it's time to celebrate - part 3

"red.neck Glam"...

ya'll were here when Mama Debinator dubbed it "red.neck Glam". If not, "red.neck Glam" (story here) is all about some Duct Tape, Pearls and Sparklin' Thangs... can you get better than that? Why... YES! You can!!!  It comes in the form of:

I am SEW excited because Leslie and her fabbbulous Retreauxgirl Repurposed Jewelry creations are going to be my special guest at Zapp Hall!

Get one Here!

Even better than that?! Leslie is throwing a piece of Retreauxgirl AWESOMENESS in to "THE box"... just for YOU!

Yep - not ONLY will you get the chance to win a lil' piece of "red.neck Glam" BUT you could win a Retreauxgirl necklace too! It's Leslie's birthday today... we should sing really LOUD to her... maybe have some banjo's and cowbells as our band equipment.

Whatcha' think... feelin' lucky?

I will take all comments from each "celebrate-late-with-me" post and ALL comments will be entered to win - you are going to get SEW many chances because your name goes in for each comment you leave!!!

Tell your friends about the fun over here (then tell me) and you get TWO chances to win per post that you share!

New follower? Tell me and I'll welcome you as soon as I throw your name in the duct tape roll twice for the the post you taped yourself on to!

So far in the box we have: a pocketbook and some SUDZ...

Now we're adding in some red.neck Glam and some Retreauxgirl AWESOMENESS...

It's a big box... and there's still MORE to go!!! Be sure and enter to win!!!  ALSO!  I would LOVE to welcome my new followers!!!  We keep it fun over here in the 'hood - I promise!  A BIG THANK YOU to everyone that is posting the "box of fun'" on your blog! I bet there's some special duct tape 'round here for ya...

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where you REALLY don't want to miss seeing Retreauxgirl's FUN in the red.neck Chic tent!!! That's if there is anything left... I've already spied about 50 things I want from Leslie out of her Retreauxgirl Repurposed Jewelry hanging from around my neck, dangling from my wrist... hanging from my earlobes...

Remembering September 11, 2001

I was a director at the Boys and Girls Club. I sat glued to the television from mid-morning on. I remember thinking as the kids trickled in after school and curled up around me on the couch, on the floor - pulled up their  chairs...

How could anyone hurt innocent souls?

May all of us remember with love and compassion this day.

May we grieve with those who still mourn,

And share memories with those who cannot forget.

May we draw strength from those who bravely responded,

And gave their lives to save others.

May we stand with strangers who became neighbors that day,

And remember their generosity and hospitality.

Above all God may we remember your faithfulness

And learn to trust in your unfailing love.

I'll be back tomorrow with more giveaway fun... but for today I will be remembering.

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children. “
- President George W. Bush, November 11, 2001

it's time to celebrate - part 2

I've done gone in to the bubble blowin' business.

You can:

or you can:

Either way, some part of you is going to get clean. (just don't put yerself in the warshin' machine)

Why "SUDZ"? My Step-Daddy is a good ol' Texas man - born and raised. We've got the cowboy boots, the belt buckles, the 10-gallon hat (depending on the occasion) and when he wants to: The Good Ol' Texas Twaaaaang!

Example:

Light bulb is pronounced: "Light Buhhhb".

So when I was blowin' some soap bubbles in my kitchen, I thought of him. And "red.neck SUDZ" was oh-ficially in the air.

red.neck SUDZ is pronounced: "red.neck Suhhhdz". The twang is important here - ya gots to have the twang.

Hand soap - the perfect size to send your guests in to fits of uncontrollable giggles:

I know you want it... but I just couldn't seem to find a skunk scent!!!

and Laundry soap... so's you can warsh up them over-alls:

the fabric bag is actuuuuuually a sleeve off of a Saddle Tramp shirt!

There you go.
I'm blowin' bubbles over here in the single-wide. So...

the pocketbook is in the box, some bubbles will land in there... let's see... what else...

Did you throw your name in the duct tape roll on part 1? If not - be sure and do so! Remember:

I will take all comments from each "celebrate-late-with-me"post and ALL comments will be entered to win - you are going to get SEW many chances because your name goes in for each comment you leave!!!

Tell your friends about the fun over here (then tell me) and you get TWO chances to win per post that you share!

New follower? Tell me and I'll welcome you as soon as I throw your name in the duct tape roll twice for the the post you taped yourself on to!

It's a BIG box! And there's sew much more fun to go!

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I'm thinking that the next thing I make in the soap business should be bath bombs... but really big ones that explode and fizz while you're warshin' off in the cow tank. Call 'em "Bubba Bubbles".

it's time to celebrate!

You know... AGAIN this year I missed "red.neck Chic's" birthday.

AGAIN this year I missed "in.di.vid.u.al Objects" birthday. (Did you know I've been slaving away over my sewing machine and in the pocketbook business for 13 years? Dang... I'm not even that old.)

AGAIN this year I missed my OWN birthday.
Okay, missing my own birthday was on purpose (you can only celebrate the anniversary of your 13th birthday so many times), but...

