SO. TIRED.

Where have I been? I don't know. Seriously. But I do know I've been SO. TIRED.
We've just come out of a hideous phase with the little one where his sleep was getting worse and worse each day. I was averaging 4 hrs sleep a night (in 1/2 hr - 1hr blocks!). TORTURE! But thankfully, someone sent me a lifeline - when I ran into Stephanie at the market a few weeks ago she told me about a "baby whisperer" whom she used when her baby was having trouble sleeping. Last weekend we found our relief. HHHAAALLEEEELLLUUULLLIIAAAHH!!!! (THANK YOU STEPH!!!!!).

Slowly but surely I'm beginning to feel my old self coming back with each night of good sleep I'm getting. It'll be a while yet, but I'm getting there.

So not much work has been done since the market except on the wholesale front but will hopefully have updates etc. soon. I'm just taking it one day at a time...

I look forward to re-joining the real world soon :)

finding the rainbow

Wow, it's been a while, hasn't it? Things got a little nuts over here in the last month or more. In my frantic race to prepare for last weekend's finders keepers market I neglected to keep anyone reading this informed about new products or tell you about the market itself. How (sadly) ironic. Needless to say the market went really well, we did really well, and the new products were really well received (too many really's there really...). However in the craziness of the last month or two there are a few other important things that got neglected along the way, namely my sanity but other things as well.

Time to stop and smell the roses I think. I'll be taking it easy as much as possible in the next few weeks so will hopefully feel more inclined to stop by here and update you on the latest. I do miss our chats.

x

i'm coming back...

Slowly slowly getting back into it...
Here's a tiny sneak peek of some new bits and pieces coming soon. What are they? Ooh mysterious. Actually, I'm not really trying to be all mysterious, it's just that's kinda all I've got to show you at this stage!!

The plan is to have the full new range ready by 31st October and 1st November when I'll be participating in The Finders Keepers market here in Brisbane. It's a month and a half away but I'll need every spare second I can get. Life with the little munchkin now means I have about a tenth of the free time I used to have.

But don't get me wrong, being a Mum is awesome.
I mean, hello...?

P.S.

My super talented friend Kia Hing Fay has some gorgeous new bits and pieces in her shop. Check it out, you'll love it.

hello. how are you?

I thought I'd show you the little birth announcement cards I had made (click to see bigger/clearer). I designed most of it while I was pregnant and just filled in the details and picture after he was born. I had them printed on recycled card and sent them out to family and friends - we wrote on the back of them so they doubled as thank you notes for all the gifts we received.

I've created a new set on my flickr page so you can follow pics of the little monkey there. Of course I won't be able to resist putting pictures up here from time to time but eventually I'll have to get back into talking about work :)

But for now enjoy some cuteness...

The view from where I am...

The view from up here is pretty damn cute...
Haven't been up to much else except getting used to life with this little man (and doing laundry - oh my god, why did nobody warn me?!)... It's all going well and we're getting to know each other better and better each day.

I got copies of the article I talked about in the last post from the journalist. It turned out really well, the best interview/feature I've had I think! It's generated a lot of interest and sales so my planned break from work has been a little interrupted but that's ok - it's all welcome. Will get some new retail stockists out of it and have already got some new customers so that's great.

More news soon.

x

Quick request...

Hi there, just a quick question... Apparently last Saturday the 11th the Sun Herald Newspaper in Victoria ran an interview they did with me a while back in their "Home" magazine liftout. I didn't realise it was running that day and didn't manage to get a copy - is there anyone out there who might still have a copy or know someone who might?
I'll contact the journalist next week to see if they'll email me an electronic version but I always like to have hard copies if I can...

If you've got it and wouldn't mind posting it I'll be more than happy to throw a few freebies your way!

Still adjusting to life at home with a new baby, will be a while before we're back into the swing of things where other non-baby-related things are concerned... But will keep popping in here and there.

Talk to you soon.

Finally, he's here...

Introducing Harry Finn Dando. Born Monday 6th July 2009 at 8:40pm.
It's been an amazing first week with our new little one.

Just a quick hello now, will stop by here again soon with more news and stories to tell.

x

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From my new desk *

Hi. I spent yesterday planning the rest of the year for blossom creations. Having a baby in the middle of the year seemed like kind of a big interruption to things and I wondered how I'd go about getting back into it and moving forward with new products etc. Turns out once I sat down and wrote it all out, it's not as hard as I thought.

I've had a list of a million and one things I want to do building up for ages now. I've finally got a plan, an idea of what new products I'll bring out, when etc. I did all this a couple of months back (if I could be bothered looking back at old posts I'd probably find myself saying "I'm so excited about the new products I'm bringing out soon..."), but things sort of paused there for a while.

I'm back on track and now have a nice (and exciting) plan in place. Some things I'm bursting to tell you about but won't just yet - I have a habit of speaking too soon! But rest assured, after this little maternity break, there are some kickass things on the horizon for the rest of 09.

I'd love to know what you'd like to see in terms of new products, designs, ideas etc. What can we do that you'd love? Or what do we already do that maybe we shouldn't be? Let me know your suggestions. I'll pick my favourite and that person will be the recipient of the first AWESOME new product I've got arriving soon (bursting to tell you..). I'll announce the "winner" (it's not a competition but you know...) when I make the big product announcement. How does that sound?

Have a great weekend (or long weekend if you're in Aus.).

x

*I put this photo up on Flickr last week but didn't have any new ones to put here so have used it again (in case you noticed...). Been putting pics up here and there on Flickr lately, also been brushing up my Photoshop skills with lots of tutorials etc. so have been putting some of my efforts up there too.