As many of you know, Jonathan had Jaundice for about 6 - 7 weeks. Halfway through that we decided on the perfect Halloween costume for him. A yellow crayon. A few days ago we decided on the perfect costumes for us. . . white paper with scribbles. Jonathan's art work so to speak. We each made our own shirts. . . let me tell you, it was tough. Kyle got really creative and covered Jonathan's feet in paint and put those on his shirt. By the time these pictures were taken Jonathan was a bit overtired . . .
. . . I still managed to get a couple of smiles out of him. They looked more like smiles from front on, but I couldn't get him to look at the camera.

Got the yellow onesie on Etsy and made the hat and footies. . .

Poor Jonathan, his life is very hard. Jonathan: "You sound like my mom, feel like my mom, and smell like my mom, but you look funny."

We had a costume ball at work tonight. I think I went as my alter ego.

"They're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future." - Westly

Bath Cocktails

Now you can have your baby, and a cocktail too! Check out my friend, Ashley's first giveaway for her emerging company, Bath Cocktails! Super cute soaps in an array of tasty flavors! Visit her site!

Project 23 of many. . .

I call it "Keisarin uudet vaatteet." Which is Finnish in case you were wondering. . .

Laundry. . .

. . .not sure if it's clean or not, but it sure is cute. Hands down (or up) best place to take a nap.

1 Month Old

It is hard to believe that our little guy is already 1 month old!
Here he is at about 15 minutes old.

. . . and here at a month and a few hours old.

Project 22 of many. . .

I was contacted mid-August by a girl in Texas who wanted me to recreate a certain bag she had seen. Said bag was by an Italian designer who somewhat recently had a documentary made about his final couture collection. Said bag was $2700. Here is my interpretation of the inspiration she presented me with. There are several changes. The bag is made of %100 silk satin, tulle and dupioni and has pearlized leather trim, it is then "crystallized" with over 600 hand-sewn swarovski crystals.

I was very excited about this project. I thought it would be a great little thing to throw together before the baby got here. Unfortunately all the suppliers that I sourced decided to either not have the products I ordered in stock, or change the price of their products after I ordered them, or not send my order out. Long story short, my supplies all showed up after Jonathan's due date. Which was fine because I was convinced he was going to be late. And he was late, but not as late as I would have liked. Before he was born I was able to get most of my fabric dyed and some of the flowers cut out.

So, in the three weeks following the birth of Jonathan I worked on this bag. Luckily Jonathan is a very good baby and cooperated with me very well on the project.