My Christmas Present to Myself

I am in love! With my new sheets!! I decided last night, while I was finishing up the last of the BOV pillowcases for gifts that I had to do, that I was going to make myself some sheets and new pillowcases (I had BOV pillowcases but they are the kids' pillowcases, they tie dyed them themselves). I have wanted something for myself with the Celtic sun and moon for a while, but as I rarely ever get around to making something for myself, this is the first chance I have had to use the designs for me. So without further ado, fitted sheet, flat sheet with satin trim, and 2 embroidered pillowcases with satin trim, all in luxurious bamboo organic velour ... is it bed time yet?!?!?

The Seasons of Rox's Apple Tree

This DreamScape takes the prize as having taken the most hours to complete, and it is now one of my all time favorites. 4 seasons was the theme I had to work with. I knew I was going to do a tree, but originally, I was thinking appliquéing a tree on front and back, but when I saw this apple tree design, I knew it was perfect! I wanted to add a chipmunk on the fall side and a bee on the summer side, but there just wasn't room, the tree took up more room than I had anticipated. Hope you like it, Rox!

Spring and summer on front:

Fall and winter on back:

Monsters!!

I love the way this one came out :) A custom BedBug for Carley B.

Surprise!

Look what we woke up to yesterday morning!

2 baby bunnies! We did not know our bunny Dandelion was pregnant, so this was quite a surprise. The kids are over the moon about the babies. They are so cute and little. We had to move the proud papa, Basil, to another cage so there are no more baby bunnies on the way, lol. We can't decide on names. We are tossing around Hazel and Fiver (from "Watership Down"). Kenna's suggestions last night? Calcium and Fiber. Ummm ... no. If there were three, they would inevitably be Flopsy, Mospy and Cottontail. It took almost a week to name the 2 original bunnies, so hopefully these little cuties will have names sooner than that!

The Spotted Box!

Ahhh ... The Spotted Box! Our November box came today, The kids get totally psyched when it gets here, ebcause they know it will be filled with lots of things they can take :) To the point of every square priority box that comes in the door has them screaming "It's the SPOTTED BOX!!!"

I've been part of The Spotted Box (with Earth*School, and some months, Holden's Landing) since the very first box, in September 2007. There are always loads of great items in there! Here is what came in our box this month, minus a few things the kids took off with right away ;)

Face of the Wave - lotion sample (mine, all mine!)
Scent-sory Creations - chocolate milk bath sample (this is going in McKenna's stocking!)
Social Butterflies - a really beautiful yellow and white hair clip 9again, going in McKenna's stocking)
Blue Goose Designs - a cute froggy recycled crayon (going into Holden's stocking)
Simply Clean - wonderfully smelling laundry solution (can't wait to try this out!)
The Little Love Bug - a mini ear of corn with removable husk felt play food (this will go in with the wool foods the kids are getting for the holidays)
Silver Huggers - a neat charm (that I will probably use as a stitch marker, unless McKenna claims it, then it will go on her jacket)
Zupko Zen Creations - soap sample (lavender - one of my favorites!)
Ben and Dutchess - soap sample (this will go in my freebies bin)
FOE Your Diaper - really pretty turquoise FOE (now I have tho think up a project to use it on!)
lili tutu - a cute zipper pull (Kenna's stocking again ... you can see why she likes when TSB comes so much! she gets nearly everything!)
In Stitches - stitch marker (going in my knitting bag)
Country Soaps by Marlene - hand and body lotion (this will be part of a Christmas present for a friend)
Waddle Wades - cloth wipes (going into our wipes basket)
Bellies, Babies 'N More - a little napkin with wool bow tie pasta and sauce (going in Holden's stocking, he is a pasta/macaroni freak!)
Piping Hot Papers - an adorable push pin (can't decide if this will somehow make it into on of my scrapbooks or if i will hang onto it for the cork board I plan to someday make, lol)
Cathartic Slant - cute card (going into my card drawer)
1st Comes Love - really pretty card in one of my favorite color combinations (card drawer again, although this one may find it into one of my scrapbooks instead)
fishnoodles - iron on patch, beautiful reindeer (the kids are fighting over which of them will get this on an item of clothing. I think Kenna won because holden ran off with the iron on of veggies, and now I can't remember who made that one, sorry!)
Lil Birdie Bottoms - wipe solutions bud (going into my freebies bin since we have no one in diapers anymore)
Handmade by Debbie - vintage look Santa hair tie (going to Kenna again!)
There was also the veggies iron on, a coupon and a couple of ornaments that the kids ran off with.

All in all, this is the box that I will use the mot items from myself, for our family. I am very pleased with everything! I usually have lots of things to put in my freebies bins but not this month!

Some new favorites

I love color. I love mixing colors together for Tri-Tones so I was very excited to do this wholesale order for Bums 'N' Roses, which included 7 Tri-Tones.

Jester

Macaw

Night Light

Tropical Fish

Island

The Tri-Tone that I cannot seem to name

Earthy

It's November ... what are you thankful for?

