giveaway winner!

And the winner of my 400 fan giveaway is..... Irna Sranchuk, comment number 5 was chosen by http://www.random.org/! Thank you all soo much for entering and commenting on my blog and fb page. You all are the reason I can keep on hookin (crocheting) :) Irna please contact me within 24 hours or a new winner will be chosen.

I am pooped tonight after our mini vaca to Milaukee, but I will be posting some new items I made on the way to and from our trip, PLUS tons of awesome pics I took while we were there in the next day or two!

xoxo, megan

XOXO FANS & FOLLOWERS!

I have been getting A LOT accomplished this week. So far, I have organized all my yarn/craft stuff (I don't have a special room, now instead of piling it where ever I can fit it, I actually have a shelf in my bedroom, how convenient!)

 I've created a new logo (let me know what you think!)

 I've had some help from some great fans on how to use my DSLR camera a little better and they have shared some great information (practically were my online manuals!) xoxo!

But one of my favorites is from Jaime who shared how to turn a t-shirt into YARN! HOW AWESOME is that?!?!? I don't know about you but my husband has about a BILLION t-shirt and I'm almost positive he will never know I stole a few:) I hope he doesn't miss his old superman tee, because that is the one I decided to cut up!

I have also been working on a large order for a  Jennifer, an awesome photog in Indy. I love it that she gave me some ideas on what she wanted, but wasn't specific as far a color and pretty much gave me free reign to be creative (woot woot!) I can't wait to see some pictures she takes with them!

Here are a few pictures.. one is a sneak peek of my organizational item AND a sneak peak of the products I'm using to accessorize  my beanies with PLUS I get to showcase this gorgeous picture I took with some guidance of my FB fans! and finally is my upcycled tee turned to yarn PLUS the finished product that is currently up for sale!

A Big Giveaway from Bag Full of Posies!

A Big Giveaway from Bag Full of Posies! check it out.. i must have one of these!

400 Fan Giveaway

I am so grateful for all of the amazing fans I've acquired since the beginning of the year. I have also been lucky enough to work with some amazing women. I am so inspired by each of them. It is not always easy having a family, working a day job and creating products for my crochet business whenever I can fit in the time! I just wanted to give a shout out to a Holly at Hollycraft, Donella at Ella B Photography, Tessa at Tessa Leen Photography, Jodi at Little Gifts From God Photography, Rita at The Coffeeshop Blog, Jennifer at Jennifer Soots Photography, Morgan at Morgan Kervin Photography , plus my pattern ladies at RAKJpatterns and Inner Hooker, just to name a few!

Now back to the GIVEAWAY! Here is what you need to do to enter:

1. "Follow" my blog
2. "Share" the giveaway link on my facebook page
3. Leave a comment on the inital giveaway comment on FB and tell me you did both 

{YOU MUST DO ALL THREE TO QUALIFY}

Here is a direct link to my FB page

The winner will be chosen on  Sunday April 10th at 8 PM (EST)
using http://www.random.org/

PRIZE:
A Custom Beanie accessorized with an applique created by Hollycraft or any other accessory (flower, owl, skull, bow, etc) you can think of!
Colors and Size can be designed by the winner!

Here is a picture of the applique options less the peace sign!

I honestly thank each and every one of you! xoxo, Megan

my week on

So, I am  lucky enough to work for two amazing people that take annual vacations.. which means I automatically get time off! I love this since I do not regulary schedule vacation time:) BUT for some reason.. my time "off" is actually turning out to be my time to catch up on everything that usually is neglected. I am catching up on some much needed crocheting, of course, but we are organizing, going through, getting rid of, deep cleaning, etc, our entire house this week too. Of course I am getting in all of our appointments this week along with scheduling some "fun" spring break things for the kids to do. I think I may need a vacation after this much needed vacation! Here is a recent family picture I took with my timer on my dslr, it turned out pretty good AND I am actually in it!

xoxo

some ALMOST springtime fun!

So this week, I worked four days at my "day job".. keep in mind I usually work two and

 sometimes three, thus, I can keep up with my kiddos, crocheting, housework, etc. My week

 has been pretty busy and I have been exhausted BUT today the sun was shining ALL DAY

 long. Yes, I saw this from inside my office. I had a hard time keeping my mind on work

 today because all I could think about was what I was going to do AFTER work:) So as soon

 as I got off I decided I was picking up my kids, pizza for dinner, the hubby and heading to

 the park from some fun! It looked much warmer from inside my office...so the park was

 pretty chilly... but as you can see, it really didn't matter. I LOVE going to the park with my

 family, its feels even more special when we haven't been able to go at all in the past

 ohhhh... 4 or 5 months or so. No matter how tired I am, a little sunshine and fresh air go

 a loooong way! Enjoy the pictures! 



renewed.....

So it has been about two weeks since my last post (shh...) BUT my life has been a little hectic, just like everyone elses I'm sure. We have had a "sick house" for the past two weeks. First me, then my little man, then my little girl... NOT my husband at all.. he is SO lucky!

I have also been crazy busy with my day job and custom crochet orders which I am ECSTATIC about, but it all seems to come at the BUSIEST time for me. Why does it have to work like that. My house is a disaster.. and we are attempting to put our house for sale in the spring which is an added stress. Meanwhile, I am trying to be the best mommy and wife I can be, but I feel a little lacking.

So as I am trying to get caught up on a Sunday night, I came across a blog post from Rita at The Coffee Shop Blog. It's titled "How I don't do it all and I'm ok with it." It was nice to know that I am just like every other mom who tries to do it all and doesn't most of the time. I think Rita said it perfectly, so I"m not going to repeat everything she says, I'll let you read it for yourself! Thank you Rita for helping me with my blog and giving me all your great ideas, actions, tutorials, etc.!

So now, I start my week with a new (much needed) outlook to do the best I can with the task at hand and I'm ok with not doing it all, all the time. Crochet wise.. I am currently lucky enough to be apart of Morgan Kervin Photography's Spring Giveaway, check it out there are a TON of vendors giving way amazing items (including me) and FOUR lucky winners will have a ton of things.. its going on right now so pay her site a visit and enter to win!