Happy Pie

Why is it when the holidays come I have this strong desire to bake? I don't know what's come over me! I'm watching cooking shows, and recording them of course, I am taking notes and everything. It's like who took over my body, I want her back. I'm am usually not a cook, especially not pie, but this year I'm like a BettyCrocker? Anyways, I've made about 7 pies and have been handing them out like carzy bc I can't keep them around or I'll turn into a big pie! (You know what I mean)

What is it about baking pie this year that is so different? I couldn't tell ya, but I've really been loving it! :) My daughter really loves Pumpkin Pie too. It just cracks me up to see her try new things, her expressions are price less!

Today we were shopping at the local mall and we walked by the Apple store, well in the front of the store window was a huge Santa with his hand up, like he was saying hi. Mackenzie, my daughter who is 18 months, stops walking and runs up to the store window and starts waving back at Santa. It was really endearing, and brought a huge smile to my face. These two young women were walking by and they saw her do this whole thing with Santa. They came up to me and were smiling and laughing, and told me how sweet it was to see her get so excited. It just made me feel so nice inside that they said that.

It's the small things that others do or the little things children do that just make you feel all warm inside.

So enjoy your Happy Pie tomorrow because we sure will, Happy Thanksgiving!

Handmade Baby Wipe Cases!

I just realized that I have not Posted my web site, which is of course my Pride and Joy bc I built it myself! Check it out at http://www.chubbybaby.net/ and then check out http://www.chubbybaby.etsy.com/ which has more to offer. It's hard to keep up with both my Etsy web site and my regular one. Hope you like what you see!

Here are a few of the Baby Wipe Cases I have been working on, enjoy!

Looking To the Past!

I can't help but look back a year to last years Thanksgiving! I can't believe a year has gone by and my little girl is growing so fast. We had so much fun last year at my Mom's house. My sister and I did a home made photo shoot with Mackenzie and we had so much fun. She just layed there and giggled and smiled at us. This year is a whole different story! She is full of energy and I don't think she knows how to walk, she only runs, and faster than me! Here is a photo of last year and one soon to come after the Holiday. We are being adventurous and going to celebrate in Big Bear, our Favorite place to go!

Very Productive

Today has been so busy and crazy for me, I can't believe the day is not over! I created a new show line that I have to get out to my vendors, I shot all the photography, then I had to photo shop it of course. Next, I had to create a line sheet, post all new product on both web sites and now I have to ship everything out! On top of that I took a walk this morning with my daughter around my new neighborhood that I just moved into. It's a great way to start off the day, especially pushing a stroller up and down hills, good for the hinney!

Now I'm off to volleyball to play in my co-ed league that I joined a few weeks ago. But I have to post this new fabric I got. It makes me laugh every time I see it and everyone needs a good laugh!

Till next time!

Here come the Holidays

The Holidays are coming and with that comes all the Holiday Boutiques. I did two last year and made some good money but nothing worth bragging about. I had just started my company and was just happy to cover my cost. I was only selling car seat covers and a few odds and ends.

Well this year is a whole different story. I've established my company in many children's boutiques and have a nice income coming in from them every month. I almost did not sign up for any boutique's but a good friend of mine told me it's always a good way to market and let people know you are still out there. I also sell many more products. I still sell the Infant car seat covers and in addition I sell Toddler car seat covers, adorable Baby Wipe cases, Paci Clips, Paci Bibs & Blankies to Drool For.

This past week I prepared and made a ton of inventory, I think I was sewing for a week straight, 24 hours a day, JK! :) (It just felt that way when I was done.) I did the show on Sunday and to my surprise people remembered me from the year before as the Baby Lady and I sold so much I could not believe it. I had a huge crowd around my table on and off through out the day and it went by so fast. To think I wasn't going to sell anything? I was so surprised and delighted!

Now I have to start preparing for my next show, wish me luck! If you want to take a peek at my Chubby Baby Boutique goto http://www.chubbybaby.etsy.com/

A Little About Me.

I am a mom to a smiley little girl, Mackenzie, who is 17 months old and my inspiration! I was taught to sew by my Grandmother, making little Cabbage Patch outfits as a child. My Mother also was a huge teacher, she is an avid Quilter and I can't tell you how many hours I've sat watching her cut fabric, sew and iron!

After I had my daughter and was sitting home bored, I thought to myself, I'm going to make a blanket! Mackenzie deserves a blanket, it's a nice touch, I'm a Mother know, this is what Mother's do! I just thought that it was going to be a huge project, and thank goodness I have a lot of time. But to my surprise it was really easy. I'm thinking Cool! I hadn't sewn in so long, that I couldn't believe I remembered all the things my mom had said to me as she quilted. I just realized that I Was listening to her while she would go on and on about fabrics and threads and ..... everyhting! I wasn't sure if I was more surprized that I could sew or I actually litlened to my Mother, oh well.

So I think I made about 30 baby blankets for my daughter and then all my friends, I was obsessed, I loved sewing and all the baby soft minky fabrics that I was using! My husband was even starting to make rules that when he came home from work I hade to turn the sewing machine off. I laugh right know about that bc I was SO annoyed that he would say that. But he was right! :)

My daughter, at the young age she was, slept all the time. Everyone tells me I got it easy with a new born, but she also Spit up all the time, especially after every feeding. My doctor said it was fine as long as she was gaining weight and was not unhappy, and Mackenzie was fine! Well the down side of having a "spitter upper" was that I had permanent spit up on my clothes and her car seat was disgusting. It was such a pain to take off the cover with all the staps to take apart, I hated it, but had to do it. So I decided to go and buy one of those cute and trendy car seat covers to make the clean up easlier.

Mackenzie and I hopped in the car and drove to the mall. I've never looked for one and had no idea how hard they were to find, they weren't at the mall, or Babies 'r' Us or Target! Now I was bummed, where else could they be? So I tried one more shop that carried highend stuff, and guess what, the car seat covers were there! YES!!! Yes!!! yes!!! I was so tired and deserved to strike gold.

So I'm looking at all my choices, and in the back of my mind I felt like a child in a candy shop, I was so excited after all my hard work Shopping around. But by this time the baby was not too happy and I had her out too long, so I grabbed a pink cover real fast and went to check out. The cute young girl rang me up and said that would come to $147.00. WHAT? That is more than the car seat, I was shocked and embarrased. I can't afford that, I'm thinking to myself what can I say real fast to get out of this? So I said, oh you know what my Mom said she's pick this up for me, I think I'll let her get it for the baby and not ruin her gift. The girl just looked at me a little strange and I pushed the stroller as fast I could with out running, out of the store.

As I walked to the car I was so disappointed. I tried to talk myself into buying it still, like saying to my self, " Mackenzie really needs it." But then the realistic side would say, "That is Way too much!" I was going back and forth and then all of a sudden a thought popped into my head, "I'm going to make one myself!" Yes, all of a sudden I was walking taller and faster. I was smiling and realized I could totally make one.

So that is how this whole thing started!