Right now I am laying in bed. At 2 in the afternoon. I just picked up Lucy from Kid’s Day Out, and apparently she was tuckered out & needed to take a nap.

I have so many thoughts swirling through my mind. Most of them revolve around my ability to run Gingiber successfully while maintaining that delicate balance of being a mother, wife, & friend. And the season of life I am in. My children are young. My husband is still searching for a job. And sometimes I have to let go of things in order to take care of what matters the most: my family.

This weekend I was supposed to be a vendor at a show in Little Rock. And then life got int he way. Nathan has a lead on a job. And along with all of the other duties he has as an instructor at our local university, he needs time to focus on himself & this *possible* job. Now, the job is a long shot. Nathan & I are such a team, always adapting when the other needs support. And it was my turn to adapt & give him this weekend to prepare.

There are other dribblings of details about our crazy week, but really, even though I hate to be “that person” who is bailing out on a show, I feel a great sense of peace. I could have forced my way to Little Rock & gotten there by the skin of my teeth, but really I needed to take a step back. For my family.

So that’s that. Life is short. Family means everything. And sometimes business must wait.

-Stacie

p.s. Do you like my new glasses? I get to wear them everyday now 🙂

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Shop Animal Pillows

Ya’ll, I am so excited to announce our newest animal pillows! We have added an elephant and lion from our safari collection of illustrations, an adorable pink piggy, and a NEW redesigned brown bear pillow!

I hope that you all will browse the pillows. I am really proud of them 🙂

I just thought that I would add that I’ve been working really hard to improve the quality of our pillows. All of our backing fabrics are 100% homespun plaid cotton. And we have upgraded to a much more lux polyfil! The pillows have such a nice “touch” to them. And, slowly but surely, all of our pillows have sewn in “Gingiber” tags. If you purchased Gingiber pillows in the early days, we used a visible stitch to close our pillows, but now they are all closed with blind stitches. They look so clean and nice 🙂

Clearance Brown Bear Pillow

We are retiring our old bear pillow, so now is your chance to grab one at a nice discounted price 🙂 Only $15! Thanks so much for stopping by,

Stacie

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I wanted to take a moment and say a huge “THANK YOU” for making this week’s website launch a huge success. I am so excited & invigorated for the future of Gingiber.

This week was crazy. My darling daughter Lucy took a nasty spill and had to be rushed to the doctor. Fortunately she is okay. It just reminded me how no matter how hard I try, I cannot protect her from everything. She is such a dear, it just made me sick to watch her fall and get hurt so badly. Also, I ran over a dog the same day. It was probably the worst day I’ve had in a long time.

But there were so many great things that happened throughout the week. I hired a 3rd member for Team Gingiber (more on that next week)! I really had no idea how much help I needed until I sat down with her and started sorting through tasks.

Life is beautiful. Even the tough, crazy, unpredictable aspects we face everyday. Thanks for being a part of my life and reading,

Stacie

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Hello and welcome to the new home of Gingiber! I am so glad that you stopped by 🙂 If you came over from our old blog, be sure to bookmark www.gingiber.com/blog to keep up to date 🙂

We were sure to import all of our old blog content, so if you need to find something you can still search for it. I don’t have much else to say except THANK YOU so much for supporting Gingiber throughout the past few years. We are growing every day. And it is all thanks to YOU, our amazing customers.

To say “Thanks” all orders placed by Sunday, April 14th will receive a free “je t’aime” art print!

SHOP NOW (if you would like).

– Stacie (and the Gingiber Team)

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In other news, the little family and I have been spending a lot of quality time together. Mostly revolving around weekend trips to Bentonville for Indian food. I finally painted my bedroom a lovely shade of gray and purchased some new bedding (our old bedding had holes in it).

Oh, and total sidenote: I’ve lost 19 pounds! I have this silly Thyroid condition, and after months of changing medications and trying to get healthy, I’ve found a nice rhythm. I feel really really good 🙂 A personal victory.

What’s new with ya’ll?

Stacie

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