Matilda Jane Spring line and a FREE GIFT

Howdy friends! It's time for Matilda Jane's Spring line, "Good Hart", to make it's debut! This is the BIGGEST collection yet, with more adult pieces than ANY of the previous collections, as well as a plethora of duds for the littles, tweens, and teens.

Yes.

Plethora.

There are clothes for itty-bitty gals as well as their grandmas, and EVERYONE in between. (sizes begin at 6 months for littles and run through 12/14 tween and adult XS-XL) 

Matilda Jane Clothing is an online-only company and the ONLY way to see the clothes in person is to attend a trunk show, which I'll be having at my house on February 3. You are ALL invited to come and check out all of the new duds, and if you live in a land far far away, you can check them all out online beginning February 1 and place your order with my trunk keeper. You can also pretend to be here, eating virtual carrot sticks and cake pops. It will be loads of fun, pinky swear.

For every purchase made at my show, either in person or virtually from a land far far away, I will be giving away a custom-made hair accessory of your choosing. I've already gotten a jump on things, buying coordinating fabrics for the sneak peeks that I've seen so far. If you know Matilda Jane, you know how secretive they are of a line before it's actually 'for sale' to the public, only posting a few sneak peeks on their blog and occasionally on twitter and instagram. I've collected all of the pics I've found so far and thought I'd post them here. All together. In one place. 

Check the clothes out online on Feb 1, and check them out in person if you're local, or party with us virtually if you're not. If you'd like to place an order, simply fill out a wishlist online and e-mail it to my trunk keeper, Lana, at 

lanap@matildajaneclothing.com

and tell her it's for my party. Only about a week left, friends.

Can't wait to shop with ya!

Happy Wednesday!

3 things

Happy Monday morning!

1. The third and final release of the latest Matilda Jane collection is out TODAY. More cuteness for the little ones, PLUS a fab dress for the teen/adult gals. You can check out the new stuff, as well as other collections, HERE. I'm having a virtual party today, so shoot me an e-mail if you'd like anything.
(Funnygirl33180 at aol dot com)

2. Into the Woods moved into the Bama over the weekend and we ran the show twice yesterday. So incredibly proud of this cast. If you haven't placed your order for tickets yet, you can do so by clicking THIS link.

Here's a bit of a sneak peek...

3. Holy macaroni my seester gets married in 5 days.

p.s.- thanks for sending me love and hugs and LAUGHS after my last post. Glad to know I'm not the only one that does that...

Shop update and some cheap tappers

Howdy friends! I hope you all had a lovely weekend! I (finally) listed the Matilda Jane mesh bag hair accessories in the shop, along with 5 new sets of pillow covers.

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And reason #428 why ebay is the bomb-diggity:

Eliza started back to ballet last week and had outgrown ALL of her ballet and tap gear. While ballet shoes and a new leotard were quickly picked up on the cheap last week, tap shoes were not. I type 'girl tap shoes size 9' into the search bar of ebay yesterday and the first listing is for a pair IN THE BOX that closes in 16 minutes, and get this- they're currently at .99 with no bids.

I won those puppies for .99

It will cost me more to ship them here (9.00) than the actual cost of the shoes, but a score none-the-less.

Yes?

(I must say that when I asked E what her favorite part of dance class was last week, her response was "Tap-shoeing". That girl has musical theatre in her blood, I tell ya. Makes me smile.)

Happy Monday!

Flashback Friday

Happy Friday to ya! Before I get to today's flashback, I must first state to the blogoshpere, and to the universe, that I am currently wearing a pair of white jeans that haven't seen the light of day in 6, yes SIX years because the faculty at my school is taking our annual photo today in black shirts and white jeans. I assumed that since I haven't purchased white jeans since Justin Beiber was still you-tubing that perhaps I'd have to stand in the back in a pair of khakis, which I was fine with. However, I knew I'd kept these babies around in the chance that someday I could shed those 70+ pregnancy pounds and once again flit about in a pair of white pants.

All of the pounds have definitely not been shed, but these things are on me and zipped with only minimal muffin toppage, so get ready.

I'm about to flit about.

In white jeans.

Moving on.

Today's flashback Friday post is a look back at the first time I had the privilege to do Into the Woods. The year was 1995 and I played Cinderella. My director was Linda Bonds (shout out to ya, Mrs. B, if you happen to be reading!) and I was a sophomore in high school. I loved this show. Correction, I still love this show. I was also heavily into traditional scrapbooking at the time, so without further adieu, I give you a glimpse into MK's scrapbook, circa 1996.

