Have you been to T2B?

Have you been to Top to Bottom Baby Boutique (T2B Baby) in Omaha? I recently (ok like a month ago) entered into a vendor agreement to begin selling my woolies at T2B! I'm so excited! But to be honest, summer was not the time to do it. It's end of June and I still have two more items to drop off! I may just go straight for the capris and longies.

Anyway, they have a great selection of locally made vendor items, an awesome selection of cloth diapers, cd detergent, diaper bags, soft shoes, cloth wipes, mama pads, and so much more! To check it out, go to this link, and shop their online store and blog! You can either place your order online, or go to 2928 S 132nd St. in Omaha, NE, at the corner of 132nd and Center! Visit their Facebook Fanpage and tell them Gillyweeds sent you!

Here are a few items going to T2B today...

Medium shorties knitted on Gaia Bulky in MM's Ravensong

Medium Bear on Red soaker in Peruvian wool:

Thankful Thursday...Vacation Bible Fun!

Every summer my kids and I do vacation bible fun at our school. It's a full week of singing, crafts, etc. It's fun, but it's over again. Yep, thankful! It's also a week of dragging the kids out of bed in the summer, wading through crowded hallways full of kids, streamers, balloons and toddlers. It's fun, but a long week. We always look forward to it, and then we're glad when it's done so we can relax again!

Every year we paint shirts, and I was in the t-shirt area. This involves taping a t-shirt (or in our case, about 200) to a wax paper piece of cardboard, then pinning a stencil to it, then having the kids paint them, unpin the stencil, clean it off, and hang the shirt. Then do the other 199. Then when they are dry, iron them, tape names to them and pass them back out. It's a long week, but seeing all the shirts and the kids wearing them, makes it worth the work!

Granny Square lovey for Khloe

Granny Square lovey for Khloe, a photo by s_gilly_5 on Flickr.

I haven't posted this before, but for Christmas, I made my 2 year old a little granny square lovey for her dollies. It was a hit!

I plan to begin stocking these and similar styles on Etsy and on HC on Crunchy Congo soon.

Back at it again...

Ok, that didn't last long. My part time job, that is. I just wasn't cut out for standing for long periods of time while doing lots of chopping. Fruit and veggies, that is. And my family needs me! I just couldn't stand the idea of coming home every day to the kids having left the house a mess (not through any fault of their own, really, they didn't have me telling them to clean up after themselves every five minutes!), and then not be able to walk to clean it up. My hands were numb for three days straight, and my feet were swollen and tingly. Not a fun mom to be around, that's for sure. I began to have flash backs to the last time I tried working for any length of time outside the home, and decided that crabby over-tired mom is not any kind of mom for them all summer long.

So, here I am again, full of ideas, and the whole summer ahead of me to make them a reality. I just hope I can afford the yarn!