Another Giveaway Day!

Comments are now closed.  And the winner is....#14, Georgia!  Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by, and for all of the great name suggestions!!

It's time for another Giveaway Day, thanks to the amazing gals at Sew, Mama, Sew!

Once again I'm giving away one of my 100% organic cotton printed cloth books.  The winner can choose from one of the eight 6-page designs pictured here.  (You can check them out, and a few more designs as well, in more detail here.)

Just leave a comment on this post for your chance to win. As I'm having my third baby in November and am totally stumped for boy names, especially very unique ones (my two older kids are named Tigerlily and Lyric so I can't very well follow those up with Bob ;), if you have a good one you'd like to share please do!  Otherwise you can just say hi :)  International readers are welcome too!  I'll close comments on May 10 at 8pm EST and announce a randomly chosen winner the following morning.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of Giveaway Day! 

Never Say Never

My first words after my second child was born were, "I'm never doing this again." (Though I cherish my birth experiences, both at home and free of complications, Lyric's birth was really intense!)

Well, I was wrong!  Baby number three will be here sometime in November!!  We have gone from terrified ("What have we done?!") to shocked ("How did this happen?!?") to excited (and still a little shocked and terrified) over the past three months.  My two older kids (Tiger will be 10 this week and Lyric 7 right around when the baby is due!) are over the moon about it which has really helped Skye and I wrap our heads around the idea.

I kind of feel like I'm doing this for the first time, it's been so long since I've had a baby!  But I loooove babies and am excited to have another go at it.  Plus, I get to make lots of cute stuff!!  I've already knitted a little vest for the wee guy or gal, and just finished a crib quilt.  This is more than I ever got done for my older kids so I'm feeling pretty accomplished.

pattern here

Though I don't know what the future will hold, I am planning on keeping the shop open without a break, though as of now I plan to stop accepting custom book and banner orders sometime in September before our long Maine vacation (though depending on how I feel I may sneak one or two orders in) and resume custom work sometime after the new year.  I will continue selling printed books throughout and hope to have at least a few new designs in the shop before the holidays.

So, if you're thinking of ordering a custom book or banner, even if it's for a Christmas of Hanukkah gift, get your orders in early! 

BRIKA

Hey look, I'm on BRIKA!

I was so honored to be asked to be a featured maker at BRIKA, an online creative community that celebrates craft, storytelling and the belief that our lives are as beautiful as we wish to make them.  The site is lovely and they did such an amazing job putting my feature together--I'm super camera-shy and it's not easy for me to put myself out there but they made it painless!  

For the next two weeks my 100% organic cotton printed cloth books are on sale for $30 at BRIKA--get them here!

New Work Backlog 3: 8-to-14-page books

New Work Backlog 2: 6-page books

   

New Work Backlog 1

Well hello there.  It's been a while, but I'm still here plugging away.  Time to share lots and lots of custom work I've produced in the past few months.  First up: Custom name banners!

Giveaway Day!

 **And the winner is . . . #31, Amber!  Thanks everyone for your comments and great ideas!

It's time for another Giveaway Day, thanks to the amazing gals at Sew, Mama, Sew!

This time around I'm giving away one of my 100% organic cotton printed cloth books.  The winner can choose from one of my thirteen 6-page designs.  (You can check them out in more detail here.)

Just leave a comment on this post with an topic that you'd like to see in a cloth book for your chance to win.  International readers are welcome too!  I'll close comments on December 7 at 8pm EST and announce a randomly chosen winner on December 8.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of Giveaway Day!

A room for the boy

This past spring we fixed up a new room for Tigerlily's 9th birthday surprise; before that she and Lyric shared a tiny, sad little room with a loft.  When she moved into her new space Lyric was left with the sad little room, and I was determined to fix it up just for him someday soon.  Well, the little guy's sixth birthday is coming up this weekend and that time is now! 

Mini door banner--I'll be selling these in the shop soon!

The big picture.  I wish I had more time to make/purchase some things for the walls.  And a cozy beanbag chair for that corner!

The all-important lego space.  We found a vintage tv cart at the junk shop for $5 and spruced it up with some spray paint.  Perfect!

Child-sized chairs are pretty hard to come by at a reasonable price so we made our own!  Skye used some pieces of plywood to slap together fitted tops for two milk crates and I stretched them with batting and pieces of old t-shirts (one of my favorite materials!).  Voila! Seating AND storage.

The loft.  I made the "Love you more" pillow for him because whenever I say, "I love you, kiddo," he says, "I love you more!" and I reply with "No, I love you more!" and it goes on from there.  He's my favorite boy in the whole world ♥

And here he is, the boy in his very own room!!

Man, I love that kid :)

Tune in next week for details of Lyric's amazing science birthday party!!  I had thought I had lost my party planning mojo but this one is shaping up to be my best kid birthday party yet!

November!!

Can someone please explain to me how this year is almost over already?  It's November!  Crazy.  I've decided to embrace the second-to-last month of the year and am offering a 10% discount on anything in the shop for the entire month!  Just use coupon code NOV10 at checkout. That includes custom work, though my pre-holiday orders are booking up quickly so if you're interested contact me soon. 

I'm also participating in Sew, Mama, Sew!'s Handmade Holidays series with a $50 gift certificate giveaway today!  Comment here for your chance to win it or a few other goodies!

 Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

New Work