Business Card changes for "My Diaper Addiction"

I'm so excited for Andrea! Her line of cloth diapers is going to be carried through "Belly Button Baby" here:www.bellybuttonbaby.ca

I made a couple of changes to her business cards. Click image to view larger.

Note:personal information blurred to protect privacy.


Edited on Feb 8th to change the email address :)

My Diaper Addiction - Diaper Tags III

A couple of changes for Andrea. :)

1st would be front of the card. 2nd would be a front with 3rd on the back.

My Diaper Addiction - Diaper Tags II

Another idea for Andrea's new diaper tags. Sizes added so she can circle the correct size for her customer.

My Diaper Addiction - Diaper Tags

Diaper Tag mock-up for "My Diaper Addiction"

Babyville Boutique Matching Set!

Today I finally had a chance to finish up my tutorials for Babyville Boutique!

I originally started with just a FOE headband and a tutorial to make a cute matching clip.
Then I finished the FOE diaper cover I'd started before my brother's wedding.
Then I decided I needed a matching pacifier catcher.
Then I needed a matching shirt to go with the set. LOL.

So I ended up making 3 Tutorials. Overkill, much? :)

Ah well, it was fun sewing for my baby girl and she looks so darling in her new matching outfit.

My sweet little girl:


Her outfit:


The Babyville Boutique line is scheduled to debut on September 18th but I've heard through the grapevine that some of the supplies are already out at a few JoAnn Fabrics stores! This calls for a trip to JoAnn's tomorrow, don't you agree?

Babyville Boutique Supplies!

Announcing the most amazing thing to come to cloth diapering in years!!!

Babyville Boutique contains everything you need in order to get started with sewing your own cloth diapers. Wahoo! How-to books, patterns, darling waterproof (PUL) fabrics, velcro-type closures, snaps, appliques, labels, and more!

Babyville Boutique will be in stores such as Joanns, Hancocks, and Hobby Lobby the end of September. Save your coupons!

My Design Tester package arrived last week and I sewed up my most favorite diaper ever for our baby girl. :) Also had a chance to cut out more diapers and will work on those when we return home from vacation.

Sneak peak at my new supplies:

Pics of my favorite diaper:





Wonderful fit on baby girl:


Diaper cover in progress:


Diaper cuts all ready to be sewn up:


Thanks so much to Jean for letting me be part of the Team. So excited for an easy way to get beautiful diaper-sewing supplies!

Medium Diaper Covers and Mini-Diapers - Artistry Baby Pattern

I finally sat down and sewed up a couple of mini-diapers and covers for my friend Lesley. Her little gal is getting to be so big! She's growing out of a lot of the diaper stash we gave them so I tried a new pattern she liked. It's the Artistry Baby pattern, which you can find at Christine's Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/artistry

Unfortunately I forgot to add a seam allowance to the mini-diapers. Ack! I tried putting elastic in the first but wasn't sure if it would be too narrow for Lesley's baby. The second one I just serged the diaper so it's more of a contour than a mini-diaper. LOL. Oh well. Will remember that seam allowance next time!

I was pleased with how the covers turned out. I haven't sewn with FOE (fold-over elastic) in awhile. Next time I'll stretch the FOE even more for the legs and waist but even so, the diapers fit Lesley's girl really well.

Click images to view larger:

Newborn AIO Cloth Diaper :)

Made a little AIO (all-in-one) diaper today and can't believe how tiny and adorable it is! So excited to try it in the Spring....

After I took pictures I rounded off the corners of the velcro so they won't scratch our little sweetheart.

Click images to view larger:

Very close in size to the Dunk 'N Fluff fitted (diaper on the left) with umbilical snap-down

Outer PUL, hidden flannel, inner flannel:

Insert is a tri-fold with 1 layer Cotton Velour; 1 layer Flannel:

Size comparison with our other newborn diapers:

Mock-ups for "Thornbush Pens"

I'm so excited to be working with the very talented Elizabeth from Thornbush Pens (also the owner of Pianissimo Cloth!)

Elizabeth wanted an Etsy banner with her background and shop name on the left, and a pic of one of her pens on a green or brown plain background on the right with her tag-line.

Here are a few different ideas. Click image to view larger:

How to Get Pregnant Using a CD Stash (Silly Story w/ Pics)

We had our first pre-natal exam this week and saw our sweet little one at 12 weeks! Everything is looking good so far and I'm finally starting to feel a bit better (not as much all-day morning-sickness)

In honor of the occasion I wrote up this silly story. Enjoy!

1 - TTC for 1.5 years.
2 - Pray. A lot. Know that somehow everything will turn out ok.
3 - Enjoy Playgroup with your best friend (who is pregnant)

Lesley on left; me on right - at the zoo with our kids

4 - Throw a baby shower for your best friend!

Totoro-themed with characters, acorn cake, and little rose washcloth shower favors. Lesley made the adorable Totoro characters. :)



5 - Gift the majority of your diaper stash to your best friend.

Over 120 diapers, prefolds, covers, doublers, wetbags, etc.


6 - TTC for a couple more months
7 - POAS....

Wahoo indeed!

8 - Start making another cloth diaper stash :)


Live happily ever after with cloth-diapered tushies in the house. :)

**Note: Lesley was very reluctant to take our cloth diapers but I knew she'd use them and was happy they'd be useful rather than sitting in a dark closet.

And look how sweet her newest little girl is!

Diaper Testers for "Busy Bums"

Jerrica is making a new diaper pattern and I'm excited that I was able to test it out!

Note: This post is very picture heavy. :)

I tested the NB and Small front aplix patterns. I decided to do 2 other patterns at the same time for comparison's sake, and naturally forgot to add a seam allowance for the Busy Bum pattern. Ack!

So I made a 3rd Busy Bum and added seam allowance to that one. Sorry about that. I must say on the first NB one without adding in seam allowance it makes for a really, really tiny, adorable diaper! LOL.

Specs are the same for all diapers:
Outer - Fun knit
Hidden - Stretch terry
Inner - Bamboo fleece

Tri-fold soaker with 1 layer microfiber; 1 layer Bamboo fleece. *In my hurry to get these done I forgot to account for the amount of stretch the diapers would have in the rise. I'll be re-making the soakers so they're longer - teehee.

I took the waist and thigh measurements of my son's bear and discovered he's exactly the size of an average newborn (waist: 16", thigh: 7"), so "Cosmo" is our model for today. We'll have an actual model in about 6 months. :)

Click any image to view larger:

All 5 diapers next to a 7" ruler.
From L-R: Busy Bum Small (*forgot to add seam allowance), Darling Diaper Newborn Small, Busy Bum Newborn, Goodness Gracious Newborn, Busy Bum Newborn (*forgot to add seam allowance).

3 BB diapers on top (Small w/o seam allowance, Newborn, Newborn w/o seam allowance); 2 bottom are DD and GG:

Backs of diapers:

Insides (some of the microfiber towels were green; others yellow - makes for some with a strange hue in the pics!)

Three BB diapers insides:

Side view of three BB diapers:

Inside of BB newborn w/o seam allowance, with tri-soaker unsnapped:

My hand next to the BB newborn w/o seam allowance:

BB Small w/o seam allowance:


BB Newborn with seam allowance:



BB Newborn w/o seam allowance:


DD Newborn Small:


GG Newborn:



Jerrica, thanks again for letting me test the pattern! It was a lot of fun and the diapers turned out really cute.