Knotted Fabric Organic Treated Wood Teething Rings

I saw these on Etsy not too long ago and just fell in love with the idea, and decided to make some of my own.

Pregnancy brings out my inner "Craftinista" (heck yeah I just made up that word, believe it) and let me just say that my brain has been OVERFLOWING with crafty ideas lately. I'm talking pages and pages of sketches and doodles that to any other person would probably look incomprehensible.  Baby stuff specifically, which should come as no surprise since I'm all preggers and whatnot.

NESTING MODE COMMENCING!!

As you have probably noticed I just got back in the game of blogging a little here an there after a significant hiatus, so let me get to sharing what the blog has been missing out on and that is just about EVERYTHING I have been doing, including making these teething rings.

At the time of this post these are all available in my Etsy shop, along with more information about each, So go and check them out!

I have a lot more ideas in the works for our baby and for my etsy shop, so stay tuned for that!  Do you have any suggestions for me when embarking on this?  What do you wish you had? What do you love most?  What items for baby are the most meaningful when handmade?

Leave me a comment and let me know!  Help me keep my creative juices flowing!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!

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That's right everyone, the most treasured time of year has come again!  I can hardly contain my excitement or my record-button-pressing!

It's Shark Week!!!

And on behalf of the sheer awesomeness that is Shark Week I have made a roundup of some of the most awesome arts and crafts and handmade delights that the interwebs can provide!

Enjoy!

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DIY Cushion Lid Soda Crate Magazine Holder

For Christmas this last year my mom gave me my gifts in this really rad old 7up soda crate

I knew with that much character I couldn't just let it go to waste holding some junk in the shed

So, after much Googling, Pinteresting and deliberation I decided on an awesome use for it!

We have had this hideously ugly magazine holder in our bathroom for years

I got it for free like so many other things we have in our house that I absolutely hate now.

And I have been in super purging mode lately.

So I needed a replacement before I could ditch it.

Custom Keyboard Puppy "Cooper"

I got a really great response from my Custom Keyboard Kitty "Ivy"

So when I got another message on Etsy to make a custom keyboard creature

 I was none too surprised.

I was however a little surprised by the subject matter

I had never done keyboard Puppies, because for the most part cats are all the same 

and there are so many different variations for dogs.

Custom Keyboard Kitty "Ivy"

Recently I received a message in my Etsy shop from a really sweet lady asking if I would consider doing a custom Lackadaisicat (Keyboard Kitty).

{{Honestly, I felt like a dope that I hadn't thought of it before she asked!}}  

Handmade Scrap Buster Advent Calendar

Last year I had a lot more time on my hands than I do now

And I got ambitious and decided I should make my own Advent Calendar!

I am all about traditions, and my husband and I are always looking to start new ones

I had received LOADS of my Grandmother's old fabrics including a whole tub of Christmas fabrics!

And I was chomping at the bit to use them!

I am so proud of this project

It was a pretty quick one too!

15% Savings in TheSepiaPuppy Etsy Shop!

Yesterday while i was cooking my little heart out and watching the Parade

I saw some ads for "black friday" sales 

And thought, why not do a little something Similar??

So on account of:

Black Friday

Small Business Saturday

& Cyber Monday

I am giving you all the gift of savings this long weekend!

I will be offering 15% off ANYTHING in my Etsy Shop!

All you need is this coupon Code: SEPIASALE

The sale goes from right this very second until Monday night @ 11:59 pm

So head on over and get some Shopping done!  

As usual, Love you all!

Halloween Bunting

Let me just say, 

I Love Halloween. 

It is awesome.  It is however a little more fun when you are a kid, 

But then you have your own kids and the fun starts all over again!

Picking out costumes for them and taking mountains of pictures.

here is one of my little boogers from last year @ our church's "trunk or treat":

Rag Quilt for Violet

Just last year my 90 year-old Grandmother gave me all of her fabrics and craft supplies...

I can't even BEGIN to tell you how much stuff that is!

She requested only one thing of me 

And that was to make a quilt for my cousin Rachel's little girl for Christmas

Her name is Violet (adorable) and my Grandmother had already picked out a bunch of pretty fabrics with purple and lavender and, duh, violet to make it with.

I was so excited about this project!  

The fabrics she picked out were amazing and I couldn't wait to get started!

Here is little Violet with the finished product

A toddler-bed sized quilt made ESPECIALLY for her!

 Grace (my daughter) and Violet are only a month apart!  (Violet is older)

Here's a pic of them together at our Grandmother's 90th Birthday Party

(Sept 29th 2011)

Lackadaisicats -- Your Keyboard Cats

For you Cat owners out there 

(or sometimes more accurately out "cat-owned" out there)

Finding your cat resting on your keyboard pressing every ungodly combination of keys is no surprise

EVER.  

(What is that about anyway??)

Cuttlefish from CuddleFishFarm

Like I said in my last post, I am nuts over any kind of cephalopods.... but my most favorite of all are cuttlefish... they are amazing and super smart and beautiful

ya know... in a slimy kinda way

a common pattern for cuttlefish to show is a zebra stripes, however they are capable of MANY designs 

Cuttlefish also have really cool eyes.  Their pupils are shaped like "W"s

The Mighty Hugtopus!

Something you may not know about me:

I am a fiend, an obsessive fan, an avid follower, and an absolute nut for all things CEPHALOPOD!

So because I love to sew and I have so much fabric in my shed that it's just ridiculous

I decided a long while back I was going to make my own cephalopods!  

So I thought that today I would share my "Hugtopi" 

(like Hugtopus, clever, I know, lol)

I love them!  

Here was my first prototype:

(She's mine to keep, wee cuddle on the couch together)