a Moo, a Baa, an Oink, and a Cock-a-doodle-doo!

I have been planning on having Beckett's next birthday party at the farm with a farm animals theme since pretty much his last party. So when my friend Patti asked if I could do farm animals for her son Garrett (one of Tate's very best friends) for his 5th birthday I thought it would be a great motivation to get some images drawn and a font picked out so I was ahead of the game come September!

Garrett's dad does a little farming with his grandpa...and Garrett is pretty sure that it is the coolest job on Earth. So I was excited to make something and kept checking in with Garrett on our rides home from preschool to make sure I was getting the animals and look that he wanted...5 year olds KNOW what they want!

**The Birthday Boy (They went swimming, too...hence the no shirt! :) **

**The Door Sign****Baggie Toppers for Favors****The Cupcake Toppers**

I am so excited that Garrett loved his party and even more excited that I am half done designing Beckett's!!

3 X the fun!

In early January I started talking to a mom of triplets about their birthday party, which will be this weekend. She was telling me how her boys had each been assigned a color at birth to help identify them. My boys collection matched pretty well with the colors, but it needed a little yellow. I had the matching yellow paper to my line and so I made her order...and let me tell you that this is going to be quite the celebration!

Jamie wanted me to put all three boys names on the banner. She said I could do it how I wanted but her only request was that I put the names in birth order: Jacob (aka BLUE), Benjamin (aka YELLOW), and Zachary (aka GREEN). So here is how a banner for triplets (and triplets with pretty long names, no less!) looks:
I am going to save the rest of the decor for later...most of it is similar to the regular PDCfB. Their crowns turned out pretty cute with their personal color coding, but she had *golden* make bibs to match them, so I am going to hold out for a pic from the party to show them to you so you can get the whole picture!

Whoooose bag is this?

Last Friday I showed you the banner I made for my friend Tammy's lil' Frank. After I made that for her, she asked if I could make a tag for her diaper bag with a matching owl on it. I said I was sure I could, so she asked me to make them for all the Holm kids! Good thing she is a patient, because I've been so busy that she waited over a month for them. Thanks Tam!



They are a great size for a backpack, diaper bag, or suit case. I have to figure out which graphics to put in so I can make them for my own kids!

Lil' Frank

My friend Tammy asked me to make a mini banner to hang in her son's bedroom after he was born. They knew that baby #4 was going to make the Holm household 1/2 boys and 1/2 girls, but weren't disclosing the name. She told me how many letters in each of his names, first and middle, and I got it all ready so when he was born I could whip it together. She wanted an owl on it as well, and for it to be the colors of his room.

As soon as I read on Facebook that Frank Charles Holm had arrived, I finished up the banner and sent it her way. Named after Tammy's grandpa, they now call him lil' Frank.Tam, I hope when you were house hunting that your number one requirement is that his room had a good wall to hang it on! Just kidding.

Ava & Annabelle

I sent these out right before I left for LA and I completely forgot to blog about them. They were for my sister's friend Heidi for her two little girls. Heidi wanted me to completely design them myself, but gave me a few ideas about each little girl. She plans to use them from year to year on the girls birthdays.

First is Ava, who turned two right around Valentine's Day. Heidi said that it would be fun to be Valentine-ish colors, but without being Valentine themed. She said that cute little Ava loved puppies and balloons. Then this month baby Annabelle is turning one. All Heidi said is that she wanted bright fun colors. Annabelle's birthday will be a real celebration because she arrived very early and the first few months were rough. You would never know looking at her now!
Happy Birthday, Ava and Annabelle!

PD & P spotted on Etsy's front page!

I just wish it had been spotted by me! Thanks Sally, for telling me it was up...too bad I didn't see it. In fact, I didn't even know what had been up or if had even been on the main showcase...but when I checked my "Who hearts this shop" I had 30 new hearts today and figured something was up! After a little investigation (thanks, Rachel *golden*!) we were able to locate this:
This is the first time I was there (that I know of!), but hopefully not the last!

April Showers

Here are some more of the 135 invitations I made last week! These were for my friend Beth who is throwing a baby shower in April. The shower will be completely themed around umbrellas and an "April Showers" theme.
I really like the outcome and since I have had a few requests for custom invitations for my current collections that don't include a picture I think they will be available soon looking similar to this.

Thanks to everyone who has been patient with me these past few weeks if my emails haven't been as prompt as normal andI have not had as many blog entries. I have over $1200 on order with customers on Etsy, I am trying to get the circus line ready for pictures and my new blog all lined up, too. Plus I'm trying not to cheat too much on the "curfew" that Eric and I have agreed on...ha! I promise I will get back to you all if you are waiting on an email from me. You're the best!