Archive for July, 2009
July 24, 2009 · Filed under Uncategorized |
I am still here, but today was my last day of work! Vacation days from here on out. Wahoo! What do I do in my spare time now at night? I surf the internet aimlessly or I crochet on the baby blanket OR I shop. Shopping online is dangerous but lately I find it to be so much easier then going places. I always seem far more pleased with my online finds then stuff from store, I have no idea why. I shop from catalogues (and order online) and I never ever did that before in my life. For some reason some stores offer better stuff online then in the stores in some weird cases.
I’ve been looking for baskets to go as storage under the crib for at-least 2 months now (I still want a cute hamper but am not 100% sure what I want yet, may just hand the wet bag on the door nob and be done with it. I got the Pottery Barn Teen catalogue in the mail last week or so and nearly flipped when I saw these adorable baskets. They came today and are perfect in look/style and most importantly, color.
Pre-folds in the left, blankets in the right.
I got a little one in blue to see how it would look against the walls, and it was THE perfect blue with just a hint of aqua in it.
Still no changing pad, not seen one I like yet! I wanted some vintage stuff for the room, and I’ve seen in a few high-end catalogues some vintage planters being used to hold craft supplies or just look cute all lined up on a shelf. It’s hard to find simple/sweet looking ones. They really tend to be fairly in-expensive compared to what I am sure they would cost “new” (This one was just around $20 on ebay and I bet if I went out to some flea-markets i could find them for half that price).
It pulls out the green and yellow from the sheets. I need some sort of shelf to put it on but it’ll stay here for now. I was thinking it might be a nice place to store hair-bows, or other little tiny baby things.
I found one for BG’s “Australia” room also when surfing Etsy, how freakin perfect is this? I’m tempted to put a little pink rose bush in it, the one with the tiny little blooms.
July 18, 2009 · Filed under Uncategorized |
Every night for the past 2 or 3 weeks I don’t do anything I should be doing. I have not finished my Toddler Country kiddie (which is tech edited and a very sick amount of knitting is left to finish, as in like 20 rows or something), the bamboletta cardigan sleeves, my husband website which would only take me a few hours to code up a template for and I have seriously not knit a stitch (or crochet on the baby baby blanket either). The only thing I want to do is work on the baby’s room and sit on my butt and surf aimlessly around baby forums, not reading anything much worth while or very interesting, but mildly entertainment and sometimes vaguely informative. I have been re-reading the Deathly Hallows which I enjoy more and more each time I’ve read it.
I am anxious, I am bored. I am ready. Tonight DH and I walked around the neighborhood a bit. It was a wonderful day not being over 80 degree’s and a cool night in which I actually had to put on a light cardigan. I love weather like that. I took a rare nap this morning (DH is not the morning type so I am normally happy to wake up with BG) and then again took a nap from 3-5 because I stay up far too late, doing NOTHING in particular except being anxious, bored and ready. Hah.
Please ignore the messy state of my beds, I have not been able to much with them this summer.
The big even the Friday before last was the new carpeting being delivered (omg I lurv it sooo much) and then this past wednesday I had to see Harry Potter, even took the day off from work and DH and I had a very nice time together while BG was at daycare. If I am “supposed” to be enjoying these last few weeks as a family of 3, well I did and I’m done. I’m good, lets move on please! I just found out my doctor, who delivered BG will be out of town basically for the week before and after my due date, meaning he very likely will not deliver our new baby. Not pleased about it at all, but it’s a wonderful practice so I am sure we will be in good hands.
The Baby’s room is officially finished, aside from needing one of those CD-player clocks, and a changing pad cover.
There is a standing lamp here now with a pink gingham shade but I haven’t photographed it yet. I was so pleased it matched the crib dust ruffle thingy and it was just a cheap target brand lamp shade. See the pretty birds on the wall? I have just 3 on that wall, and I love them.
I think I went a bit overboard on this kids room, but I’ve been so delighted by the proccess, and I’ve loved all the hand-crafted goodness I have been able to decorate with. Supporting indie designers and WAHMs alike. It feels GOOD, otherwise I would be a poster child for Pottery Barn and Target (though I nearly am for them as well, but I am a big etsy.com advocate!).
Here is my latest
etsy find; a mobile made custom in colors to match the room, just for my baby! I was very torn between the butterfly’s and the birds, so she suggested we use both! I hope it’s not overkill in the room, we’ll just have to see how it looks but I love all the colors!
See you on the flip side.
July 9, 2009 · Filed under Uncategorized |
Hey guys, I am looking for a test knitter. I am working on a pattern that will be availible for free, it’s for a 15″ Bamboletta Doll but anyone can knit it and I think it would fit more then 1 type of doll. It takes about as much sock yarn as 1 sock would take and knits up about as fast as a stockinette sock (3 or 4 nights easy). Please email me pixieATpixiepurlsDOMcom if you are interested or reply here. I need someone who can knit it up in the next 2 weeks, take a photo of the FO (on a doll or not, doesn’t matter) and let me know if the pattern is off/weird/confusing. I’m mostly worried about my math etc.
Have I shown you guys pics of the decorating progress? The room is still not done but after we get carpet installed tommorow I should be able to set it up so it’s nearly complete.
