Oh Dear!

Maybe I will have more time to blog in the fall/winter.  It's been a little busy here.  We've been working on the house and I've even sneaked in a few projects like this:

A Chalkboard calendar for the kitchen

A Close-up

My first pillow!

We finally fixed the chandelier up and hung a mirror in the dinning room!

 And while I do have some other projects in the works, I did manage to get back to this:

New Burp Cloths for my Etsy Shop

SALE!

I am having the first ever sale in my Etsy Shop!  All of the burp cloths are on sale from today until Thursday, June 14th. 

Monsterz

I made another baby gift for a friend today, this time using Cloud 9's "Monsterz" collection in orange.  If you look closely, you can see my favorite part of this cute print, which is a little blue monster saying "Growl".  Again, I thought this was a fun print to use for a boy that's a little different than the standard baby blue type stuff.

Commute by birch organic fabric

Some friends of ours recently had a baby and I absolutely love making a gift to celebrate new little ones!  Our friends had a baby boy and I did not want to go with a traditional baby blue and I definitely wanted something modern.  

Picking out the perfect fabrics to match up with the recipient's style is sometimes a challenge, but my husband helped me pick these out and I think they turned out really well.  We decided to make them some burp cloths and chose fabrics from birch organic's Commute collection.

Alexander Henry 2D Zoo

We were thinking of taking our son to the zoo this past weekend but it was waaay too hot.  The closest I got to the zoo was starting these burp cloths.  I just finished and listed them today!

Patchwork Burp Cloth!

I typically make burp cloths with just one fabric on the front, but today I felt like doing something a little different so I made a patchwork burp cloth featuring four different fabrics.  The fabrics are all from Monaluna's Monaco collection.  This burp cloth is part of a set of three that I just listed in my Etsy shop.  I like this concept and will definitely have to play around with some different patchwork designs to see what I like.

Gettin Squiggy with It

This morning I actually managed to get a little sewing done with my 15 month old son in my lap!  He was fascinated by the sewing machine and it went pretty well.  Only one time did I have to tell him not to touch the machine.  Here's what we made!  It's a set of 4 burp cloths in a fabric called "Figure 8 Summer Grey" from the Free to Grow collection by Nancy Sims for Mod Green Pod.  It's 100% organic cotton.  I backed the burp cloths with 100% cotton terry cloth for great absorbancy.  I just love how the vibrant colors bounce off the grey background.