I am beginning to realize how much I have to do before the kiddo arrives, sometime around Turkey Day. Things like, oh, attend birthing classes, finish the girls’ room, register for a few small items 🙂

When I was pregnant with miss Violet, I was working so many hours at Starbucks, I did not even think about how I wanted my birth to go down. I literally baked the kid, showed up at the hospital, and gave birth. Simple as that. This time, I am really wanting to contemplate my options. Like, do I want another epidural? Can I do it natural? My midwife is super supportive of either option. I found out that the hospital that I am giving birth at even has a birthing pool! Something to look into for sure.

I will not be a control freak about things. So, if the pain is just too much for me to handle, I just might get that epidural, and not feel bad about it. But, I do think I am leaning towards trying things without painkillers.

In terms of registering, since I had a kiddo 2 1/2 years ago, I have heard that it is not proper to have a full blown registry (at least that is the word on the street). So, I will register for a few items, like cloth diapers (Yes, I am going to give cloth a chance!), a new pack n play, and a baby food maker. BUT I am really excited about making some Etsy Treasury’s filled with handmade items that I love! Not sure if it is fair to expect people to actually purchase from them like a Target registry, but what the heck!

Okay, this has been a really long post! Thanks for keeping up with me and baby Bloomfield 🙂

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 Recently I found Nifty Kid Stuff, and I fell head over heals in love with their handmade creations!

Who couldn’t love the Wool Baby Bear (pictured at the top of the post), stuffed plush with kapok and covered in polka dotted handmade goodness? Or what about the precious Piggy Puppet? I am totally digging the horizontal stitching that compliments the yellow stripes 🙂

The Baby Bunny Plush has stolen my heart for sure! Sigh, there are so many lovely items in this handmade shop! They create such gorgeous toys that truly do prompt imaginative play!

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In an effort to get my holiday rear end in gear, I’ve been playing around with some different types of product. For the holidays, I’ve decided to make some cute reindeer pillows!

This is the pink prototype. I also have a green one, but am still trying to find the perfect backing fabric! I am still working on the 2012 calendar, and finishing up a new stocking design!

Happy holidays (a few months early….)

Stacie

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Hi, my friends. So, what do you do when you’ve been a little bit down? I’ll tell you what I do! I imagine that it is fall. I grab my favorite quilt, cozy up in an arm chair, and imagine that my decaf cup of coffee is actually a delicous Pumpkin Spice Latte…. yummo!

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Dear Blog,

I feel like we have a very hot’n’cold kind of relationship going on. You see, I love writing on you. I get a bit tingly with excitement every time I see a new comment on one of your posts. I gulp with anticipation every morning I check my feedburner statistics to see how you are growing.

And yet, somehow, I just don’t have enough time to give you all of the gentle loving you deserve……

I seem to have ideas for new blog posts and plans to update my blog roll. But, then quitting time at my day job rolls around. I get home, make dinner, give into the curse that is pregnancy television coma, and somehow loose the will to blog.

I forget to take pictures before it gets dark…..
My grand ideas for a vlog are as elusive as a candle in the wind…..
And if I were to post all of the recipes that I cook on a regular basis, everyone would realize that I essentially live off of spongebob mac n cheese….

I digress.

Little blog, I wholeheartedly plan on attending to your needs soon. Please forgive me? I’ll buy you a pony!

Yours truly,

Big Momma Bloomfield

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Yesterday I rediscovered this amazing poster by Fine Little Shop. I think that I had seen it months ago over at Poppytalk. It is of the cutest wittle yellow apple! And, since it was only $40, I decided to go ahead and purchase it for the girls’ shared room 🙂

Their room is coming along nicely, although I have an overwhelming urge to paint their room a softer color. I love the blue walls, but now with a chevron rug and a smattering of pattern through-out the room, lighter walls seem like a nice idea. Maybe even a really really soft grey?

Now to see if I can get the hubby on board to help with this makeover!

I cannot wait for my Apple Papple poster to arrive! It is quite large, 19.5 x 27.5 inches! I nice space filler, if I do say so myself 🙂

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Wow. It is only 6:15 AM on this Saturday morning, and I have been up for over an hour! Sometimes having an early riser for a daughter is difficult on this momma!

So far, I’ve already made cinnamon toast with the kiddo, eggs, and some much needed half-caf coffee. And I totally wish I could have another cup, darn you 12 ounce caffeine limit per day! Thank you, my dear, wonderful, green ceramic mug. I cherish every sip I take from you.

Today, I am gonna let Violet watch all of the Strawberry Shortcake and Pink Panther cartoons she desires, because frankly I don’t have it in me today to argue with a 2 year old about the importance of diversifying her day’s activities… do any of you moms out there feel this way sometimes?

On my list of to-do’s today:

• Work like a mad woman on La Petite Magazine Issue 5
• Prepare 6 silhouette chalkboards so I can list them in my shop
• Finally fix the bead board under the counter of my bathroom
• Replace the glass back door that has been shattered for the past month!

Wait…. most of the things on this list are for Nathan to do. I will pretty much be magazining it up all day 🙂

What’s on your Saturday to-do list today?

Stacie

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So I have gone back and forth about what exactly to put above my couch! I have had a mirror that did not fill the space, a failed frame cluster, followed by a sheet that temporarily filled the space with color.

Then finally one day, it hit me: ikat! It is such a lovely fabric pattern, so I got to hunting online and found this lovely dark pink upholstery weight ikat fabric from fabric.com! 

 I hung it above the couch with some hooks and a nice long curtain rod. I know you might be thinking, “Wow that’s a lot of pink in that there room!”

Well, all the men in my life (including Wallace) seem okay with it. So I am a happy camper, and I think my living room is looking cozier by the minute 🙂

Have a great night!

Stacie

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Charles Harper birds, that is! Don’t you just adore his minimalistic style? Mr. Harper is definitely one of my biggest illustration crushes! You should check out his home tour if you ever have the time…

So this past weekend I went to Springfield, MO to visit friends and family! We had dinner with our dear friends the Stiles, and then I got to have coffee with Miss Rachel Denbow of Smile and Wave! She is such a lovely lady 🙂 Rachel took me on my first visit of the Red Velvet Shop on Commercial Street, where I got to browse some gorgeous vintage clothing and meet Elsie herself!

It is amazing to see how far Commercial Street has come in the last 10 years. Nathan and I both grew up in Springfield, and were never EVER supposed to go to Commercial Street. At the time Commercial was laden with run down buildings, and apparently the crime rates were high. But let me tell you, with dozens of cute new stores, restaurants, and other niche shops popping up all over the place, the northern part of Springfield is becoming “the place to be”.

In other, perhaps less exciting news, I am now a member of the BlogHer Network. With that comes a shiny new layout of my sidebar and banner. I am still working out some of the kinks, but if you look to the right, you will now see some new categories to browse! Hurray for organization and simplicity!

Ta Ta,

Stacie

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