Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas friends!  I am headed on a little vacation and I'll see you in January!  I hope to have lots of new mini things and larger, squishy things available in my shop that month!

Much love to you, from me.

Custom Mobiles

I really love making these.  Once I fully recover from having all that fortunate good luck business (as a result of being Etsy featured seller) thrown in my face, I would like to get these posts more organized and share the mobile pictures side-by-side with the pictures that families and friends send me as inspiration to use when designing them.  There are so many interesting people in the world, and these mobiles offer me a nice way to get to know about different families and make them something beautiful and unique as a celebration of who they are. 

Super Family

I meet the most interesting people through my custom mobile requests.

 

This one goes to a lady with pink hair.  A writer, whose latest book series features my favorite city!

 

 The mobile is for her husband and features her family as super heroes!

But, judging from their pictures and creative lives, they don't need capes, they are already my super heroes.  

Surprise

I can't believe I was able to keep this a secret for an entire month.  That is a major accomplishment for me!  Here I am, an Etsy featured seller.  I feel so fortunate about this.  It is a great opportunity for me and my cheeks have been a very dark shade of pink all day.

And, for the non babies...

I am very excited to unveil some new products for my Etsy shop.  One of them, Franz is a runaway from my Strong Man Mobile.  I think Franz deserves to branch out from above the crib and make his way into kitchens and living rooms (or, maybe he can still stay in the nursery, but entertain the wee one from above the changing table?).  I've also been wanting to make some cloud friends for awhile, and I like them very much.  I especially like Mr. Mustache cloud in his party hat, ready for good times in the sky.  Last, I have a Mr. Mustache pillow.  I made these for my couch awhile back, and now I want them for your couch too.  These will all be in my Etsy shop momentarily.  Stay tuned because I am going to offer a few more new things before the month is up---just in time for the Holidays. 

Ready to be hung from the ceiling, these sweet clouds will take you to a happy place in your dreams.

Franz, super buff.  There will be three versions of Franz available, because no Strong Man has just one unitard!

"A little Chivalry for your couch"

Fire Truck Completion

 I think this was my favorite Halloween ever.  Walter was so excited the entire day.  He trick-or-treated at a slight run while "woo-ing" like a fire siren.   He fell twice (less than I thought), and was more concerned about the candy falling out of his pumpkin than he was about the scrapes on his hands.  The fire truck, while being the cause of the falls, also kept his head from too much damage---thanks fire truck!   It is so funny to imagine what Walter is thinking.  I love how children just accept these bizarre curves from the routine with little questioning.  "Okay, today we talk to all of our neighbors and they give us chocolates.  We do all of this while wearing cardboard fire trucks and lamp parts with paper wings on our head."  

"Okay!"

We also went to a costume contest at a Books-A-Million.  Book stores are frequent haunts for my family, so it seemed appropriate.  Walter was the only kid that showed up.  He won!  It was like the entire holiday was centered on him.  The staff still let him parade through the store to the different stations to "trick-or-treat" to the different employees.  Each employee secretly gave him their entire stash of candy (they had planned on a much bigger event).  They were all so sweet with him.  I also experienced a bit of motherly pride when Walter kept confusing how he was supposed to ask for candy.  

"What do you say?"

Answer:  Trick or Treat.

Walter's Answer:  "Please."

Awww.

In Pink Cheeks news, I am working on another large order for a toy shop.  I have 60 Strong Man arms to sew, always an obstacle for me.  I suppose it is why I am blogging right now----good procrastination productivity.  

I am going to be unveiling a few new products this month that I am just itching to show you.

I hope your Halloween was lovely and your bellies don't hurt too much!

Wishing you a Happy Halloween

May your little plastic pumpkin have a higher ratio of Reeces Peanut Butter Cups to Tootsie Rolls.