The kids and I have been talking about the things we are thankful for. Holden is thankful for "eating turkey, being excited and playing that caveman game" (then he goes off on a tangent about Christmas, lol). Kenna is thankful for "our bunnies, turkey and mushrooms and my mommy and daddy". What are you thankful for this year? Post a comment by 11/15 with what you are thankful for and I will send one random commenter a copy of Earth*School's "We're Thankful for Thanksgiving" (e-version unit).

Thia year, I am thankful for my children and family, of course, and all of our health. I am also extremely thankful for all of my customers, who have made this year a truly wonderful year for me. I am also thankful for my sewing machine repairman who can fix anything and fix it quick, lol!

New DreamScapes and more

Winter themed DreamScape

Noah's ark, with appliquéd rainbow instead of embroidered

Anemone

Fall Festival, a Tri-Tone turned into an LWI for a BedBug

And some bamboo velour pillowcases, I love these! The first is finished with satin blanket binding (same as our LoveScapes).

Color!

Some color from this weekend :)

Surprise Tri-Tone for Louise

Rainbow LWI for Louise

LWI in turquoise, green, purple, brown and wine for Heather

Parrot for Heather

Yarn!

I *love* yarn. Everything about it - the colors, the smell, the feel ... So I am happy to announce our stocking today filled with yarn! Here are some sneak peeks:


"Pumpkinhead" with Meri of Handspun by SweetKnits




"Wicked" with Lisa of Selah




"Treat" with Julie of Selah




"Mane" with Diane of BugSnugger



The stocking is today at noon est!

Trick or Treat!

My kiddos on Halloween night :)


Holden, the frightful ghost (he wouldn't wear anything on his face so this is what I cam up with. He looked more like a wizard or Druid or something but he was warm and happy. Hey, last year the kid trick or treated in a pair of pajamas a a robe!) Note the *very scary* look on his face!

Kenna, the snow princess. Store bought costume, but she saw it and had to have it and it was perfect for her!

Both kiddos together, in a rare, really good shot:

Mermaid!

Presenting our very first mermaid DreamScape!

Drum roll, please ...

we would like to introduce the newest member of our "'Scapes" family - The PlayScape! I have gotten numerous requests for DreamScapes in an AIO forum, but since the bamboo is so absorbent, it is not an option for an outer on an AIO or AI2. While discussing DreamScapes and AIOs with one customer, she volunteered to be my guinea pig. Knowing I would have a hard time getting around to it if it was not in my order log, I jumped at the chance. I am in love with this PlayScape.

Outer is cotton twill, so it dyed fairly nicely (not as nicely as BOV, but NOTHING dyes as nicely as BOV!), hidden PUL, inner is baby blue microfleece. Quick dry snap in contour soaker, organic cotton fleece topped with bamboo velour, just like in our regular AI2s. She requested a Noah's Ark theme and mentioned they liked lions and elephants. Dye is "blue waters". Front features a dove with branch flying past a rainbow; back features a hand drawn ark applique that I designed specifically so that the elephants and lions would fit, with a lion pair on deck, a monkey pair swinging from the cabin, an elephant pair nuzzling together while looking out the porthole and a parrot pair flying along. I am so happy with this, I hope you like it Carley!

I will be officially introducing these for sale this week at K&F Shops, where I will put up 2 custom PlayScape slots, Friday, 10/24 at noon.

Argh!!

Argh, me mateys! Behold the last nappy from the current co-op, which walked the plank earlier today.

Finally!

I know you ladies in the co-op have been patiently waiting for some new pics and I am running late! It takes so long to get all the pics taken and uploaded, but I just put new batteries in the camera and am working on getting up 5 orders at a time. So without further ado, check out the post below and i will be adding to it as I get pics off the camera. here are the first 5 now ...

Finally - the pics!

Jackie
Sleigh bells


Bees



Black raspberry (only it turned out more of just raspberry)


Night sky




Tanya
Northern lights and a girly surprise



Helen
Sleigh bells and hot air balloons



Steph
Butterflies and dragonflies with lilies



Windy day




Melanie
Sleigh bells and dip dyed blue/green/yellow (both surprises)



Anne-Marie
Howling Wolf



Emer
Watermelon and light lagoon




Casey
Orange/red/wine LWI and brown/green/turquoise/wine/purple LWI



Stephanie
Cherry blossom Tri-Tone


Fitted with Heather Ross Mendocino Swimming Sisters print


Fairy flight, with a new fairy on front




Sue
Ladybugs



Frog pond





Sarah
Orange/yellow LWI (it is not really that blinding in real life, lol)


Pink/brown LWI


Watermelon


Lucy S
Dip dye light pink/dark pink with butterflies and dragonfly


Tri-Tone with crewel butterfly


LWI pink/green



Denise
Celtic moon on purple/blue LWI



Jo
Lagoon


Purple/blue/teal LWI - there really is purple in there. Tonight purple did not want to photograph!



Natalie
Fairy Tales




Shelly
August sunset with butterfly and dragonfly

Fairy tales




Nikki
Lagoon

Parrot



Rita
Dip dyed yellow/green/blue, with a bee



Kelly
Cherry blossoms, geisha and butterfly

Strawberries and girly bugs





Carolyn
Happy star bunch

Baby orangutan

Royalty (there is purple in it, I swear, lol, it just won't photograph well)