Getting Crafty

Eva's birthday is fast approaching! Here's a little preview of her "Guess Whooo's Turning One?" party....

I've also been working on some new floral hair clips for my next summer show....

And the real reason I am blogging today.... ( :) )......

The sneak peak of Eva's one-year birthday pictures, by the talented J. Shelton Photography.

http://jsheltonphotography.blogspot.com/2011/05/eva-is-almost-one-lake-stevens.html

Enjoy!

Mother's Day

I dont even have any pictures, because I pretty much did NOTHING all. day.

It was awesome. I have the best husband ever! He made fresh/ homemade strawberry pancakes and we all sat on our big bed and had a yummy breakfast. It felt like getting room service in a hotel room. I got to take a long shower, with no kids under my feet or screaming outside the door. Then had a lazy afternoon, trip to Target (alone!) and went to dinner with my mom at Blazing Onion which was SO GOOD. We had an amazing giant piece of chocolate cake with chocolate ice cream for dessert. The kids were well behaved the whole time.

It was just such a good day. I hope all the other mothers were spoiled and got a chance to relax! Love you all, and I am so grateful to know such amazing women!

Happy Mother's Day!

Oh Yeah.....

I have a blog!

Wow, its been a while! And we have some news (which most of you already know...), we are buying a house!!

We have been working on it for a few weeks now, and last weekend we officially moved in! There was a lot to do as far as painting, cleaning etc, and some bigger projects like getting appliances for the kitchen and laundry room ( we have a laundry room!!!) and putting shelves in all the closets. There is still a lot of unpacking to do, so pardon the mess. Here are some pictures of a few of the rooms:

Bean helping me take pictures...

Master bedroom, aka the Princess Suite....

Oliver's room....
Kitchen with our new appliances....
Kid's playroom.....
Eva's room....
Eating area/ fireplace... this fireplace goes thru the wall so you can see it on both sides! The family room is on the other side (picture to come)....

Breakfast nook area, still needs a small table, so I put their play kitchen there instead (this is to the side of the kitchen next to the front door)....

More pictures to come once we get more rooms finished. We are loving it! Can't wait to have everyone over for Eva's first birthday!

Photo Booth

Beanie and I had some girl time tonight. She wore her first real hair clippie, and we took pictures.

Cuz that's what girls do.

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy [late] Valentine's Day to everyone!

Ollie was sick and didnt want his picture taken. Grumpy boy. But he did take this one of Eva and I.

And my new banner came in the mail yesterday, and looks great thanks to my talented hubby! Yup, that's a baby fork and teething toy holding it down. They were the closest thing to grab. For all the locals, dont forget about the Bumps and Babies Fair, coming up soon: http://www.bumpsandbabiesfair.com/

Sunshine Day

The Little Things....

This little thing is a big deal to me. I have agreed to lease a spot in a little eco-friendly boutique in Michigan, who I have been selling wholesale to for a while now. The hats are flying off the shelf there (thats what they told me), at a price I would have never dared sell them at. I feel like right now, all my efforts to make this a real business are coming together. They will now have TinyToppers hats in stock at all times, and I will have a (small) monthly income! Woohoo! I am so proud of my little hats.

I will be doing strictly organic cotton for this boutique, which just happens to be my favorite. You can get an idea of the shop here: http://rootandsproutbaby.com/

So..... in honor of needing new tags for my hats with no website on them, I decided it was time for an update. Ben and I (well, mostly Ben of course) have been working on designing an updated look for my tags, etc. I also ordered a similar banner (the horizontal version, which will be the same as the item tags) for my table at the upcoming Bumps and Babies Fair (http://www.bumpsandbabiesfair.com/).

Without further ado, the new face of TinyToppers! Love it. Did I mention that my husband does amazing work? Well, he does.

Thanks, Love. You're awesome.