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And the final FOUR

Talk about hard...I'm just nervous sitting here.

One, I am beyond grateful for all the photos that were entered. Who would've ever thought a mom or photographer would choose to dress their child in something we made for a photograph. It pretty much makes my day, everyday to think about that! Thank you.

Two, I admire photography like not other, I love the story it tells. My photos are so important to me. I look at them everyday and for 2 seconds I am taken back to when the shot was taken. If time travel is possible, you can certainly go back in time with photographs. 

Three, thank you to all the photographers who worked so hard to give a great shot for this game. You are amazing. And I truly appreciate all your hard work. And you made Sam's dress pretty amazing huh?

Four, yes, there are 4 finalist. there was a tie in the middle of the pack. Wow. In the next couple of days we have a lot of thinking to do to see who the winner is gonna be. This will be a great topic of discussion at MJC and I am sure a few heated arguments. When we all fall in love with one, we stand our ground for it.

Okay,I'll post the winner on Friday. I am so nervous. I actually have a stomach ache. Wow. 

A huge congrats to Mika-Beth Edwards, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Weintraub, and Skye Johansen.

Come' on, is Santa not the most handsome fella or what? I can hardly wait for Christmas. I love Christmas. I love the challenge of finding the perfect gift for everyone and I pride myself on succeeding 80% of the time. 

We'll be doing some Christmas Family giveaways real soon so be looking for the post and thinking of some sweet little one's who we can bless.

Can you believe how cold it got out? Oh, my. Joe had a stressful night last night with homework so I took him to the Dairy Queen at like 9. It was storming and so much fun. Sometimes you just gotta walk away and re-set your mind. We certainly did.

He has these dang timed math tests at school. They frustrate me. There are 26 (lettered a-z) of them and once you pass one in 60 seconds you go to the next. Well, he is stuck on letter N.

Math is one of the places Joe really shines. And this is bothering him like no other and really playing with his confidence and ticking me off. Since when does doing 40 problems in 60 seconds make you smarter than doing 40 problems in 90 seconds. I always thought it was in how you solved the problem and your ability to analyze, not in your speed.

Okay, I will stop. It makes no sense but still it bothers me. I'm sure you all have been there and can relate. He can verbally say them in 56 flat just can't write them. I just sucked at math and school as a whole. Not one of my art teachers even gave my work a second glance, I hated it, I felt like a loser. Just cuz I couldn't draw an apple didn't make me a bad artist. I was so great with color and she never even considered that art. Okay, stop me now......

Remember, final voting will be turned off at midnight eastern tonight (Wed)!!

But Mom.....

This always happens to me. I write a blog, preview it, and publish it. David looks at it to proof, cuz we all know about my typos. And then gone, vanished and I get really ticked. You can never write the same blog 2x. It comes from off the top of my head. And I don't always have much up there. So I sit hear stirring that is has been deleted. And David can't understand when he says "it's no big deal".  Yeah, it really is. Ya, it is kinda like saying "relax" or "settle down". Some things just should not be said when I am irritated. And that would include "what's the big deal?"

Wow, I need to go to bed real soon. It is a constant game of Beat the Clock this week. We are heading to Peru Monday and taking Joe to Indy for Star Wars in Concert. Between now and then I must get my Fall 2010 line done. You think we could just add 3 extra hours a day, but "free" hours just for me. Please.  Do any of you have that power? I'll trade you some cute clothes.

So pHoTo LoVe has been narrowed down. Talk about a tight race. There were only like 5-10 votes between most of you. We'll leave it up till Wednesday at midnight (Eastern Standard Time) for you to vote for your top photo's. We'll take the top 3 and the gals at 435 will vote for the winner. Go Vote.

And because this last rambling from Gabe cracks me up. 

Me: Gabe, can't you just stay small. I don't want you to get big.

Gabe: But mom, I have to.(In a super whiny voice)

Me: No you don't. You can stay small so I can carry you.

Gabe: But mom, when you go potty you get big.

Me: I want you to stay small.

Gabe: Mom, if I don't go potty my butt will get big.

Me: How do you know that?

Gabe: Mom, I just do. I know everything (in a real sassy tone).

And yes, he really does say Mom every sentence.

12 Midnight...

and voting for pHoTo LoVe is officially over.  I'll let you know on Monday who the top vote-getters were. I'll repost their pics for all to see.

oh, baby

We love this baby. Lynette was telling me about a photo she got and I said, "The baby? Already seen it , already love it."

pHoTo LoVe is getting to be a pretty tight race I must say.  We'll narrow it down Monday so be sure to vote for your top pics. Aren't you just amazed ( I just realized I use the word "just" way too much) how they all have the same dress but look different. They so did a phenomenal job. And yes, we'd better get Sam making that dress.

I kinda miss cutting with Sam. She plays the best music. Okay, so I miss cutting and Sam's music. Sam? I'm not too sure about!! Just kidding.

Things are heating up here on the home front. Conference mode is in full swing and I'm up to my head in the Fall line. Kayla is helping me out with fabrics which I love. She is smarter on Illustrator than I, or so she thinks or maybe I assume.

I can hardly wait to show you Spring. Lynette and I are heading to Peru next week to see it first hand.  So thrilled about that. I'm pretty excited about it. It's not my norm. I wanted to switch it up a bit and play more with color. You'll see what I'm talking about.

Ya so in short today is a pretty good day. Nothing like printing fabric for 8 hours trying to get the right color.

Oh and I know a lot of you guys wanted to know how you could help Kate out.  Well she's got a thing going called KATE'S CRAZY COOL CHRISTMAS PROJECT  Check it out. I think if you could send a little something for it that'd be pretty darn cool. The girls at 435 are packing up some goods right now to send their way.  Join in the fun.

