Settled in

In December, right before Christmas, my husband, my 6 month old (at the time), and my 2 year old cat moved from Japan back home to the US.  That was very interesting.

After spending time with family for the holidays, we then drove from the east coast to Arizona.  That was quite a drive.  And the cat was very annoying during the drive.  The 6 month old did better than the cat.  But, we found some treats that calmed him enough that he wasn't meowing the entire trip.  That was the longest time I had spent in a car...I hope to never do that again.

My mom, and my Grandmother came with us with the intent of watching the baby while we looked for a house...then they both got sick.  Fortunately, we had already found the house we wanted, unfortunately, the hospital bills were a little on the high side.

We settled into our new house (that we are renting), then came the long wait for our things to make it over on a boat and be delivered.  Our long wait turned out not to be quite so long.

The days turned into weeks as my baby and I got back into a routine.  2 weeks into living in the house, she figured out how to climb the steps.  Scary!
It's taken me awhile, but I learned when I had time to myself.  Nap time, and bedtime!

So, I've made a few cards to sell on Etsy, I've located a few of my hand crafted jewelry items and delisted them on Etsy, and I've gotten some crochet projects out of the way that are not for sale on Etsy.

But now, I've discovered a new talent!  For my daughters 1st birthday party, I made her a tutu dress.  It has become my new passion, and I get so many compliments on them.  I made her a dress inspired by Ariel from The Little Mermaid.  My next project was inspired by Tinkerbell, for a little girl my mom sometimes babysat.  Then just for fun, I made a dress inspired by Princess Sofia.  Then I moved onto making flower girl dresses.  I made an ivory and brown dress, and for a cousins upcoming wedding, a wine and black dress.  And my current project is a peacock colored dress.

My hope is to be able to sell these.  Each dress is custom for each little girl.  Now I just need to make a lot of different styles to show off my skills, get some professional photos taken, and build a website.  In the coming weeks, there will be pictures taken by me with my phone posted to this blog.