this side of heaven

Kozy Kanga pouch slings

As most of you know, my oldest daughter had her second baby last summer. This is our beautiful daughter and our granddaughter, Grace. (This picture was taken on Christmas Day.) Gracie is 8 months old today! She hasn't started crawling yet and is thinking about just skipping the hands and knees stuff and going straight for walking. She can do 3 or 4 steps on her own with you holding her hands, and she is so proud of herself (as is Grandma!)

When my daughter had Gracie, I sewed a baby sling for her, and she has carried Gracie in that sling for 8 months (see pic). Gracie loves loves loves it. And so does my daughter; she can grocery shop and houseclean and lots of other things hands free while Gracie still feels secure next to Mom. This is especially important now, as Gracie started her separation anxiety a few weeks ago!

My daughter has gotten soooo many compliments and Where can I get one? comments every time she is out with Grace in the sling, that she has decided to  make these stylish baby slings to sell. She is an excellent seamstress and the Lord has already given her inspiration that improves my design. She has had quite a few requests for baby shower gifts, and the new moms love them! She also has some high end baby boutiques in Florida waiting to place orders.

The advantages of Kozy Kanga baby slings are 1) first of all, all sales help a Christian mom stay home to raise her children while still being a helpmeet to her husband!  2) they are made out of quilt shop quality 100% cotton, which means, quality cotton fibers, high thread count, permanent colorfast dyes, and those oh so beautiful designer prints that quilt shop cottons are known for! 3) quality construction - the seams are triple- reinforced! When my daughter was little in homeschool, we had posted on the wall in our kitchen this verse: "Be ... a worker who is not ashamed of his work." 2 Tim 2:15; and the character quality of excellence of workmanship was ingrained in her from an early age. and 4) they are the least expensive of the baby slings currently on the market! The other baby sling companies charge much more for their pouch slings, but she decided to keep her prices low because she knows what it is like being a young mom trying to make ends meet on a budget.

So if you have a baby shower coming up, and need a wonderful gift for an inexpensive price, or need a sling for yourself, try a Kozy Kanga baby sling, I do not think you will regret it! If you have any questions at all, my daughter would be thrilled to help you, just drop her an e-mail!

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Organic garden centers wanted

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Nothing New Press to reopen on April 10th

Nothing New Press will be closed this week, Monday, April 3rd through Friday, April 7th. Any orders received this week will be shipped when we reopen on Monday, April 10th. Thank you so much for your prayers for us and for my mother. I appreciate all of you.

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My business mentor

I was thinking today about how I learned to do the business I am doing, and how I learned to work from home. I didnÂ’t have a business degree, and I didnÂ’t read even one how-to business book. I realized that the Lord was my most important mentor. He knows all about business, and most importantly, He knows my business, my product, my customers, me, and my family. I asked Him my tough business questions; I asked Him to direct my business education. He did (but perhaps not in the way I would have chosen or expected, so I had to stay attentive and attuned). He still is, actually.

He also provides for me and my business, when I make it my habit to listen to His voice and obey it, and lay my requests for my daily bread at His throne. The older I get, the more instructive I find it that meeting our physical needs, which is probably our greatest concern, is sandwiched in the LordÂ’s Prayer AFTER acknowledging His person as Father, Creator, and Lord; after worshipping Him; after submitting our lives and our wills to His kingship. Gee, I wonder if the Lord knows that the whole submission and obedience thing is of greater importance than we often ascribe it.

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PRMamaÂ’s feature friday

PRMama, the marketing blog that helps us homeschooling home business folks learn better marketing, features a home business success story every Friday. Today she is featuring Nothing New Press! Thank you Tami!

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When God is your provider

So, long story short, one of our children incurred some medical and other short term but devastating bills, due to a crisis situation in their life (did I mention that we have been going through a season of testing for the past few years, LOL). This we had absolutely not budgeted for or planned on.

God is faithful, He is trustworthy, He is true! We actually feel so much more secure with Him as our provider than with a big corporation or other employer. His outstretched arm cannot fail!

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