Have fun with our new Surprise Balls

We just added Surprise party balls to our store. Visit the store and use the words surprise ball in the note section of the order to receive a free surprise ball with any order of $20.00 or more and 2 free surprise balls with orders more than $75.00. Since this offer is only for our blog readers please use the words Surprise Balls when placing your order.

These Surprise balls are so much fun and perfect party favors. Children will have fun unrolling the ball, each layer of crepe paper has one of the pieces for the bookmark, once the ball is unrolled all the pieces can be put together to have the finished project. The balls are a playful gift, a craft project, and a take away gift. Each ball measures around 3 1/2".

Follow the link below to see a video that shows how much fun the surprise ball can be.

http://vimeo.com/11764600

Surprise balls are a perfect gift for all ages... children, tweens, and adults. Great for birthday parties, school fun, wedding and baby showers anytime you need a fun take away gift. We can customize them for any event.

Blogmania Scavenger Hunt

Have you had a chance to start working on the Blogmania Scavenger Hunt? My store and clue is very close to the end of the list and you probably haven’t made it that far. I have several listings to look thru which could be discouraging, so for the next 2 days, July 13th and 14th , I’m going to put the Blogmania image in the first 15 listings, after that you are on your own. My clue is "look for the smiley face behind the peel"

http://blogmaniaevent.blogspot.com/2010/07/scavenger-hunt-starts-today.html


Good luck

Scavenger Hunt at Blogmanina

We haven't posted in a long time but we are involved in something really great. The event is called Blogmanina and there are a lot of different things going on until the big event on September 15th and 16th you can read more about it on the Blogmania page but we are going to tell you about the scavenger hunt that you can possibly win $100 shopping spree to any sponser you choose. Here is the link with all of the info

http://blogmaniaevent.blogspot.com/

It will be a lot of fun!

Grandson made the All Stars

We are very excited one of my grandsons made the All Stars baseball team. My oldest daughter has 3 children and they are all play baseball so she and the kids are at the ball field 24/7 during baseball season.



We are working on a lot of new items for the store and will be listing them soon. Come take a look at our newest items "Smiley Face Felt Food"

We are being featured at Never Pay Retail

We are being featured by "Never Pay Retail", visit their facebook page to find the special code word and sale pricing and then go to our store and start shopping. The sale only last until the 24th. Never Pay Retail is a great place to find special deals and budget helpers. Visit their facebook page at the link below.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jodi-Furman-neverpayretailagainnet/121569715834?ref=sgm

We have also added a lot of new items

Travel Felt Boards

Check out one of our newest items, Travel felt boards.

The perfect learning tool for play time, preschool, or home school! We have felt shape sets but you can also purchase some eco friendly felt and cut your own shapes because felt sticks to felt. The travel size is perfect for individual play, long car rides, doctor’s offices, or church. Just Velcro the sides closed, slip the felt pieces inside, and you’re ready to roam. Travel size board is 9"x13" when its closed and 13"x18 when its open and has foam board in the middle for firmness,

This is “a CopyCrafts design”
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=43683030

New Things

We are going to be listing a lot of new things in the next few days. We have some really cute crayon rolls and pockets that will hold 6, 12, and 15 crayons plus some of them hold pads of paper also. We have some new felt food, a really cute new tea party set and some new veggies. Let us know that you visited the blog and left us a comment and we will give you 10% off. Check back often to see what's new.

Alex, the oldest grandchild, is going to start doing reviews on some of our items. He is 11 years old and even though he is a little old for some of our items he can give us a younger point of view. He's very excited and I think he will do a great job.

Hi

We love making things that children can enjoy playing with and most of our items are educational also. Our store is growing by leaps and bounds and we have so many more things that we want to add but we're worried that the store might be hard to shop. We would love to have your help. Please take a few minutes to look around and give us any ideas or changes that you think need to be made in the comment section below.

Leave us a comment and start following our blog and we will offer 10% off.

See our shop at

http://www.etsy.com/shop/itsthesmallthings

Tooth Fairy Fix

Now I have a 7 year old daughter. Love her to death, she honestly brings joy to my life, but she kills me sometimes. She lost her first tooth a couple of months ago. Now she waited for this event forever. She has an older brother and had seen him getting money, so she knew what she was coming to her. She played with this tooth all day long, lost it I don't know how many times, and drove me batty. So we wrapped it up in a napkin, put it under her pillow and she had to wait. The tooth fairy must have had a hard time finding something the size of a pea in the middle of the night, because the next morning my daughter found it on the side of her when she woke up. From then on I knew I needed something different for her. My mom saw this idea and made a pillow just for her tooth. She loved it and so did the tooth fairy. It is now a ritual when one of my kids loses a tooth, they know it goes in the pillow and it does not get touched after that. The tooth fairy does not have to hunt in darkness for a tiny little tooth and my daughter has never woken up with her tooth still there again.

Beginning New

This is my first blog entry and I am super excited to begin. I am starting a new business venture and can not wait to see where I can take this. My name is Diane and I live in Seattle, WA.. I have always loved making and designing things and I am now hopefully going to be able to make a living from it. I am married, have four children and four grandkids. I have always created and enjoyed making things for them and 3 years ago when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I could not continue doing it anymore. I am now in remission and wanted to do something different in my life. I quit my job and started a store on line. Getting sick was never a plan of mine, but it made me think about the important things in life and made me realize that life is to short to do things that don't make you happy. So now I sell the things that I make and surprisingly I am doing well. I have received a lot of great feed back and everybody seems to really enjoy the items in my store. I chose the name It's The Small Things because it fits my attitude towards life these days. With all the stresses of life and constant hassles of the day, every once in a while something as small as a thank you card can make a world of difference. You may think that a little gesture is not worthy of your time, but to somebody else it may mean a good day versus a bad day. You don't have to spend a lot or go bankrupt to put a smile on somebody's face and believe me, a smile is worth a thousand words. In my store I sell lots of different items and am always willing to do something custom for you. I have a full fabric library and would love for you to stop by and see what can make you or somebody you know smile. Remember it's the small things in life that count.