Giveaway Day! Your Pick

Today is giveaway day again! And today is a you pick it giveaway--anything from the clothes and shoes shop. This one's going to be the last giveaway for a while. Since we're moving later this summer, I'm starting to clean out what we don't need, including everything in my vintage etsy shops. I hope to start them up again once we get settled in London. So leave a comment here if you want to win something from my clothes shop. Also, I've marked everything 50% off (only in the clothes shop for now), so if you see anything you like, snatch it up for a deal of a price. You have until tomorrow, Tuesday, at noon pacific time to enter to win the giveaway. You can see what's in my shop here.

UPDATE: The winner is Amy of The Hip Homemaker! YAY! Thanks for playing. Hopefully I'll bring back giveaways from London in the future.

8 Month Birthday

Last week Lois celebrated her 8 month birthday. Yesterday, before we left San Bruno, I sat her down at the end of the trail for a little photo session. I wasn't able to get the family pictures I was hoping for this time because we didn't bring the tripod. She looks cute all by herself anyway. I had no idea her little vintage pillowcase top would look so pretty with all the flowers. I found that top at a thrift store a while back and had it listed in my etsy shop, but I decided it was too cute to sell so I took it out of the shop.

Her most recent development is crawling! She's all over the place! She often has this expression pictured above on her face--a baby on a mission, she is. She also has two bottom teeth poking up now. She stopped waving (I guess she grew out of that already), but she loves to yell. She's also making more interesting, sophisticated noises too. We've tried some finger foods, like mushed bananas and teething biscuits, which has been lots of fun. I can't wait to see what she does next!

A Wildflower Cure

Today we went to San Bruno Mountain for a hike. We used to go hiking often, before Lois was born, but we haven't been once since she was born, until today. This morning I wasn't sure I would make it, though. I was little hungover. It was horrible!

Last night we went to Emmy's and had a delicious dinner, but I accidentally drank too much. I was craving a margarita, so I had one, and I think there was about a cup of tequila in that super sized margarita. Then I wanted a glass of wine with my dinner, so I had one. Big mistake. Needless to say it was a struggle to go on our previously planned hike, but it did me good.

San Francisco is an amazing city. It has so much to offer, and views like this are easy to come by. And if the view isn't enough itself, the smell--holy smokes, this place smells amazing! I know I've mentioned it before, and I'm not sure if people who are from here, or have lived here a long time notice it, but just outside the city--anywhere just outside the city--the smell is incredible. It smells like eucalyptus and sage. I wish I could bottle the smell and post it on my blog. It would knock your socks off! Here are some pictures from my hangover cure.















We were all worn out after our hike. I did manage to get a few 8 month birthday pictures, though. I'll post those tomorrow.

Party Hats and Dresses

It's been a while since I made any party hats. I got a little burned out and have hardly made any the last few months. A long time ago I wanted to make some things to match the hats like bibs and dresses. Last year, after an etsy seller requested I make a party hat to match a dress she made for a customer of hers, I knew it was time I started making my own. It took me a while to get motivated, but last week I finally got started and now I'm sewing like a mad woman! These dresses are really simple, but I still had trouble with a few things like the arm holes, and my machine kept wanting to eat the fabric. I almost threw my machine out the window and gave up, but I got the hang of it after a while. I love the little dresses I've made and have a pile of more fabrics cut and ready to sew. You'd think 10 people were sewing here all day if you looked at the mess I've made.

My favorites so far are the two sets pictured here. The first one I made using the quilt top I bought recently at the flea market, and the second one below I made using some great barkcloth my mom gave me a while back. I think I'll have to make Lois one from the quilt top, too. I just love all the cute prints on that quilt top.




More dress and hat sets coming soon, that is until I burn out again! If you know a baby girl with a birthday coming up, these are for sale in the party hat shop now. I have some more bibs for boys in the works, too.

Belated Birthday

Yesterday Lois celebrated her 8 month birthday. We haven't taken 8 month birthday pictures yet, though, and I probably won't get around to it until this weekend. I want to try to get a few pictures of me, Andrew, and Lois together, so I need to wait till he's off work and with us to do that. My brother-in-law and photographer, Brandon, took some family photos of us when we were in Atlanta, and they turned out great! I don't have prints yet, but maybe I can show you some of those soon, too. Until our 8 month birthday shoot, here are a few pictures from last month during her 7 month birthday week. These were taken in my mom's yard with Lois sitting in a little bumbo seat. I handed her a pansy to get her to look up, and of course it went right into her mouth!