SBAB Grand Re-Opening Giveaway: Butterfly Mobile from Mobile Madness!

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At SBAB, I love to feature handmade artisans, especially those who sell on Etsy. I’m an Etsian myself, running Once Upon a Time, Again, a shop featuring Golden Book Journals, Disney Autograph Books, and misc. journals. We’ve now added upcycled jewelry to the mix!

Today, as part of our Grand Re-Opening, the lovely Christina of Mobile Madness has allowed us to give 1 lucky SBAB reader a White Butterfly Mobile!

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CHRISTINA WISWELL, the talent behind Mobile Madness, lives in the very small town of Hartsel, CO. She’s 26 miles one way to school, post office, gas, City Market, etc. She’s married and has 2 great kids. She’s lucky enough to get to stay home and craft, help her husband and take care of the kids and their 2 dogs.

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She joined Etsy in March 2011 as an outlet for her creative side. Mobile Madness became her shop name because she was obsessed with mobiles for a good while.

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Christina’s mom instilled creativity as an expression for her and her three sisters from the time she was a little girl. Now she is passing that love of art on to her two kids. Craft shows are spent with her kids and one of her sisters who sells wood boxes and paper beads. Crafting is still a family affair.

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“I don’t really have a favorite item to create. I still like to make everything in my shop,” insists Christina.

Her butterfly mobiles used to be the most popular item in her shop, but her elephant mobiles have recently surpassed the butterflies.

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Christina also makes jeweled spiders. When I asked her about her “bug” themed items, she had this to say:

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“I have always liked bugs. I started with the dragonflies because they remind me of camping when I was a kid. We always went to the same lake and there were hundreds flying around. The spiders started because my mom likes spiders and wanted something to put on her hand woven baskets. The butterflies were a natural progression. They are light, delicate and colorful. I like to make all of them.

In addition to enjoying what she does, Christina gets great positive feedback:

“i was waiting to get a good photo of this to include in my feedback but we are still not done with our baby’s room. we did, however, finally get the mobile up and we LOVE LOVE LOVE it, for many reasons. there are tons to choose from on etsy, but this seller uses a clear acrylic base to hang the mobile from which makes it look like the butterflies and flowers are floating. she uses beautiful crystal beads which provide a gorgeous, yet subtle detail, and the mobile as a whole is so delicate, yet makes such a modern statement above the baby’s crib. we love it, SO glad we picked this seller out of the many to choose from. would order again in a heart beat. AND, she customized it to our nursery colors and turned it around so quickly. love it, thank you!!!”

And now YOU have a chance to win a White Butterfly Mobile from Christina at Mobile Madness! US Only entries. Ends 5/15

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To enter, visit Mobile Madness and come back here and leave a comment, telling us your favorite item!

Extra Entries: Enter a different comment for each that you do below.

  1. Comment on a She Became a Butterfly post. I love relatable comments!
  2. Favorite Mobile Madness on Etsy, then come back here and leave your Etsy name.
  3. Follow Mobile Madness on Etsy, then comment here with Etsy name.
  4. Favorite Once Upon a Time, Again on Etsy, then comment with your Etsy name.
  5. Follow OUATA on Etsy and leave your Etsy name here.
  6. Like OUATA on Facebook then post a comment here.
  7. Follow @shebabutterfly & @OUATAEtsy on Twitter then tweet giveaway – leave link to tweet here.
  8. Blog about this giveaway then post the link here.
  9. Put my button on your site & leave a link here.

Currently

Currently on my mind (lately):

  1. Gwen’s ever-changing health
  2. Living as a family of 5 from a family of 2
  3. The horrid fact that I haven’t been able to write in any way shape or form as of late
  4. Losing weight

Currently on my mind (as in this second):

  1. My snoring cocker spaniel
  2. How delicious my layout looks thanks to Miss Angie!
  3. How cold I am b/c Ohio’s weather changes every 5 minutes
  4. Going to sleep

Currently on my short-term to-do list:

  1. Talk to Tammy about our craft show on Sat
  2. Remind my job that I have Friday off
  3. Find this girl’s address so I can mail out her ring.
  4. Mail out the Mary Poppins Carousel Necklace
  5. Finish the Couples Disney Autograph Book

Currently on my long-term to-do list:

  1. Finish my Survivor E-Workbook for Etsy
  2. Choreograph my show
  3. Save money/pay off debt/get a passport/book my caribbean vacay
  4. Organize my notes for my memoir

Clip on the Charm

Have I mentioned that adding Abilify to my happy med cocktail has given me MOTIVATION? Again, I must capitalize that word, because I am in overdrive when it comes to motivation.

