second babies.....

As much as nobody ever happen to mention first time around how difficult being a first time mum is, everybody did happen to mention that second time round is easier.

I was in a permanent state of shock after having Kitty and was a far cry from the natural earthy mumma skipping through the forest with bub hanging in it's hemp sling cooing away at me. I was the stress cadet pacing the supermarket isles with a screaming newborn wondering what happened to my breezy past life and if I'd ever get a hint of it back.

Three months into Kitty's life I suddenly got it. I worked it all out and I really began to fall hopelessly in love with her. Three years later Spike (pictured above!) arrived. I'm still not skipping through forests with him living off the land but things are so much easier. I fell in love with him instantly. I desperately want him to sleep in bed with me all the time. I want to eat him all up. His crying doesn't bother me one little bit. Waking up in the night is just 'another' part of my life as an unselfish mum and my baby books are still sitting on the dusty shelf!

How bout you? Did you find it so much more normal second time around??

my creative space...CHRISTMAS!

Things are still plodding along quite creatively here at kitty n' kitsch despite the arrival of my little boy a month ago (and the arrival of my little girl's newfound '3yearoldness' which has hit harder than the newborn!). I'm busy with Christmas orders already and totally loving doing them.....
....especially when I know these two NOELS are off to the bonny highlands of Scotland. I can just picture them now hanging from a gorgeous cottage fireplace with the logfire ablaze...heaven!

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baby mania....

Phew it seems like I haven't blogged in forever but I have been off having myself a little baby. I now have a new little man named Spike who is just 8 days old who has inspired me to make some onesies! With Smurf fever at the movies I thought I'd resurrect my 1970's vintage Smurf fabric and use it to applique some plain white cotton onesies.

I then got myself all excited about my vintage stash of fabrics and made this one for little girls using some really sweet old bed sheets with Bambi's and Bunnies all over them.
A lot of the baby stuff around is very samey so I'm racking my brains to come up with some sweet little vintagey numbers for Mr Spike. More to come! ...........

T.SHIRT GIVEAWAY!!

Tomorrow night at 7pm I am giving away a FREE T.Shirt of your choice from this selection.

To be in the running all you need to do is head over to my Facebook page here and 'like it' :)
...and then leave a comment on this post below. Easy peasy. Thanks folks!

our creative spaces with GIVEAWAY!

Am finishing off some t.shirt orders today. Have had some really nice feedback on them so far which is lovely. To celebrate the launch of my clothing I thought I might just have to give one away.

All you have to do is become a liker of my Facebook page HERE and a liker of my blog right HERE , leave me a way to contact you in the comments below and on Sunday at 7pm I will pick a name from the hat. You can then choose any one t.shirt of your choice, size and colour and it will be on it's merry way to you. Easy!

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london bus tee (our creative spaces)

Well, I have officially launched my t.shirts and taken full advantage of the free Madeit listings to do so! I changed the London Bus design slightly and am much happier with this new version.

I love the red and white spotty fabric for the girl's bus but thought plain red would be better for the boys. I picked up the Union Jack trim when I was back in the UK last year and thought it finished off the bus perfectly.

I'm off the London theme for a bit now and came up with another cool idea for a boy's t.shirt in the middle of the night (on one of my million toilet runs-36 weeks pregnant!) and will try that out today and post tomorrow for you to see.

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one for the boys..

Still t.shirt making frenzy going on here at kitty n' kitsch. Thought it was time I started on some designs for the boys so thought I'd kick start it with a bit more of my home town! So here is the London Black Cab tee.

I adored my black cab account I had running back in London and that probably cost my company a small fortune. These lovely modes of transport are super expensive to ride but you will never find a London Cabbie checking his A to Z even if you've requested him take you to tinpot alley in buttf*ck Idaho! So you sort of pay for what you get....sort of.

Anyway, have perfected my London bus design for boys which I will be showcasing tomorrow and then I might need to take a break from London and visit another city for some inspiration....

What do you think of this design anyhoo?