"Theres a little witch in Every Woman""

One of my favorite movies is Practical Magic, and of course I always watch it this time of year. I love it! I love the Aunts, I love the old house, I love the island where they live, I love the long hair, I love the sister bond, and of course I love the magic. I always joke about wanting to be a witch, and have seriously in the past grown my hair out in hopes of being more like Sally Owens. I love Sally Owens. If you haven't seen this movie, you should especially since it's October AND if like me, you have a secret desire of being a witch too! Remember, "theres no devil in the craft." Also, the soundtrack to this movie is awesome. It is one of the few that I actually own.

Little Starling Photography

Via Heather I was introduced to Lauriann Wakefield who shoots little people, and is amazing at it! The name of her company is Little Starling Photography, you should check it out if you are interested. Anyway, she took Jack's pictures a couple of weeks ago, and I just wanted to post them for all to see. I am SO pleased with these pictures so far and have more coming for me in a couple of days...

Just a reminder...

BirdsEye Jewelry Party I just wanted to remind everyone about my jewelry party this Tuesday from 7-9P.M. Everyone is invited!!!! Please come, it will be fun plus there will be a drawing for free jewelry. It's an open house, so come whenever. See you there!! By the way the party is at my house, so if anybody needs my address, email me:) markellec@gmail.com

Hobo Hands

I actually learned how to knit something other than scarfs...granted fingerless gloves are pretty easy and I had instruction but still I learned a lot! I took a class at Kamilles over at Gardner Village, which by that way they offer many other classes as well. I loved my instructor and she really taught me how to purl, use circular needles ( I love by the way) and read patterns. Yes the classes and even the yarn are a little pricey; but the service couldn't be better and the yarn is beautiful! My next knitting venture is going to be Christmas stockings...any one wanna join me?

Flipper race, anyone?

This post is totally random and super old, but I finally figured out how to get videos on my blog. (well okay I finally bugged Brent enough and he did it) Anyhoo, these videos are of the Carter boys arranging a little flipper race on the beach in California. It was hilarious, and more than just our crowd enjoyed it. Other people were sitting around watching too. Seriously, it's a pretty good laugh, so enjoy! Race #1 Doug vs. Blaine Race #2 Brent vs. Sean ...and the Championship Brent vs. Blaine good bye summer--hello FALL!!

lots of changes

It is amazing how fast babies turn into little people...I know everyone says that but it's just so true! I feel like I just had Jack, and yet he is so different seven months later. With my sister-in-law having her little guy, and seeing how small he is makes me wonder how Jack was ever that small too. As of late, Jack has now mastered sitting up and crawling. He was scootin around long before he had the desire to sit still long enough to learn how to balance himself. In the last couple weeks he has graduated from the "inch worm" to a real all four crawl. It has been a blast seeing him learn new tricks. Now he is pulling himself up onto everything, stable or not. Any way, none of this is new to a lot you; I am just a first time mom blabbing. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the footage of Jack crawling. My sister with her gentle persuasions coaxed me into making a little video.

A few of MY favorite things...

One of my most favorite posts was when Stephanie shared with us all some of her favorite items/beauty secrets. Because of her I went out and bought Blofoam by Rusk--and love it! Being on such a hair high, I decided to do as she asked and share some of my own fav items. So here ya go...and thanks again Steph! Essential Oils: lavender ahhh, lavender. Even the thought of it soothes me. There are many ways to diffuse the scent of an essential oil--you can add some drops to water in a bottle and spray it around your house, you can can add it to your bath, you can directly apply it to your temples, neck, feet, or below your nose, or use it with a base oil for a massage. Seriously there are a ton more ways of using essential oils. My absolute favorite oil is lavender. For many reasons; it smells wonderful, it was my first essential oil, and it is one of the staples when referring to essential oils. (Kind of like the wheat of your food storage) It relaxes, it's a natural antibiotic, antiseptic, and antidepressant. I mainly use it for my headaches. oh, and it's not one of the ridiculously expensive oils:) Primavera is the brand that I use. Perfume: Chance Chanel Before I was not a huge perfume connoisseur, but since last Christmas I don't think a day has gone by that I wasn't wearing Chance. I have other perfumes, but I just can't bring myself not to spray old faithful...I think it's wonderful. Lippey: C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Shine I am sure a lot of you have heard about this lip gloss, and probably already have it; but for the few who don't--go get some! You can buy it at Bath and Body Works. It's a minty lip gloss that comes in shear and several subtle colors. There are different "mint" flavors--my favorite is the cinnamint. The best part is that it also serves as a breath freshner! Candles: Mia Bella My mother-in-law gave me one of these candles and it was amazing. The scent was lime and ginger and smelled awesome. Chris(mom-in-law) has several scents and I really like them all. The candles are soy based (not exactly sure what that means) and are lead and toxin free. They burn evenly too, all the way down until there is nothing left. That's not really what sells me though, its the strong and nummy scents. Unfortunately I don't know where you can purchase them. I get mine from Chris down in New Mexico, but I am sure you could order them online somewhere. I really want the "holiday memories" and "orange and clove"