Sewn Lovlies

While it's not my shop, Pine Hill Forest is a shop that I help out with. I photograph many of the pieces, and set up the listings. I wish I could say I've done some of the sewing, but my talents do not extend to hand embroidery, stitching, cutting patterns in a straight line or sewing machines. These talents all belong to the shop owner Colleen, who happens to be my mom.

Here are a few of my favorite items in the shop right now. I'll start with the hand sewn animal friends she makes:

Morton - A hand sewn squirrel whose acorn doubles as a tooth fairy pillow or gift card holder!

Claire - A one of a kind dragon. My little girl will own one of these for sure as she is being born in the "year of the dragon" :)

Pickle - The perfect baby friendly pig.

Now for the zipper pouches. I own about a billion of these and love them all. They hold my knitting and crochet supplies, pretty packaging tapes I use on all out going sales, diaper bag supplies, etc. I also like to use them as alternatives to wrapping paper when giving small gifts. You just can't go wrong with a pretty little zipper pouch!

Rose Bouquet Zipper Pouch

Griffith Park Zipper Pouch

Woodland Zipper Pouch

Okay, last but certainly not least are her hand embroidered, completely one of a kid, pins and key fobs. Initially she would just embroider a fun felt zipper pull for each of her zipper pouches. I kept remarking on how much I loved them. So much that I asked her to make one in pin form for me to stick on one of my purses. And that is when she started specifically making pins and key fobs. I also love to use the pins on some of my hand knit shawls which I use as scarves in the winter. It's a cute little touch that makes me smile on those super cold days.

Pink Square Felt Pin

Little Blue Bird Felt Pin

Scotty Dog Key Fob

I think I could've picked out at least 30 more items to feature, but these are my top favorites in each section of her shop! Do you have a favorite?

Before the Bells

Before you hear those wedding bells, you need to save the date!

I designed just two new save the date cards, but I am really in love with them:

Woodsy Floral Save The Dates

Poppy Flower Save The Dates

I can't even say which one I like better than the other. 

Now if you will excuse me I need to finish up a special crocheted blanket for a little girl's nursery :) 

And of course there will be photos once it is completed!

Do You Hear Wedding Bells?

So as promised, I am going to use these next few posts to show you some of the new work I've been doing the last few months!

First thing I want to show you is the new collection I am most excited about.

My Wedding Invitation Collection!

The Olive Collection

 

The Avery Collection

The Violet Collection

The Eleanor Collection

The Emma Collection

The Madeline Collection

The Caroline Collection

The Lydia Collection

The Samantha Collection

The Brinlee Collection

The Claire Collection

All invitations can be printed in one of two different paper options:

This has been something I've wanted to do for a long time, and I am so glad that I it is finally all coming together! What do you think? Do you have a favorite collection? I really like them all, but I think The Olive Collection or Claire Collection would be my personal favorites :)

New & Exciting

1. anthropologie mugs, 2. sweet moments, 3. Tootsies, 4. Untitled

Hello Everyone! 

It feels so good to be blogging under the Olive&Ruby name! 

It took me a while to decide, but I am now the proud worker bee behind Olive and Ruby on Etsy, and Olive and Ruby Kids (formerly Cabbages and Kings Art). I wanted to tie the two shops together more closely, and felt this was a great way to do it. Once I had completed the task of changing my shop name I decided a blog re-do was in order as well! It is going to take me a little bit to get everything looking as it did before, but I thought it was ready enough for its first post.

So while I've been spring cleaning my shops and blog, I've also been growing a little human. I'll tell you compared to when I was pregnant with my son this has been tough work. For 12 long weeks I was sick morning, noon, and night. As the all day sickness began to disappear I was hit with bronchitis. I was hit with it so bad that I ended up in the hospital as they wanted to make sure I didn't have pneumonia. A few weeks after that I finally started to feel like me again. I had one small cold when I was pregnant with my son and that was it! So I started to wonder, might we have a wee little lady on our hands?

Yes, we do :)

We found out that a little girl is indeed on her way last week and are just over the moon with the news. Our little boy gets a little sister, and our family will be complete. 

I have also been working on loads of new work for the shops, and I'll use the next few posts to update you on all of that. In the meantime I am off to recharge with a bit of sleep. A teething little boy has kept his parents up almost every night. Guess he thought he wanted to remember the sleepless nights of infants before his little sister arrives!