty, conquerer of evil, giver of all good things, witholder of some, great planner (his plans not ours), creator and the lover of my soul…..the resting place for my emotions and he has sought after me….this same God that is concerned with my every day made everything we see to remind us …. and my tree project reminded me what a wonderful creator he is…. i am reminded how EASILY he made all of his trees…

the store is slowly filling up with fun things from our manufacturers and from others (this picture was taken well before the store opening today btw)…. fun things? 

frilly frances tutus are in www.frillyfrances.com, fun fabric camera straps as well…..bibs and burp clothes with blankets from blue-eyed monkey www.blueeyedmonkey.com…..

on the way?  shoes, sugarboo frames, concrete block frames and several other gift items….it will certainly be fun to get  shipments over the next few weeks!! OH….and BOWS….lots…and handmade clips….children’s books….more on all of that pronto…

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another guess what? 

carys rose designs website is up and running…she has loaded some precious valentines bag toppers and also valentines cards….keep up with her because her designs are being added to the website and there are so many cute things to pick from….www.carysrosedesigns.com

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so yesterday was another deadline…favorite laundry samples left for market…my rep there came by in his moving sample truck and loaded one of each piece for fall…each hanger numbered, each item numbered and logged….each piece newly manufactured…in short an act of congress that really has put a kink in my neck….literally…

so here it is….favorite laundry 2010 fall samples….

 
not too terribly interesting this way i’m afraid…this way but this neatly hung and tagged rack says to me that job is finished!! but…in the interest of this being a worthwhile read…here is a preview of the newest two patterns…..both companies will carry them in different colors and we in the BBTN/FL workroom are “stoked” about the fit, quality, and market comparison to borrow a college, i don’t have any responsibility other than to go to class word…..
sooo…introducing….our “school day jacket”….for girls and boys…(boys’ not pictured…working on that one..)
BTW…i love this baby….BY you are one of my favorite half-pint BFFs….

so until next time…more pictures coming….
all of my love…and happy birthday to bebek…

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