Gearing up for Valentine's Day

It seems that my etsy shop is busiest around certain holidays...obvious ones like Arbor Day and MLK Day (wink), but definitely Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter....the list goes on and on.

For this year's Valentine's Line, I've worked on a few new designs and will add them to the etsy lineup.

Red Volkswagen Bug with text "LOVE BUG" is such a hit that I've sold about half a dozen before they even hit the etsy shop! Beep beep






Also, really, what proud Mama doesn't look at her little guy and think he's going to make some lucky girl very happy someday (someday way way down the line)?

what a pair!

A few weeks ago, I got two different colored shirts for my boys. I'm one of those twinmamas who dresses the twins alike most of the time (my rationale being it's easier for me and besides, they are definitely not identical and have different-colored hair, so it's obvious who is who), so I was a little thrown off by the two different colors of the shirt. So I set about coming up with a pair of stencils to put on the two shirts for my boys.

In the end, I decided on milk and cookies, and I really like how they turned out!

Hula Birthday Girls

One of my fellow twinmamas, Casey, is throwing a Hawaiian Princess birthday party for her girls. So I've matched the party colors and stencilled some hibiscus blossoms onto shirts for the birthday girls. Aloha!

Happy Families

Michelle saw the gingerbread family design and wondered...could I try a snowfamily design for her? I gave it a shot and think it turned out pretty nicely.

Jamie also wanted one. I think I'm getting the hang of it!

The Harry Potter Post

We're pretty big into Harry Potter here, so I had to do a golden snitch for myself.














Amy's cousin is a huge fan of Ron Weasley, so we did a special, sparkly stencil for her. I used a Potter-esque font called LUMOS.




I've done a third Harry Potter related stencil, for my sister, but it's not entirely family-friendly, so I probably ought not to share it here.

Three Girls

Sonya is expecting her third daughter's arrival any day now...she asked me to put together shirts for her soon-to-be three daughters to wear for photos! I love this idea and look forward to seeing the shirts in action.

Sweet Family

We're already gearing up for the holidays over here. As part of that, here's the first in our 2007 holiday line: the gingerbread family.

This is customizable (got two boys in your family? three girls? You get the picture).

I've Been Tagged...

6 WEIRD THINGS~~I've been tagged by Six Gun Sally.

THE RULES: Each player of this game starts with the 6 weird things about yourself. People who get tagged need to write on their own blog their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says you are tagged in their comments and tell them to read your blog.Weird things about me:

1) Seriously had no idea for a long long time that Boy George was gay, that's how sucky my gaydar is.

2) I learned the Preamble to the Constitution from Schoolhouse Rock. Still know it. When I start to read the text, actually, I have to hum the music, too.

3) I loathe mayonnaise, although I will grudgingly admit that there is possibly a need for it when making tuna salad or egg salad sandwiches.

4) My husband calls me a walking IMDB because I can hear an actor's voice and 9 times out of 10 know who it is and what other movies/tv shows he's been in.

5) A partial list of things I have quit: Violin lessons, gymnastics, swim team, sailing team, tennis team, drama camp, the school newspaper, the Middlesex Girls Choir, hall staff in college, several jobs, teaching Sunday School, smoking, drinking, general carousing, biting my nails (several times; it never takes).

6) I have an unhealthy interest in gossip magazines and websites, although I find most of the people featured in them annoying.



tagging....anyone who's up for it!

Happy Camper

Shannon's son Eli likes to camp...sort of. So she asked me to do him a stencil tee of Eli's most favorite Camp in the world: Camp Pitchafit. It turned out so cute that I'm adding it to my etsy shop inventory.

Preparing for Halloween

So many times, we mamas get all carried away with preparations for the kids' Halloween costumes and suddenly the big holiday is upon us and we realize WE don't have a costume ready!

With that in mind, I've designed a quick-and-easy Halloween costume for adults. It doesn't get much easier than this, y'all.

More in the "due in" series

A very good friend recently learned that she's going to be a mama for the second time in February. This reminded me that I'd better get going on making sure I have the appropriate due date stencils in my shop!

Posh and Fabulous

Victoria Beckham, much to my total surprise, is a complete riot. One of the things from her little "Coming to America" reality show that had me howling was her announcement that "Being Fabulous is Exhausting." Sing it, sister!

I knew that was a stencil waiting to happen. My sister Meg will receive this for her 27th birthday, seeing as how she's quite fabulous. Pssst...Meg, act surprised.

Happy Birthday times 2

My boys turned three last week. I made them birthday cupcake tees for them to wear on the big day; the backs had their names and new age (3) like the back of a baseball jersey. Here they are enjoying their birthday Krispy Kremes!

Big Day for Little Ol' Me!

My stencils have appeared in a handful of treasuries on etsy, and it is always a huge thrill for me. But even more thrilling was to go to the etsy homepage today and find that one of my stencils (my "signature" one -- the cupcake) appeared on the front page!

It was up there for about six hours, and I enjoyed every last second of it. Hurray!

Two Fleur de Lis tees

Friends Kari and Lara both had a hankering for fleur de lis tees, one on a heathered blue tee and one on an ice blue tee. I used pearlized (slightly sparkly) pale blue paint on the heathered tee, and a deep navy blue paint on the ice blue tee. I really like how they turned out!

Rock Star Redux

I loved the rock star stencil I did for little Miss Emma the other day, so I thought I'd try it again, only with a shimmery gold star instead. It makes me think of gold records, you know (or am I dating myself by mentioning "records"? hee).

duedate tee...with flair

Michelle is having a baby in December! So I stencilled a "due in december" shirt for her with a little extra bit of flair: a holly berry and leaves as the dot in the i. I'm very excited about this. (some days, it doesn't take a lot to make me happy)

That Rocks

Jamie's daughter Emma is a rockstar and needs a stencil tee to ensure that the world knows this!

So I did a multi-layer stencil (black "rockstar" in Fiolex Girls font over a sparkly pink star) and loved the results so much that I'm adding more of these designs to my shops!

BBCers' Pink Ribbon Walk

As a breast cancer survivor, you can imagine that I love any and all projects involving pink ribbons. So when my friend Judie who runs a Baby Boot Camp in Texas came to me wanting fifteen (yes, that's 15) shirts for her BBC team to wear in a breast cancer walk, I said Absolutely!

The text is as close as I could get to the BBC logo, in green (over white, to ensure that the text popped on the grey shirts) moderately sparkly paint. The hand-drawn pink ribbons feature hearts at the top loop and were edged in pale pink.

Life is a Beach

My friend Heather is throwing her sons a combination birthday/christening party in a few weeks (she has a toddler and an infant), and the theme is a beachy one. So we stencilled colorful beachballs onto the front of a tee and a onesie for the Honorees to wear to their gala.

This stencil was simple in idea but a touch challenging to execute. Coloring (or painting) inside the lines is tough even for non-preschoolers!