Happy Creating Day

Fridays will be my crafting days!

We are experimenting with cloth because although it was orginally our first choice we started with

Huggies Pure & Natural Diapers

because we were able to find over 300 diapers for 40 dollars at a flea market! We loved the soft texture and snug fit ! I was able to get some 20 cloth diapers on loan from my high school art teacher.  Right now we are using Fuzzi Bunz. The only downside we've experienced is that his adorable fluffy butt doesn't fit into 0-3 size pants that he did the day before.

Also styling adorable Spiderman socks.

So..

The machine kept eating the shorts
so Grammommy came to the rescuse

we've decided to construct diaper covers since its getting hot enough for him to wear little shorts. We have some over sized hand-me-down sweats that we are going to re-purpose. Comfort is key for us so we didn't alter the snug, soft, elastic waistband. I have particularly fallen for the Carter's baby brand pants because the elastic doesn't pinch his belly.

We had 3-6 month size brown sweats that were incredibly long for him. We cut off about 3 in. and also rolled them up to about knee length for him. The rolled hem is about 1 1/2 in. wide, secured by a zigzag stitch along the top.

 Typically baby boy clothes don't have much variety or pizzazz like the little creative tutu's for girls. My little man loves to make a statement so his Gramommy and I fashioned some little front pockets and a fox embellishment for the tush. My fiance, Austin, and I love crafting so we always have miscellaneous trinkets and scraps around.

The raw edges were zig-zaged on the sewing maching and then applied to the garment by hand stitching embroidery thread. 

Granted I did not finish the applying the embellishments until this morning because I got started so late but so far so good. Thankfully is spring outside today because if he would have on long pants his bottom half would look terribly disproportional towards his torso. 

You could insert elastic into the leg bands but I personally don't like that they typically leave red rings.

I'm thinking he may need suspenders to go with these

; )

I also need to get started on his garb for this upcoming faire season. I will be portraying a will-o-of-the-wisp and Tyr may be my little gnome.

Calendar

I like to keep lists to keeps me stay focused ;) My finance and I have delved into Norse history to better represent a viking inspired encampment at medieval festivals. so I intend to follow the north symbolism of the days of the week. 

Thursday; Thor's day in old Norse or thunder's day in old English. 

Thor looks after the farmers and black smiths, so I believe today is a good day to focus heavily on the business and tying up loose ends in paperwork.

Top Three Things I Love about our Shoppe:
1. Customization.

   

Medieval Fantasies Company and Woodgrain Innovations are extremely flexible with prototypes, styles, colors, sizes, and shapes. 

2. Privately Owned

My immediate family including : my fiance, my son, my two younger sisters, my mother and step'father, as well as my maternal grandparents and uncles have a personal invested passion for what we are creating and strive to provide. We are able to work in an environment where the schedule is flexible enough to allow dentist appointments, family vacations, and operating a store front as well as a traveling renaissance caravan.

  

We do have to thank paypal and yahoo business for making our online store easy to navigate and purchase.

We praise the new paypal application of printing and processing the mailing label online! It makes the post office run more manageable and convienent for our customers because they receive delivery confirmation instantly and package insurance.

3. Location

Shenandoah Valley is an awe inspiring horizon to wake up to in the little town of Churchville. The little town is perfect for our storefront because we live so close by that I am able to take Tyr with me and avoid the bustle of a highly populated city and get to walk to work.The quiet community is also lovely for networking and support with other locally owned and operated businesses. 

One of many Favorite Moments:

My mother and I stayed up most nights this past December painting and shipping out presents for children with personalized daggers with prefixes like sir, Majesty, knight, dragon slayer and heraldric shields. We take a lot of pride in accolades such as:

Wow. I received my shipment, and the items (personalized shield and crown) are beautiful! My son will be absolutely delighted. 

This is his big special gift this year for Christmas, and I am so happy about it. Thank you! Athens, GA 

I was delighted this previous holiday season when one mother had asked tentatively about a customization possibility and she was overwhelming relieved that she could make her son's dreams come true this Christmas.

Its those moments that make me proud of what we can do even when we give into desperate requests to expedite ship customized gifts that means staying up 

until 3 a.m. 9 months pregnant to paint little heraldic lions.

Toys that have made the day less stressful!

First time grabbing a toy!
Such a significant little moment <3  

Knight on Horseback that we call: Ivan and Olaf! His daddy and I have learned that when we have names for his toys we don't argue about the description of them (which has happened since we are both stubborn and horned zodiac signs) and have fun giving them personalities for Clintson Tyr! 

Got them from Kohls :) He crinkles and jingles and bounces! My son is a very busy boy therefore the highly interactive toys keep him better occupied like Baby Einstein Shakespeare and Van Gogh dvds that we snagged from goodwill ;) Our favorite place to get barely used baby clothes in a dollar bin!

One of his other favorites is a pacifier with a rattle dragon! One of Castle Cradles newest infant toys. His eight legged massager (that we got on Fort Eustace base on our first road trip as a family) soothes his rumbling belly as well.

Ta Dah!

Leaving his little footprints all over <3

Anxious to share my trying adventures as a determined mother through every giggle and gurgle with my new family as well as the struggles and blessings of the family business!

Reviewing helpful products for a full-time working mother from amazon.com 

Like: lilly padz accessories for nursing bras, baby bullet, "fisher price nature" swings

& anything else I can get my thrifty paws on.

Crafting furniture and necessities as well as wooden and leather wares

 for camping and traveling at reniassance faires

& on the beach in gloucester

I will be using shutterfly.com to post different photo projects.

Showing Children's Treasures from: 

medievalfantasiesco.com

We strive to provide the best in Quality Family Entertainment and Education.

All wares handmade in Shenadoah Valley.