check out my etsy

seriously. go take a look. i'm in love with my two new mei tais! they're so pretty... so instead of boring you with more "anna maria horner is a genius" speeches, i'll show off my work instead.







and then we're off to go see the opening show of the children's musical which dave did the musical direction and arrangements for and stars and drums in. my husband is pretty amazing. and hot. and all sortsa good things.

delay

no mei tais today. so sorry. i was so close to having them finished, but then joon decided half an hour was long enough of a nap and required my attention. so i won't manage to get the mei tais done before the sun disappears (which is like now and it's 2:45pm) which means no pictures which then means no listings. bleh. i'm not happy.

anyways, by the time most of you get up tomorrow there'll be two new beauties on etsy. promised.

pinks and blues...

are what's keeping me somewhat sane on this otherwise very far from festive thanksgiving day.
and that's pretty weird, because if you know me, you know that i'm so not a pink and blue kinda girl.

anyways, wishing you all a happy turkey day if you're celebrating thanksgiving or just a happy thursday if today is simply a thursday to you.

the pinks and blues are well on their way to becoming two toddler mei tais and should be ready to make their appearance on etsy tomorrow (yes, on crazy black friday).



preview? there ya go.

hokkaido dolls mei tai now on etsy

just a quick lil' note to inform you that i just listed another mei tai on etsy.

more toddler mei tais coming very soon. i promise! ;)


oh, and because she's cute...



joon right after her nap today sporting her fancy new hat that grandma got at the pow wow.

ouch

motrin has issued an apology and is pulling the add from all media as soon as they're able.

but, i think this is a good (or bad) example for how companies with financial gain in mind shape public opinion.

my truth about back pain and babywearing is that i no longer have backaches because i've carried joon every day for more than a year taking advantage of the great baby carriers that are out there. now at seven months pregnant i hardly carry her anymore, but i'm still backpain free! when i was pregnant with her my back was killing me most days.

so maybe that's why motrin ran this add, they've noticed a drop in sales along with an increase of sales in quality baby carriers. ;)

preview

here's what i've been working on the past two days. it's a baby size mei tai and i've been so eager to get it done, but a nasty headache is forcing me to call it quits for now.
hopefully i'll get to finish it tonight, it's so frustrating to be like an hour from having a project finished and then having to take a break. anyways, this should go on etsy tomorrow!

babywearing in the early 1960's

this is just about the coolest thing i've seen in a long time! so much for "oh, i wish we had had those things when my kids were little!"...

more craft stuff and such tomorrow. it's way past my bedtime and dave is finally home so it's time for me to go to sleep.

what a week

we have a new president! well, you do. if you're american. does the rest of the world get to call him "our" president? in this case i kinda would like to call him that. at least for now. anyways, he's not really president yet. so i guess that statement was just all wrong. america has a new president-elect! there ya go. what i meant to say is, i don't remember the last time anything "politics" made me this happy!

unfortunately the elections took two complete days out of my crafting week. tuesday our midwife came over, we went on a great outing with dear friends and prepped the house for a little election party. then i stayed up til almost 4a.m. which left me useless the next day and i thought i'd better not set foot near scissors or a sewing machine til after a good night's sleep.

i got caught up though, mainly thanks to my butt-kickin' husband who btw is for sure the greatest dad to have ever walked this earth! i love you, dave. :)

so here are the results of a semi productive week...


green toddler mei tai going on etsy tonight












"very berry" baby mei tai unfortunately not going on etsy because it's flawed. i love this thing and i hope maybe it'll find a home somehow. if you're interested, drop me a line and i'll give you all the details and make you a great price! ;)





one more thing about this past week... it's just shocking to me how grown up my "baby" has suddenly become! baffles me every day. seriously. here she is "getting dressed".

joontoons' first made for etsy mei tai

fabrics for body are all part of the gorgeous "garden party" collection by anna maria horner. the straps are double boxstitched to an inner layer of thick home dec weight canvas and reinforced with far from perfect but very pretty stitching on the outer layers. straps are super sturdy yet soft to the touch brushed canvas in eggplant. please check out my etsy for detailed measurements and such.

of course this carrier is completely one-of-a-kind like all joontoons items! but i'm already thinking up the next carrier in my head and i'm hoping to list a mei tai every week or so until my pregnant belly gets too big to fit between myself and my sewing machine(s).

enough talking, more showing off!

almost done

so here's a first not so great pic of my first anna maria horner fabric project. i'm head over heels in love with this mei tai! honestly, i think it's the most gorgeous thing i've ever made and i basically could not be happier with the result.



took two days to make and i feel like i hardly got any sleep because i was so obsessed with getting it done, but now all it needs are the little loops for the hood straps and a joontoons tag and it's ready to go on etsy. yes, i made it for the store... it'll be hard to part with this beauty but i need to have to must feed my fabric addiction and am in bad need for some paypal funds.

and here's a close up of all the pretty pieces laid out together before i got to sew the whole thing this morning...