Now...this is love and devotion.

Clint, Joan and I went to my dad's house for Easter dinner. My stepmom, Lisa, made this insanely out-of-control meal....beef wellington, potatoes, asparagus, salad...the works. I was under the impression that only rich folks in movies ate beef wellington, so I felt like Daddy Warbucks for most of the evening. Delicious!

Lisa has been really getting into cookie-making lately. And by "getting into", I mean completely obsessed. My dad shows me photos of platters of cookies for his cigar club, cookies for St. Pat's day, cookies because it's Wednesday...you get the idea here.
Lisa downloaded images of all of the Yo Gabba Gabba characters and made a special batch for Joanie this weekend. Before I get into how amazing they were...please look at this photo for yourself. Please save your applause until the end of this post.

Can you believe this?
She cut out all the characters by hand and then iced them all individually, going off of photos. Needless to say, Joan loved and adored and chowed down on these babies. Aren't they perfect?

What a great Lisa! She surely has won Joan's love and adoration. I just had to share these...mostly because they will have disappeared by mid-week. They aren't only good-looking...they are super good too.

Lately...

Photos, my friends, for your viewing pleasure.

Some things I've been up to as of late.

More flower brooches for my Etsy shop. They have been selling really well lately so I figured it would be wise to post more colors. I am waiting on a shipment of more wool felt...colors that aren't available to me at an local fabric stores. I'm really excited...which may or may not be totally lame. For whatever reason, it seems that the UK has this totally rad selection of wool felt. What's that all about?

Newly redesigned Kissy Kissy brooches---just in time for Valentine's Day. These are fun and quick to make. The old ones were machine-stitched and the backs were glued on. I decided that hand stitching was called for to 'stay classy'. Clint has been wearing the original Kissy Kissy lips on his peacoat for about 2 years now. I made them when I was bored one night and surprisingly he started getting a lot of positive comments about them. So....I made more. It's cute...when someone asks where he got his pin...he says his wife made it for him. Lover.

Clint.....modeling.

That's right. A one-of-a-kind, handmade, hand stitched Yo Gabba Gabba hoodie. I made two for my twin nieces for Christmas gifts and had to make one for my daughter too. If you've ever seen the show (we watch it at least 4 times daily at my house) you know that the kids featured wear the sweetest shirts ever with the characters on them. This is inspired my those shirts. I'm thinking about getting some more hoodies and selling them on Etsy. I figure there are some Yo Gabba Gabba moms out there....

My daughter...watching Yo Gabba Gabba while wearing Yo Gabba Gabba. Fitting, isn't it?

Lastly...a new design for my brooches. Puffy and declaring what a sweet lover you are. I haven't perfected the design yet, but when I do, I'll list them in my shop.

I figure I'll do a couple others...we'll see.

I'm also waiting on a shipment of a few style of hair clips so I can start experimenting. Becca had suggested that I start putting my flowers on barrettes. Smart, isn't she? So, hopefully I can get some of those babies up soon.

I'm a busy bee.

xo