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It's sunny and a warm 27 degrees outside :) That's not too bad! But I am still counting the days til Spring. Only 49 days. To make the weeks bearable till then, I just make sure I have lots of pretty, sunny daffodils throughout the house.
Also, have you noticed that at 4:45pm it's still light out? Oh, it does wonders for my psyche.
We're off to the movies. We're going to see "Hotel for Dogs." Should be cute. Have a great weekend!
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Just finished this invite for Davis's school. Cute huh?
We are bracing for another #@$%%*# snowstorm. I'm just tired of snow and ice. seriously. Spring can not come fast enough for me. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see it is 4:30 and it's still light outside.
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If you love snow + live in the northeast then you must be loving the winter so far. We've been having snow storms after snow storms. I use to love the snow... but that's when we use to ski all the time. Now... not so much. But the kids, they are loving the snow and the sledding. Don't they look like they are having a good time?
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So, I'm one year late, but I did it. For Christmas, I finally made aprons for the kids that I said I would.
I bought the fabric over a year ago with plans of making aprons for Christmas 07, but it never happened. Last year the kids loved to cook with me in the kitchen. I knew aprons were a must. I started making them in November 08, but time just escaped me and I found myself swearing at my sewing machine on Christmas Eve :) Ho Ho Ho.
They were easier to make than I thought. Amanda Jean was a big inspiration to me. She sews a lot and always offers sewing tips on her blog. I have discovered, thanks to her, that the iron is your best friend when sewing. If you always press your fabrics and seams, it makes sewing much easier.
Crate & Barrel had the cutest kid's spatulas this year, so I bought those for the kids. Perfect for the pockets. As you can see from the photos that the aprons actually fit the kids and I think they turned out pretty cute. We'll be road testing them by making some chocolate chip cookies. Yummy!
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This past weekend I did a major clean up of my studio and decided that I should try to sell some of my products, you know, make room for new stuff...and what better way to do that, than to have a SALE!
Mini Taylor books were $20 - they are now $15.00.
Perfect books to keep in your bag. Think about how many times you make a list and lose it.
Keep track of your to-do-lists, measurements of windows, walls, furniture, paint chips etc.
These are perfect teacher gifts and hostess gifts too. {think of june, end of the year presents}
Also, these books are environmentally friendly. Once the spiral pad inside is filled, you just take it out and replace with a new pad.
ABC prints were $15 - they are now $10.
I sold quite a few of these prints at my Taylor Made designs parties this past fall.
They are perfect for kids rooms. They look fabulous framed. Nice birthday or baby presents.
Wine + Gift Tags were $6 - they are now $4.
How often do you find yourself giving wine as gifts? If like me, then lots!
Whenever you go over to your friend's house I'm sure you bring a bottle of wine. My wine tags would be perfect to put over the neck of the bottle and let your hostess know it's from you. {plus, it's environmentally more friendly than all that ribbon and packaging!}
So head on over to my Etsy Store and buy yourself some great stuff.
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So what do we think of 2009 so far? Too early to tell? :)
Thought I'd show you what I put together for the kid's teachers. I always give money towards the class gift, but enjoy putting together packages that are just from Will + Davis too.
For Davis, there are so many people to put packages together for: her main teacher and her assistant, the Spanish teacher that Davis just adores, the woman who changes her clothes when she gets wet or dirty (which is at least once a week} the librarian who helps Davis pick out great books, the two women who take care of Davis during lunch bunch, the head of school and her assistant. That's a total of nine. phew. For William, I only had to make four packages up. One for his Kindergarten teacher and her assistant, but also for the first grade teacher + her assistant. {William spends the morning in the 1st + 2nd grade class for math + reading}
I used brown paper bags and made up custom tags for each package. In November, when I had a lot of silkscreen ribbon orders, I decided to make up some holiday ribbon for myself. You'll see that I silkscreened red twill ribbon with the words, "happy holidays from the yarrantons" I think it made the packages feel more personal. I created the tags in Adobe Illustrator, and printed them out on one of my printers. I made homemade truffles, sweet + spicy pecans + chocolate covered preztels. I bought a little can of hot coco mix from Crate + Barrel as well as some ornaments. I included some of my holiday tags + notebooks. Nothing too much, but hopefuly enough to make the teachers smile and let them know how much we appreciate all they do for our kids. :)
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Wishing you all a very Happy 2009!
May the upcoming year bring you nothing but the best.
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