My Morning Jackets

Just finished up some new spring jackets! 
Here's a couple photos of the finished product, I'll post some pictures of Milo modelling it once he wakes up from his nap. $40. 

Mustard coloured cotton twill with polka dot flannelette and turquoise trim (also available in hot pink).

xo Kirsten

Dreamer, nothing but a dreamer...

I've always been a vivid dreamer, but when I was pregnant with Milo I began having the craziest dreams (an inordinate amount of which included Darren leaving me for a gay lover...?). During this time D's mom gave me a sketch book called 'Last night I dreamed...' filled with pages upon pages of good quality paper to record your dreams on. (Available at the fabulous store collage collage, for those interested.) I tried to get into this at the time but found that whenever I had free time I just sort of wanted to sit on my laurels, or read, or go for a ski, or stock the freezer. 

I recently remembered this book, however, and pulled it out. So for the last six weeks or so I've started illustratively recording my dreams each morning. I do this during morning nap time over a cup of coffee. Some drawings I do in a day, some take a few, and most spill some into awake time. However, this spilling over works into my personal parenting philosophy of making Milo a witness to mine and his dad's creative work in the hopes that he will respect and honour this work in us and himself as he gets older, and hopefully be a part of it! 

This has truly become such a rewarding and lovely little practice that I really look forward to each day. Here's a few of my favourites. 

xo Kirsten

Happy birthday to you Milo Fox!

On a cold, clear night just after midnight one year ago today, our bright eyed, bushy tailed little babe came into the world. My memories of a lot of that day(s) are a bit hazy and mostly include throwing up and laying in the bathtub, and sometimes doing both at the same time! But the one thing I will never forget is when our midwife told me to reach down and grab my baby and I got to push/pull my babe up on to my chest, gaze into his old soul/new soul eyes and meet my beet faced, blue eyed boy. Deep love. 

This year flew by quicker than we could have ever thought and now that tiny little babe is a joyful, gentle, boisterous, squishy faced little boy who we love more than we could have ever imagined. Happy birthday Milo Fox! We're so much better for knowing you!

In celebration of this little guy there will be free shipping for the month of April! Hooray!

xo Kirsten

Dots and Stripes!

Some new items up in the shop!

Baby leggings in chevron striped fabric. Super comfy and soft. $20, get 'em while I've still got the fabric!

Hand printed cloth napkins on organic unbleached cotton.

xo Kirsten

Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger

While I am for the most part a big fan of winter, it does bring with it some dreary days where the weather is cold and blustery enough to trap us inside for the day. This is okay for me, but less so for my busy body of a little boy who gets cabin fever pretty quickly in our little home and absolutely loves being outside. So when we are trapped inside (like today!) we spend a lot of time staring out the windows, watching the snow fall, the branches blow in the wind, and the cars pass. The bus route just changed so the bus now goes up and down our street, much to Milo's delight, so there's that too. Poor man's tv. 

In our yard we have a hedge of lilac and rosebushes where a banditry of chickadees (that is for real what a group of chickadees is called!) converge on our rose bushes to eat the rose hips. Milo has become obsessed with these daily visits. It's really been quite the love story. So to foster this relationship (and give us something to do!) throughout the winter we've been making pinecone and peanut butter bird feeders to hang on the porch and outside the windows as entertainment on these cold, snowy, sleety days. You remember making those in kindergarten? I do! So far they have provided us with hours of entertainment. Literally. And we also get to help out our little feathered friends make it through to spring time. 

At our feeders we get regular visits from chickadees, wrens, flickers, and stellar jays. Aaah, simple pleasures.

Here's how you can make your own.

xo Kirsten

A Whale For The Kissing

This summer we packed up the babe and the dog and the Subaru and went on a three week long camping and island hopping trip. It was truly magical in so many ways, too many to mention, but was made especially so by being able to introduce our then 3 1/2 month old little man to some of our dearest, most beloved friends.

During this trip we went up to Sointula, which is on Malcolm Island, between the northern end of Vancouver Island and the mainland. Sointula, meaning 'place of harmony' in Finnish, was founded in 1901 as a socialist utopian society. The commune disbanded but many of the settlers continued to live there and it is still a vibrant little community. We had wanted to go up thatta way for years for a couple of reasons, one: across the waters from there is the birthing ground of my dear sweet man friend, two: I had read about Sointula years ago in a book about utopian communities in BC (highest amount of communes per capita!) and was smitten with the landscape and the folklore. And then some favourite friends moved there to start up their art/life project, The Sointula Art Shed.  Serendipitous! And so the deal was sealed and away we went.

And the whales! You see, in addition to it's legit socialist past Sointula is also home to Bere Point, where the northern resident orcas come to rub on the smooth pebble beaches. I've always been a huge fan of whales, so much love and awe. So the whales were a big draw. While there we saw a pod of orcas, dolphins, and a humpback whale breach while we watched from the beach. Humbling and amazing. In honour of this, Milo's first whale sighting, I decided to make him his very own humpback whale. I'm a little late on the draw, but hey, better late than never! I'm also perhaps the most uncreative stuffy namer in the world (we've got a Foxy, Puppy, Baby...) so we've just been calling her Humpy. Here she is in all her glory!

You can find the instructions to make your own knit humpback whale here.

xo Kirsten

Etsy!

I finally got my Etsy site up! I took advantage of having my mom around, chasing after the little man, (and baking us muffins and cooking us dinners and making us coffee and french toast...) to get it done. Thanks Mom!

Here be the link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HandmadeLuckClothing






xo Kirsten