It would be nice if the bed wasn’t on the floor but I think it’s just safer this way in case I need to co-sleep like I did in the beggning last time. So on the floor it goes, and once the baby is 6 months old OUT it comes from the room (the bedding sadly will go into the closet for a year or so but will come back out eventually!). This bedroom is a tad smaller then BG’s which has made it a little more difficult to arrange things. There was only 2 long walls to choose from for the crib and bed, and we wanted the crib AWAY frmo BG’s room, so here the bed is against the wall that is connected to her room. The tree dacal is up! Total pain too, but it wound up looking wonderful. Sweet little Etsy handmade felt bird up on the little shelf.
I’ll have pics of the other side of the room once we get the new carpet down and have things arranged the way I want. Do you notice the little bird on the end of the curtain rod? SO cute! I had so much fun decorating. I still want to tweak things a bit but that will come with time. Everyone always asks so here is the rundown from this photo:
Brooke Bedding from Pottery Barn Kids
Target “Shabby Chic” furniture (cheap and cute!)
Target “Shabby Chic” fake silk curtain
Land of Nod Curtain Rod (bird on each end)
Land of Nod green stackable small suitecases (so cute)
Neu Tree Decal
July 5, 2009 · Filed under Uncategorized |
What a weird and wild month it has been. BG has been great with all the transitions/changes. We moved her into a toddler bed about 2 weeks ago hoping to forgo having to buy another crib. We had very low expectations and the attitude was “If it doesn’t work we just buy another crib” mainly because I did not want to push BG to do something she was not ready to do (and the crib she has was pretty cheap to begin with).
She took to it amazingly well. I think DH was even more shocked then I was. It was not the best night to even try but I figure it we didn’t soon we never would and there never is a perfect time. We took apart the crib and put all the pieces on the floor in the baby’s room. She didn’t really seem to care. We placed her toddler bed in the same place the crib had been (it had been in her room for several months and we always read books on it) and I arranged everything on it exactly as we did in her crib (with pillow at the wrong end, because she doesn’t sleep on the pillow). Here we are 2 weeks later and she’s even napping better then she used too, and she still will sleep until 8am most mornings.
Last night we had about a zillion fireworks going off all around our house from the lake to our neighbors and she never woke up once. The husbeast is nervous #2 will give us a run for our money after we have been so spoiled. I am now 36 weeks and actually oddly enough feeling pretty good. It’s hard to do stuff physically and I have zero motivation to do much, but aside from that I feel good. We had a relaxing day on the 4th. I didn’t even bother to put BG in her 4th of July Dress (She wore it to daycare for the parade they had on thursday) and just let her run around in a tank top and one of her dress up hats. She’s had a low-grade fever for several days now so we waited until the sun was going down to take her out and let her cool down in the pool a bit and have a popsicle to help with the fever. Despite her mild sickness, she has been super hyper and crazy fun.
She loves to sing to songs, and her version of the “kids on the bus go up and down” is fairly funny because she sings it without any sort of a tune, and likes if I clap my hands when she says “bus” and I have no idea why but she will giggle like crazy if I do it each time. Just the other day I sat on the twin bed that we have on the floor and she threw a little soft teddy bear at me and said “catch it!” and we played catch for about 10 minutes until I got tired. She was giggling like crazy and was sad when we stopped. Little things seem to thrill her to no end and she will give me the most coy smiles when I ask her to do something and she ignores me (such as in the photo below I asked her to stand and say cheese, but instead she gave me the grin you see and ran by).
I’ve been working like crazy on the
baby’s room. BG doesn’t seem very curious about the room. She likes to jump on the twin bed and will point at the tree on the wall and say “ooh pretty tree, picture tree” She’s tried to climb INTO the crib once or twice which I now have blocked with a chair but she just seems to think of it as another room. I thought all the bright colors and decor would make her think it was for her but she hasn’t said “no, it’s mine” about anything relating to the room yet (as she likes to do with her spoons, toys and other random objects). It’s also been really nice to get the crib out of her room and think about what else I want to do to hers. We are waiting until she is 3 to do much else. I’ve cleared the top of the desk so she won’t attempt to climb/pull it (being free in her room now!) and all we have in there is stuffed animals and books so she won’t play when she should be sleeping. I am looking forward to a year or two from now when I can re-arrange things to be more “big girl” but there won’t be any major changes to her decor. Eventually a trundle bed and a little chair for her desk.
I actually had gotten her a little doll cradle to try to assist with the “big girl bed” thing, but she just kept sitting in it so I’ve hidden it in the closet for now. I’m all about the decorating stuff, can you tell? We get new carpet in all of the bedrooms this coming friday and I can’t wait for how clean and wonderful it will feel. Eventually when she gets the trundle I plan to take her toddler bed sheets, skirt and her bumper and turn them into a patchwork quilt for her big bed. That will be lots of fun and a neat way to have them last longer and something special to keep that is still useful.
Not much else going on here, still crocheting away on the baby’s blanket, I am nearly 99% done with a Toddler version of the Country Kiddie, and just 2 very small sleeves short of a doll pattern for a special side project. I could probably finish all of that in a week if I pushed myself but I have not hardly knit in several days. No motivation at all it seems, but I am just going with the flow. I figure it could be 40 weeks again like last time with BG, just no way to tell.
My name is Brandy Fortune, and I design knit-wear for kids. I love Crème Brulée, Sci-Fi, 70 degree weather and reading a good book in bed. I spend my time knitting, sewing, taking pictures, co-editing the web-zine 
