Just for me

Does anyone else feel as though once you have kids all you do is think of them, shop for them, plan meals for them? Definitely not a bad thing, and I am absolutely not complaining, I just thought I would take off the mommy hat for a moment and do a little window shopping for myself. No hairbows, tutus, or stuffed animals. Just a few items that I would actually like to wear. What do you think?

How cute is this dress by tokiki! Ok, so it is for summer, but like I said I am a little behind on shopping for stuff for me ;)

Ok, I feel little silly for picking a summer item first with colder weather creeping up...so how about this versatile coat dress by 13threads. You can never go wrong with this classic style and match everything color.Oddly enough, my favorite "color" is white. Laugh as you may, you can get a lot of mileage out of a great white shirt. Check this Snow White jersey top by larimeloom.

What clothing designer on Etsy's is your favorite?

Happy shopping.

Julie

My Little Princess

This was so funny that I had to share...Baby Bird E (who now likes to be called Candy Bird) was admiring my new necklace designs. Our conversation:

BB - "Mommy, I may I wear this necklace for my wedding?"

Me - "Of course, but that will be years off."

BB looking at a new design that I just completed... "But I want to wear this one too." Pause...wait for it... "Ok, I will wear this one for my first wedding and this one for my last wedding."

Me - Complete laughter

These are the designs that BB was oogling, the new Kate Necklaces.

And yes, for those of you wondering, she wears an outfit like this EVERY day. :)

Pink, pink, pink!

My world now revolves around the color pink! I guess that was bound to happen with two little girls, but I still feel sorry for my poor husband. Not really a fan of bright colors (my favorite color is white…odd I know), I catch myself drawn to all objects that are pink now. Maybe it is out of love for my sweet little girls, or maybe I am expanding my color palette, I wanted to share a few gorgeous items that have caught my eye lately.

Felted Flower with Long Crocheted Lariat/Scarf/Necklace/Bracelet by
BigFrozenMelon. What an amazing piece of wearable art!

To celebrate my little Baby Bird’s (as she likes to be called) third birthday, we are creating a beautiful room of pink and white. This photograph from AmeliaKayPhotography would look lovely on her wall.

Picking flowers is one of our favorite past times and it would be great to use this adorable bud vase by Clay Haven to keep pink roses and other blooms from our garden.

And then a little pink for me…WOW would I love to make something with these beauties from OMGTourmaline! I can just hear my daughter begging me to make a necklace for her out of these stones.

My purchases #2

My sweet baby A turned 1 last month and I had a wonderful day of festivities planned with cakes, cookies, handmade favors, etc. What I did not plan for was a tornado!!! Ok, they are now saying that it was a micro-burst...but when a 40 yr old tree is uprooted right outside of your window ripping up the deck and power lines are severed it sure seemed like a tornado.

After staying up baking until 4am, I sadly had to cancel the party (sniff); however, I was thankful that everyone was safe.

Anyway, what I wanted to share with all of you are the wonderful Etsy purchases that I made to celebrate and decorate. Above you can see several adorable hairbows and flowers from Busymomof5 and mazzy522 (see photo above of happy fam in front of uprooted tree). I even joined in the fun and wore a flower.

As favors I baked and iced cookies and tied them with adorable tags from papertreats. So cute and a big hit (cookies AND tags).

While the day did not turn out as planned, we were still able to celebrate and I am sure that baby A did not even realize the change in plans (she slept through the horrible storm).

- Julie

Necklace GIVEAWAY

I love this design so much that I wanted to give you a chance to have it!

Ways to enter (receive one entry for each!!!)
1 - Leave a comment with your name that links to somewhere that I can contact you.
2 - Heart my shop (www.JulieEllynDesigns.Etsy.com)
3 - Follow my blog (http://julieellyndesigns.blogspot.com)
4 - Follow me on Twitter @JEDdesigns

Winner will be announced 25 September.
I can not wait to hear from you!
Julie