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 :)

You're a Star! Joey & Aleethea

I belong to a wonderful group called EtsyBloggers. As the name implies, we are all bloggers who have Etsy shops. It's by far the most friendly and active team I have been part of! If you have a shop on Etsy and have a blog (or need help getting one started) come join us!

My purpose today is not to recruit but to brag a bit about one of our members, none other than our Team leader Sandra, aka Joey & Aleethea. Ever ebullient and always helpful, I don't know where she gets the energy to run her blog, an Etsy shop, maintain a Flickr site, pretty much run our Team blog and keep up with two children! Can you tell me the secret please!

The Joey & Aleethea blog (where the tag line is "We're all about family and fabric, love and laughter, and handmade super coolness. That's how we rock.") is full of the latest Etsy news, photos of her latest adorable creations, cool kid stuff and, of course, oodles of cuteness from her family.

I swear she's putting these kids to work already because how else can one mom do all this and maintain a shop with over 200 items!? I mean, really. How is this possible. I don't have any kids and I can't seem get more than 75 items in mine. And look at this! How adorable is this?

The HBIC loves me some rockets!

I love a man who can wear a tie and look comfortable. Even if he might still be in diapers and drool a little.

If all this doesn't inspire you (or exhaust you just thinking about it all!) there's more! Go back to her blog and read up on the other 7 teams she's a part of (yes, that's a total of 8 street teams) a Myspace page and yet more!

Maybe some of that energy will rub off on you :)