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New Items at Butterfly Bows

{ October 21, 2007 @ 3:40 pm } · { Blogroll, butterflybows, butterflybowsnmore, craft, crafting, etsy, etsybloggers, etsykids, etsymom, felt, food, hair accessory, halloween }
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Lots of new items at butterflybows.etsy.com!

This is my newest clip available at butterflybows.etsy.com. It is my Chocolate Chip Felt Hair Clip. A 1-1/4 inch (30mm) snap clip has been sewn into the back layer of felt. I added red details in the stitching and the heart on this clip, but I will be adding more of these with different colored details soon.


This is my Autumn Leaves Felt Hair Clip Collection. Each has a 1-1/4 inch (30 mm) snap clip sewn into the back layer of felt and contains polyfill stuffing for a touch of puffiness. All the detail you see was entirely done by hand. If you wish to know more about these clips, please visit the Autumn/Fall section of my Etsy shop.

This is my Christmas-colored Rosebud Hair Clip. The 3 roses are attached to a 1-1/4 inch (30 mm) snap clip. This is the perfect clip for your baby or toddler’s hair. For more snap clips that are perfect for this age group, please visit the Lined Snap Clips section of my Etsy shop.


This is my Retro Button Hair Clip. The button detail is attached to a 1-1/4 inch (30 mm) snap clip. Again, this is the perfect clip for your baby or toddler. Please visit the Lined Snap Clips section of my Etsy shop for more of these clips.


These are my Candy Corn Hair Clips. The perfect clips for your little girl this Halloween. For more Halloween clips, please visit the Halloween section of my Etsy shop.

August 11th

{ August 11, 2007 @ 5:01 pm } · { bithday, craft, crafting, etsy, food, meteor shower, notsosinglemama, perseids, presents, ramblings }
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Ugh. Today’s my 27th birthday. Birthdays aren’t special for me, just like the day before and the day after. Big whoop. Meh.

I do love my birthday for one reason, and one reason only. The Perseid meteor shower!!! Yay! I love sitting outside the night of my birthday, into the wee hours of the morning of the 12th, just watching these amazing flashes of light shoot across the sky. This year, Sunday night is supposed to be the optimal viewing time because of the New Moon. So, guess how I will be spending the next couple of nights? So… if you live in an area where you get a clear view of the sky, I highly recommend viewing this yearly meteor shower. If not tonight, then definitely tomorrow night. The weather is warm, the skies are clear with a low moon, so the conditions are practically as perfect as they can be.

Well, my sister got me beau coup crafting supplies as a birthday present. Excitement!!! My mom and dad both gave me some cash, so that’ll probably go to more supplies for me… although I’m thinking of picking me out a birthday present off Etsy.

Oh, and yummy Mexican food for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll fix a pitcher of margaritas to drink while watching tonight. Hmm….

First Encounters and Dijon Chicken

{ August 6, 2007 @ 12:39 am } · { Miss M, etsy, food, mommymatter, motherhood, notsosinglemama, recipes }
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The other day, Miss M had her first encounter with a fly. Yup, a fly. At seven months old, she had never seen one until that day. And of course, this particular fly landed on her nose. What does a 7-month-old do when a fly lands on her nose, you ask? She wrinkles said nose, flutters her eyelashes, and opens her mouth to eat the fly. That’s right. My daughter is a Venus fly trap wannabe. She tilted her head back with mouth wide open, trying to get it into her mouth. It truly was an adorable sight to see. One of those why-do-I-not-keep-my-camera-up-my-ass moments. One day I’ll learn.

I am now an official member of Etsymom! Yay!

I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to display my Etsy Mini on this blog. So… I created another blog at Blogger. I will be making that my Etsy-only blog. To get to it, just click the ‘Butterfly Bows N More on Blogger’ link in my Blogroll.

Speaking of new links added to my Blogroll, there is one for Mommy Matter’s MySpace page as well. Kudos for member Rain on setting it up, and member Stina for providing the awesome background.

I promised the Dijon Chicken recipe to whomever reads this blog. We had it for dinner last night, served with rice. Deeee-lish! I love the stuff.

Dijon Chicken
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
3 Tbsp. Dijon mustard, divided
1/2 c. flour
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 c. heavy cream

Pound the chicken between two sheets of waxed paper to a 1/4 inch thickness. Season with salt and pepper. Spread 2 Tbsp. of the mustard over both sides of the breasts. Put flour in shallow dish and coat both sides of chicken with flour. Melt butter in skillet over medium-high heat. Brown chicken breasts in butter for about 3 minutes per side. Remove. Pour cream into skillet and boil rapidly for 2 minutes, scraping up any bits stuck to the skillet. Remove from heat and stir in remaining 1 Tbsp. of mustard. Add more mustard and seasonings to taste.

You may also need to add more flour to the sauce to thicken it up. Sometimes I’ll have to, and sometimes I won’t. Serve the sauce over chicken. I also love the sauce over white rice. This recipe is super easy and oh-so delicious. If you try it out, please tell me what you think of it.