2013

shelves, finally!

We're nearly 3 weeks into the new year and I'm just now getting into the swing of things.  The last month of 2012 kind of kicked my butt and I'm sort of feeling the same way at the moment about the first month of 2013.  But I've been slowly organizing spaces around our house.  Yesterday, I put up shelves in my studio/printing space after contemplating it for only about a year!

And after the holidays, some much needed new storage was needed to house all of Whitney's toys in our living room/play area.  I decided on these babies from Ikea (of course) and my sister was generous enough to gift them to Whitney for her Christmas/birthday present.  Some Lack shelves above work great for additional storage and to display prettier toys.

Speaking of birthdays, we celebrated Whitney's 3rd one last Sunday after a brief week of planning.  I almost decided not to do the party thing this year, but our little girl had been talking about her themes for the past 6 months or more, that I wouldn't have felt right to not have one.  She finally settled on Dora and so Matt and I got to work on decorations, activities, treats and food.  I found this adorable printable party kit which wasn't too gaudy and planned the party colours around that.

Here are some snaps from before and during the party.

The main room - night before

Main Food Table - night before

Treasure Hunt

Cool kids

We had a brunch menu with waffles and quiche as the mains.  The waffles were a hit and we've been using our new waffle maker almost daily. 

The Birthday Girl, pre-party

That's all for now.  Be back soon with more sneak peeks of our home.

What's new, Pussycat?

Things on the shop front have been pretty quiet this month, so I've been focused on organizing things around the home the past few weeks and working on some new designs. Here are some shots of my newly reorganized office. 

Matt took it upon himself to paint the basement a few weekends ago - from a pukey pink to clean white - so his home office and my studio space now look a whole lot better.  I have yet to get some pictures though.  

I also finally set up my facebook page.  Still not the best with social media, but I'm trying to make an effort to grow my business 

this year.

Speaking of which, I have a bit of press in the new issue of Modern Dog of all places.  My C is for Cat print is among some other great cat products.  I am so wanting to get the sleek Modkat litter box for Suki and Dex, but wonder if they will adjust well to it and if it will make a difference in how often we clean it. (um, yeah, we are pretty bad for a 2 cat household)

Anywho, I'll be back soon with a look at what I've been working on and more peeks around our home.