Mother's Day Special

I have an amazing customer who has ordered a memory quilt for his wife as a Mother's Day gift... amazing, right? He's having it made from their child's clothing and I just know he'll score some major points for this! This put me over the edge for getting any other quilts finished in time for Mother's Day, so I am having a 20% off Mother's Day special for all my gift certificates in my shop. These would make an awesome gift for a mother, mother-to-be or any special lady in your life. I have dollar amounts and Memory Blanket specific certificates complete with instructions on how to redeme and a gift giving envelope. This special goes through to May 3rd and I ship USPS Priority shipping to make sure you get it before Mother's Day on May 9th.

Check it out!!!

New in the shop!

So, I finally got my gift certificates finished and listed in my shop! I had been thinking for awhile that I wanted to create these to offer as gifts to new moms or mothers-to-be and I really wanted to get them available in time for Christmas.I really got the kick in the booty when a customer asked about gift certificates for my shop... and now... I have gift certificates for baby clothes memory blankets so the recipient can collect their clothing and then just send them to me themselves and I also have $25, $50 and $100 incriments good for anything in the shop including custom orders. What a fun and unique gift to give for the holidays!

Camera-less

So, my trusty digital camera and I have broken up :( He left me after a good 3 years together... we did everything together and we sure had some good times. Of course, as in any brake up, it happened at the most inopportune time... on our yearly family vacation this summer. I've tried and tried to get us back together but it looks like we're split for good. In this in between time until I find another good match, I am forced to use my digital video camera which takes amazing video footage but terrible photos... hence this photo of a new quilt in my shop. It does seem to capture the cute quilting but does not do well with colors or clarity. This little quilt is amazingly gorgeous but you'd never know that from this picture. The daisy eyelet white is super bright and clean and the lavender is so lucious... which you miss too. This is so not my style of photos :( Well, off to find a new camera! Wish me luck!

For the Little Princes out there

Well, this adorable baby boy quilt was just one quilt that was supposed to be for a school's charity silet auction. Sadly, they had to cancel their charity event wich leaves 3 gorgeous quilts available in my shop! This one is just one of my favorites for a little boy. As a mother of a 2 year old little boy, I've noticed that etsy's baby items are much more geared towards little girls. I have to admit that I'm guilty of that as well... it's fun to make things for girls with all the color options and "girly" fabrics out there, it's so hard to resist! Not to mention that most of my sales have been for girl blankets. I love this classic blue and brown combo though... so European to me. take a look at it in my shop and you'll also notice the other new additions as well that were ment for the auction. I've also included a gorgeous quilted throw for all you mamas too! The Bella Baby quilt above and my mama size throw in harmony flowers are the start to a new line of "cuddle plush" quilts and blankets. I've discovered an amazingly soft backing fabric that I'm so excited about! Check it out and take advantage of some amazing quilts!

I Heart Santa Cruz!

My mom and I have the fun job of looking at potential wedding sites for Melanee and Todd's wedding next summer. Since they live in Chicago but want to have a very "California" wedding... we're looking at beaches and redwood weddings. This is my favorite!!!! This gorgeous view would be where they exchange vows in front of! Not only is this beautiful, this venue allows tables and chairs to be set up right there on the sand! Now how California is that?

Olivia's first trip to the beach. She REALLY didn't like the sound of the waves or the cold water. She was cute though!

Inspiration

I love it when a client requests a custom item and you find an inspiration for something for yourself! This is gorgeous fabric in a map of regions in France in "pear tart". Mmmmm...the name just brings me back to my vacation in Paris and all the yummy pastries and cheese. It's my favorite place in the whole world. I'm so going to get some of this fabric and make myself a huge quilted throw to cuddle up in...it'll make me smile everytime I see it!

The reason why my poor shop hasn't gotten anything new...

I'm an Auntie now!!!!!

My brother and his wife had their little boy and I've been spending as much free time with my first nephew as I can. Logan and Olivia are loving having a new little cousin!

Jackson Nathaniel

June 16, 2009

12:28pm

8lb 5oz, 20 in