Embroidered handprints

It's amazing how fast children grow and before you know it those tiny hands and feet are huge and your little baby is 6' tall. I've been 'saving' some of my son's handprints and using them as a design on some of his clothes. I think it's gorgeous. I've started offering this as a service in my shop, time will tell if other people think it's gorgeous or just tacky.

This handprint was done when my son was 7 months old. He wouldn't let me push his fingers down and just kept staring at the paper and then at his messy hand. Everytime I look at it I smile as I think of that moment in his high chair. There's another story to embarrass him with when he's 18!

a difficult day

Thankfully it's getting towards the end of the day after having loads of fun with my son today I should have stopped and not tried to do any work on my clothing. Ha 2 ruined t-shirts later I'm not in a good mood and to top it all off my reflux is back. Damn. I'm so tired I can't even think what to put next.

But tomorrow is another day as they say... let's hope I don't mess up again ;-)

so many things to add so little time

I've been fiendishly working on getting my shop homepage up and running and adding all the cool stuff I have. I still have post-pregnancy baby brain so the computing side is taking me so long to master and to think I was a clever girl not so long ago ;-)

I've been doing my machine embroidery section, I can't add everything I want to do I don't have enough time!! Here is my current fave... it will be my son's first halloween too. I am so going to do a little party for him

Cat applique panels

I love these cat panels I have... made loads of stuff for my son with them on lol... hope someone else likes them as much to buy one! This one is my fave.

It reminds me of James the Cat a tv show I used to watch as a child, it had the best theme tune. He lived in a garden chasing the birds and the butterflies and getting fat. Actually other than the tune I can't remember much else about it.

new ideas

This will sound really sad and I know I'm not doing anything earth shatteringly creative but I have taken to carrying around a notebook to write down ideas when I'm out and about. And also for trying to make my pregnancy brain memory not make me forget the 10,001 things I'm supposed to be remembering.
I'm off now to make up some more applique panels I might post some here tomorrow.

My new shop

After debating for ages over whether I should follow my heart and give in to being creative I have done it. It's taken weeks of hard work (which is still going on) but thanks to the amazing work at home mums site I now have my own shiny new shop!

Half of me is so excited because it's my own project, I answer to no-one but myself and half of me is terrified in case no-one likes what I'm doing enough to buy it. I can't even bring myself to think of the big f word. It has to work!

I know someone famous said something about you can't fail if you never try so that is what I am doing trying.... wish me luck.

www.reebeebaby.co.uk