I made my very first etsy sale! Oh joy, oh happiness! What a colossal ocassion!
While I have been selling for years, I've only recently started really trying on etsy in the last few months. Finally, it pays off.
We've experienced a few suprisingly warm days here in Vancouver this week. Mother Nature is just teasing us with a last taste of Summer before we decend into months of rain and a little bit of snow.
Keilyn and I have spent these lovely warm days lounging in the park while Corbin goes to school. I'm afraid there won't be many more days in the park under big oak trees this year, unless we want soggy bottoms. The leaves are slowly turning and falling from their branches, and you can feel the crispness of Fall in the air.
Gone are the days of playing at the beach or simply in the hose outside. It was fun while it lasted, though.
Now we get to jump in piles of leaves, instead, and break out the warm woolies - hats, scarves and mitts.
Speaking of scarves - Corbin asked me to make him one! How cute. I didn't even know he knew what a scarf was :P SO he will be getting a scarf/mitt set sometime in the near future, once I clear up all my customs.
Look what's in my hyenacart shop right now - isn't this one absolutely TDF set? A playsilk by Beneath The Rowan Tree, soft shoes by Z to A Baby, the raglan is by Katydid Creations and the yarn (to be knit by me) is Small Farm Yarn by G-Button Baby.
This is just one of the awesome collaborations I have up in my shop in celebration of my 3rd year anniversary on Hyenacart!
There are also several guest items, from some of Hyenacart's fabulous vendors. Check out the fat sheep bulky merino Hexe longies by Just Sheepy! The current bid is only 46.00 - what a steal for such expertly knit longies!
This Pumpkin Patch 3pc baby set by The Cherub's Closet would be simply darling on any infant.
ALl the items are just amazing, and worth checking out even if you're not buying! Hyenacart has such a weath of talented moms!
I'm letting the cat out of the bag here! September is the month that marks our third year of doing business on hyenacart, certainly a moment to celebrate! Mama Stone Creations is having a party to celebrate this birthday on September 30th.
Some very special guests are coming to stock and collaborate with us including Alphabette Zoope, Beneath the Rowan Tree, G-Button Baby, and Katydid Creations - just to name a few :)
Come join in the fun, see you there! :D
I know it is technically still spring, but weather wise it is certainly summertime! Barely two weeks ago it was pants and long sleeves to go outside - even raincoats! Now we've tossed aside the tights and jeans - it's time for shorts and dresses, baby! Heck - It's about time for swimming suits and Granville Island water park! I'm so excited :) I don't know why more fo the water parks don't open in May. It's too hot, already!
We've been spending a lot more time in our backyard. It's weird because it doesn't really feel like ours, as we share it with two other families. However, neither of them use it much. We'd might as well, right? The owners, upstairs, actually took my potted Mother's day plants and planted them in their garden when I had set them outside for some sunlight,probably thinking another in the household had purchased them. I feel like it's my garden too, now.
I love making graphics. Especially my own. It is so easy to capture exactly what I am imagining in digital. I enjoy doing it for other people as well, it's just not as easy to get exactly what they want. Here is the banner i worked up for my hyenacart shop this morning. SO pretty. I am loving green this year. You can't get much more earthy than green.
And I've recently enjoyed making these ones for other HC mamas:
Business wise, anyways. :) Yesterday I redesigned my hyenacart, and began previewing my knits from the last 7 weeks, or so. It looks fresh, new and full right now. I am so pleased!
Tomorrow at noon, my hyenacart will stock with some lovely, lovely summer woolies. Each item is made with WAHM dyed yarns, which makes it even more rewarding for me.
Not only have I met a personal goal, but I've helped support some awesome mamas.
New goal: Buy more unisex and boyish colourways. Being that I have a daughter in diapers, I tend to be drawn to knitting up the more feminine colours as shorties. I don't mean to, it just happens! Bad wahm, bad!
In other news, there is a icky cold passing through the Stone household. Brandon had it and Corbin has it right now. I feel awful, his voice is so hoarse and I know it must hurt. Gives me an excuse, however, to get some extra snuggles in :)
The cold is creeping up on me, and of course Keilyn will get it last. Hopefully she builds up an immunity to it first via nursing, and skips it all together! The wonders, right?
I'd also like to show off my amazing new baby carrier. This is a No-Tie Mei Tai by Hibiscus Baby. I had to go with the Joel Dewberry aviary print - isn't it gorgeous?! Joline is an amazing seamstress - every last detail is PERFECT! She was even happy to widen and lengthen the straps for me, making it a perfect fit (now that I've figured out how to wear it correctly ;P)
I need a better photo! (Oh, did I mention I got a haircut in April? I love it!) That was taken less than an hour after I tore open my package ;) Here's one to show you the MT in better detail:
So pretty :) Sometimes I just look at it because I am *SO IN LOVE* with this carrier!
