earth child

Hope everyone is going great!! I have had one heck of a few weeks so havent had the time nor mental space to post here. For now I'll just share a bit about what ive been up to on the creative fronts.

• Here are some pics of what I made for a forum secret swap I participated in:
  
  
  
  The nappy I made from the darling diapers pattern, its a size medium. This pattern is available to purchase online. I havent yet recieved my swap but its on its way *soo excited* I'll post some pics when it have it :D
  
• I made a podaegi! Inspired by the ever creative earthy~la~la's gorgeous podaegi I decided I had to have one! I whipped one up a couple weeks back and i cannot believe it has taken soo long for me find out about pod's. Personally I find them so much more comfortable than a mei tai and my son actually likes it! I have previously had little luck with the ergo and MT (as much as I liked them bubs did not!), some luck with a ring sling (not really my cup of tea but was ok for short distance-bubs liked the ring sling hip carry) and a stretchy wrap when bubs was a newbie (loved the stretchy wrap for the first few months, soo perfect). But a carrier to please a toddler? Finally the Pod we both agree on. He can sit higher in a back carry than in say a ergo or other FB carrier and in general he seems more comfortable and isnt fighting it (I think the high back of the FB's has him feeling too caged). I'll endeavour to get some pics and give a bit of a run down on how I put it together when I get a bit more time. There are soo many tutorials online for these, if u love to carry ur bub and are still looking for 'the' carrier perhaps take the time to make one of these..
  
• I have also been taking a fair amount of time to review the earthchild mamapad range. I will post about the changes in a few days ;)
  
  
• And finally I have been BUSTING to show u pics of where I am up to on the K/K swap. but its not entirely finished so it would be a bit silly :P Pics will come soon..
  

There are seriously not enough hours in the day to complete all that I want to do..

If only I had no need for sleep lol

xoxoxoxo

started this in the wee hours last night and omg i wanna keep it!, this is seriously groovy baby

Customised regular sized pads that offer more protection, one standard heavy pad another that has been customised to offer that bit more protection

Ok so i was lucky enough to have the opportunity to create some appliqued nappy cuts to be turned into nappies by a truly fabulous woman and was super excited about doing so :D BUT unfortunately in my usual tripped out style I went into creative panic and ended up bodging up my first design *cry* I over thought what wasnt necessary and therefore ended up underthinking what was *sigh* but we live and learn and i will not repeat this mistake. Due to putting far too much time into my flop cut, I didnt have a lot of time to put as much detail in the others. I do truly like them though, just a bit sad my flopper wont make the cut.. I will recreate this scene and turn it into a nappy at some stage coz i think it will look lovely!

Heres what would have been the back of the flop


a waterfall scene

and the front

the night sky and the lake

Here is the other cut I made after the above one. I love this fabric and the matching applique!!! The peace signs are large-ish so will prob start to wrap around the sides of the nappy too, which should look cool :D Whether or not the peace print fabric turns into a full cotton front, a panel or a slight trim of colour on the front, I have no idea!! But I am excited to see it come to life and worn with love and true style by my boho bubba. Oh! and to add: the applique is centred its just my photographic ability that is a tad wonky LOL xoxo



And the replacement.. by now I am feeling true pressure to get these in to post. These symbols are all very special to me. I love the grey dot minky front it really works brilliantly with the black and white back.
Symbols:
love (pink)
infity (purple)
peace (black)
spiral (blue)
sun (yellow/orange)
om (green)

This pic quality is pretty poor (apologies)

*drum roll please*

And the winning number is:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:

8
Timestamp: 2010-03-14 23:00:02 UTC

The winner is Sarah

congrats I will email u soon

hmm what could this be....





and a little something totally unswap related but I didnt want to do a whole post for one little pic LOL a butterfly applique

The request was Geisha, fairies, anything super girly.. the results..





Top row: Heavy pad backed in a gorgeous butterfly print topped in bamboo velour that has been tie dyed in black. The two long pads are backed in gorgeous asian inspired floral fabric with gold highlights

Bottom row: Regular pads with handdyed tops and backed in Geisha print, centre 2 minky topped liners, one backed in fairy fabric the other a pertty pink baby cord.