favorite.

one of my favorite ways to shop on etsy is to go to MY favorite etsy shop's favorite etsy shops (say that 3 times fast), and see what they like. so basically if i love Store A, I want to see who Store A loves. make sense? i also have found some great shops who have marked ME as a favorite. it's all very share-y and fun over here today.

anyway, in case you happen to love MY shop, i'm going to start featuring one of my favorite shops per week. you could also go to my favorites, which are public (i hate when they are private!), but I thought it would be fun to save you the work.

here goes:
One of my favorite stores to browse (no baby yet so nothing to buy yet!) is Baby Hank Vintage. The pictures are light and sweet and it makes you think your child just might behave if he or she were wearing something so completely adorable. Based in San Fran, with a really super cute blog - Say YES! to Hoboken, this shop finds and sells the sweetest vintage baby clothes. there are new items all the time, but below are some of my fave items for sale in the shop.

baby hank vintage

I MEAN....

gap is practically BEGGING me to have a baby with this shit.

rompermania!

ok

i'm gonna have to go ahead and have that baby NOW!
i love me a lumberjack!
look at all this munchkin garb.

all, babygap

holy cute-town!

I am obsessed with Stella McCartney for GapKids.

Now that I don't work in fashion anymore, I find out when everyone else does - which I'm kind of grateful for. It's nice to have no idea something is happening, and then it does, and then it's "yay!"

Could you die!?

babycakes

i popped my baby shower cherry.

i know i know - i have a spectacular way with words.

anyway, i'd never been to a baby shower before but Saturday I went to my first boss/friend Linnea's. She's having what I am certain will be a smart, well-dressed, funny, and tall tall tall baby girl. anyway - she is also of the crafty persuasion and appreciates anything handmade. i guarantee that if you are someone who will appreciate that I spent my vacation in Mexico lovingly knitting your baby-to-be's sweater in the hot hot sun (not in a gross way) then I am MUCH more likely to spend said vacation making said baby's said sweater.

anyway, here it is, in all its pink and yellow 80's color combo glory!

this is one i really grew to love while making it and i can justifiably say Jamie is pissed I gave it away.

of course - my gift was the first opened and while secretly thrilled I'd get ooh'd and ahh'd over my knitty brilliance, it actually was kind of embarrassing to have everyone know just how much free time i have....

I loved making it and im super happy to say I remembered to take pictures! hooray!

I used a pattern from uber-fave Vintage Baby Knits (almost definitely the best $27 i've ever spent) and used Rowan Cotton Glace in Butter, which is seriously the most delicious thing to hold in your hand for a week straight. It's cushy and soft and totally washable and best of all - it's cotton so it can be worn in winter or summer. AND - how many yarns can one knit with in 100 degree Mexican heat!?

The little package in the last picture is just some yarn and an extra button, which I think is a really nice thing to do when you're giving a homemade garment. I'd never thought of it before and now I realize, what does someone do when a vintage button bought at a flea market falls off a sweater? even a button whore like me takes months and months to replace buttons lost in combat.

This is a completely doable project for knitters of any level, even beginners. It really takes very little concentration until certain parts, and knits up insanely quickly. I even took a few days off because I didn't want it to be over so fast.

Onto the next frontier...

fiddy cent

i'm fifty percent done! i did it! it's not perfect, but i'm very pleased with the first half of my endeavor! the only thing left to do is booty numba 2 and then decor.

yay!

happy birthday obama!!

pooper poops

my brother's wife had a baby on friday and we went to see her just after she was born and she is most seriously the cutest infant i've ever seen. we are going again today - i'm so excited to see the little schmoops again!

this is the "birth announcement" i made for them the day she was born.
i'm not sure if they will want more, but i really just gave it to them as a keepsake.
i printed it on the back of a really old vintage postcard, it looked super trouper cute.

haha the postcard had pencil writing on it that said:
"raymond, i was dreaming of you last night"

vintage baby knits

so i have knitted a bunch of stuff, some easier than others.


i am a HUGE fan of Vintage Baby Knits
(not that I have a vintage baby of my own),
and I've made quite a few items from the book.
but this project by far is my crowning achievement thus far.

it is definitely easier than it looks, but takes some time to get used to the pattern. i'm finished with the back and both fronts, but am currently working on sleeve number one. i'm super proud as its my first lace pattern.

this is my progress thus far:

here is what will be the final result:


this is for my non-baby.
lol let's hope my hypothetical future baby is a girl.

feelin' knitty

so i think the last time i talked about knitting i was a relative beginner. i was knitting my first sweater and hadn't really updated.

