woodland critters baby shower

A few of us threw a woodland critters baby shower for Traci this past Saturday. Everything turned out great and we all had a blast! I had tons of fun designing the invites and other pieces to go with the theme.








I asked Irving to chop up some branches from our backyard to make stands for the food labels.




For the candied pecan favors, I sewed muslin drawstring pouches and stamped them with a squirrel stamp I carved out of an eraser.




We also bought a manzanita branch and stuck some felt leaves onto it for the main spread. Sumiko, Shelley, and Rita sewed little birds and foxes, and Rita and some other ladies made some amazing food. Susan knitted these awesome props for the photobooth (yup, we're into photobooths!).






See more photos here.

(And yup, still waiting for the baby to come out.. )

40 weeks

Here I am today, one day past my due date! The doctor told me yesterday that I'm already 2 cm dilated, but so far there haven't been any real labor contractions. So it could happen tonight, or it may not happen for a few more days. I've been keeping busy with the shop and just taking care of little things here and there. It's weird yet exciting that at any moment, our lives are going to change in a major way.

a little more crafting

Some recent little projects completed: fabric storage buckets for the baby room (i roughly followed this pattern), and re-upholstering an old chair our neighbor was trying to get rid of. I bought the fun yellow fabric on our honeymoon in Stockholm.






And look what I found at Kinokuniya the other day! I've been eyeing all the cute masking tape that has been showing up on Etsy, and am thrilled that I can find them locally now.

cardstore designs

A few months back some nice peeps at Cardstore.com contacted me to design a set of cards for them. Being pregnant slowed me down quite a bit, but I finally buckled down and got 'em done. I just noticed that they have my designs up on their website now! Below are a few of my favorites, but you can see all 14 of my designs here.

baby crafting

I'm finally making some progress in sewing some things for the baby now that maternity leave is in full swing! I debated about the crib bumper pads for awhile, with the SIDS risk and all.. but decided to go ahead and make them, and will just take them out once the baby can scoot around the crib, and put them back in after he's a year old. The pattern is from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing for Baby, except I decided to make the bumper only about 8" tall instead of a foot tall. The nursing cover was pretty quick and easy - the pattern is from here. I still have a couple more things I'd like to make, but I'll be okay if I don't get around to them since I'm pretty darn close to my due date now!

2010 pocket planners!

Finally.. they're in the shop! I'll try to keep them in stock for as long as I can, but expect that I'd have to close the shop for a bit when the baby arrives. It's been over 6 months since I've updated my shop, it feels so good to be doing this again!

34 and 37 weeks

I took this first picture at 34 weeks and never got around to posting it! So here it is along with the 37 weeks picture. It's hard to tell that I got bigger, but I'm pretty sure I did..






And, I'm pleased to say that I'm officially on maternity leave now! I was so excited that I got up earlier than I needed to, ran out to buy milk, and made a dutch baby for breakfast. I'd been wanting to try it ever since Susan told me how easy and awesome it was. It was everything I expected it to be, though I might cut down on the butter a bit next time.




I'm still planning on one last shop update before the baby comes. I know I had said I'd put the 2010 pocket planners in the shop tomorrow, but I'm going to have to push it out by a day. Be sure to check back on Wednesday!