it's curtains for baby G

when i was expecting, we decided not to find out what we were having. i thought we just wanted to be surprised, but hubby wanted us to decorate the nursery gender neutral so he wouldn't have to paint twice. didn't he do such a great job? 

now that baby G is here, i can't resist "girl-ifying" her room. it has taken me a year, but baby G finally has curtains. i love lilac and green so i couldn't resist this cute polka dot fabric. they only took an afternoon to make, but weeks to hang.

~ jeannette (p.s. we love your comments)

baby's first steps

i recently found this super cute fabric and was just waiting for the right project to come along to use it. the weather has been so beautiful lately, so during nap time today i made baby G a fashion savvy skirt (mermaid-style). yes, i said mermaid-style. it turned out perfect and was so easy to make. check out this new creation at our etsy shop (iyuddayou.etsy.com). 

the best part of the project was the photo shoot.  baby G decided to take her first steps for mommy, yeah!

now she is ready to go see the world...or at least our street.

check out these cute baby accessories (Benny Blossoms) i used for the photoshoot made by my friend and fellow crafter. these are available on her etsy site (bennyjsboutique).

 ~ jeannette

baby A's shower

as you have heard, I am about to be an aunt and couldn't be more excited. i decided that i had to throw my lovely sister a wonderful and decadent baby shower. can you believe this is the first baby shower i have ever hosted!! and one of the first parties i have hosted at this house. i was so nervous and so desperately wanted it to be perfect that i took two days off work to prepare. despite all my planning, i still didn't avoid having my husband up with me at 1am the night before the party making a diaper cake. (i am married to the best man ever)

THE INSPIRATION

 a couple of weeks before the big event, i spent many nights on pinterest in search for inspiration. i decided to go with little A's nursery colors...bright pink and green. here is crib blanket and bedskirt we made during one of our Saturday sewing days...

THE CAKES AND LOTS OF SWEET YUMMIES

ruffle cake. not one but two. to be honest, i didn't think I had it in me. i even tried to find someone else to frost the cakes, but in the end i thought i would give it a try. i chose to make the strawberry buttercream icing from scratch...yummmmm. 

i did say this was going to be a decadent and over-the-top event, so a couple of cakes wouldn't do. the sweets table was perfect with cake pops, sugar cookies (my aunt's recipe), candies, and cupcakes-in-a-jar (yes, i said cupcakes-in-a-jar)! 

i received so many compliments on the shower, that for a (very) brief moment i thought we should go into party planning until my husband shot that idea down real fast. more specifically, "you guys are crazy. how many small business can two women run?"

we love you guys. only a couple more weeks to go.

love, auntie J

baby G's new boots

wow! i can't believe how long it has been since our last post!  sorry about that.  truth be told, it has a lot to do with the fact that baby G is expecting a new cousin next month.  that's right!  i am going to be having a baby!  all of us are really excited, but it has caused somewhat of a slow down here at i yudda you.

so, to start things off again, baby G suggested that we show of her new boots.  sometime in january, jeannette decided that baby G needed some boots, but couldn't find any that were quite cute enough...so, in true i yudda you fashion, she decided to make some.  i wish i could say that i was somehow involved, but i was busy growing a child and planning the nursery theme.

anyway, after hours of contemplating how to make them (check out the pattern at  http://www.etsy.com/people/twirlybirdpatterns) and looking for fabric, she created these wonderful boots!

as you can see...she loves them!!  if you love them as much as she does, you can check them out at our etsy site.  and as always, feel free to pick your own colors or fabrics!

~kristen (auntie and soon to be mommy #2!!!)

fun at the fair

we were recently vendors at our first ever craft fair.  although mom took us to many as children/teenagers this was the first craft fair where we reversed roles and became the vendors.  we pushed through the sickness (yes, we both had the stomach flu the thursday and friday before), cold/wet weather, and early morning set up to try our hands at being saleswomen.  our husbands braved the early morning to help us set up...we bribed them with food:)

chris stayed with us during the event to help with baby G and assisted us with rearranging our both to entice buyers to come in and look around.  all in all, we learned a lot and look forward to our next craft fair.

  

~kristen (auntie)

baby G's first sewing lessons

 we (kristen and i) have been spending lots of time in my sun room (newly converted sewing room) designing and making lots of cute dresses, nursing covers, burp rags, bibs, etc. and baby G is usually quite content to play in her walker or on her blanket and watch her big puppies play in the back yard. 

however, today she decided that she too wanted to get in on the action. we starting by learning the importance of washing your fabric before you start pinning and sewing.

next we learned about sewing side seams and gathering to make a skirt. baby G is more interested in watching daddy take our picture. 

after many hours we finally finished. yeah! i am actually pretty pleased with how it turned out. it has an underskirt with tulle and everything.  too bad it is sized for a 3 month old rather than a 5 month old. 

now we just have to figure out what to name the dress. suggestions?

~jeannette (mommy)

4 fateful words

it happened one sunny april day. two sisters set out on an adventure to explore a new store and left with a dream and four fateful words..."we can do that!"  can you tell i am the dramatic one?! as a new mom of a beautiful four month old baby girl, i find myself drawn to all things pink and lovely...

...but i really need to start this story at the very beginning. when i was in third grade i had an art assignment. i worked for weeks on this canvus portraying fire. the day it was due i waited with excitement to see my teacher's response, only to be disappointed that she felt i lacked all skill and creativity. this sparked years of creative doubt and artistic block. don't worry...the story does get better. my sister (best sister ever) on the other hand has a real gift. now years later i have decided to overcome my fear of creativity and design beautiful and unique clothing and accessories for babies and their mommies. having a baby has brought my sister and i closer (never thought we could be any closer) and we love that "we can do that" together!

~jeannette (mommy)