If you attended Hillcrest between the years of 1995-2011? then you're well aware that the Milky White from this production went on to roles in every single theatrical production after this one. Not quite sure when he stopped making appearances, which is why I have a question mark next to the year, but he's famous. Totally famous. And this was his first show.

Yes, I cut out a pic of Jack and stuck him in a beanstalk.

Yes, I totally cut those trees out by hand.

I also cut the letters by hand since this is pre-cricut invention.

Isotoner house shoes and a black Ironman watch.

Awesome.

School begins for us on Monday and rehearsals for Into the Woods, Jr have been underway for a week now. Good-bye Summer, hello crazy busy hectic Fall schedule. I hope that all of you had an awesomely wonderful week and that you have a fabulous start to the school year. If you're already IN school, then I hope it's going swimmingly!

Don't forget- my trunk show is tomorrow for the new line of Matilda Jane. If you'd like to see the goods in person, my trunk keeper will be here from 2-4, and if you're not local but would like to place an order, you can e-mail me at funnygirl33180(at)aol(dot)com. You can view the first release of this collection online now, and here are a few of my faves-

www.matildajaneclothing.com

Character Counts

I have to start things off today by stating that this happens to be the 400th blog post I've written. That seems like craziness, but it's true. Thank you for reading and for laughing at with me, and for telling me you can relate to my silly stories about poo, and thank you for holding my hand and telling me it would be okay if I did, in fact, end up buying a mini van. Thank you.

And now, to what this post is really about- Character Counts.

Matilda Jane's Fall collection will be available (on the website) on the 15th of August, and the entire collection will be AT MY HOUSE for you to pick up and look at and try on your little gal or yourself on the 18th of August. (The original date I posted last week had to be changed because of open house at my school) If you're new to Matilda Jane Clothing, it's a line of uber-fabulous clothes that comes in sizes 6 month-12 tween for girls and in S, M, and L for adults. You can see lots of fab pics and listen to me gush about it HERE  and HERE. You can also look at past collections on their website HERE.

**BIG HUGE GIGANTIC ANNOUNCEMENT** I'll be giving away a FREE custom hair accessory (headband or clip) with every purchase. I'll customize it to match the new collection, OR I'll customize a piece to match something you or your child/grandchild already have in their closet. Sound good? Awesome.

Since you can't even view the Fall collection online yet, I thought I'd gather all of the sneak peak photos MJC has posted so far and put them here. Together. For your viewing pleasure.

Here's an invite for ALL of you out there in blogland- if you're local, I'd love for you to come and take a look at the clothes yourself! If you live in a kingdom far, far away, you can shop online and place an order with my trunk keeper.

 You can contact me through a comment on this post, or by e-mailing me at Funnygirl33180(at)aol(dot)com. **I'll honor the freebie hair accessory no matter where you are! I'll even ship to you for free if you place an order from the trunk show and you're not local!**

A hodge-podge, April 2012 edition

First things first...

I am now 32 years young.

If hubs were here, he'd be quick to tell you that for the next 2 months, I'm five years older than he is.

Not four.

Funny hubs.

I spent the majority of Saturday afternoon strolling the aisles of Sam's with my girls- looking at books and movies, printing pictures, and of course sampling free food.

I promise that MM was happier than she looks. She's just upset because she ate her sample of french fries and wanted more. I'm holding a sample of stuffed salmon that was deeee-lish and we'd already consumed some crackers with garlic & herb cream cheese, cookies and cream chex mix, ham, fruit, and pizza.

Thank you Sams, from the bottom of my heart, for the free and well-balanced meal last Saturday. You totally rock.

And since it was my birthday, I treated myself to a couple new books. They weren't free, but Ree's latest cookbook retails for $30 and Sams sells it for $18. The Hunger Games People issue was also 30% off, so again, I say to you,

 Sams-

thank you for the bangin' good deals on these books.

I really appreciate it.

 These also jumped into my cart.

Because they wanted to come home with me and live in my dining room along with the other white ceramic pretties there. These babies were a mere $30 for all 3, and THAT, my friends, you cannot beat with a stick. Do you hear me?

Not even a really big one.

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I spent several hours of my weekend photographing products that I made for my shop's open house but never got around to listing online. I took photos of 68 products and stayed up til 12:30 am this morning after having only listed 10. Good GRAVY it takes a while, but, if you'd like to see what's new in the shop, click HERE. Mainly pillow covers & a few headbands with lots more to come as soon as I find a few extra hours...

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In the past 2 weeks, we've sold a bed, night stand, bookcase, and changing table. Needless to say, we're making some ch-ch-ch-changes and I'm hoping to be able to share them soon. Still looking for one elusive piece of furniture to bring it all together...

