As we were wrapping up bedtime tonight one child had disappeared amidst the brushing teeth, insulin injections, crying and hugging, and Children’s Motrin routine (both kids are recovering from a cold).

Upon tucking Dave in, we went looking for a good 5 minutes for Evelyn. Tracking under beds, in bedrooms, closets, tubs, we finally realized some little feet poking out from under the kitchen sink. This is the first time she’s hid on her own, and in a NEW hiding spot (I think she’s been thinking about this one for awhile though). This was a camera moment not to be missed, and amazingly Evelyn didn’t make a peep once until I snapped the toes picture. Then of course the reward, my sweet baby face! Too bad I had a fixed lens with not a very good night time aperture so the shots are a little blurry due to slow exposure and no tripod (hold your breath)!

Happy Valentine’s Day! from Dingbat Press on Vimeo.

Usually I don’t take a ton of initiative when I come up with and idea (hey I should make an animated GIF with this picture…wait I don’t know how). But tonight I decided to go for it. If you want to learn how to do an easy animated GIF from photos, in photoshop, comment and I’ll post directions if there’s enough interest!

Happy Valentines, and for you Americans, have a great long weekend (unless you work in retail or don’t have bosses that let you take the day off, and then that’s quite unfortunate for you!)

Today is the day, 21 weeks and counting. We find out what kind of baby we’ll be having: girl, boy or monkey! Here’s a digital screen-shot of a *little* something (honoring little people) from the debut line I’ll be launching in about 1 week to retailers. I really wanted to go to NSS this year, but baby #3 decided that it won’t be happening that way, which is proably quite smart considering that I’ll probably be in labour the week of the show. If you know of any shops you’d like to see my stuff in locally, comment away with shop name and city it’s located in. I’ll be sure get a press kit their way and keep my fingers crossed. Keep in mind, most buyers like to buy stuff that is similar to the type of inventory they already carry. Most retail offerings will be available for pre-order next week and will ship on or around February 15th via the Etsy shop. So if you’d rather just pick it up there, head on over soon!

I don’t know about you, but bath time is fun at our house until it’s time to wash hair. We usually have an inch of standing water on the floor by the time we are done. However I think things are about to change, aren’t THESE adorable? Created by the lovely LoveLeeSoaps, you can find a myriad of kid friendly soaps/bath toys! 

I am a sucker for silhouettes. But throw some polka dots and squares in there and it really creates a great letterpress texture. 

Introducing Polka Dot Girl and Giraffe Squared. We’re going to be in the Etsy showcase tomorrow so stop by for more sweet treats, shameless I know all that self-promotion…