Man Cave turned Craft Cave

Anyone who saw this post a few weeks ago, knows that my sewing room was in desperate need of some attention.  It was THAT kid in Wal-Mart. The one with disheveled hair, no shoes, mosquito bites on her arms, and an attitude that makes Joe Dirt cringe.  Yes, I had a white trash sewing room.  

Yet I am marketing my things as "delicious baby accessories hand crafted in contemporary styles and stimulating textures."  Kind of an oxymoron.  I needed the office (now craft room-- poor hubs) to reflect what I'm going for, here.  

So, our Christmas gift to each other was a nice, crispy new office! And a crispy new Apple computer and a masculine(ish) desk for it all to compensate the hubs for giving up his dreams of a "man cave."  

So, without further adieu... enjoy!

I adore my teal pegboard!  I just spray painted it with 2 coats of Valspar primer, and then used 2-3 coats of Valspar teal (matte).  It ended up being 2 cans of primer and 2 cans of teal.  The thread, ribbon, and etc items are placed on various pegboard hooks from Lowe's.

I am in love with this desk- you can find it (in pieces) here, at Office Max- Brenton Studio Collection. I also ADORE my sewing machine, the Brother SE 400- it's as inexpensive as you can find (that will embroider and monogram and connect to your PC).  I found it on Amazon.

You name the color, I've got it.  Except hunter green.  Blech.

Did I mentioned we got a new Apple?  I am loving iPhoto's "edge blur" option.. :)

I have accepted that this is as tidy as my shelves will ever be.  I just have too.  much.  stuff.  But a little edge blur action is just what the doctor ordered!

My husband's 27 inch monitor that he had to have.  Oh, look! I'm reading Sweetish Baby's blog!

There you go!  I love it- it's where I'm writing you from as we speak.

Pinterest Addiction

I am officially addicted to Pinterest. And this just about sums it up:

Source: Google Images



My Desperate Sewing Room.

Ugh, my sewing room needs a make-over!  Since I'm pretty new to this whole sewing thing, I'm currently using our home office (especially because my machine hooks up to the computer for most of the fonts that I use for monogramming and appliqueing, etc)- which was already boring in the first place.  Now it's just intolerably cluttered (which is NOT like me) and boring. 
Have a look-

 I re-did our master bedroom this summer (see the finished product HERE)... and I think I shall move this sewing room to the top of my wish list of rooms to re-vamp.  This eHow article provides several useful tips in utilizing every square inch in small spaces (ie: half of a home office!)

And, while we're at it- here are some inspiration pictures I'm feelin'-

Now THIS is organized!

So fresh feeling.

If nothing else, I WILL create this pegboard. 

Another awesome pegboard. 

Create-Your-Own-Fabric

I just had to share this website that my sweet friend Ella at Cookin' Up Trouble found.  Create-Your-Own Fabric!  SHUT UP!  Check it out at Spoonflower.

Dala Horse Baby Toy

Well, what a happy accident!  Sweetish Baby is based on Swedish-inspired baby items (mostly the modern design that the Swedes are known for)... But today I was perusing the internet for some inspiration, and came acoss a blog post that that I had to share!  Click HERE to see what I'm talking about...  :)  I think I'll take this as a good omen. 

New Merchandise

Do you have a little monster?  I do-

We've got some wall decor in the works, too...

www.Etsy.shop/SweetishBaby

Business Card

These are our business cards- you will receive a few with your order.  If you are a satisfied customer, please pass them on to your friends and family!  Just another insight "behind the scenes"... 

Meet Sweetish Baby

I am always curious about the brains and brawn of these artsy-crafty-online-boutiques.  Maybe that's just my nosey nature.  Or my desire to live vicariously through those more creative, entrepreneurial, go-getter types.  Not that I'm claiming to be any of those adjectives- you know what I mean.

So, here we are!  The brains and brawn.  My Swedish grandma (Marilyn Mobley, or "MorMor") is mostly the brains AND the brawn.  I'm just kind of her liason to the modern world of technology.  Her marketing department.  But I vow to you I will one day be pumping things out of a sewing machine at the speed of light! 

Dancing with my Little Man, Dax.

MorMor and Dax relaxing on the porch- with one of his loveys.  :)

And since my 2 year old daughter is unable to sit still long enough for a decent picture of either of us with her to exist, here are a few of her flying solo: (I can't leave her off of the blog!)

My sweet Ada Grace.

I adore this little beach babe.

Valkommen!

That means Welcome in Swedish...

Well, here we are.  Another blog, another dollar!  My grandma and I have recently begun an Etsy shop (www.Etsy.com/shop/SweetishBaby - check it out!)- and I have decided to go ahead and claim a few more millipieces of the world wide web for our blog.  Here's our mission statement- created on a whim for our Etsy account profile:

"Born from a love of all things sweet and all things baby, Sweetish Baby was created by a girl and her Swedish MorMor.  We specialize in deliciously cozy baby accessories hand made in contemporary designs and stimulating textures."

That just about sums us up!  Since I'm a major proponent of photo-blogging (I just made that term up), here is a picture of our first item for sale- created originally for my 4 month old son, Dax.



We have many more items in the works- my mind is going a million miles a minute with adorable creations just waiting to come to life.

And here is the sewing/embroidery machine I am planning on  purchasing... as soon as my grandma shares her secrets and teaches me to sew!  :)