New York Loves My Cooties!

Ok, sorry it has been so long since I last posted! We have been so busy working around here on the house (getting ready for baby) and since wedding planning season is in full gear, I have been super busy with the shop.

Well, I have some fun and awesome news- My cootie catchers were featured in the Summer 2009 issue of New York Weddings!

I just found out about this when a client told me they found me via the magazine. WHOA! I am in the process of actually ordering the issue, since I can't get one around here.

As many of my readers know, I do not plan on working after I have the baby, so we have been praying that God would bless my little craft business, and He has! We are praising God for this new advertisement- He is so good!

Erin Go Braugh

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!


(yes, I'm Irish and yes, Greg followed directions from a cake! ;)

Accessorize Already, People!

Your fridge, that is!

(or your cubicle, or locker, or bulletin board, or...)

Clothespin Magnets

Glass Magnets/Pushpins

Button Pushpins

Clothespin Magnets

Glass Magnets/Pushpins

Find these and much more in my etsy shop-
katskrafts.etsy.com
(and keep checking back 'cause I am adding more and more fun stuff each day!)

Things That Make Me Smile

Okay, so... I'll admit I've been a little bummed lately. The weather temp is back down again and it keeps raining (don't blame me, I prayed hard), I had some sort of freak food poisoning or stomach flu (ugh), and other various personal issues (we've all got them, right?).

So... sing it with me now-
"When the dog bites,
When the bee stings,
When I'm fee-ling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel, soooooo bad!"


10 Things That Make Me Smile:

10. Amish Paradise by Weird Al (check it, homey)

9. Cake Wrecks (best blog e-vah!)

8. Shopping at Michael's or Hobby Lobby

7. The smell of clean towels (lame, but true)

6. Crossing something off a list ("Hi, I'm Type A personality, and who might you be?" and yes- if I do it and it wasn't on the list, I write it and cross it off)

5. A best friend I love dearly (and who never thinks I'm crazy, or doesn't treat me like it anyways, even when I bare my true heart to her)

4. Family (seems obligatory, but it wouldn't be if it wasn't true!)

3. Feeling my darling child squirm inside me (but not the heartburn I'm enduring :)

2. Greg Beyer (every crazy-wonderful-handsome bit of him!)

1. Jesus' unfailing, amazing, life-changing Grace

Spring FEVER!!!

63 degrees!

In Michigan.

In March.

Please, Lord, I cannot handle another cruel tease...

I need spring.

And I need it NOW!
(Not to order you around, Sir, but... please?)

How about you?

(P.S. In addition to welcoming comments, I have a poll up on the blog as well.)

What's Your Rock Star Name?

So, being completely uninspired, but still wanting to bless all my darling readers with a post, here's what I borrowed from one of my fave blogs. Enjoy!

To find your ROCK STAR NAME take your first pet & current car:

Swiggy Prizm

To find your GANGSTA NAME take your favorite ice cream flavor and your favorite cookie:

Butter Pecan Windmill

(I don't sound all that scary, really)


YOUR DETECTIVE NAME? Your favorite color and favorite animal:

Blue Beagle

Everybody wants a SOAP OPERA NAME, so take your middle name and the city where you were born:

Alyce Munster

(what kind of freaky soap opera is this???)

Want to know your SUPERHERO NAME? Just add the word "The" plus your 2nd favorite color, and your favorite drink:

The Green Squirt
(I must be a sidekick)

Oh gross. Your NASCAR NAME. Take the first names of your grandfathers:

Thomas Stanley

If I ever go into WITNESS PROTECTION you can find me with this name. Your mother’s & father’s middle names:

Ann Michael
(bo-riiing!)

TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME? Just take your 5th grade teacher’s last name and add a major city that starts with the same letter:

Kiellor Kalamazoo

Of course, if you find me in witness protection I will assume it was because you were using your SPY NAME. Add your favorite season/holiday to your flower:

Summer Peony

Tell your kids their CARTOON NAME by taking your favorite fruit, an article of clothing you’re wearing right now, now add "ie" or "y":

Strawberry Sweaterie

And lastly, your ROCKSTAR TOUR is heading across the northeast...it's called

("The” + Your fave hobby/craft, your fave weather element + the word “Tour”):

The Scrapbooking Sunshine Tour