“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
— Albert Schweitzer
Category: Ooooh, MUCHTASTIC!
INTRODUCING …..MUCHKINS!!!! AND, a Reader Submission!!!
Since Finding The Muchness is closely related to tapping into the joy and happiness many of us had easier access to as kids, the Muchness is obviously going to resonate with kids, and, If Courtney and Shannon’s kids are evidence of it… so is every 6-14 year old girl in my hemosphere.
Today, we received our First Official Muchkin* Submission!!
Raphi writes:
Subject: Muchness from my daughter
from her 7th birthday
silver glitter nail polish
and a sequin bag with a big L.**
Enjoy!
_________
Love the band-aid!
LOVE the L Bag!!!
The Muchkin and her Balloon!
*Thank you to my cousin L’via’s 22 year old son who invented the word Muchkin while trying to describe his 13 year old sister.
** Her initial. Duh.
TOVAS MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY
Today i am not feeling much like working and i got a terrible belly ache from a disgusting tuna sandwich i ate for lunch.
I cheered myself up by walking past a fabric store and this sheer sequin pea coat type thing was in the window.
Hmmmmmm…
Thoughts?
TOVAS MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY
The Muchness mobile has really big keys. They dont fit it my really small purse. So i grabbed this sparkly number from the closet. Molly’s closet. Her dress-up closet.
Too bad those molded plastic princess shoes that are covered in glitter dont come in my size.
TOVA’S MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY
Handed the hubby some change for the toll. He went to count it.
“whats that? A nickel?” He Joked
“no. It’s some spare Muchness”
Har har.
THE MUCHNESS BANDS HAVE LEFT THE BUILDING!!!
I have officially shipped the first Muchness bands! This is so new and exciting, and I am LOVING the quotes and inspiration!!! I personally design and print the art that becomes the quote… I try to pick fonts that really represent what I feel the quote is saying… a lot of love goes into these little bundles of Muchness!!!
I also made the hangtags which include a bunch of pre-cut papers that fit perfectly inside to write your “secret message.” My goal is to one day get them professionally printed and every MUCHNESS item that I ever make will have a secret pocket to fill with dreams and words of strength and love.
XOX, Tova
I am much muchier than I used to be!
Be joyful always, pray continuously, give thanks in all circumstances
The way to know life is to love many things
TAGS- Little bits of light to help you find your way through darkness
MUCHY WHEELS!!!
My old car was so blahhhhh. And LOUD. Truly, i was embarrased to drive around town with it. My brother in law is a car dealer and he was on the lookout for a new used car for me. My requirements? Not black, not beige, not white, not gray, big trunk.
This is what i got! Its my new MUCHNESS Mobile!!!
TODAY MUCHNESS MOMENT
I left my office to get some air. In the elevator some dude complimented my shoes. Said they were “very bright.”
“keeps me cheerful” I replied.
he chuckled. “Is that all It takes?”
I looked him square in the eye and said “that, and sparkles”
…he thought I was being cute. If only he knew!!!!
So. Much. Going. ON.
I have been trying like mad to get those Muchness bands ready for sale. Setting up a shopping cart has revealed itself to be a bit more of a hassle than I anticipated. And I want to make hangtags with strips if paper to write your secret messages to yourself. And I want them to be sparkly. And beautiful.
I am taking this whole thing really seriously, and I have to, to get it done, but I also don’t want to be my own buzzkill….. It has been pointed out to me that being a buzzkill is the definition of stealing someones Muchness. Is my stress stealing my Muchness? That would suck.
In other news, I went to see our portraits that we took and they were great. And I’m the sucker that drank a glass of wine and spent a LOT of money on them. But I do get a hard drive with a video slideshow of the best shots. I am hoping there is some way to manipulate the info and get in there so I can print them… But either way, I will get to watch them.
So, here’s the funny thing about it, we got large printouts of only two pictures. You’d think they’d be the kids. But we decided we have enough pictures of the kids because I take pictures pretty frequently. So the BIG framed / mounted pic we got is of the whole family, all four of us. And the smaller framed print? Just me and the hubby. I mean, who is ever gonna take a picture of the two of us together like that? And ya know what? we looked GOOD! And ya know what else? I’m wearing my Muchness band and it’s right up front in the camera’s eye. Hubby pointed that out, how it looks so nice, right there… hmmmm. I like him 😉
I don’t have the pics from the photoshoot, but here’s a pic of Muchness for inspiration:
IN TOUCH WITH THE MUCH- Mmmmmm cake.
This is my cousin L’via with my niece. One is related to me through my dad and the other through my husband. They are not related to each other at all. Yet somehow the two of them joined forces to create this incredible cake that is overloaded with Tons of Muchness.
That cake is awe-some.
Seriously.
L’via makes tons of awesome cakes. She is to cakes what I am to glitter. She also makes cakes with glitter. That’s hot.
