I Spy Friday

Since finding out, back in December, that I was pregnant I've been trawling around for ideas and products to decorate the nursery. One thing that has surprised me is the amount of nursery-geared stuff out there that I would love to have in any other part of my house, so I decided to share some of these with you this week. To me, altogether, these say nursery, but individually they would work in any other part of the house.

From top to bottom:
Tree bookcase by Shawn Soh
Amy Butler retro lampshade from The Old Lamp Shed
Shoe progression from Real Simple* **
Lovebirds fabric mobile from BabyJives
Tree decal from Cox and Cox (this one's on the way to my house right now!)
Embroidery hoops display from The Purl Bee using Liberty of London fabrics

*I saw this idea on pinterest and loved it, but I cannot find the tutorial for it anywhere on Real Simple. If anyone can find it, please post a link in the comments! But, honestly, it doesn't look like it'd be too difficult to figure out: shadow box, pretty paper, shoes, adhesive, labels. I'm not into shoes for babies (they don't need shoes! they can't walk!), but I think I might do it with socks. How freaking precious would that be?
**Okay, this one might violate the anywhere-in-the-house principle, but I love it so who cares.

New bouquets: small and mini

As promised, I'm back to share some new products with you! I don't normally stock ready-made bouquets in my shop. It just doesn't make sense to try and predict what clients will want next; I'd much rather hear it from the source and then create it.

But I've been lucky enough to be invited to participate in two wonderful events this winter. First was Craft Guerrilla's recent Love Easy Valentine Market. It was so much fun, and I wish I had had the energy to post about it ahead of time. Prepping for it was enough for my first-trimester racked body to handle, unfortunately.

But the second event is coming up soon, the new London Handmade Wedding Collective's first showcase! I can't wait to share more details about it in a few days, but for now here are some of the new bouquets I've got ready for the showcase:

These are small and light bouquets of just a dozen flowers (the size varies because of the differing thickness of the papers). They are simple (no leaves) and spare (gorgeous, thin washi tape on stems that are too slim for ribbon wrapping).

Right now these are available in white and text, but they can (of course!) be customized with any paper. A variety of washi tapes are also available to choose from, and if demand is strong enough I'll get more colors in. These dainty little bouquets would make great flower girl or toss bouquets.

I've also got several mini bouquets in stock, in red, white, text, and pink. (But I'm just sharing a few pictures of red and text bouquets today.)

These minis are made with 6 roses, and measure only about 6 inches long.

Perfect for place settings (with little tags attached), or just to decorate your desk, mantle, book shelf...

Best. Valentine. Ever.

I'm so excited today, because I can finally share some news that I've been sitting on for a few months. This is the real reason I haven't been posting much lately, because as the day when I could share the news got closer, it became increasingly frustrating to not be able to write about what was foremost in my mind. Also, I was feeling sick and tired pretty much 24/7.

Why?

Because I'm pregnant!!!!!

We had the first sonogram yesterday, hence the title of this post. It really was the best Valentine ever, not least because it I'm a total defensive pessimist, and I refused to let myself get really psyched about the pregnancy until I saw a heartbeat.

Well, I saw a heartbeat. And the rest of our adorably-already-chubby-cheeked little worm.Wanna see some pictures?

 

I thought these images were pretty easy to figure out, but a friend who I emailed them to was completely confused, so I've annotated these.

For some reason, seeing the umbilical cord is super fascinating to me.

And, by the way, we like to call our little fetus Cletus. And I'll probably also call him/her BabyWorm. Or the Worm. Because we're keeping the name (both options already picked out thankyouverymuch) a secret until Clet makes his (or her) debut.

So, anyway, that's my news. And I haven't forgotten all of my promises about sharing some new stuff. There will be a few new things going up in the shop every day for the next several days, and I'll post pictures here as they go up. And I have a more professionally related bit of exciting news to share in a few weeks, too! Hooray!