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For those of you interested, these are the new Matilda Jane pieces that are available as of yesterday-

For information on how to order, see THIS post, or simply contact me. I'll be glad to help ya.
*There are also 2 new adult pieces that will be available by mid-April but are currently stuck in customs I believe. It's a super cute tank & skirt, just FYI.*

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I think that's all the news that is the news,

and-

if you follow me on twitter or instagram, thanks for all the congrats,

but,

I'm totally not prego.

It was a Taco Casa baby and it was also April 1st.

I blame hubs and his shenanigans for rubbing off on me.

Happy April 2nd to ya!

It's virtual party time y'all

It's time for the third release of Serendipity! New pieces will on the website on April 1st, but there's a sneak peek of 4 new items at the bottom of this e-mail! (And if you're hearing about Matilda Jane for the first time on this post, it ain't just for lil' girlies, oh NO. Tons of fabulous duds for adults as well. In fact, I snagged an Easter dress for myself as well as my 2 little gals when new pieces came out last month. Can't wait to share pics of E & MM in their duds, and for anyone wondering, I'll post pics from the website of which dresses they'll be sportin' at the bottom of this post.)

I'm having another trunk show, but this time it's Virtual. As in, shop from your home in your pjs, or on your phone while you're out and about, or at work...

ahem.

Sorry.

I would never promote online shopping at the workplace.

Oh look, I had my fingers crossed. Tehehee...

Placing an order is SO simple! Here's all you need to do:

1. View the newest Spring 2012 line, "Serendipity", along with previous

collections on the Matilda Jane website: http://www.matildajaneclothing.com/. (*new pieces will be on the website on April 1st*)

 

Have questions about sizing or need outfit pairing suggestions?

 

Contact my Trunk Keeper, Lana, and have ALL your questions answered!

April 1st is a crazy day! She will answer you more quickly by text or email!

 

Lana Pickrell

lanap@matildajaneclothing.com

205-367-7873

 

2. Create your wish list and email it to my Trunk Keeper before my show closes on April 2. (Be sure to note "For Mary Kathryn's Show" in your message)

 

***In addition to your wish list, Lana will need the following to process your order.***

 

Full Name

Mailing Address

City, State, Zip

Email Address

Phone #

Credit Card # and Exp Date

Billing Address (if different than your mailing address)

*We accept Visa, MC and Discover, sorry we do NOT accept Am Ex*

 3. Get excited and start counting the days for the box of cuteness to arrive!!

**And- if you're interested in hosting your own party, just check out the perks-

Let me know if you'd like to book your own show! I'd NEVER done a trunk show of any kind before I was introduced to Matilda Jane and boy HOWDY am I glad I took the plunge. It's easy-peasy to do an in-home show OR a virtual show, like this one. Need more details? Feel free to ask me or you can talk to my trunk keeper, Lana, yourself. And, since I can't help but share pics of the cuteness that's already available on the site, here's what my girlies and I will be wearing for Easter-

 I hope you all have a lovely weekend, and

Happy Friday!

crazy busy

Happy Wednesday to you friends!

I've been a little MIA as of late simply because my crazy busy schedule of teaching, running a small etsy shop, hosting 3 parties at my home in the past 4 weeks, and being a momma to 3 and wife to one AND rarely getting more than 5 hours of sleep per night have caught up with me.

As in, the massive amounts of coffee I drank yesterday morning had no effect whatsoever and at 12:00 pm, I found myself unable to keep my eyes open.

No joke.

Good thing yesterday was a field trip day for Oliver, and a half-day field trip at that. We ate at IHOP yesterday morning and then saw the new Lorax movie before the kids loaded the buses and headed back to school in time for lunch. Since I had a sub, I headed home for some lunch + playtime with the girls and hubs and then thankfully, was able to grab a short nap while the girls slept and hubs went to school to get O.

Still feeling a bit groggy at the moment, but wanted to post a few pics from the trunk show/open house and to thank those of you who came! I had such a great time and enjoyed seeing all of you so much! I'm still working on a few custom orders from the party and bought more supplies today to make pieces that specifically coordinate with the Matilda Jane clothing and anything already hanging in your closet as well. Since I rarely remember to take pictures during parties, here are a few taken before the whole shebang even started-

Aren't those clothes yummy?

Since Spring Break is next week for us, I plan to carve out some time to photograph the new pieces in my shop so that I can add them online. In the meantime, I'm hoping to start catching up on some much needed rest, which for me would require going to bed before 1:00 am.

Hope you have a fabulous day!