Sweet Cheeks

July 14, 2014

I can now spill the beans & tell you Knitted Home is in a physical store!! This adorable boutique here in Toledo has agreed to sell baby mittens, socks & longies as well as requesting shorties for the warmer weather season.

I'm so excited to receive more feedback from a different market experience compared to online and craft show shopping.

Do you sell in a physical store? Do you have any advice or suggestions? Pros and Cons?

Discovering Cloth Diapers

March 24, 2014

This Saturday was a total blast! I went up to Ann Arbor, Michigan with a new cloth diaper convert friend to visit my also-pregnant cousin (she is 15 weeks behind me, due at the end of July) and we shopped two rummage sales (aptly named Moms 2 Moms), a local natural baby store called The Little Seedling where we all received a wonderful education on cloth diapering & baby wearing; and stopped at both Cherry Republic & Trader Joe's before calling it a Very Productive day. :]

Cloth diapering has been a long-time research "project" for me and after many years I feel like I can finally say with some confidence that "I think I get it!" after having visited and talked with the ladies at The Little Seedling. For the longest time I couldn't tell the real difference between All-in-Ones and Hybrids and Pockets and Fitteds and then I recently discovered "Flats" which are considered another version(?) of Prefolds. Too many different styles and terms, I'm sure you're thinking. Anyway, the exciting part is now that I feel confident to cloth diaper my little babe when he or she finally arrives in the next 2 or 3 weeks, I'll be plenty confident to make and use my own longies on my little one come this Autumn which means more adorable baby models for the Etsy shop! :) yay :)

And I can't wait to tell you my even MORE exciting news (that has to do with my Etsy shop and all things knitted baby) once I have confirmation that it is all a go. Stay tuned! :)

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A Few New Changes

February 6, 2014

A couple weekends ago, my wonderful husband organized 8 of our friends to come over and paint the second bedroom so we can start to convert it into a nursery.

(please excuse the mess; this was only a couple days after painting)

As a bonus (and because we were ready for a change in the living room), they also painted the living room a cheery yellow. :) I love how it looks when the sunlight pours in with its bluer light. The table lamps are a little warmer in color so I've been on the look out for bluer LED bulbs to swap them out.

So far I have a handful of hand-knitted baby items made up (mittens, socks, hats, one blanket and one sweater) but I feel like a slacker that I don't have more sweaters and more longies made up.

A few of the smaller items I have collected for Baby.

These bibs + washcloths are from BeastiesBabies

Lots of knitted socks + mittens

I also keep thinking I need to make a few outfit pieces (sweater dresses/jumpers and sweater vests).

What item(s) would you most recommend I make a priority to knit before baby is here? Is there something that you are so happy you made and use all the time or highly recommend now that you have a little wisdom under your belt? Please let me know!

July Art Walk

July 15, 2013

Well, the July Art Walk was definitely fun and I'm so glad I did it with a friend. I think it takes a lot of the nervousness out of doing something new because you can encourage each other. And we definitely learned a lot about selling our crafts as well as hosting a physical space. We took notes and have already started discussing what we'll improve on for next month's event.

One of the best things I learn from hosting a physical space, is seeing what others touch and what they say about my items. I've had suggestions for wine cozies due to a woman's cooing over Longies and a washcloth mitten from a soap saver.

I always try to note what people purchase and what colors. I haven't been able to really find a pattern yet to predict what will sell, but at least I know what to make more of. This time: one yellow/white soap saver, one set of blue/green hot mits, and one grey and brown thick crocheted hat.

I sold the bottom-right grey/brown hat.

I've also learned what items' inventory I need to bulk up. Namely: hot mits, baby socks, coaster sets, and now No Scratch baby mittens (a new obsession thanks to Field Wonderful).

Coaster sets in a hanging fruit basket.

I think setting up a physical space increases my creativity in how to display my items and what goes with what. I did get a couple compliments on my clothesline which I thought was appropriate for things that might be hung on a line. :)

My half of the tent. I joined up with Thistle & Bees.

Crochet braceletes

I also offered a free bracelete to anyone who mentioned seeing my posts on Facebook but I didn't have any takers. I did get one on Instagram, though! My cousin from Georgia will be getting a few in the mail in a few days. :)

So that what July's Art Walk. A fun time with good friends. We had many friends & family members stop out and support us which was GREATLY appreciated!