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oh for cute!

A bit of adorableness to cheer you for the weekend. :)

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comfy cozy

For me, February is cozy up month. To be perfectly happy, the following are absolute neccessites:

comfy reading chair

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squashy pillows,

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wooly blankets (to be knit while using),

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mugfuls of hot, chocolately cocoa

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and chunky chocolate cookies.

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Unfortunately, I'm in bye-bye-baby-fat-before-beachweather mode, so I should (emphasis on "should") be foregoing the last two luxuries---we'll see if that happens...

happy hearts day!

Ha! Here's to one of my very favorite holidays (think about it, what other other celebration is centered more heavily around chocolate?)!  If you're anything like me, you're probably frantically trying to come up with ideas for last minute valentines and decorations.  So, to help us all out here, I've found four super cute (and quick and easy), diy, loverly little projects. Just click on the source links for directions and downloads.

These prize ribbons would look fabulous on a garland, perched atop a paper crown, or just stick a safety pin on the back and wear as a brooch (did I mention they're made with cupcake liners-genius!).

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Perfect mantel attire:

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I love the vintage charm of these.  Write a note on the back of each for a particularly sweet valentine.

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This is probably one of my favorite Valentine ideas ever.  Love the love bugs!

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Here's wishing you lots of hearts, hugs, kisses, and heart shaped chocolate boxes!  :)

XOXO,

 Kit

oh my darling

Valentines is just around the corner (less than a month now!), and with it, the endless search for the perfect valentine.  I love the valentines exchanges, it's like a heart-themed Halloween party.

 I remeber going through my little cardboard shoe box decorated with construction paper hearts and eagerly opening, looking, and sorting through each valentine.  As kids growing up, my siblings and I would spend days planning and creating hand-made valentines for one another (no small feat when there are 12 of you!).  The supreme challenge though, was trying to create the perfect love letters for my mum and pop.  That's when the sibling rivalry came through.  Not only were we kids trying to impress our parents with each of our valentines, we were in a deathly race to see who could make the best one for them.  No wonder my parents always looked a little startled/overwhelmed/frightened when we would en masse deliver our cards to them.

So, being the kid that never grew up, I had a lot of fun designing these new valentines for the shop.

 I of course had to use my pup painting (I have a bit of a crush on him if you can't tell), 

and I love the shower of hearts with the little bunny--just to take the "catch a star" theme to a new level. :)

 They're the perfect size for small hands, and I love the crackly sound the glassine sleeves make when you slip them in.  Just finish them off with a few candy hearts or shiny heart stickers, and you're set for making someone's valentines a very happy day.

 

now I know my abc's...

Thank you all for your sweet comments about little Lucy.  I can't believe she's already 4 weeks old today, time is just flying by.

Before this event is over, I just wanted to share with you trafalgar's square's feature on Zulily (you can find it here).  Tomorrow is the last day you can buy our prints at a hugely discounted price, so hurry over and take a look.

I've never offered limited edition prints before, but I am excited to announce that there are a number of limited edition prints we have premiering at this event.  One in particular is an alphabet print I am button-bursting proud of:  

I've always wanted to create an animal alphabet, but I never could come up with the right design and layout.  Never, that is, until I was about three weeks from my due date with Lucy.   I spent the next week sketching pages and pages of animal heads-I wanted this print to have a bit of sophistication about it, so I sketched adult animals rather than babies.  Then came the watercoloring and this gave me the biggest headache.  I looked through pages and pages of nurseries in books, magazines, and online. This print needed to not be primary-colorish, I needed something elegant, clean, and whimsical, something that would look beautiful in any baby's room, whether boy or girl.  So, when I happened upon this image, I was ecstatic.  

 I am so pleased with the way this painting turned out.  It was quite the challenge putting it together as far as timing went, but maybe all those baby-anitcipatory emotions I had at the time helped make this become a reality.  

 

Quick note: the limited edition of this print is a 13x19, but there is also an 8x10 open-edition available. Don't let the blown out colors of the photograph dissuade you, these prints are gorgeous!  :) 

baby days

 

 

 I'm in love with these blissful baby days...