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Meet Mr. Jantzen

Ok, so I don't have to introduce you to my lovely boyfriend Riley, he makes regular appearances on my blog.
But in case you weren't aware, my mr. jantzen is a music man. Give him any instrument, he'll play it. And at the moment, music is his sole job.
He's in a band called Mayola, named after his grandma, that is experimental rock. Mayola has been kicking for 4 years now.

And then he has his solo music, the softer side of Riley, that is folk rock.
Which one do I like better? I can't say, I love them both!!

The point of this post is that Mayola has released a new song! Riley was hard at work these past couple of days finishing up the recordings to have online for everyone to enjoy. The song is called, Bad Man, and it's one of my favorite Mayola songs.
Riley is the vocals in the band, so you can hear his adorable voice.
Click HERE to listen to BAD MAN by Mayola.

Here's a video from their latest performance at the Norman Music Festival that took place Saturday. *I'd like to mention Riley sporting gear from ETSY! He has the Lino Guitar Strap from Moxie & Oliver and the village shirt from TIMBER!
Mayola-NMF 2009


Also, TONIGHT you can catch Mayola in Tulsa opening for Matt Costa!


To hear Mayola click HERE
To hear Riley Jantzen (solo) click HERE

so this is the new year

Tonight, we are saying goodbye to 2008
It was a fantastic year, wasn't it?!
Tonight I will be celebrating in Oklahoma City, Riley has a show there.


With The Uglysuit


Mayola


I've also added some new items to my shop





Have a fun & safe night everyone. Happy New Year
See you in 2009

goodbye lawrence

My blog is driving me crazy! It was brought to my attention that you can't see my etsy shop or profile info, I was confused because it's to the left side but when I looked on my blog... it sure was at the very bottom of the page where no one could see it! GRRR!!! So I currently can't fix it, so I will have to put Riley to work.

Yesterday Riley and I went to Lawrence, KS since he had a show there last night at the Replay Lounge. It was a 4 hour drive and this was my second time to go there so we went early to do some shopping on Massachusetts street. My favorite store: SARAH'S FABRICS!
I was so overwhelmed when I was in there! So many amazing fabrics!! I haven't been in a good fabric store. EVER. Stillwater only has Hobby Lobby and some local quilting stores but they never have fabrics I want, so I have to shop online. Sarah's had Alexander Henry and Amy Butler fabrics! So I was in heaven.

I ended up buying 16 different fabrics, so you'll be seeing new prints on snugglies & pouches this week!!



And here are some pictures of last night, I was a little lazy with the camera, sorry!
Here's Riley's band Mayola




And Colourmusic (our friends from Stillwater).


We just got home today at 5p, so now it's time to relax and watch the next disc of Dexter.
Have you seen any good new movies or shows?

Indie Emporium tonight!

I'm so happy tonight is Indie Emporium. I finally get to sit here and relax and blog for a bit! Yesterday flew by. I spent all day yesterday printing tags, tagging all the merchandise, painting, whining, and sewing up some final products. Sounds like it might take 2 hours tops but I was busy preparing from 10a-1a. Anyways, I'm happy I've got everything together. Remember folks, don't leave everything until last minute. Anyways, I didn't take pictures of anything yesterday so all you get to see right now are pictures of it put away ready to be loaded in my car.






That last tote is filled with the plushies but they are hidden and I was too lazy to get a good shot.
Tulsa is an hour away so we'll be leaving here pretty shortly to set up. Riley is my helper tonight but tomorrow his band, Mayola, is playing at The Bottleneck in Lawrence, Kansas. So if you live there, stop by there tomorrow night! So taking his place on Saturday at Indie Emporium with me is my sister, Cristina!

I plan to give you part 1 of the craft fair on sunday night! So come back than and visit and see how I displayed my products, if I got a flat tire, if I sold anything-stuff like that!

Today I was also featured in a wonderful blog! It made my day!!
You can visit Steppie and her blog here!

Have a great weekend everyone!
I leave you with the stelabird sign Riley made for me!

cure my headache

I got my flats from urban this week and...they are too big! I wear a size 7 (usually) and that was the smallest they had available so I thought I was sooo lucky! Jokes on me. I bought some insoles today thinking that they would give me a little boost to fill my shoes. No go. Any tips on making peeptoe flats that are too big fit?? Please?!
Right now I'm lounging in my (summer)room with a major headache snacking on Ghirardelli squares (milk chocolate with caramel, yum!) as I enjoy The N. That's right. I love the N.
Tomorrow is the cd release of Mayola (riley's band). I'm so happy that it's here in Tulsa! After the craft mafia meeting on sunday I drove back home to visit him. It was the worst drive of my life! It started with terrible winds, I couldn't stay in my lane. Then the rain was so hard I was driving 30mph and still couldn't see that well! It was the scariest thing I've been through so far. I was comforted with riley's sloppy joes! As in the food, of course.
Anyways, if you are around the Tulsa area come hang out tomorrow night


I plan to start making slouch/hobo bags. That's on my agenda this weekend. Next week is busy with lots of fun craft stuff!! I'm now apart of the Tulsa Craft Mafia and we are having different craft nights every night! Starting Monday with Knitting Night. I haven't knit in so many months! I forgot how to bind off! I've only made scarves and I've only finished 3. I don't have the patience for knitting I suppose. I do enjoy it however.

How long does it take you to finish a knitting project?