Free to be cute

Happy independence day. Around here that means being free to be adorable in vintage polkadotty pajamas and enjoy two days (the only two in the past 4weeks she's seen him!) with (a very sleepy) papa.

Spring giveaway winner!

Little Berry has a cold and had a rough day today. She's not nursing at all though she has tried and I'm handling it as well as I can. She's sad, but will get better and be back to nursing soon hopefully. So this is why I haven't announced a winner yet- I was rather busy playing mother comfort (which is a role I am normally happy to have but is hard when she wants me to comfort her with nursing and can't nurse).
All that to say-our winner also is a mamma, in fact, she calls herself Mama Bennie. She has two sweet babes and a blog over here that's been a bit quiet since the arrival of her youngest Mamma Bennie, I hope she enjoys her new dress!
If you'll email me your mailing address and link to the one you want I will send it your way!

vintage ((spring)) giveaway

Today I have a giveaway of the finest sort.
I'm offering one reader an item of their choice from my etsy shop, shipping included. You can pick whatever suits your fancy, you can keep it for your own cherubs or give it away to be loved by another dearie.
There are dresses (lots of dresses!) perfect for Easter or summertime, a couple boy items and two sweet dolls handmade by me.

To enter, hop over to my etsy shop and peek around, come back here and tell me what you would pick if you win. I happen to love all the sweet items I have over there so I hope you do too.
If you are the winner and the item you've selected is sold by the time I close my giveaway I will ask you to select another item or give you store credit equivalent to the item's price.

This contest will be open until March 30th and is open to residents of the US and Canada.
For additional entries, tweet about this giveaway (up to twice a day) and link to that tweet (in your RSS twitter feed) in your comments. Also for 3extra entries (each) you can follow my blog publicly and/or favorite my etsy shop.
Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

And...comments are open!

Lovely finds

I was trawling through bins at the Goodwill last weekend when I came across a whole stack of sweet, great condition vintage children's books. They are so sweet! I've got quite a collection now and am finding a lot of great titles in the local thrift stores.

I keep telling Pappa Starbucks that I will sell them on etsy but once I get them home I always find excuses not to.

Excuses like how sweet is this!!? and oops, this one is a little scuffed up! and well..I don't know how to price them...




This last one, the Shopping Book? It is SO stinkin' cute! It has the best illustrations I've seen in a while, I love it!


Oh, I love vintage story books so! It's a bit of a thrill still to find ones in good condition for inexpensive prices simply because I know how much love they will get around here.
What's your favorite children's book?