Marble Falls Market Days

Ever since my family purchased land in Marble Falls, TX (near Austin) I have LOVED attending their Market Days.  Main Street is blocked off and vendors are there with everything from home-made jewelry, antiques, and other fun gifts.  This year, I decided to participate as a vendor for Hugs Included.  It was a lot of fun (despite the 100+ degree heat) and I met some great people and reconnected with wonderful friends.

If you stopped by the booth and are checking out my site now, please leave me a note hello!!

Ready for Mothers Day Out, Daycare, Preschool?

So my high school friend Mary contacted me and asked me to make a nap mat for her son, Grayson, as he gets ready for Mothers Day Out.  Several brainstorming sessions later, I have developed a nap mat for sweet Grayson!  Napmats are available for $45 (plus tax) and comes with two colors and a design.  The nap mat will be 3' by 4' and only available by special order.  The nap mat includes a pillow sewn onto the mat and a top layer which is sewn to the mat at the bottom and at one side.  Nap mats will also include a strap to make carrying the mat much easier. 

Here is sweet Grayson with his nap mat (1 year olds are tricky models!)

So, email me at hugsincludedTX@gmail.com and let me know when your little one is ready to go!

Want a FREE blanket?!

So, my new friend Nicole offered to review a Hugs Included blanket and sponsor a giveaway of a blanket of your choice (as long as it's in my current inventory).  Nicole has an adorable new son (Tyler) and a precious 2 year old daughter (Amber).  It was great to see the reactions of both Tyler & Amber with their new blanket as well as an appreciative mom!

Tyler

Amber

So, check out Nicole's review and see what you can do to win a free blanket (adorable kiddos pictured below not included)!

What's playing

With several friends requesting blankets for baby showers, I'm now on a first-name basis with the employees at the local fabric store and have finally trained my dogs to not bug mommy while she is sewing.  I like to have something on in the background to keep me entertained while I make my blankets.  Here are some of my favorites (and why):

• "Grey's Anatomy" reruns.  My mom finally got her DVDs back (after holding my dogs hostage).
• 27 Dresses - James Marsden's dimples, the horrendous dresses, Judy Greer as the funny sidekick.
• The Italian Job - Seth Green's funny one-liners, Mark Wahlberg, and Charlize Theron as a kick-butt heroine.
• The American President - Classic.  No further explanation.
• Failure to Launch - Bradley Cooper & Justin Bartha.  And Zooey Deschanel's snarky war against the mockingbird.
• Confessions of a Shopaholic - My boyfriend rented this movie for me after a bad day at work.  I thought it was going to be lame until I found myself racing for the Resolve to clean up the wine that I spit up laughing.  Isla Fisher is hi-lar-i-ous and the soundtrack is so dance-able.

I'll update later with more ... what about you?  What are your favorite movies to have on in the background when you're doing something?

A few new blankets

Just wanted to give you a glance at some of the new creations .... they are all made with Hugs Included!

Remembering why I'm doing this

My friend, Alicia, contacted me a while back asking for two blankets for her nephew, Jason (one of which was the LSU blanket).  We've been texting each other back & forth today as I heard that Lizzie (Jason's mom) was having complications during her labor.  I thought about how I would feel if Jason hadn't made it ... I wasn't concerned about the blankets, but about Alicia's family and Lizzie.

I sent out a message via my Twitter asking for prayers and prayed myself for everyone involved.  I wanted Lizzie to be able to hold sweet Jason, whether or not she had the blanket her aunt ordered from me.  That's why I started doing this - to bless friends who are welcoming their sons & daughters into the world.

It's a humbling reminder.

I should be sleeping

So I went over to The Life of a Sippy Cup Mom because who could resist an invite to answer the question "What Are Your Favorite Memories From Your Prom/Homecoming/School Dance?" 
I just couldn't resist adding my memory from the Yellow Rose Ball in 1996.  I had invited a guy (we'll call him 'Bob') as a friend and he thought there was some sort of romance (hey, I was irresistible).  I turned to him at one point and said "The Macarena does not involve putting your hands on my hips".  So, in true mid-1990s style, I cut out pictures of my celebrity crushes and replaced Bob's face with them using ticky-tac.

So, history will now show that I did not attend this dance with 'Bob', but with Noah Wyle and Scott Wolf (and they could dance the Macarena however they want!)