As Seen In Baltimore Magazine!

Check us out in the May issue of Baltimore Magazine! Here's a sneak peek of the shoot...

Rosie eating the props

Ms. Pepita, mystified by the stagecraft

You better go grab a copy before Mr. Sweet Pepita runs out and buys them all up! And look for our newest work this Spring and Summer... Hometown pride is where it's at!

Order a Baltimore tee for your own little one here

Hello Wendy

The thermometer says Summer, I know. Still, I'm determined to enjoy at least a couple weeks of Spring. Fortunately, we designed these new dresses with hot Baltimore Summers (and Springs, apparently) in mind.



Introducing our Wendy collection. All organic cotton and fully lined, airy and smart dresses through size 6X. 

 

The Greatest

My girl has been teaching me about the Ravens... Only a little annoyed that I can't keep their numbers and names straight. I'd say that I was teaching her about hometown pride, but clearly, she's already got that!

For The Win!

I will not make her a belly shirt for many obvious reasons. But, my first grader wants that "cool girl" style. Honestly, she talks about it all the time. And I don't want to discourage her from dreaming up designs because, make no mistake, she's quite good. And just as much as she talks about fashion, she draws characters with names like Pinkie modeling their cool girl outfits, living it up in crayon and pencil.

She describes her latest ideas in great detail as we coax her up her ladder to the top bunk at night. And she is absolutely fixed on the image. "It's off the shoulder like this, and comes to here and there's fringe here, here, and here..." and she waves her hand every which way across her torso.
I tease her, "So there's like, fringe in the armpit?"

"NO!" and she rolls her eyes. We laugh and I tell her that Beyoncé's mom made her clothes, too (because there is no cooler girl than Beyoncé). And this makes her so happy. So, so happy.

Instead of a belly shirt, I made her this...

... just in time for the Superbowl. Thanks to miss Pepita, we know all about it. This kid has more team spirit in her forty pound frame than her dad and I combined. The Ravens are playing in the Superbowl this year, and this is Ravenstown and tomorrow is purple Friday. I hate sports. But I love this girl. I love this girl so much.

To the Kitchen!

Last year in August, our family was featured on Voice of America. You can view the piece here. We were just doing what we do... gardening, taking care of the baby, and sewing (of course). Miss Pepita and I also made hand lotion that day based on a recipe from ReadyMade Magazine. It's good stuff! We've been making this recipe for a couple years now instead of buying commercial lotion. And since the magazine is now defunct (I miss it so!) and there's nothing to link to, I wanted to post the recipe here. You can (and should) make this! And when you do, your kitchen will smell like honey and chocolate. So good.

Beeswax, cocoa butter and olive oil melting in a makeshift double boiler

DIY Body Lotion
3/4 cup olive oil (or apricot, avocado, coconut, or sweet almond, etc.)
3 Tbps grated beeswax (I also add a couple tablespoons of cocoa butter)
1 cup water

Measure out the water in your blender and set aside. Melt beeswax, butters and oils in a glass Pyrex measuring cup set inside a pot of boiling water. After a few minutes, the wax and butters will completely melt, into the oil. Once melted, wait a couple minutes, turn on the blender and very slowly drizzle in your melted oil mixture. The Pyrex is HOT so be careful! You can add some drops of essential oil if you like.

Put into jars (I don't think a pump would work too well... this lotion is thick).

*it is very important to wipe out the blender and the Pyrex really well before washing them. The beeswax will seriously clog the drain, otherwise

The Gift

Over the Summer I took a ton of pictures of Pepita and her cousin just enjoying, well, Summer. Summer in all of its unstructured glory. And since my mom lives on the other side of the country, I made them into a book for her so they wouldn't get lost.

Click here to view this photo book larger

And it is just like Summer, right? Just, you know, less sweaty. Happy birthday, Mama!