Free Stuff.

The other day I was clipping coupons and found one for $2 off Excedrin Menstrual. Yes that is what I typed... HA HA!! So I was also going through my Walgreen's Easysaver book and there was a $4 off coupon there for the same thing. SOoooo I went to buy it. I had no idea that it was $6. I figure it was close to $10. But it was $5.99. With the 2 coupons I got it for FREE! WOOHOO! Love free stuff.
This coupon thing is fun!

Road Trip

Tuesday, March 3 was such a fun day. Five of my friends and I went to Memphis to see Legally Blonde the Musical. I had seen this in NYC last May but it was a lot of fun to see it again. We drove down and met up with a friend in Memphis at Spaghetti Warehouse. GOOD FOOD!! Then on to the Orpheum. The play was diffent in so many ways than the one I saw on Broadway. They had to change a lot of the sets. Even some of the songs had words changed. I had 6th row orchestra seats. They were so good. I am going to have a hard time sitting anywhere else from now on. HE HE!

On the Wild Side.....

I have added some new teeny tot bows. They are WILD! These only measure 2 inches.
There are a few other things we have added also. We have the cutest little korklets. Now they also come in collections.

Brr it's cold sale almost over

Hurry only 2 days left.
30% off most items.
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There has been some coupon confusion on my site.
Here is a new code SAP513 good for $5 off $15 till 4/21/09 and there are only 100 of them. So once 100 times the code has been used it is invalid.
Sorry for the confusion. Thanks Meagan
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Children's Activities

As much as I love my kids being involved in activities it is so nice when they are over. Rebecca did Little Dribblers this year at her school. It was one night a week practice and then they perform during halftime at the High School games. They did 4 performances this season. It was suppose to be 5 but due to snow and ice in December one was canceled. Well tonight was her last performance for this year. It was so good. She did a great job. The ball never got away from her.
But let me tell you I am glad it is over. WOW!! I feel like we never stop and they don't have much going on. Awana and Children's Choir is all now.
I can't imagine when they get older. OH MY!!!

Brr It is cold sale!!!

Update on CPSIA

I got this in an email on one of my yahoo groups. This is a start. But what about Hair accessories that are handmade??
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lead7-2009jan07,0,6917858.story

Mr.Nobody??

Do you have a Mr. Nobody at your house. Apparently we do! My 4 year old daughter blames everything on Mr. Nobody. Nothing to serious yet but today I was making her lunch when from behind I was attacked (friendly) by something the height of a 4 yr old. I responded with a playful
"I was attacked by a little kid"
and she replied "No that was Mr. Nobody. He is invisible."
Then I asked where is Mr. Nobody? She told me that he was already outside.
The best part is that I got more without asking.
"Mr. Nobody has a mommy. She is invisible too. She makes him lunch and he NEVER eats it." I could have fallen on the floor with her imagination.

It is a New Year and Valentine's Day is fast approaching. I have created 2 new bows for V-day.
I will be adding more soon. I also am working on St. Patty's Day bows.

I have added a new product. The big girls like these.

My tiny girls night out.

Last night I went to have coffee with my dear friend Leslie. It was soooo much fun. We talked for an hour and a half. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.
I don't get to go out very often but last night I said let's go!!!
Not only was the company good the coffee was too. I did however get decaf. Probably good I did because I could not go to sleep when I got home anyway. We talked about old high school drama we lived through and we talked about MEN!!!! Some good some bad! We just had good o'le girl talk. I can't wait to do it again. Well then I went to rent some movies for the family. I will have to let you know what I think of them.
I guess that is it for now. later ...........

Save the Small business and Crafter.

"In 2007, large toy manufacturers who outsource their production to China and other developing countries violated the public's trust. They were selling toys with dangerously high lead content, toys with unsafe small parts, toys with improperly secured and easily swallowed small magnets, and toys made from chemicals that made kids sick. Almost every problem toy in 2007 was made in China.

The United States Congress rightly recognized that the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lacked the authority and staffing to prevent dangerous toys from being imported into the US. So, they passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in August, 2008. Among other things, the CPSIA bans lead and phthalates in toys, mandates third-party testing and certification for all toys and requires toy makers to permanently label each toy with a date and batch number.

All of these changes will be fairly easy for large, multinational toy manufacturers to comply with. Large manufacturers who make thousands of units of each toy have very little incremental cost to pay for testing and updating their molds to include batch labels.
For small American, Canadian, and European toymakers, however, the costs of mandatory testing, to the tune of up to $4,000 per toy, will likely drive them out of business. And the handful of larger toy makers who still employ workers in the United States face increased costs to comply with the CPSIA, even though American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety problems of 2007. Toy makers won't be the only ones impacted by the CPSIA, the thousands of US businesses who offer clothing, jewelry and other gifts for children --in essence-- the entire children's industry will be as well.

The CPSIA simply forgot to exclude the class of toys that have earned and kept the public's trust. The result, unless the law is modified, is that handmade toys will no longer be legal in the US.

