You're Invited

This week The Bubb turns one, yes ONE. Amazing how fast the time has gone, so much has happened in the past 365 days. They change so quickly at this age and it seems that every hour he is learning and doing something new and different.

We decided to have a little party for him next weekend and theme it after the card game UNO. In order to accomplish this the first thing we needed was to have invitations. Using a classic UNO card as my model (not those new fancy ones, but the vintage kind) I scanned it and then changed it up in Photoshop so that the back of the card would be like the back of the playing cards and then the front is the same as the 1 card for the game.

I shifted the 1 away from the center and added all the party information. I had them printed on cardstocky paper at Kinkos (or are they called FedEx now?) as our 15 year old home inkjet printer wouldn't have been able to produce the quality that I wanted. They were printed so that when cut the front and back image would line up resembling the playing cards. I cut them myself and then round the corners so that they looked like the cards from the game.

Then I sealed them up in some brightly colored envelopes that I found in the clearance section at Michaels, cause they get tossed anyway!

Fabric Bubb :: My Very Own Fabric Shop

So excited to share with you that I now have a fabric shop, called Fabric Bubb :) Named after The Bubb of course!

Right now I am using Etsy but at some point soon I'd like to get my own "dot com" site going. We are just starting with a few fabrics but more and more are coming in every day. Designers that we have in stock include Michael Miller, Robert Kaufman, Timeless Treasures, Birch Fabrics, Shannon Fabrics (minky), etc. I am happy to cut any amount of yardage that you need so feel free to check it out!

The Last Crib Bumper

For the past few weeks I've been working on a custom crib bumper. It is actually the last one I'm going to make due to The Bubb's decreased napping times and thus the general lack of time I have overall now. Working together we picked out a color scheme based around Michael Miller's Zoology in Lagoon fabric.

We wanted the bumper to be made from the Zoology in Lagoon fabric and I used black fabric ties so not to distract from the print. I love the bold and bright colors.

To match I also made a crib skirt in Play Stripe in Lagoon and two coordinating crib sheets in Dumb Dot in Citron and Ta Dot in Teal. I love having vertical stripes for crib skirts.

It's probably a good thing that The Bubb no longer uses a bumper otherwise I'd have a hard time not making him a new one every month or so!

Oh Deer!

This past weekend we headed up to Mount Shasta for a little sun (there is sadly hardly any where we are living, silly fog...) and outdoor adventuring. Instead of camping this time we got a little 2 bedroom room with a kitchen to allow us to cook meals for The Bubb. It is strange but it seems like we took the same amount of stuff here as we do when we go to my parent's house. That kid has stuff :)

The Bubb did great on the car rides and learned how to turn the TV on. And he actually flipped it to Curious George before he went up and plastered himself to the TV. It was then turned off for the rest of the trip.

We did some hiking, flower picture taking, relaxing, etc.

And it seems since we come up here every year that we take pictures of ourselves in front of Mt. Shasta, as it wouldn't be a complete trip if we didn't...

The Bubb also got his first deer encounter, it was a momma deer and her two little ones. They even still had their spots. And were really not concerned at all that The Bubb was banging on the window or that we were there when heading out for the morning.

I wish it could have lasted a little bit longer, but back to the normal daily activities.

Owl Friends

Ever since I purchased this fabric The Bubb has been obsessed with it. He sees it from across the room and just bolts for it. I don't know if it is the owl eyes or the bright colors or what but he loves it and he has seen a lot of fabric. The fabric is by Timeless Treasures and it comes in both green and cream. Both are super adorable. I had a small piece left over and The Bubb would not stop playing with it; so I made another lovey.

Pretty basic, I used the cream owls on the front and backed it with organic cotton fleece. On two of the corners I made loops with the green owl fabric to let him play with it or clip it to the stroller, car seat etc.

He was napping when I took these photos so sorry I don't have one with him in it, but he likes to sit with it in his lap and point at the owls. Its pretty adorable. But I guess everything he does is adorable to me. Oh and good news! He is now drinking from a straw sippy cup, I cannot tell you how excited I am about this!