New goods.

After many a sneak peek and a bunch of hints, it's time for the grand unveiling. I listed the first of the new line this afternoon and I have to say I absolutely love it.

The seersucker fabric was wonderful to work with; it's just such good quality. I also love the new blanks. They're a brand called Rabbit Skins and the cotton is nice and sturdy and won't shrink much at all.

There are 4 different rompers: aqua with a reproduction quilt fabric, lime green with a coral/orange seersucker, yellow with a green seersucker and bright orange stitching for amazing contrast, hot pink with the popular bird bean flannel (that gorgeous cherry blossom print) and two ringer tees. One is an aqua with pink trim and pink seersucker while the other is orange with blue trim and a blue seersucker. Most of these are unisex -- something I try to always have since so many people buy my items for baby shower gifts.

I'll be carrying the rompers in 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months. The ringer tees are sizes 2 and 4 for toddlers. I'll be happy to do custom orders for larger sizes but as usual, the sizes and colors are going to vary depending on what I can get.

I plan to list one in my Etsy shop each day this week. For now, check out my flickr for more photos.

I think we can do it.

So this weekend we did our first craft show with Baby Lemon. The little model slept soundly in the car the whole way there, while we were unloading, and while we were setting up. She only woke up when I took her to the Odyssey to eat because I was getting worried. (She probably would have been fine but I'm a new mom...).


The event was a total success. The weather was not. It was incredibly hot and humid until it poured. Luckily, we were mostly packed up so only a couple of the bins got a bit wet. We've got the tent out of the bag and drying in the basement.


As always, the Pittsburgh shoppers were awesome. This was my third show up there and everyone is super supportive and nice. I was hoping to see some of the people who stopped by at Handmade Arcade but the cloudy skies kept a lot of people away.


I made a lot of changes to the whole setup. While reviewing pictures of last year's events, I decided that it was all just too busy. There was too much going on. I made bright lemon shapes and used black sticker letters in different fonts easy-to-read items and pricing. I also made a couple of sale signs. I really like the way they turned out.


Because of the weather, I couldn't use my tall displays. The shirts or onesies just act like sails and are so hard to control. I will definitely be using them again when it's not so windy. I think the look is really important to my tables.

I also decided not to use the yellow baskets with the lemons and cadet plushies. I thought maybe they were a bit distracting but now I think the display is looking a little bland so maybe they'll make a comeback -- or maybe the tall displays are all I need. We'll have to wait until next time to see.


Baby Lemon is generally very cooperative during the day. She was pretty easy this time (thanks to tinted windows and the awesome event coordinators who let me use their offices to feed her later in the afternoon). I've applied to a couple of shows that aren't too far away and have plans to apply for several more to take advantage of my maternity leave. I think we're just going to keep taking it one day at a time.

There are a few more pictures with notes in my flickr.

I Made It!

Lemon Cadet is back in action with a craft show this weekend. Team Lemon (Mr. Lemon, Baby Lemon, and special guest star Sandi Lemon) will be at the I Made It! Market at a huge festival in Pittsburgh, South Side Celebrates 250.

The market will be on 19th Street between Sarah Street and Carey Way. You won't be able to miss the celebration. It seems as though all of the South Side will be taking part with "dining specials and sidewalk sales from 10th Street to SouthSide Works, artist demonstrations, kid's zone, plays, entertainers, a community wide yard sale, food and much much more!"

The whole event lasts from noon until 6 this Saturday, June 28 so there's plenty of time to stop by.

I'm just about finished with the new designs and will preview them on flickr as early as tomorrow. I'm also working on the display and am really excited about how it will look. More on that later.

Hope to see all my Pittsburgh peeps at the show!

Why I love my husband...

We are getting life insurance (if that's not a bridge to adulthood, I don't know what is). So this home health nurse came to the house today to give Aaron a barrage of tests. I was getting ready to take a shower so she didn't know I was home. The baby was on the table in the bouncer as usual. She asks, "So, you're babysitting, huh?" He replies, "Oh, no. This is mine."

Too much TV, perhaps?

So this probably makes me a bad mom but I like to watch TV while Zadie is at the boob. Unfortunately, her timing isn't so great so we've been catching a lot of Y&R.

OK. I'm lying. Her timing is great. She's almost always hungry between 12:30 and 1:30 and blesses me with at least half of the best soap opera on the planet. My mom raised me with Y&R and I've decided to continue the tradition.

But what the hell is up with the Victor/Sabrina storyline? OMG. It's like every time they do a scene together it's the same one again and again and again. Mon amour mon amour mon amour. I'm sick of it. Stop the sap.

Take spoon (above) and gag me with it.

And since we're on the subject of TV, is anyone else bored with Meerkat Manor this season? Don't get me wrong. I love Stockard Channing but I feel the show has lost some spark. I mean look back to last season. When Flower died I was in tears. My husband came home from something and I was on the couch sobbing uncontrollably. He thought I was losing the baby. (Um, maybe pregnancy hormones had something to do with it...). Seriously, it was just the saddest thing I'd ever seen -- how she died protecting her family and then they showed her little body there with her cheeks all swollen from the poison. I'm tearing up now just thinking of it.

Maybe I'm distracted this season. 9:00 is pretty close to bedtime these days.

Oh yeah, if you want to buy that spoon, click here. Don't buy one for my baby though, someone fabulous already bought Baby Lemon a complete set of silverware for when she starts eating "real" food.

cat and baby

art 365 day 154 - cat and baby
Originally uploaded by mabith

One of my Etsy peeps mabith did this amazing drawing from one of my photos posted on flickr.

She's doing an art 365 thing just like I'm doing a 365 baby thing.

This is day 154.

I love it.

More on 365 baby in a couple of days.

Coming Soon...

I bought these fabrics when I was in New York City for the Bust Craftacular. I was anticipating my Spring line. My Spring line has become my Summer collection. So anyway...

As soon as I get finished with this big freelance job I do twice a year, the sewing will commence. These seersucker fabrics are from a really cool shop I found in the garment district. They are super high quality men's suit fabrics and I have been loving having them in my life. I'm keeping my blank onesies a secret until they're finished. I'm super excited about them.

This weekend I plan to go through all my stock and clean up the Etsy shop. I'll add back in some of my custom hand-stitched pieces and that pile of yeti shirts I've been going on and on about. I have a few long-sleeved onesies that are ready to go and some bean dolls as well.

I expect to make some bean dolls to match the new fabrics so that when The Lemons go to shows this Summer and Fall, we'll be able to offer discounts when someone buys a set.

The best part of all of this is that Baby Lemon will be modeling the new designs (as soon as she fattens up enough to fit into them).