Nine Month Old Isaiah
Wow! This was a big month for our little babe! Isaiah is officially on the MOVE! After months of only being mobile by walking with our support, Isaiah [finally] can roll over from his back AND is scooting away away away! Of course, his favorite activity is still to walk around with our help. He loves being held but only if you are showing him something fun! Other favorite Isaiah tricks: reaches for you to pick him up, shakes his head no—but for no reason, and he looks up at the ceiling when you ask "where's the fan?" He also will sometimes talk back to you in conversation, but the timing has to be just right. He likes to explore everything, if you give him a bigger toy, he'll most likely flip it over and examine the backside and bottom of it rather than play with it like it's intended for. He just loves to explore anything and everything. I think we're going to be in real trouble when he really does start walking! All of these things bring such a smile to my face and warmth to my heart. All Isaiah really has to do is blink and I fall more in
My Designs in Hobby Lobby and Beyond!
On a random Friday night last year, my husband and I were wandering through Hobby Lobby looking for decorations for our baby's nursery, when we stumbled upon my "Love is Sweet" artwork! I was in shock! Tears were flowing, extra hard thanks to those darn pregnancy hormones, as I smiled like a goof in the middle of the aisle. Almost a year prior to that, I had been contacted by an overseas manufacturing company that was in need of an American hand lettering artist to create several designs for them to sell to stores such as Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Pier One, etc. Over the course of that next month, I worked tirelessly coming up with sayings and crafting the perfect designs to submit. And once I submitted them, they would take it from there to pair my design with the perfect background material and frame. And since they bought the design from me outright, I had no idea when or if the designs would be picked up by any stores! So that's why, almost a year later, the shock to see my very own handwriting on the shelf in Hobby Lobby, MY FAVORITE STORE EVERRRRR, was the most exciting, the most gratifying, the
Amie’s Baby Shower and Emma’s Watercolor Floral Birth Announcement
Well this sweet baby girl is a whole year old now! I am antsy to share photos from her first birthday but before I do, I have to share photos from the baby shower and her birth announcement! Better a year late than never, right? Right?! Since I was still in the midst of morning sickness when shower planning was underway, I opted to purchase some watercolor graphics for the florals. I fell in love with the ones I found from By Lef on Etsy. They were so easy to implement and came in such a variety! Make sure to check out her beautiful shop! Amie's mom and sisters threw such a beautiful shower!! I was honored to get to contribute a few handlettered goods to compliment their shabby chic decorations