Pearl Harbor Remembrance and Day 7 of Handmade Holiday, MoxieMandie!

Before I start this feature, I just wanted to take a moment and observe Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. As a military family, I can only imagine the affect that this day has on those both in the past and the present survivors and families of those who both survived and lost their lives. God bless you all and my thoughts and prayers are with you as well as all of the families of those who have and are presently serving. Thank you for your Heroism and selflessness. I can honestly say that these thoughts will always bring me to tears.

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That being said, please also take a moment to remember our Heroes and their families of the past and present and if you have a family member serving, leave me a comment so that we can all lift them up in prayer with you. (Because of OPSEC do not leave their full name, rank, or exact locations. Leave something like Sgt.______ currently serving in Afghanistan.) If you yourself have served or your loved one has, same thing, leave me a comment with the name(s) I want to personally thank you for your service/support of your Hero.

Mandie's handcrafted gift tags, sooo cute!

Now, please allow me to introduce you to Mandie, owner of MoxieMandie. I think that on some level, Mandie must have a psychic connection straight to my brain.. before you being inquiring to us both with lucky winning lottery numbers (oh if we all had those right?!) let me explain. This girl has some crazy awesome taste in fabrics and knows how to use them! Before I blow all of our diets with her eye candy (by diet this time I mean budget ;) Mandie has offered a special 20% off discount to DBNM readers December 7th-9th, just throw NOTMARTHA in the coupon code box at checkout so please remember that when you start the cravings for her zippered pouches. Ready? Let's go!

oooo the yuminess!

Polka Dotted Rainbow zipper pouch

 

Queen Bee zipper pouch

Pretty Bright Floral pouch

 

Floral Ruffle pouch

Eclectic Blue and Green pouch

Soooo what do you think? To die for right? =D Would you like to get to know Mandie? She has a blog, Twitter, Facebook, and a Flickr stream and she is genuinely a great person so jump on over and say hi!

 ***SIDENOTE: Today is also my little sister's birthday. Sissy, I know you're not little anymore but you'll always be my first "daughter". Blessed to have you and miss our talks. Hopefully, tomorrow I will be 100% well and can talk to both you & Shawny and make up for today. I love you and Happy 20!***