I just wanted to give you all a heads up...it's my birthday this week...you still have a few days to get me something if you really want to, I mean you don't have to but if you insist! I love books, iTunes, fabric of course...thread, ric rac and notions and starbucks. Oh and anything handmade...I just adore handmade trinkets (and pretty little aqua blue and pink table runners...Barb! Hint! hint! Just kidding. Not.)

...but for realz...for my birthday I'm going to be giving YOU all a little something. Ok, a lot of something.

I have several giveaways planned. Some tutorials. A couple of delicious recipes. It's gonna be a good week so you'll want to check back everyday to see what's going on and get in on the celebration. Every day this next week I'll have a new post with something yummy or cute or inspiring...I hope you'll enjoy my birthday as much as me! (And if you must know...I'm turning 37, again. For the 3rd time. What? You don't have repeat birthdays?)

Truth is, if you remember back here where I wasn't feeling too hot, hormones and all...and you may have noticed I've backed way down on blogging lately - so this week will be a BIG jump into trying to get back into the swing of things.

I've been slowly working on feeling better. I went to see my doctor and they ran all kinds of tests - most specifically for lupus and looking for early markers for cancer...I was feeling really bad. Headaches everyday, GI symptoms, crying, fatigue that was off the charts, slurred speech because I was just that freaking tired...anyway, all of those tests came back good. They did find that I was super low in Vitamin D, and few other things that go along with that plus a few oddities with a liver enzyme. They are doing some more testing but in the short term...I've started taking over 2000mg of Vitamin D a day and maybe it's all in my head but, I am feeling better. My headaches are down - instead of 7 days a week last week I only had headaches 4 days. My tummy is off and on a bit better. My fatigue feels more like normal overworked Mom tired. Today was a rough day but most days I feel like I'm improving. Thanks so much for all your well wishes - comments and emails and tweets. That was really nice and I really appreciated the concern and support from everyone. I'm blessed with a lot of wonderful friends in real life and here on the blog - thank you.

SO I'm just saying...this is gonna be a fun week on the Life is SEW nice with my Two Peas blog! My friends over at Where Women Create have offered up a little something for my birthday celebration giveaway, Britt of Britt Lakin Photography has a super offer for everyone this week, I have a little something that Patty Young cooked up that I'll be giving away plus a few of my own goodies from the Two Peas shop.

Happy Birthday to me - and Happy Spring to you! See you all this week!

xoxo,

Trish

How can I ever thank you all enough for joining in with us for all the fun at the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway.

What a blast to meet all of you - and I NOW don't feel like a total geek. You all are just as crazy and weird as me based on what you are carrying around in your purses. I feel right at home with you guys! Ok, most of you. A kidney stone? underwear? a hammer? There are a few of you - I'm just sayin, you might want to clean out your bags a bit more frequently.

Wonderful Mr. Random Number Generator came up with #288. Ms. "M" - on December 2nd at 10:43am - an email has been sent to you requesting your mailing address. You my dear, are the lucky winner.

But wait...we're on a roll here.

Remember I shared that this weekend was C.R.A.Z.Y because my friend Suann and I were doing the marathon of craft shows for the holidays? We are totally pooped. And...we are celebrating that our busy season is done with more fun things just for you.

FIRST - Suann, from Bows and Blossoms is introducing a new line of the most adorable bucket hats that are fleece lined. Perfect to wear on a cold day AND stylish to the hilt! Love them! Suann has agreed to give this one away to all of you just for being, well, YOU! It's made out of sweet little brown cordoroy with pink dots and this wonderful pink blossom adorns it. Here's what you have to do to win this cute little thing.

Visit Suann at Bows and Blossoms. Come back here and leave us a comment and tell us your favorite item you found over there and why you like it. Suann would love to know what you think about her products as she works on trying her hand at some new things - like these hats. (and for serious - you will not find this kind of quality at this price anywhere - and she's offering FREE SHIPPING right now if you happen to find some other goodies you can't live without!)

We will leave the Bows and Blossoms giveaway open until Sunday, December 13th at 8pm EST and then use the random number generator to pick a winner for this adorable hat.

SECOND - to also celebrate the end of year and all our crazy crafting we've done this year - I'm having a sale over on my etsy site. Keep checking because I will be adding more and more and more stuff at great sale prices - perfect for Christmas giving. Or just for yourself because gosh darn it - you deserve it, don't ya?!

I'll be posting my schedule for my sewing classes for January and February here soon.

And my husband, the gardener, has requested that for two whole weeks, I schedule nothing. No deadlines, no projects, no orders - no nothing. He said he wants me to actually relax for two whole weeks. I'm not sure how I'll do it. I'll probably sneak downstairs during babys naptime and while he's at work and start plotting my next projects...I find it almost impossible to do "nothing" for more than a few days. But, I'll try :>)

I wanted to again, tell you how blessed I feel to have "met" so many new "friends" in this crafty online community - and I'm so very thankful you visit with us here. I learn from you, am inspired by you, encouraged by you and appreciate you more than I can express. Thank you.

Don't forget, you have until December 14th to enter the Where Women Create Giveaway (I'm the Day 4 feature!) and there are so many fantastic prizes you can win over there. You must stop by!

I think I will go take a hot bath and ponder my "nothing" schedule for the week...wish me luck on actually doing "nothing" :>) Yeah, right!?!

xoxo,

Trish

First day of Spring and a BIG celebration week ahead!! For you!!

...and the winner is...wait, more free stuff? Oh yeah baby!