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Two nights ago, I made 10 new journals. The night before that, I created 9 vintage journals. For the past week, I’ve become a dead-serious jewelry designer. Go figure.

My new venture, outside of an obsessive love of books and journals and writing, is entitled “Clip on the Charm”!! Step One: You choose your necklace Step Two: Choose your charms! The charms are not individual charms but 1 large set of pre-chosen charms hanging from a swivel clip.  The swivel clip is made to clip right on to the pre-made necklaces.

Check out my store then come back here and tell me what you think!

These are the PERFECT Mother’s Day Gift! OOAK!

There’s also a great Teacher Necklace!

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Bubble Bubble Pop

I’m spending my time in an ativan-induced bubble, just not caring. I don’t care that I’m losing one of my Medicare certifications through NO FAULT OF MY OWN. And I don’t care that my coworker, the other person that shares my workload, is moving to Arizona on Wed. I don’t care that our assistant is quitting on May 10. I don’t care that my workload is going to go straight up to 200%. I don’t care that I’m going to be making mistakes and getting yelled at for them. I don’t care that I won’t fill the gap they leave behind. I. don’t. care. Until the ativan completely wears off.

Off to take another sliver of it to get me through until 5pm.

Enter my giveaway and comment on my posts. That will make me feel better.

Work Shmerk

UHC trying to term my certification because a client lied to me? Check

Boss mad at me because I supposedly sent an email to a Greg when I don’t have Greg’s email address (unless he’s changed his name from Ron who I DID email)? Check

No sleep = teary-eyed? Check

The $30 Copay Anxiety Attack

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Setting: Examination Room at OB/GYN surrounded by “soothing” art featuring flying geese – I notice there’s no goose poop in the painting and think how unrealistic that is.

Background info: It is clearly marked in my chart that I was sexually assaulted 13 years before and that these appts are tough for me. The Medical Assistant clearly doesn’t read my chart.

Medical Assistant: Hi, how are you? (she gushes in a super friendly way, like we know one another)

Me: As fine as one can be at their yearly appointment. (not-so-gushy b/c it reminds me of being assaulted)

MA: Have you had any problems?

Me: No.

MA: Any dryness?

Me: Um, no.

MA: Any mysterious fluid?

Me: (Done talking, I just shake my head no and check the clock on the wall)

MA: You seem very quiet. (She put the blood pressure cuff on my arm)

Me: I don’t like these exams. They give me anxiety.

MA: Oh, they’re not so bad!

Me: (Tired of her not leaving me alone) They are if you’ve been sexually assaulted.

MA: OMG. Really? When was that? (she’s writing down my blood pressure reading but sounding SUPER interested in my story)

Me: 13 years ago.

MA: Do you know his name?

Me: Um, yes.

MA: Wow that’s just crazy!

Me: Yeah.

MA: (she’s asking me more questions about it but I’ve already shut down).

She finally tells me to pull off my pants and put the paper blanket over me. She leaves and I sit alone in the office, feeling vulnerable with no pants or underpants on for 30 minutes. Outside the room, I can hear my doctor and several others talking about how they want cookies or chocolate and laughing and giggling and bonding while I’m sitting in the office, naked, vulnerable and triggered beyond belief. It takes me 30 minutes of waiting and 30 minutes of chit-chat and 30 minutes of realizing all my rape info is in my chart and that the MA had NO RIGHT to ask me if I knew his name to decide to leave. I put on my clothes, grab my purse and coat, and walk out of the exam room.

MA: Where are you going?

Me: I’m leaving; I can’t wait anymore.

MA: Dr. M will be in soon.

Me: I didn’t want to keep her from her chocolate or any of you from your cookies, so I’ll just come back another time.

And I exited Stage Left.

Epilogue – I called the office the next day and got the MA in trouble for asking me what his name was. I said I wanted my copay back and told the lady how triggered I was – that I could no longer sit in that room waiting after she brought up his name.

Now they keep calling me, trying to get me in to have my pap. They’re having no such luck.

End Scene.