TGIM!!

Okay, so I can come out of hiding, January and February are over!!

I don't know about you, but these are my least favorite months of the year, for several reasons.

But really, the biggest is my own fault.

Up until hopefully this year, I've really only done any significant amount of business September through December.  Last year was kind of nuts because we developed an entire new product line and were dealing with a lot of materials we hadn't used before.  Long list of excuses short, I didn't do any of my books until after Christmas.  I do not recommend this!! =)  I've spent the last 2 months doing 2 things:  reorganizing my studio-house from the chaos that ensued Nov-Dec. and entering a pile of receipts resembling that Vonage commercial  into Quickbooks.

But now the light is at the end of the tunnel!  I ripped apart the studio and reorganized everything so that the materials I intend on using most often are the easiest to get to.  I finally feel like I can breath in there again.  It was a lot of work, took more than a few Venti iced coffees to get through, but was totally worth it.

So this weekend I'm back to work on some new stuff.  Will  have pics to post soon!

In the meantime, my current big inspiration:  Harry Clarke Illustrations.

What I Did While I Was Hiding Out All Year.

Here's some proof for people that used to call me a friend that I was indeed working while not having a social life.=)

My Favorite Big Stockings from 2011, in no particular order.  (Some of them are missing because I was in too big of a hurry to take pics, will not make that mistake next year!)  Almost all of these were custom orders, which I had an awesome time making.

Mini Stockings & Halloween will be in another post!

Ew, January

January is, and has been since I was old enough to have to go back to school after Christmas break, my least favorite month of the year. The holidays are over, the days are short and it's cold. That being said, it's a fantastic time to clean and reorganize. So we've spent the last 3 days cleaning out cabinets I forgot were there, and a fortune at target on organizers. So by February were hoping to run like a well oiled machine here at B & B, something that couldn't have been further from the truth the end of 2010 :). We scrambled through it, and a big thank you to all of our customers who made it a successful year for us.

We re in the design stage of some awesome beach bags, and hopefully a whole line of totes to be listed by April. (Think circus and vintage fairy tale.)

Recap of 2010:

Ran my first marathon.

Barnacle got 3 stitches in his tongue (won t even tell you what that cost, you wouldn't believe it.)

Designed our first Halloween line.

Had a blast doing custom big stockings for some really fun customers.

Got an iPhone!!!!

I'm going to post some pics of our favorite items from 2010 in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks again to all of our customers!