Yup ... still alive!
15/12/09 11:59
So it is apparent in my lack of consistency that I'm not very good
at blogging. BUT I am certainly very consistent with making
new hats and forever coming up with new ideas and designs.
Which I'm sure most of you would prefer over my writing
anyway. Right? 
I will give you all (if there's anyone out there that actually reads my rambles), a little update on the last few months. SOOOO much has happened, but I'll try to keep it short. After my vacation to Poland, BabyBoo just started booming! Retailers took interest in the hats and before I knew it, we were selling in four stores: Babycheeks in South Surrey, Off to Bed in Fort Langley, Pinky Blue in Richmond, and Obviously Chic in Saskatchewan!
In September, we found out that we will have a little addition to our family ... we are expecting a baby in June 2010!!! We are thrilled! Unfortunately, the first trimester was very challenging for me this time AND I ended up catching H1N1 during it all. I'm only telling you this to encourage those of you who (like me) are slightly paranoid about the virus. Yes, it was really tough, and gross, and extremely unpleasant BUT my baby and I survived it AND without any drugs! Moral of the story: it's survivable!
So now with Christmas approaching fast, there don't seem to be enough hours in a day to do all the things I need/want to do. I love Christmas, it's my favourite time of year and decorating the house, baking, entertaining etc, is a must for me. And then of course BabyBoo has been needing me lots too .... from filling out all the Christmas orders to working on some BIG exciting changes .... can't tell you about them all yet, but it sure is exciting! I CAN tell you though that we have some great new colours of fabrics ... we will have them available on our website soon!
Let me end by wishing you all a wonderful Holiday Season. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
I will give you all (if there's anyone out there that actually reads my rambles), a little update on the last few months. SOOOO much has happened, but I'll try to keep it short. After my vacation to Poland, BabyBoo just started booming! Retailers took interest in the hats and before I knew it, we were selling in four stores: Babycheeks in South Surrey, Off to Bed in Fort Langley, Pinky Blue in Richmond, and Obviously Chic in Saskatchewan!
In September, we found out that we will have a little addition to our family ... we are expecting a baby in June 2010!!! We are thrilled! Unfortunately, the first trimester was very challenging for me this time AND I ended up catching H1N1 during it all. I'm only telling you this to encourage those of you who (like me) are slightly paranoid about the virus. Yes, it was really tough, and gross, and extremely unpleasant BUT my baby and I survived it AND without any drugs! Moral of the story: it's survivable!
So now with Christmas approaching fast, there don't seem to be enough hours in a day to do all the things I need/want to do. I love Christmas, it's my favourite time of year and decorating the house, baking, entertaining etc, is a must for me. And then of course BabyBoo has been needing me lots too .... from filling out all the Christmas orders to working on some BIG exciting changes .... can't tell you about them all yet, but it sure is exciting! I CAN tell you though that we have some great new colours of fabrics ... we will have them available on our website soon!
Let me end by wishing you all a wonderful Holiday Season. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
A Polish Vacation
13/07/09 07:42
I really am a lousy blogger. I seriously have to work on that
because when I don't blog I'm always sub-consciously stressed that
I should be blogging. So here I am, on vacation in Europe and still
can't seem to free myself of the guilt of not blogging. Well, I
suppose it's only a semi-vacation since I brought a full suitcase
of supplies for sewing hats! And I'm blogging.
I was very anxious about traveling with my almost-15-month-old but really should have know better: that child of mine really is heaven-sent ... she is just the easiest baby EVER ... and I have babysat/nannied/watched more than my fair share of children, so I should know. During our 9 hour flight she slept
about 6 1/2 hours! And the rest of the time she was happy to sit
either on my lap or in her little bassinet chair. Of the following
hour and a half flight, she slept an hour and then about 3 hours of
our 4 hour drive! (I have a feeling some of you reading this will
be tempted to use some interesting words towards me right about now
- it's okay, I won't be offended, I suppose I can't have it all.
*smile* ... and no, I did not drug her - at all!)
It has been so wonderful to visit with family and have them all meet my little Izabelle. I just really wish that this 'birth land' of mine wasn't so far from my 'home land'. Everytime I come here I am reminded how much I really miss it here. I miss the small towns, the beautiful rolling hills covered with colorful wildflowers, the amazing taste of dairy products, the country roads, and of course, family. But for now, I will cherish each day and enjoy every moment that I have here right now.
I was very anxious about traveling with my almost-15-month-old but really should have know better: that child of mine really is heaven-sent ... she is just the easiest baby EVER ... and I have babysat/nannied/watched more than my fair share of children, so I should know.
During our 9 hour flight she slept
about 6 1/2 hours! And the rest of the time she was happy to sit
either on my lap or in her little bassinet chair. Of the following
hour and a half flight, she slept an hour and then about 3 hours of
our 4 hour drive! (I have a feeling some of you reading this will
be tempted to use some interesting words towards me right about now
- it's okay, I won't be offended, I suppose I can't have it all.
*smile* ... and no, I did not drug her - at all!)It has been so wonderful to visit with family and have them all meet my little Izabelle. I just really wish that this 'birth land' of mine wasn't so far from my 'home land'. Everytime I come here I am reminded how much I really miss it here. I miss the small towns, the beautiful rolling hills covered with colorful wildflowers, the amazing taste of dairy products, the country roads, and of course, family. But for now, I will cherish each day and enjoy every moment that I have here right now.
