I heart Scrubs

Scrubs is one of my all time favourite TV shows. It makes me laugh so hard. Remember the episode "My Musical" when the rival intern gangs break it down West Side Story style? Now, that's a hospital show.

Anyhow.

Judy Reyes, the actress who plays the amazing and don't take no crap Carla (Karla?), is pregnant (yes, in real life) and recently was thrown a baby shower. The gift bags were provided by Jewels & Pinstripes, a celebrity gift bag company in LA, and get this - each gift bag contained one of my Teething Bonbon and Leaf Bib sets. How's that for cool!



Oh! And if you want your hand in winning one of the gift bags from Judy Reyes' Baby Shower you can enter here on Celebrity Baby Blog. Good luck!

Tea Linens and Woolen Stockings

Today we get a new (used) couch, and pass on our old one ... and all of a sudden our living room will feel so grown up. This is a proper living room sofa we found. There's no turning back.

Today we also hope to sell our car, and I hope to get some sewing done. Ruby hopes to go to the park, and Nathaniel ... well, I think he hopes that we all nap.

On my sewing table today are stacks of cloth balls - this week, made from vintage tea linens and organic cotton, and stuffed with lamb's wool. I'm preparing them for my coming holiday craft shows, and I'm thoroughly enjoying working with different fabrics for these one of a kind toys. (I will have my all organic, hand screen printed toys at the shows too.)

If things go really well today, I will also have images of the woolie stockings to post (ahh, this may be a teeny bit ambitious) ... Oh, you will drool with delight when you see the wool fabric pairings. Sock it to me, retro nostalgic charm.

This week I was honoured to be interviewed by Emira, co-author of The Boss Of You, and the interview is posted here on their website. Emira and Lauren's book is a must read for every woman starting and running her own business. Thanks for the props!

Don't forget to take advantage of my 20% off discount code for all products on DressMeUp.ca! Enter GIFT20 at the checkout. Enjoy!

Heatfelt Gratitude ~ 20% Off!

From my newsletter:

My studio is buzzing! I’m gearing up for my holiday events and there are lots of orders going out to retailers and customers alike. I so love and appreciate all your help in making this a successful year for Dress Me Up! To say thank you, I’m offering a 20% discount for all online orders at DressMeUp.ca*, just in time for the holidays!

The discount code is GIFT20 and you’re more than welcome to share the code with friends and family. (My customers outside of Canada + USA can enjoy the 20% discount as well! Just send me an email with your order details, and I’ll send you a PayPal invoice for the discounted total plus your international shipping cost.)

Enjoy!

* Not available on Etsy.

That toy is a real three penny beaver, eh?

I've just posted our newest soft toy, the Limited Edition Three Penny Beaver to our DressMeUp.ca site! Available now for immediate shipping, this sweet woodland friend makes a darling gift for your newest Canuck. (Don't forget the ex-pats!)



Some have asked why "Three Penny" for this little beaver's name? Colonial Canada's first postage stamp was for 3 cents, and featured a beaver. The stamp came to be refered to as 'the three penny beaver'. More recently, the phrase 'three penny beaver' has been used to describe something that's really awesome. The online Urban Dictionary offers this example of useage (I love it!)

"That poutine is a real three penny beaver, eh?"

Heck, yeah!

Safety never takes a holiday

We live in a sixty year old, one and a half story house. It has six steep and narrow concrete steps up to our front door, steps that - when we first moved in with our little one who was just mastering stairs - made me nervous. They still do, though we're all used to them now. However, tomorrow night, when little costumed ones bound up them with enthusiasm and reduced vision (darkness! masks! wigs askew!) and laden with loot, my worst fear is tripping and tumbling. So, last week when we went to Dan's Farm to choose our pumpkin, I picked up six smaller pumpkins with our front stairs especially in mind.


Day ...

I do have to admit that inspiration for this idea came in part from Ella at Little Red Caboose. One of my favourite Etsy stores and inspiring crafter-aquaintences, Ella and I were both exhibiting at the One Of A Kind Show and on one of her display shelves, she had a beautiful photo showing her wool felt balls tumbling down a flight of stairs with vinyl numbers on each rise, counting the steps up.


Night!

Paired with an orange bulb in our porch light, these glowing orbs will do the safety trick. And did I mention how much Lil R. LOVES counting them again and again. And again. And ... again, just one more time. Ooooh, numbers.

Do you want plastic with that?

We're doing Halloween at home this year (last year we went to friends). Lil R is dressing up as a TIGER and we've planned out a 8-house route for her (she is only 3). We have Kleenex ghosties in our front window and carved pumpkins on our step waiting to be all lit up. Today I went to buy candy for our neighbourhood ghoulies, and as I poured over all of the awful ingredients and product placement packaging, I wondered - if I'm not going to find anything remotely healthy, what will be my next criteria for choosing from the rows of candy?

Packaging.

I bought the only (one!) type of candy that was not wrapped in plastic - it's the movie candies: mini Junior Caramels + Mints, Toostie Rolls, Charlston Chews, etc. If I have to give any props to any sugar company, it's theirs, I guess, for using recyclable, cardboard wrappings instead of plastic.

Addition: It turns out that the Junior Mints, while in cardboard boxes, are also individually wrapped in plastic, about 10 per bag I think. I believe this is to keep the mint from contaminating all the other flavours. Weighing the packaging of all the candy I saw, I would still choose this variety.

Igloo

What a lovely flyer! I'm so excited to be part of Igloo this year, what an honour to be nestled in with Victoria's finest designers! Put this date on your calendar: Sat 14 Nov, 5-11pm at the Marriott Ballroom.

(I'll be sending a Newsletter out with all my wintery events - early next week. If you haven't signed up for my Newsletter, why not do it now?)