Happy Thanksgiving!

We, as in me, Tim and Maddy, will be heading to Oklahoma for the Thanksgiving holiday to see Papa Mel and Patty. When I return I can NOT wait to tell you about my weekend at the craft fair in Cape Girardeau Missouri!!!!! I'll give you a hint......I saw a lot of green.....if ya know what I mean!????!

I have put my shop on vacation while we are away. Business is booming, so it was a tough decision to make, but I can not spend quality time with my family always thinking of going to check my shop or convo's! So, I apologize for any inconvenience. It will reopen on Monday December 1st!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Take care, be safe, and above all.........be "Thankful" for all the great things in your life!

Warmly,

Leslie

Welcome

I am a wife, mom, and a registered nurse to the community. I am also a self taught jewelry artist that was inspired to take up jewelry design after my father taught me the 'basics' of bead stringing in 1999. I was HOOKED! After my daughter was born in 2005, I found that jewelry design became a necessity to get us through our first Christmas holiday season by making jewelry as gifts for family and friends! One of those friends worked at our local county health department, and soon the jewelry orders started to fly in. I was then commissioned by the WIC department at the same health department to create a piece of jewelry for their breastfeeding clinic......and a business was born! I found Etsy through a postcard my mother picked up at an art show. I opened my Etsy account in March of 2008, but did not list my first item until September 2, 2008! Cold feet I guess! I also started my blog in March of 2008. This blog is committed to showcasing my work, featuring other artists, promoting Etsy, offering parenting information, and ALL about trying to have fun in the process!

Links

Website

Mad Maggie Designs Etsy Shop

Mad Maggie Pendants Etsy Shop

Twitter:
@madmaggiedesign

Facebook:
Leslie Smith Gidden

Facbook Fan Page:
Mad Maggie Designs

Flickr:
Mad Maggie Designs

It's A Giveaway!

Hey all! I TOTALLY forgot to tell you that Cassi over at The Crafty Crow, my FAVORITE blog, is giving away one of my Mother's Rings OR Mother's Pendants! Head on over if you are interested and leave a comment to enter, PLUS take a look around her F*A*N*T*A*S*T*I*C blog! Good Luck! Enjoy!

Warmly,

Leslie

Well, Whatever You All Did........It Worked!

UPDATE: Farmington City Council DID NOT PASS the rezoning ordinance!

YEAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

Thank you to all that helped send the positive vibe our way!

Also, big arts and craft show Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.....so don't go thinking I fell off the face of the earth.....I might just be missing in action for a little while, but will come back with pictures!!!!

Warmly,

Leslie

Keep Your Fingers Crossed. Pray. Whatever Works.......Just Do It!

Tonight at 6:30pm central time, the Farmington City Council will be voting on the proposed rezoning of our subdivision. Please cross your fingers, pray, stand on your head, meditate........WHATEVER! Just please, please, please.....do NOT let this go through!

I will keep you all informed on how it goes tonight! Thank you!!!

Remembrance Day. Veteran's Day.

To my US, Canadian, New Zealand, British and other friends,

"They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

Laurence Binyon (1869–1943).

Lest we forget

I've Been Tagged!!!!

Beth Singleton at Fire and Glass tagged me!

The Rules:

1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.

4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

7 Random Facts about me:

1. I LOVE Cats, but we do not have any pets!

2. I need at least 10 hours sleep a day, it runs in the family. My sister, mom and daughter are the same!

3. I LOVE to read!!!!! ALL different kinds of genre!

4. I have VERY eclectic music tastes. You should see me iPod.

5. I have 3 different degrees from college......yeah, I could never make up my mind. I was 15 credit hours away from a BS in Biology when I went to nursing school.

6. My favorite drink is water.

7. I am a HOMEBODY! I would rather be at home than ANYWHERE else in the world. I actually, really dislike when I have to leave!

Let us see if the following blogs will want to play along!

Punky N Munky

My Little Chickadees

Reillybelle Originals

Just Tutes

It's The Little Things

The Charm Lady

Lisa's Lovelies

Thank you all for reading the facts about me. Hope I did not scare too many of you away! There were so many facts about myself that it was hard to choose them.... ha ha ha!

Take care all and have a great week! DO NOT FORGET to exercise your right to VOTE today!

Many Blessings!

Warmly,

Leslie

Ain't She Sweet? My Butterfly Princess?

Oh, and my husband. Doesn't he look great? Now girls, I don't want you all writing and asking for his number okay? He's all mine. No fighting about it. I know you all are looking for a good-looking man like this, but he's taken. But........everyone has a price.........







Hope you all had a great Halloween! Take care!

Warmly,
Leslie