Let's celebrate them all - what do you think?

Starting NOW I will start telling you some stories about alllllll of the different things that make up "red.neck Chic"... starting with a pocketbook.

"red.neck Chic" makes pocketbooks.
The end.

Oh... ha!  No - I started making pocketbooks when I couldn't find one to replace my cheapo, store-bought plastic one!  Who knew I was SEW picky about pockets and handle length and fabrics and lining?!

I went home, designed one - and voila! Here I am today!  Still designing my pocketbooks from the ground up - I design my own patterns, design my own pocketbooks (no two are the same!) make them all myself - I name them, I love them... I give them born on dates and mark them "authentic"... and every single one of them has a story to tell. YOU get the real deal... down to the tiniest detail! And I am a picky detail girl!

Where did "red.neck Chic" get it's name after I had been in production for sew many years? Here you go:
The calling: It all started on a sunny Saturday morning – U-turn number…(not sure what number, but we made some Grandparents Proud!!!) and, of course, the mandatory garage sale! With treasured belts, lamp bases and an embroidered pillowcase as trophies held high, off I go to the garage sale CEO (that loved my purse) – just to disappoint when I was a quarter short! Oh no! Am I going to have to give up THE GREATEST belt?!!? Alas, no, she reluctantly gave up on the quarter, but “red.neck Chic” was born…thank you garage sale lady!!! The garage sale lady (we're talking... ultimate redneck here) inspired my name, my logo, my branding - EVERYTHING within 23 miles. THAT fast it all clicked for me. I knew where I was... I knew where I wanted to go - duct tape and all.

There are SEW many other "divisions" of "red.neck Chic"... there will be SEVERAL other posts telling you all of my stories.  With each post (offering a new addition to the giveaway) - and each comment you leave me (on each post) - you get a chance to win a BIG box of FUN in the end! That's right:

I will take all comments from each upcoming "celebrate-late-with-me" posts - starting with this one - and ALL comments will be entered to win - you are going to get SEW many chances!!!


Tell your friends about the fun over here (then tell me) and you get TWO chances to win per post that you share!


New follower? Tell me and I'll welcome you as soon as I throw your name in the duct tape roll twice for the the post you taped yourself on to!

We're talking BIG BOX. You see... "red.neck Chic" is not only my pocketbooks, but the umbrella for:
Saddle Tramp
Splat Fine Dining
Thunderbird Linens
U-Turn
lamplighters un.plugged
red.neck Glam
red.neck Sudz (a couple of different bubbles!)
red.neck Lip Grease
and some other stuff that I make that I can't even BEGIN to name...

And they ALLLLLL have a story behind them - and YOU will have something from each "division"!!!  You won't want to miss it...

Ready? Set... GO!!! In the end - the whole box of goodies goes to ONE lucky winner... is it you? This is going to be sew much fun...

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I'm thinking this box is going to be HUGE in the end... refrigerator size? double-wide size? hmmmm....


p.s. The way I figure it... the box will be full and complete by the end of next week... BIG box.

down the field...

It's Friday night football season once more in Central Texas. Okay, fine. All over the United States.

But NO BODY does it like small Texas schools.

Bull horns, shaker things... louder bull horns. And the giant pickles from the concession stand.

Now - my football knowledge fits in the same hockey puck that my baseball knowledge fits in...

But my kid sure is cute. I'm sorry...we're almost 17... handsome when he marches.

Oh, and we were beating the living daylights out of the school I grew up in... 36-0. I felt immense joy with each rebound shot and hole-in-one that our football team scored!

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where I labored all week-end getting ready for Warrenton... what did YOU do? Are you sitting at the rugby field watching football all season? hee-hee

BeDazzlin'

Have you watched that show, "Hot In Cleveland" with Betty White?  One of the commercials for it has Betty saying, "I've gotta go... these track suits don't bedazzle themselves!"! It cracks me up every time I hear it!!!

Well.... prior to this past Saturday I must have been the only red.neck in the world that didn't own a Bedazzler!  Can you believe it? Do you have one?  I remedied my major "oops".

I know... it's SEW 80's... but I'm a red.neck. To me mullets still rock the world...

THEN!  I got a box full of GREATNESS from Judi Spinetti (remember?  she won the duct tape, pearls and sparklin' thangs red.neck Glam necklace...)!

Judi had sent me a BeDazzler.... but it's the real thing!  How cool is THAT?!!!

My "Saddle Tramp" shirts are not only going to be tramp stamped... but now they are going to be "BeDazzlin'" ... the State of Texas is going to be BeDazzled... heck - I'm going to BeDazzle the WORLD! I ain't skeert of a lil' bit o' sparkle...

it'll all match my new shoes.

comin' to you LIVE from a single-wide where there was MORE fun in the box... wait 'til you see!  In the meantime...

hee-hee



Thank You Judi!!! Ya'll will all see me coming at Zapp Hall... sparklin' shoes, sparklin' shirts... I'm sure I'll find and add more sparkles...
bring your sunglasses.