Thriving small businesses are crucial to the financial health of our nation. Let's amend the CPSIA so that all businesses large and small are able to comply and survive! " - facebook group Help Save Handmade Toys from the CPSIA

How you can help:

Sign our Petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/handmadetoys/

Vote for our Idea to modify the CPSIA on change.org
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia

Write to your United States Congress Person and Senator to request changes in the CPSIA to save handmade toys. Use our sample letter or write your own-
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/how-you-can-help

Toymakers & Toy-related Businesses:
Join the Handmade Toy Alliance
http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org

Everyone:
Join our CPSIA information group
http://cpsia-central.ning.com/

http://www.handcraftivist.com (redirects to http://www.youtube.com/handcraftivist )

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etsy.com%2Fstorque%2Fcraftivism%2Fcpsia-updates-and-calls-to-action-3157%2F&h=5f1d5052639239a4e576d124574cc9a1

And link page to members of the Cpsia House Subcomittee:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=ctc&lang=&commcode=hcommerce_commerce

Here are links to contact your Congressmen and Women:

Representative:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Senator:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Speaker Pelosi:
http://www.speaker.gov/contact/

15% off sale

Welcome to 2009 Sale!
15 % off almost all merchandise
now through 1/9/09
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New Year 2009

Well it has been a while since I wrote anything. I have been busy with the fall craft sales and Christmas. It has been crazy here at the house. We spent Christmas here at our home with my in-laws. It was nice. I enjoy being able to watch the girls wake up in their own house to see that Santa has come.

We splurged this year with Jay's Bonus money (he got from joining the Air National Guard) and bought a pool table for our family room. It is so much fun. We have finally finished our room except for the crown molding but we are getting there. We also got a ping pong table to go on top of the pool table. Sooo... we spent Christmas playing ping pong and pool. Ping pong is great exercise for those who have never done it. WOW you can work up a sweat.

Although the holidays were fun I was sick most of it. I had a cold that lasted about 3 weeks. I think I am finally over it.
Jay thought I was on my death bed.

I am going to head back to school after taking a semester off. I am taking one class because that is all I have left to get my associates. :) Then I also have to take the Praxis 1 and apply to the education program through ASU-Jonesboro. I will attend classes in Beebe but my degree with be through Jonesboro starting in August. I am excited yet nervous. The first semester is 18 hours and that will be tough with a second grader and kindergartener.

It is hard to believe that I am about to have a 7 year old and an almost 5 year old. Time goes by so fast.
Well I hope that your new year brings tons of blessings.

Thanks to the customers

WE had such a huge response on the pinwheel sale. I appreciate all the orders.
We have now added a new bow.

Babe UNFROZE Sale 35% off

The Babe....UNFROZE. Sale!

Yes our HUGE deep freezer was left cracked and we lost all our pork. Pigs we had raised. We left for the weekend and came back to ruined meat.

**SHIP TIME IS APPROX. 2-3 WEEKS (before we ship). LARGER ORDERS MAY TAKE LONGER!!! Holiday season may be longer. This is just a guideline. Orders often ship sooner. Please let me know if you need something faster and I will do my best to accomodate that.

New Products for the Fall and Winter

Hi,
I have been hard at work here at My 2 Redheads Bowtique. I have made a few holiday bows for the fall and winter. Here they are.
I will be posting soon with pictures from our trip to Colorado to see my family.
Thanks for looking.
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SUMMER CELEBRATION SALE!

Get 30% off all bow inventory. Come get your great deal now.

Don't forget about the free shipping coupon. FREESHIP

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Thanks for the business.

HURRY WON'T LAST LONG!

Meg

My Trip to The Big Apple

Well I went to NYC for 4 days last week.. It was so fun. We had an amazing trip. On the first day we went on a tour of Midtown Manhattan. It was soo cool.. I can' t count the places we saw.. We saw the Apple store which is pretty cool. It is a Glass cube with a gray apple hanging down and the whole store is underground. While we were there we went to FAO Swartz. I had my picture taken with the guard and a nice dinosaur. LOL... We saw a Couple movie stars.. Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson were filming in front of the Plaza hotel. Got a great pic of Anne. WE went to the Empire State Building at Sunset. BEAUTIFUL. Only God could make a sunset like that.
One of our tour guides one day was named Bob.. he is on Law and Order SVU every now and then. Plays a detective. He will be on tomorrow (Tues) at 9 Central time. This night we had NYC pizza. It was suppose to be voted best pizza in NYC by Oprah and Gayle. Let me say it is not very good Iin my opinion.

The second day we went to the Met Museum of Art. Not our thing but we saw the musical instrument exhibit and that was cool. We were so intrigued that we forgot to take pics. LOL That night we ate at Juniors in Grand Central Terminal. GREAT CHEESECAKE!!
We then walked to Time Square and looked around and shopped. Then we went to my highlight of our trip which was seeing Mary Poppins on Broadway. Let me tell you this is an amazing show. It was so cool; She flew into the audience. Bert danced on the ceiling. Amazing.... We had balcony seats but we didn't care. It is not like the movie. More like the book. We both sat with our mouths open the whole show.

The third day was a tour of lower Manhattan also. We saw Wall Street . NY Stock exhange, and Ground Zero. Let me tell you that Ground Zero was overwhelming. You just can't phathom the enormity of it all. We saw the church that all the rescue workers went to for rest and prayer. It is Right behind ground zero. Definely a God thing that it didn't get destroyed. That wasinteresting. That night we went to see Legally Blonde. It was good but not like Mary Poppins.
We had balcony seats but moved to the Mezzanine at intermission because it was empty.

We also had a free afternoon on the third day . My mom and I left the group and took the subway to the Bronx and went to see Yankee Stadium. It was nice. We didn't get to go inside but we went for my grandma who is a huge Yankee fan.

On the fourth day mom and I took a carriage ride in Central park and then shopped. I bought 2 pairs of sunglasses and two handbags . All knock offs but cute. We went to the NBC store that day too and saw more of Rockefeller center. We had the time of our lives and walked miles and miles. We both were exhausted but glad we went.
Here is a link of some of the pics we took. :)
Some pics were jokes such as the playboy enterprises ones. LOL