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And the winner is....

Hannah!

Congrats - you have won a Twiglet hoodie! Send me your postal address and I will have it in the post quick smart.

Catching Up...

Hello!

I'm still alive!

It will be a jumbled catch up post and will last as long as the bubs are both asleep. (Can you believe I got them both to sleep at the same time? First time since Leon was born and he is nearly 8 weeks. Still hope for me!)

Well, it has been crazy. Fun, chaotic, stressful, emotional, frustrating, busy, amazing. At times I feel like all I do is clean-up after, run-after, feed, and do it all over again and that that is all my life has become. I keep telling myself that it will get easier. I keep telling myself it's not forever. Other times I wouldn't have it any other way and feel lucky to have a girl and a boy whom are beautiful and healthy and make my heart sing and I keep telling them not to grow too quick!

Amongst the chaos I have:

Seen The Black Crowes live. (Amazing band but didnt play any songs I knew and dragged out the songs they did play for 10 minutes...)

Saw Brick Lane. (Beautiful film, as is the novel.)

Did a few makeup jobs (some 4+ hours - boy did my breastmilk leak!)

Visited 3 new babies (Owen, Hardi and Gisele)

Spent half a day at Aurora Day Spa (thanks Pete!) twas lovely - although it's the kind of place where you feel like you need to have a pedicure before you go...

Tried to finish decorating Mahlie and Leon's bedroom but it's still a functional WIP

Got frustrated about having no time for Twiglet (or any craft/sewing at all) and have since found a way to keep it going. Mahlie is now in childcare once a week and also goes to Pete's parents house for the day every second Tuesday. Pete is also going to car pool to work once a week with another hairdresser so I get the car one extra day a week. Woohoo! So fingers crossed I might get out to the studio finally! To celebrate I am doing a giveaway and a May Sale. I will post again in a few days with giveaway details!

Some catch up pics of the babas and around the house...

Ooooh - and did you get your copy of Mixtape? Did you see mine and Nichola's bumps? Heehee! Sooo glad to be back in normal clothes again...

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New Twiglet winter baby hats. Sold out at Yarraville Festival. Best photo I could take before they all went to lovely homes and little heads. Also in a vintage circus print and will be stocked in shop as soon as humanly possible!

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Oops...I missed a day of the everyday. Look what my mum found at the oppy! Just in time for Easter and the Twiglet Stall at Yarraville Festival. Are you coming down?

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Increasing supply by the week. Keep needing new colours...

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Borrowed some babies. Did photo shoot for Twiglet. Very happy with results. Thanks Meg! Excited about improving webpage, Etsy banner, printing some postcards and doing some ads in some mags...

talkin' shop

Cos that's all my life is right now. Sewing for shops, talking to shops, sending to shops, not doing any christmas shopping of my own... Just did a quick count of how many garments I have sewn in the last month and it's hundreds! This is the last week of work. Then I am gonna sew some stuff for myself and Mahlie. And fall in a heap. Perhaps the christmas presents will get wrapped. Maybe I will make an effort to make the christmas dining table look like I made an effort for the 10 people whom are coming for lunch on Christmas Day. I may even tidy the house. Then I will be on the home stretch of the pregnancy and will hibernate in my air conditioning for about 8 weeks! Well I have managed to put most things in the Etsy store, now. Hoodies and wraps will go in tomorrow night. Can't. List. One. More. Thing.... gotta go nigh nigh x

Boo!

Well, I'm still here. I have been struggling through the ups and many downs of starting a clothing label and I think I may have prevailed. The Docklands Market that was on this Friday has been cancelled (they forgot to tell me - can you freakin believe it???) so I have been busting my arse to get stock made for it for nuthin! However, I now have more stock available for the retail stores and Etsy and 90% of the range went into Mikes today. Just in time for their Xmas Shopping Night tomorrow night (Thu) which I believe there are still some places left at if you're in Melbourne. I will also be slowly uploading Twiglet products to my new Etsy store over the next week and adding more stockists to the list on the webpage. There are some of these on Etsy right now:

  Most of the range is on the flickr site for now and I am open to being contacted via e-mail for orders... Yay! Twiglet is here!!! Pretty please tell me what you guys think - I have been doing my own head in and doubting myself and almost giving up and very explicit lyrics have been sung this side of Yarraville recently. Feedback is very welcome here.

Other stuff:

Did Camberwell Market stall. Never again. People are stingy,rude,vultures and it's not worth the money. I got sunburnt, too. And Mahlie should'nt have come with. Thank god Pip and Cam showed up with jam donuts for me and whisked her away from us for half an hourish!

Hospital sent me a letter saying my iron levels are at 8 and they should be at 50. No wonder if feel so weak and tired. Otherwise feeling pregnantly good.

Went to zoo for Andrews 3rd birthday. Was fun!

Went to stitching night at Mikes again. Met Shannon, Lara and Natalie. Ate heaps of lollies. Did very little stitching.

We are thinking about going to Bali in August. Has anyone ever taken kids or babies there that can offer advice? Mahlie will be 2 and new baby will be 6 months.