Three Designing Women

I have been busy lately and though I have been dying to blog I just can't seem to get away long enough to do that. Been working fervently on my website, you have checked it out, right? It's www.ChicFarm.com and I had been configuring the cart setup and everything else. It is sooo neat how it all works. I cannot beleive I did it! Anyway, the hard part is inputting the products. I have managed between work and retreats and motherhood and being the awesome wife I am to put in maybe 4 products. Whew! The excting thing is that what I have decided to start imputing is the newest thing I have decided to sell. They are custom stamps and embossers by Three Designing Women! As you all are well aware, I am an etiquette consultant and I love all the things that go with RSVP, thank you notes, stationary, etc. So for a while I had been wanting to get myself some embossers and since it goes hand in hand with my invitations and announcements I decided to sell them. So be looking out for their stuff on our website as well, as Chic Farm Designs is now carrying their entire product line!

I have a few invitations that I have designed for some "clinets" but I need to upload them so I can share with you. It really doesn't take very long, I just need to stop uploading products and get them on this blog right? Anyway, I have a super funny story I am dying to share but that will have to wait. I laugh too hard when I tell it I just don't want to wake up Cole. So until next time....

Here's a picture of our cool cat, Cole. He loves wearing sunglasses so much he can even sleep in them. He is so serious when he has them on. He doesn't smile, just leaves them on until they fall off or he falls asleep. What a cutie pie!

Golden Child

Just as I had suspected, Will is a Gold with Orange tendencies.

Golds:
You are conventional. You are the pillar of strength and have high respect for authority. You like to establish and maintain policies, procedures, and schedules. You have a strong sense of right and wrong. You are naturally parental and dutiful.

You are good at things that require organization, dependability, management, and detail. You need to be useful and to belong. You are the sensible, stable backbone of any group. You believe that work comes before play.

True Blue

I took this colors test for Leadership McAllen and no surprise I was a blue. What does this mean:

Blues:
Your heart-felt communication style creates peace and harmony in the workplace. You know how to bring out the best in others. As a Blue personality you are gifted with tremendous people skills.

You're a heart felt communicator who has a strong need to make a difference in the lives of other people. This strength is immediately noticeable in the way you make connections and bring out the best in those you encounter. People usually feel relaxed and comfortable in your presence.

You love to build self-esteem and make others feel good about who they are. You can easily motivate and inspire people to make changes in their lives and reach their potential. This natural talent makes you excel a counselor, teacher, social worker and journalist,

basically it sounds all nice and fluffy but we are known as "emo". If you are like me, you are asking yourself exactly what this means, right? Well, it means emotional. Me, emotional,...

So I am betting that Will is a Gold (who are aggravated by Blues a lot :) I am waiting for him to take the test and I will let you all know. But Blues and Golds make very good mates.

If you're interested in finding out what color of the rainbow you fall under, you can take Kalil's Personality Test for free.

Chic Farm Blinkies

Chic Farm Designs Website

My website is up and now I have the tedious task of uploading the products and making categories. But I have the shell now ready to go. Check it out when you have a chance and of course as soon as I get it up and running officially I will let you know!

Chic Farm Designs

Hello Tantrums and Time Outs

I got home from work yesterday and I was just exhausted so Will, sweet as he is, offered to go grocery shopping and to take the little one along so I can nap. It was about an hour later that I heard Cole crying hysterically. So after about 5 minutes of the yelling/crying/screaming I decide to get up and go see what was the matter.

We can't take Cole into HEB without him seeing and wanting those damn balloons. Fine, whatever, I buy him one, get one for free, it puts a smile on his face which puts a smile on mine too. He had a green one I bought 2 weeks ago that he still walks around the house with (I know-hard to believe it still floats). Will gets him a free one and for a split second Cole is content. Then he went ballistic on him. He cried at HEB, in the car, and at home.

Even I couldn't console him. It was like colic-can 19 month olds be "colicky"? Temper tantrum it is then. Well, I put him in time out and he stayed there and it worked! It was his first time-out!

We still don't know what "set him off", perhaps it was that the balloon was blue and not green. Anyway, we got rid of that balloon as soon as it was out of his sight.

Oh dear, how long does this stage last????

Chic Farm Designs

I have been talking about wanting to design custom announcements, invitations, and greeting cards. Well, the time has finally come. I have designed a few already and I have been very busy trying to get a website up and running. I am hoping that the shell of the site will be up and going by Wednesday and I can slowly start trying to figure out the shopping cart, gift registry, catalog, etc by the middle of the month.

With the help of some family and friends, I have decided on a name: Chic Farm Designs. Weird name I know but as you all know I have a "thing" for my name (Eggleston) and trying to make it cutesy. So I play on the whole "Egg" thing: notice the title of our blog.... Well, really wanted Chick Farm Designs but that's taken as far as website is concerned and in the midst of the being bummed feeling, I decided to try dropping the "k". It gave it a whole new meaning but in the end I think it worked really well because my designs are oh so chic! That doesn't mean little chickies can't be my mascot! Really, I still have hope I can incorporate the "chick" thing in there as well. I just noticed I used "thing" quite a few times. It's late, Cole cried himself to sleep tonight and I am just spent. Oh yeah, worst, the whole time Cole is in his room reapeating (yes, through the sobs), "Mama". Absolutely heartbreaking!

I'll keep you all posted as to the progress on Chic Farm Designs, website and all!!!!!!