Featured Blogger - Baby Friendly Beads

I'm under the weather today and would rather be back in bed but I really wanted to share with you this month's EtsyBloggers featured blogger. She has two Etsy shops; Baby Friendly Beads, Mama's Magic Studio, and a blog, Mama's Magic.
(Apologies for not having more photos! Jen's photos are quite large and in my flu-state I cannot figure out how to shrink them. Jen, I'm so sorry!)

Baby Friendly Beads is a wonderful shop of jewelry for nursing moms.

"Baby Friendly Beads are beautifully functional nursing necklaces and bracelets. Breastfeeding jewelry gives baby something else to focus on and play with, instead of pulling mom's hair or pinching her skin. Reminder bracelets track nursing sessions."

(I had a lovely pic here of this necklace)

This is a pretty clever idea, and beautiful pieces to boot. Take a look through her feedback to see how much moms and babies adore her work!
But who says you have to be nursing, or even a mom to wear this jewelry. I often have to remove my jewelry when I'm doing any kind of physical work that might break it. Buying something sturdy would fix that problem!
(I love this bracelet)

Her other Etsy shop, Mama's Magic Studio, is beautiful. I only wish there was more to see! Great pictures on a lovely serene green background. Clever paired earrings, very reasonably priced. See for yourself! The above earrings are from this shop.

The blog, called Mama's Magic, is full of the same green serenity as the shop of similar name. Sweet musings about family life, creativity and creative writing are a treat as she's a poet and her eloquent posts make that evident. But you have to go see for yourself!

All mommas and friends of mommas will be happy if you do!


Now I'm going to make myself a mug of hot, soothing tea, curl up on the couch with the kitty and hang out in my pyjamas all day :)

Blog Tag

I’ve been tagged!

One of my favorite reads Trapped in the 80’s Moms(if you grew up in the 1980s you must read her blog!), tagged me.

I don’t know much about this game so I did some searching. It appears there are quite a few variations. The main version consists of listing 5 unusual things about yourself and tagging 5 others. The version I was tagged with involves listing 7 random things about yourself and 7 strange things and then tagging 6 others. I don’t know about you but isn’t that sort of the same thing? I don’t know if I can dredge up 14 strange/random things so I’ll revert back to the earlier version. But I’ll do 7 :)

1. I don’t like chocolate. I can tolerate it in small, very milky doses. Those little valentine chocolates are the perfect amount!

2. I know Latin. I use “know” loosely. It’s not exactly like many people are fluent in Latin. Except maybe the pope.

3. I once broke 2 boards with my head at a Christmas party. It was a talent show and I was taking Tae Kwon Do. After breaking a dozen boards with hands and feet (in my formal gown) I wowed the crowd with my skull cracking finale.

4. I’m tone deaf. Cant sing, can’t whistle. Maybe I should try out for American Idol.

5. I was featured in Ranger Rick magazine as a child. My mother adopted a wild mustang and the magazine did a small feature on how we raised it. It is truly unfortunate that the main photo in the article forever immortalized my first and last perm.

6. I love food prep. My favorite part of cooking is the chopping and prepping of food. Well, and the eating part too.

7. I have about 9 years of college but still no bachelors degree. I love school and learning new things. It’s the focusing on one subject long enough to graduate that I have a hard time with (ei, the above Latin). I do have a couple Associates though.

So who are the lucky 5 to be tagged? Here are 5 bloggers from my EtsyBloggers street team.

Tag! Your it!

A Keeper's Jackpot

Beaded Tail

Rose Works Jewelry

Story Beader

Miesmama

P.S. If any of you 5 have already played let me know and I'll pass it on to another teammate.