I kinda feel like Superwoman
17/06/09 17:35
It's been a little while since I blogged. For one, I'm not a
blogger by nature so I'm really working at it. And then I've
been super busy ... and I mean busy, busy! My talented and
amazing husband took
a little trip to Guatemala for a filming job which left me in
charge of holding down the fort. And I don't just "hold down
the fort" I usually go overboard on improving and re-doing whatever
I can get my hands on. This time I think I might have
out-done myself: I decided to clean out our garage (yeah, you
say, no big deal). Right, that part wasn't that big of a
deal, it took me a couple of hours during my daughter's nap time to
transform the chaotic mess into a neatly organized space.
It's all that newly acquired space that got me into trouble.
We had a room of boxed stuff (and I mean floor to ceiling)
and I had decided to turn that into my sewing room. Sooo...
with all this space in our garage now, I thought that maybe I'd
move a couple of boxes to get things started for when my husband
got home. Well, four hours later, I moved all but ONE box!
I still don't know how I did it but I did. So of course
I couldn't stop at that. I really started a domino effect
with cleaning the garage. I now had this nearly empty room
that just needed a little TLC. So I got out some tools, put
together some furniture and a few hours later, had my own,
beautiful, inspiring, sewing room all set up.
On Tuesday night I was very happy to welcome my husband home but unfortunately he was joined by a bad case of food poisoning (which didn't clear until three days later!). So now instead of gaining an extra hand, I gained another "baby" to take care of. No complaints, but it sure didn't leave much time for anything. And then on Saturday I had a baby and toddler fair to attend. So, yeah, I have been keeping busy. Whew .... I was very happy to
welcome Monday and all it's normality .... well, almost ... it's a
busy social week but I'm sure I'll manage to squeeze in a few new
hats.
On Tuesday night I was very happy to welcome my husband home but unfortunately he was joined by a bad case of food poisoning (which didn't clear until three days later!). So now instead of gaining an extra hand, I gained another "baby" to take care of. No complaints, but it sure didn't leave much time for anything. And then on Saturday I had a baby and toddler fair to attend. So, yeah, I have been keeping busy.
Whew .... I was very happy to
welcome Monday and all it's normality .... well, almost ... it's a
busy social week but I'm sure I'll manage to squeeze in a few new
hats. What a lovely weekend!
01/06/09 12:05
We have had amazing weather over the last few days. Blue
skies, sunny, warm ... after a long, rainy and cold west-coast
winter the warmth and sun feels heavenly! On Saturday my
husband and I went to a BEAUTIFUL wedding. The reception took
place in amazing Minter Gardens where
we got married. That was our first time back in four years
and it's amazing what a rush of excitement I got from just being
there! And seeing all the beautiful flowers everywhere
(including the wedding flowers ... they were peonys, hydrangeas and
roses in soft pinks - stunning!) had me constantly
thinking of my hats! The ideas were flowing faster than I
could even really process them! So naturally I had to go do a
little "flower shopping" for the hats on Sunday. I could
hardly wait to start sewing and designing again. For the last
week and half I don't think I have done any sewing at all as most
of my time was focused on getting the website going. So it
was a real treat for me to sit down and sew a few hats.
Unbelievable!
29/05/09 00:03
Well, I feel a little bit like I'm living a dream. Not one of
those floaty-fuzzy, don't-know-what's-happening kind of dreams
where things just happen. I'm definitely feeling the "work"
part of things. But it's dreamy in the sense that this
"dream" is all coming to a reality. Tonight my website is
LIVE!!! I had a dream, an idea, an inspiration and now I have
my own company, own website, own FANS! What an amazing
feeling it is to have someone else appreciate MY ART enough to buy
it!
This dream did not come to be a reality all on it's own. I had so much love, support and help... from my beautiful little girl, Izabelle, who has been my inspiration and drive for this adventure! ....My wonderful husband who is talented and wonderful beyond words (and who put this website together for me!) ...My mom and sister who would babysit all spare moments of their time to allow me to make this dream a reality. ....The lovely and talented Jamie Delaine who so graciously photographed our sweet little baby models (all 15 of them at once - no small task at all!) ....All the parents of the baby models for taking the time to come out. ... My stunning sister-in-law, Bria for designing my delightful business cards. ...And countless family and friends who encouraged and guided me. Thank you!!!
This dream did not come to be a reality all on it's own. I had so much love, support and help... from my beautiful little girl, Izabelle, who has been my inspiration and drive for this adventure! ....My wonderful husband who is talented and wonderful beyond words (and who put this website together for me!) ...My mom and sister who would babysit all spare moments of their time to allow me to make this dream a reality. ....The lovely and talented Jamie Delaine who so graciously photographed our sweet little baby models (all 15 of them at once - no small task at all!) ....All the parents of the baby models for taking the time to come out. ... My stunning sister-in-law, Bria for designing my delightful business cards. ...And countless family and friends who encouraged and guided me. Thank you!!!
We've Launched!
16/05/09 12:17
After 2 months of planning, designing, stressing and sewing, we’re
finally launching our website! I had planned to do it several
months ago, but since I started this line of bamboo hats, I haven’t
had a long enough break to focus on my website; so I had to ask my
husband for a little help. Thankfully, he had a bit of time that we
could sit down and plan this out together.