The Farties' Blog

Not All Fluff!

Hi, my name is Sandy Van Cromvoirt (The Fartie Lady – that’s me on the left and my daughter Rhonda-Lee in blue at Indigo on one of our book signings).

I am a budding self-published children’s’ book author.  I have always made up little songs, jiggles and anything that would make people laugh.  When I was young, I would get up and dance and sing on anything that looked like a stage.  I just love to laugh!

I am a wife, mother and grandmother and all around full-of-life, funny person.  I wanted to share with fellow readers, how my funny, wonderful children’s book “Meet the Farties” came about and also share with you, our “Rootin! Hootin! Tootin”  journey.

How it all began…

Once upon a time when my little granddaughter Skye-Blue was younger, she would spend a lot of time with me. She would come up with all types of different names for bodily functions!

We would laugh and toss back and forth lots of funny names related to our bodily functions. From all those silly conversations, the little “BUTT” family began to take shape.  In one of those moments, Skye-Blue would say to me “Watch out, Grandma here comes “Magnificent Mary”, and magnificent it was!

We laughed so hard that I thought if we had so much fun, maybe other people might as well.   From that moment on, the little BUTT” family emerged.  Skye-Blue is almost all grown up now…(here  she is pictured with me),  but we still love to laugh over the characters in this book! We would like to introduce them to you;  Freddy Fartie, Timmy Tootie, Billy Bubbles, Princess Pop, Oh Not Me Mama and Mr. Bart Fart resulting in the children’s’ book,  ”Meet the Farties”.  It is a family of little “Butts” (shown up above here on the banner) and their gassy adventures! You can find out even more about this book on our website – just click here!

With each “Meet the Farties”  book, comes six trading cards of the Fartie Family and the famous key chain that make six distinct Fartie sounds.

Everyone has their favorite Fartie character and their favorite Fartie sound from the key chain!

My philosophy behind the book…

There is so much more to this book than a little family of “Butts”

I wanted to create something that would be cute, funny and be enjoyed by many.  I also wanted each little book to have a moral or lesson for the children to learn from.  With this little book “Meet the Farties”, I have found that everyone – not just children, get a real charge out of  “Meet the Farties”.   It is my wish that I can spread joy and laughter with my series of “Meet the Farties” books.  I have started donating “Meet the Farties” books to the childrens’ wards in hospitals. The nurses are very happy. They say there is nothing children love better than bodily function noises and laughing is one of the best medicines for healing.

If my little book “Meet the Farties” can help people laugh more, it is doing what I had hoped for.

What Might be next for “the Farties”…

I can not tell you everything we are doing but I can tempt you with what you can look forward to in the next “Meet the Farties” series……Six new little “Butts” characters with their trading cards and a surprise.   The now famous “Magnificent Mary” will be in the next book. …….. “The little “bum” that started it all”

In closing…

I look forward to sharing some of our little “Butt” family’s gassy adventures with you here on the blog and I would love to get everyone’s feedback.  Here on my blog, I even offer commentluv which is great for other bloggers out there.  Leave a comment and you can create a link back to your own blog!  But you don’t have to be a blogger to give me your feedback….Also, feel free to “fan” our Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter.  You can do that right here on the blog site!

Until next time, have a “Rootin” Hootin”  TOOTIN” Great Day!

Sandy Van Cromvoirt

“The Fartie Lady”

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