so a few months ago (shortly after my last knitknit post) i finished my sweater, and since then, i've finished a few more plus a barrage of hats, blankets, booties, and little baby scratch mittens.



today i received some pictures from my sister in law of a sweater i made and gave to her gorgeous daughter, anna-rose. isn't she just the cutest?


i also made this gnome hat (modeled so elegantly by yours truly) for a child but winged it with a bigger yarn and it turned out HUGE so i gave it to my adorable friend lydia.


i've made other stuff to these are just ones
i happen to have pictures of - or they are gifts waiting to be given!

super duper cute

i am glad i saw this movie with my jamie. my <3.

flat stanley

our darling lulu sent us a friend of hers in the mail - Flat Stanley! he traveled here all the way from Australia in an envelope to go on vacation in New York! This whole concept made me melt. I am going to give Flat Stanley the best G-D vacation ever!! NYC, here we come!

baby clothes?

i really want to start making baby dresses and bloomers and things like that. i've conquered bibs - and while that is great, no one will let their child wear it because it is too "nice". next time i give a bib i am going to cut a hole in the delivery plastic bag, drizzle some dirty water on it, and throw it at whoever has a baby next.

anyway, i'd like to make a little dress, and although im sure its easy i have no idea what the hell to do. if anyone knows anything about anything (me, i'm a "nothing about nothing" sort of girl) please let me know.

will sew for food!

image via heirloom sewing for children

my entire brain is about to explode

i am seriously about to die.

www.kiddierecords.com

you can stream old timey recordings of the books you and your momma used to read as a kid. and gosh they are just as good!

i've been listening to "your trip to disneyland" for the last
6 minutes and i haven't stopped smiling !

down with spongebob!

wtf

kind of name is this!??!

padow shuppet

i wish i had something like this as a kid.
i want to buy them, store them for a few years,
and tell bedtime stories with them!

isabellas art on etsy creates the most beautiful imaginative fairy tale magical prints, shadow puppets and lots of other incredible things.

click here to visit isabellas art.

bibblicious

so i had a weird day (woooo my ambien just kicked in as i was typing that)... i needed to make something pure and good and innocent. so i made a bib. not just any old bib! a bunny bib! i am not sure this will be a final draft, but either way i really like how it turned out. the ears need to be a bit wider.... but its ok, it made me smile and it passed the time. that's all i really need in life.

haha it kind of looks like a purse. i saw something similar on etsy and knew i could make it so i just created my own pattern. i obviously don't intend to sell it as hers is WAY better and it isn't my design. i haven't ironed it yet or anything so it will definitely look better after.

here is a picture of the adorable bib i saw online.

click here to visit feltandfabric's adorable etsy shop!

this one's for liz

jezebel's article on babies making us human...or not.

bib-ity bop

i made a bib!

i am SO gonna make more. it was so fun and ended up so cute. it was also really easy, but took care and concentration - my favorite kind of project. i am going to make a THOUSAND of these, i just need some new fabrics.

i used the pattern from Nested.

you can click here for the pattern and instructions,
although unless you are a beginner
you don't need instructions.
(beginners can SO do this! IM a beginner!)
the only thing that i didn't see was their seam allowance, i did 1/4" and it seems really small, so next time i'm gonna over estimate the pattern size...
i also used a ribbon instead of velcro cause i didn't have any.

see below for the results of my first bib-deavor! gee i hope the recipients dont read this!

this makes me want to have a berbee!

so it's baby town all around me.
my brother's wife is pregz (with a girl!!!), my housecleaner is pregnant...
jamie's big sister just had a baby (a girl!!!!), jamie's younger sister has 2 kids,
2 of jamie's friends just had babies...
EVERYONE.

everyone.

anyway, of course i want a baby. i'm not quite ready yet, but soon i will be.
however, things like THESE are sure to kick my ass into high gear.
i told jamie i wanted a baby just for the clothes. and he punched me.

not with his hands.

he punched me with his eyes.

kit+lili makes the CUTEST clothes.
they are based in brooklyn and make amazing graphic prints that are very svvveeedish.

love!

click here for more of their stuff.

THESE BOOTIES!!
7am enfant makes these along with adorable sleeping bags for lil babes.
little leggies stick out them big old bootz?
ultimate cuteness.
click here for more.


um, yer freekin kidding, right? like. AH!
why dont they make this for big people? why aren't big people little forever?!
smafolk makes the cutest schtuff!


ok ok one more.
ONE MORE!
because this is like, ooooh-weee!
i found this brand via bloesem kids,
and it srsly makes me want to tear my hair out its soooo cute.
click here for the clothkits super adorable site
i'm practically pregnant just LOOKING at it.


baybee!