mizutamago

weddin' favors

My friend Virgina had the genius idea of having litte badges made for her wedding favors, and asked me to design them.
It was so much fun!!!

(photo courtesy of Saelee Portrait Gallery )

card party

Hi Everyone!!!!! It's been way too long!
My computer issues have been resolved, and I'm back in blog action :)

The cards above are both gocco'd with construction paper tags sewn on top.
The cards on top were our wedding invitations, the clouds don't show up as well on the vanilla color paper, I made the map in illustrator.
Below that is our thank you card, our wedding vows to each other were lyrics from Judas Priests' "Turbo Lover" , so perfect...hence the theme of the thank you card.

tiger for alistair

This was commissioned by Suzy of Floating World Views, for her little boy Alistair.

I made him a little pouch to go with it. I hope he likes it!

We're leaving for Hawaii, and as soon as we get back it's wedding time!!

cozy up my music

We're off to Hawaii tomorrow, and ipod needed a cozy.

maternity shmaternity

I have to say I have NOT been excited at all about most of the maternity clothes out there,
especially in the jeans department. Up to about month 5 I was able to get away with the rubber band
through the button hole trick, but now that I'm up to month 6, there's just no way around it.
Every pair of materiny jeans I've tried on were just too baggy and unflattering for my taste, so I decided to alter my own.
Inspired by this young lady's methods see here .

it was so easy and I'm really happy with the outcome, I took 2 more pairs and did the same.
Pregnant people can have variety too!! Better belly pic here.

totes galore

I made this oversized tote for my friend Wendy, a new mama.
Seersucker lined with cotton. (click for closer look) that's me on the right with my big baby belly

this is the opposite of oversized, it's a mini-tote for my friend Gina's little one year old, Hana.

a christmas gift for my old friend Jackie, it's tweed lined with seersucker, I thought it was a fun contrasting combo, there are buttons on both sides.

nesting

new bed linen, isn't that plush heart cute? It's the creation of my friend Wendy of
i heart guts . The adorable print above the bed is Marieke's of Treats and Treasures
Hi Marieke! I owe you an e-mail.

mmmmm coconut frosting on chocolate cake

patchworkn'

a christmas gift to my mom

(click on the photo for a closer look)

two thousand and eight....

Hi everyone!! Happy New Year! It’s been so long since my last post, I’ve been itching to update this place and catch up with all of you☺ 

2008 is going to be an amazing year for me, filled with lots of new and exciting life changes. The 1st biggie, Keith and I are getting married in February!!! We’ve always agreed that our lives have been pretty great the way its’ been, and the only reason to get married would be if we had kids, which leads me to biggie number 2 dun dun dun…yep, we’re expecting our 1st this May, and it’s a boy!!! We both thought it was a girl for months and months, so we were really shocked when we found out yesterday, but we’re so ding dang happy. Yipeeee!!

Here is a pic of our wedding invitations that we’ve gocco’d, so much fun.
We’re keeping the wedding very small and intimate, family style. I’ll post the complete versions once we send them out.

yoga mat cozy

things just sound cuter when you call it a cozy.
I made this for a friend's birthday, a true yoga aficionado. yep, still can't let go of the gingham.
It's based on the lovely Lotta Jansdotter pattern.

I've been in deep hibernation lately, but I miss crafting and getting inspiration from all of you.
My energy has been extremly low, and my list of gifts and orders to fill are growing.
I'm enjoying our recent cool weather, and getting lots of rest.

I hope to be back in full swing soon.