And the bag. Who gets the bag? How about  LizD, ISK8JULES, Sharon, Kaitlyn, kristin, and tina m..Oh one more, SPARKLE all the way. Shoot Sam and email at samm@matildajaneclothing.com and she 'll send it your way. Be sure to type in subject "I love your Bag" so she'll see it loud and clear.

pHoTo LoVe

Let the games begin. We have a slew of talent posted on our website featuring a sweet little dress designed my Sam. Not only is the dress amazing but the photos are beyond fantastic.

The challenge was to to take the dress and put your own personal spin on it.  There were no requirements or constraints.  It was all up to the photographer to style the shot.

So check it out and be sure to vote for your favorite. The winner will get an all expense paid trip for 2 to our Dress Rehearsal in January. They'll be one of the few who get to see the line before anyone else.

RULES: Voting is done by adding your favorite photographers to your shopping bag and then checking out.  You can add as many photographers as you want to your bag, but don't waste your time adding a photographer a million times to your bag because multiple votes for the same photographer in one bag are ignored.  Also, you can check out only once from your IP address.  Checking out more than once from your IP address will not be counted in our system. Voting will end Sunday, December 6 at Midnight Eastern. Voting takes place on the Matilda Jane Clothing website.

Oh, when you hit Submit, a confirmation page appears asking you to double check everything.  You must hit Submit one more time on this page for your votes to register.

I had to take 2 minutes to say you PHoTo LoVe gals are FANTASTIC.  Wow.  I'm uploading all the pics and I'm so blown away. You're good. We should have them up sometime later tomorrow. And for those of you who are in the contest Sam will let you know exact info. 

For those of you onlookers and voters stay tuned.....the fun is just beginning.

Not Much

20 ideas are pouring through my head to blog about. I can't narrow it down nor focus on just one. So once again, pics of my Joe. I would've taken some of Gabe but he was way too busy decorating the tree. Ya, like 10 ornaments on one branch. The kid has got taste like me, anything in mass quantities.

Thank you so much for shopping the sale. It was fabulous and the girls will be working full force to get them right out to you. 

I still can't figure out the blurry-ness. I re-size, sharpen and save for web. It's perfect on my end and then the blog jacks it all up. But that is okay, I've got much more to worry about. I'll stress over it when I decide I want to be a real photographer and that'll be pretty much never. Now that is stressful work, rewarding but wow, a lot of work.

I really want to brag up my new love, Room and Board but I can't seem to get the perfect picture to show you just how perfect they are. And when I say "they" I do not mean they as in my couch or ottoman. I mean they as in a company. They as in the gals who answer all my goofy questions and they as in the 2 guys who drive that huge, I mean HUGE semi down my curvy car filled street. No clue how they do it. And not one complaint. Love them and soon I'll get a great pic and really profess my love for them.

Ha, and that would mean I would have to clean. That is so not happening right now. Why?

Cuz it is almost time to start talking about pHoTo LoVE . You should see these pics. It's a great reason not to clean. I want to have 'em all uploaded by tonite. Wish me luck.

I know, same pics as a few days ago, well almost. I'll work on that too! 

And who would like to tell me who these kids are. I do not need names, just who they are. Sam just made a real cute bag (I should say Becki too, cuz she is quite opinionated in the bag making department lately!!) and she'd love to send you some. We'll make it a random winner(s).

On another note.. how much do I love Jenn from Eden's Bouquet? A ton. You know, I used to be so intimidated by her. Her line is so dang amazing that anytime I saw it I would pretty much freak. I emailed her once, not sure why but she actually responded and I was in complete awe.  Ya, start struck. Told you I was a dork, but hey, she is super cool I had every right to be. 

 

Sorry, I took this off your blog!! But I had too cuz I wanted to brag Jenn up for being so dang awesome.  You know what, I think that may be one of the places I first saw Shannon's photos besides ebay. Oh, talk about love. Thank you for being so wonderful!

Sunny Skyes

Target wasn't really all that busy, nor was any place I went yesterday afternoon. And that would mean today I'm going back with me, myself and I. And even better, I am gonna buy some cute clothes for me, myself and I. I saw so much stuff I loved but with the entire gang in tow and then some me even looking for myself for 10 minutes was so not happening.

I love that you guys love the Dottie dress (pictured up first). Do you know I almost canceled this dress? I was so on the fence with it. What totally draws me to it is the idea it is so playful and young but I know how girls want to dress older. When I put it on my niece I was sure she would hate it. She's in 3rd grade. She loved it. So we kept it. And here's to keeping all little girls looking like little girls!

I hope it is as sunny where you are as it is hear. I'm gonna beg David one more time to light up Seymour, and then maybe put up the tree. Everyone is still sleeping and it almost 10! Yup, even the Beast who fell out of bed last night. Poor babe, it's almost 1/2 funny cuz he is so dang goofy about it.

And thank you Skye for all the great photos. Oh, it is almost time for pHoTo LoVe. Sam started sending me some photos. Her dress was adorable she made and you guys did a fantastic job with it. Wow. It's gonna be tough, I can already tell from what I have seen.

Did you brave going to Target or the malls yet? I'm half thinking about it. I just really don't really feel like taking a shower and I know on a day like this I would surely bump into some one I knew. Surely.

There's 3 boys upstairs telling me to hurry up and get ready. But first I have to thank you for all the kindness and support. Matilda Jane would not be here without you.

Now they are really getting antsy and you surely know how that goes. I'll talk to you in a bit. It is a gorgeous day and I'm hoping one of them will let me take their pictures. Certainly I'll find a good bribe at Target.