This past weekend was the grand opening of Portland Saturday Market for the new year. We were there both days to enjoy the unusually beautifully warm weather. There were lots of people to enjoy the waterfront view, good food, music, children’s corner (this was new!), and all the handmade goods. See all the little white tents in the background in the image above? That’s where you’ll find us!
Most exciting was an article in the Sunday Orgeonian paper that featured Kitty Baby Love! Our picture was on the front page of the Metro NW section and included a review on Saturday Market (scored 109/100 points) and a couple of interviews on new vendors there.. like us! What a great way to start a new year at the market.
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By Kitty Baby Love
– March 11, 2010
This past 18th was our 9 month family anniversary. Mikah is a crawling champion and will follow Ben or I around the house, pull himself to a standing position on our leg, and pout for us to pick him up. He has 7 teeth now and is still growing bigger everyday. His shoe size is 5/6, clothes 24month, and weighs 30lbs.
He had sooo much fun in Hawaii. The 80F and sunny weather provided the perfect opportunities for him to crawl around grass and explore the ocean. It was a little bit depressing returning to Portland, although we are so happy to be back home. We decided to do an early spring cleaning and rearranged the house and our work room. More importantly, we spent the past week taking care of our personal health. Sometimes we forget to do that since we are so focused on taking care of the other little creatures around us.
Ben made this silly accronym, VEFIM (pronounced ‘vee-phum’), which stands for:
Vitamins (like Fish Oil!)
Exercise (20min, 3 times a week)
Food (eating enough quality foods, at the right times)
Interaction (with other people)
Massage (can’t do this everyday, but nice to get pampered now and then)
He posted this sign in our living room to make sure we remember to think of ourselves.
Now that we’re re-energized we’re going to spend the rest of the month preparing for Easter and Portland Saturday Market, which is starting again on March 6th.
(Ben + Sara) + VEFIM = Kitty Egg Crayon EXPLOSION!
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By Kitty Baby Love
– February 19, 2010
A little late, as usual, but here nonetheless!
Mikah is so freaking handsome. While I’m not one for beauty pageants, I recently entered Mikah into the
Regis and Kelly Beautiful Baby Contest. I think the prize is worth it- 1 winner will receive $125,000 toward a collage education, and 4 runner ups will receive $25,000 for a college education… Plus some other stuff, but the fund for college is our motivation for doing it. It’s a long-shot, but nothing to lose!
It’s a kitty totem pole.
In other news, Ben and I have been preparing for a trip to Hawaii! As mentioned, we spent this past Christmas with just the 3 of us (and the kitties). While my family doesn’t usually celebrate Christmas anyway, I still felt a little melancholy around New Years. So I called my mom and booked a last minute ticket to Hawaii (off season tickets + 10% off sale for total of under $540 for 2 people!).
Ben and Mikah have never been to Hawaii so I am very excited for them to see where I grew up. More importantly i’m happy that my extended family will finally get a chance to meet Mikah before he gets too old.
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Tagged with Family, family anniversary, family photo, mikah.
By Kitty Baby Love
– January 23, 2010
KittyBabyLove.com has a new look! Our old website was looking a little too kitchy for us so Ben and I sat down and actually designed a layout in photoshop that we would like. After staring and editing PHP and CSS codes for 10 hours or so, we have this! We’re very pleased. Tell us what you think…
new kitty baby love website
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By Kitty Baby Love
– January 22, 2010
What’s so good about a draw string bag? It’s perfect for holding all your little knick-knacks and great for little kids to store all of their little treasures. I used to love having a bag for all my toys when I was younger, like jack & balls, puzzle pieces, or just random collections of *stuff*.
This tutorial is for a simple bag with French seams.
Continued…
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By Kitty Baby Love
– January 10, 2010
Bowling Kitty Set - $40
What have we been up to? Making Bowling Kitties! Ben does all the woodworking and I do the drawstring bags. A friend recently let us borrow more professional woodworking tools so hopefully we’ll be making a ton of them soon. My contribution to the set is making the bags.
Cutting the bags out of medium weight cotton canvas
40 bags all cut out!
Inking the Gocco screen
All 40 pieces printed with help of Gocco & "ink for cloth"
The next blog post will be a tutorial on how to make a simple draw-string bag (e.g. the Bowling Kitty storage bag). Til then!
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By Kitty Baby Love
– January 9, 2010
Happy New Years!
Wishing everyone a happy 2010! This time last year Ben and I found out we were having a baby, had no jobs, but a lot of hope. This year we are finishing our 1st year of Kitty Baby Love with an official count of 596 sales on etsy alone and over 12 wholesale accounts. Not to mention we are raising the most amazing little boy on the planet. (He started feeding himself multigrain Cheerios today!)
We have lots of continued optimism for our growing family and business for the next year. Thank you 2009 for smoothing out all the wrinkles for us and we look forward to what 2010 will bring.
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By Kitty Baby Love
– December 31, 2009
7 month Anniversary
Mikah is 7 months old (7 + 1.5 weeks actually!), has 4 teeth, and is a professional rugrat. He uses his potty regularly (Ben and I have limited the amount of poopy diapers to about 1 per week. It’s great.). If you don’t already know about it, do a quick google for elimination communication.
He has started solids and eats when we do… with plenty of breastmilk in between. We use the KidCo baby food mill and carry it with us when we know we’ll be out for a while. Mikah is also understanding drinking but has not grasped the concept of tilting the bottle or cup upward to get the fluid out. His favorite drink is coconut water. Yum!
In his spare time he can be found practicing his vocal range (as in volume) and using miscellaneous boxes as a prop to stand up. There is nothing more inspiring than watching the determination Mikah has to balance himself and stand. Ben and I are so excited for when he begins to take his first steps…
This was our first Christmas as a family. It was small and cozy and very peaceful and lovely. I don’t think either Ben or I have been happier than we are with each other and Mikah. We are tired, oh so very tired, but very content with life.
Wishing a safe and warm wintery season to everyone!
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By Kitty Baby Love
– December 28, 2009
Occasionally we will do a google search for “kitty baby love” or “kitty egg” and see what comes up. This past time I came across a blog writer who received our Kitty Egg Crayons as a gift for her 2 year old. There are some cute pictures and the cutest story on how she laid the kitties down to make them “sleep.” We’re always so excited to hear about how our items are used from customers, so this was a real treat….
Read about the crayons at Small Talk blog
Olivia playing with her Kitty Egg Crayons
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By Kitty Baby Love
– December 16, 2009
We have a new banner for the holiday wintery season…. check out Ben’s kitty reindeer. So cute!
Ben and I are retiring from craft shows for the rest of the year. Portland Saturday Market is actually doing a week long event up til Dec. 24th that we were considering, but with 40F weather, rain, etc… I think it’s a better idea to pass.
This is our first Christmas with Kitty Baby Love and there was no way we could have anticipated the response we received from online sales. When we first started the business, we had hoped to get at least 365 sales by the end of the year… a sale a day. As of today we have 571 sales on etsy! It’s such a wonderful feeling to know that something we work so hard on is becoming successful. Mostly we are grateful for the opportunity of being work-at-home parents.
Mikah is already 7 months old, crawling around, and has 4 teeth. There are so many things we would have missed if either of us had to go away or he had to go to daycare. Instead we get to stay at home and be with him everyday. Thank you to all of our customers and supporters for this opportunity!
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By Kitty Baby Love
– December 4, 2009
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