Spring is here!

Well atleast in my end of Canada! It's been beautiful, talking shorts and tshirt weather for a week now!

The beautiful weather inspired these new bouquets!

Check out MADLeighCreative on facebook to like us, and make a purchase just in time for Easter!

Happy Monday!

It's a great Monday for me! The kids went back to school today after being off for March Break last week.  I have learned for next year that the kids will benefit from a day camp of some sort! 

So this weekend I was busy! I headed to fabricland on Friday and picked up some stretch lace for headbands.. and I scooped up some major deals! And here is what came of them! (They will be for a sweet baby named Sadie)  All bows are available for sale as well!

Double looped bow - $5

$5 (button in center will vary)

$5

$5

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It's FRIDAY!

Which means that I'm even more busy than ever! Sales, obligations and a craft session with my bestie... all within the next 12 hours!

I want to share some new photos with you!!!!!

Some new Star wars pegs! 

 Chewbacca, Darth Vader and C3-PO are all listed for sale HERE, you can also come like MADLeigh Creative on facebook and place an order there!

My son just loves them!

New Korkers! These are attached onto an ouch-less elastic! 

 The Korker elastic is availible for purchase on etsy or facebook!

This is A, don't you just LOVE her!

About me

Well since I've only shared crafty things, my etsy store and awesome peg people.. I thought I should share some things about myself so you, can get to know the crafter behind the brush, camera, or glue gun!

Well my name is Tara Leigh, my mother never hyphenated my name so I have multiple ID's with different first names! HA. I'm a stay at home mom.. although I'm itching to get a little part time job.. there is a new Micheals opening up on my side of the river.. and even if I am just stocking things.. I would be in heaven! I have 3 children, M who is my youngest, she is almost 2 years old. She keeps me going all day and sometimes into the night! A my eldest daughter, is 6 she is the poster-child for "middle children" and makes life sometimes hectic and loud! D or as I refer to him as Buggy or Bug, is my sole son.  He holds a special special spot in my heart, my only boy.. he loves all things Lego and his Mama! He wrote a note to me last month announcing how he loves me more then the grass and the dirt! So that kind of explains my name MADLeigh Creative.

I have loved to craft for a long time, 20+ years! I have always sucked at drawing and when I was younger I really wanted to draw neat pictures.. but my people always missed a finger, the ears were drawn too sharp and my eyes were lopsided.. I love beads, glistening crystals, cute paper, hand sewing, DIY anything really!  I'm really shy in showing "off" my work, I often give everything I make away. It's been just recently after hearing some awesome reactions over the Holiday's that I was serious about doing something and maybe for money!  I often go through spurts of a certain craft, often varying from buttons, to yarn, paper and paint.

I like to craft when the feeling comes over me! And it can be in between stirs of dinner, or putting children to bed, I don't want to miss a beat!

My Man in my life, a great Dad and Poppa hates the mess my crafting leaves behind, paint splatts on the floor or permanent paint speckling our dinner table (which I just painted red.. on a DIY crave!). We are polar opposites, but some how we work great together. He has OCD, and any kind of mess creates some wicked anxiety.. and I wouldn't have it any other way  

dripping in bows!

While at Michael's Craft store this weekend I snapped up some mega cute ribbon for cheap! So this morning I finished up with bows and this is what we came up with!

Monkey madness!

This one is a little smaller

The clip.  I used a larger one, and I am able to put almost half of A's hair up.

She really likes it!

the bow-bow in her hair

Pink and black!

now I just wish I could get my youngest to wear clips.. elastics.. ANYTHING!

Oh and take a look here to see the newest listing on Etsy!

Bows and Pegs and bows and pegs!

Hey everyone!
I ran out of supplies again friday night,  so my wonderful Man took us on a hunt for pegs! We ended up about an hour away and 2 stores later and I stocked up!  I also picked up some fun ribbon!

The Astronaut and Aliens will be sold as a set on etsy here <link to come!>

Astronaut and some aliens!!

The back of the astronaut, and one of the aliens

On sunday, my big girl and I painted pegs while all the rest napped, I love crafting with her! She painted the two aliens, and I tried out Homer Simpson.

These aliens will be listed for sale on Etsy as well!

A lady I used to work with, requested some Owl bows for her daughter's!

 This set is ready to ship/sell and will be listed on etsy too :)

All in all this weekend was busy and we got a lot accomplished!

More pegs!

love is in the air!

Last night I took my crew to a local craft store and scored some MAJOR awesome deals on the supplies I needed!!! I'm really excited! Be prepared to see some listings on ETSY!