Art Market Goodness

39 Weeks day after Art Market with my new favorite Light+Nest bag! 

Well for weeks now,  I have been sewing my rear off! Ha!  Let's just say that preparing for the art market was a challenge that showed to be a little more tiring than normal on my 9 month pregnant body. Staying up until 2 or 3 in the morning putting the finishing touches on my dolls and creating button baubles and trinkets proved to be exhaustingly wonderful and really rewarding. I was even dreaming about polyfill and stuffing doll legs and arms. Where's that darn chop stick stuffing tool? haha. Thread shreds and fabric clippings were all over my floor and my clothes. I don't know how many bobbins I filled or how many thousands of stitches I stitched on my sewing machine. It was and is all worth it though! :)

Like I mentioned previously, my Charlie & Nell doll business is paying for our little boy's preschool.  And, I am happy to announce that at the art market this past weekend, I was able to make almost 3 months of preschool tuition for Forest boy. (Taking a bow.)  I have to say that watching little girls and their moms getting excited as they picked out their favorite dolly was the most rewarding sight to my heart. It made me so happy! I have about 6 more dolls finished now to put up on my site and about 20 more that just need to be pieced together before the holiday season creeps up on me. :)  (I would love a good 3 week crafting break after our baby #2 is born, so I'm still sewing to have a buffer time.)

Tomorrow is my due date and there has been a little action moving towards labor. But so far, there's just been a steady progression, nothing drastic. So, I still have lots of last minute preparing going on! These next few days I'll be making a couple of baby mobiles out of old books, making space for our Nature's Sway baby hammock in our bedroom and purging until I feel my home is clutter free and fresh enough. #nesting haha. Hopefully I'll be able to take some pretty pictures of the new dolls for sale and put them up on my site by this late afternoon. If not by then, definitely by tomorrow.

So until our new little sweetheart makes his debut, I will be working away over here....

Happy weekend to you!!!

The best feeling...just waiting to be finished.

antique key necklaces on vintage lace and trim plus button earrings from the 1930's-1950's. 

I didn't take a pic of my booth until I had been partially cleared out...

Fun, rustic growth chart kits I make. 

My new favs...I'm kinda obsessed with making them. Sleepy time faces on one side, awake-happy faces on the other. I even weighted the raindrops a bit... Presh! Great to make with left over vintage fabrics! I'm going to play around with making some that I can use in the boys' room. 

first ever business cards, kinda feel legit.

Phoenix found her new boho best friend. <3 nbsp="nbsp" so="so" sweet="sweet" td="td">

Tillie was smitten in love.

Olive and Hazel were the sweetest thing, dancing around with their dolls... <3 td="td">