Present Ideas

Hi guys its Danica!

Wow its been a cold few days this week!! I hope it gets warmer soon, I dread getting out of bed these days!
It has been a busy few weeks for us over at Blue Sky Baby.
We've had Alicia's 27th birthday, her hubby's birthday, and my sister and step dads birthdays too.
With all these birthdays and more to come (my own hubby's in a few weeks) I tried to think of a way to cut down on present costs. Handmade stuff maybe???
I will show you what I made for my sisters birthday, because all I got Alicia and her husband were a card and scratchies, and I'm sure you don't need to see a pic of that :)
I had to make something nice and thoughtful for my sister as it was her 21st birthday, So I decided to make her a hand stamped necklace!!

This necklace is 2 x 5/7" sterling silver pendants with a swarovski crystal (her birthstone colour) and a fresh water pearl on a sterling silver ball chain.
On one disc I stamped her initials.

The other disc I stamped her birth date and a little heart.

I also made this one.
It is a 7/8" sterling silver washer hand stamped with

" a sister is a friend forever"

It has 2 freshwater pearls on a ball chain necklace.

I love how they turned out. My sister loved them too, which is always a bonus ;)

I love doing handmade gifts, whether its a hand stamped necklace, or a card, a photo collage of your kids. Whoever you give it to, will surely love it

Enough sappiness from me

Peace out!!

Best Aunties Ever!!

So I'm getting older.. i just had a happy birthday and turned 27!! I don't feel 27 at all.. It doesn't help i look about 17, I still get people calling my house phone and when I answer they ask if my mum or dad is home. Ive even had a man knock on my door and ask if my dad was home! And I was 7 months pregnant!!!

Any way, I had an awesome day, my girls and their kiddies all came over for morning tea. My Nan and Pa brought my favourite spaghetti for lunch, and my hubby cooked us a 3 course meal for tea. That is actually amazing in itself as he has probably only cooked tea 3 times in the nearly 5 years we have been together.
He made salsa.... from SCRATCH!!  It was beautiful!! Ive already ordered him to make that again. Chicken wings with a special saucy coating. YUM. And also stuffed green peppers. AMAZING! It was all so yummy and the best present! He knows I love Mexican :)

I also received a couple of packages from Mr Postman and they were from my darling aunties! They are the sweetest and always give me the best presents, They know exactly what I like. Michelle gave me a spotlight voucher!! WooHoo! I'm there every week so its perfect!  And Jen sent me two beautiful crochet books! I cannot wait to own a home one day and one of my dreams is to have a library room full of books with a big armchair in the middle. So I'm so excited I have 2 more books to add to my collection :)

Thank you so much Michelle and Jen! Thank you for knowing me so well xxxx

Best Sunday Ever!!

I love those kind of sundays that you have no plans to leave the house, its raining outside, its warm inside, the kids are playing nicely together and keeping themselves amused, tea is already in the slow cooker and you can smell it cooking all day... 

I just had one of those sundays!

I had the sewing machine going, the glue gun on, I ironed owl prints, I cut out felt, played with elastic, I have had so many new ideas floating around in my head and sunday was the day for me to try them out. It was such a relaxing creative day and with 4 cups of coffee under my belt it was very productive! :)

Sorry I dont have any sneak peak photos to show you but we will be adding new items up for sale as soon as they are completely finished!

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

P.s I will have a post soon about what my favorite aunties bought me for my birthday :)

100 liker SALE!!

We did it!!  We reached the 100 liker milestone on our facebook page!! YIPEEEE!

At last check we have 106 likers which makes us soooo happy!  Keep sharing the Blue Sky Baby love people and thank you to everyone who has liked our page and supports us.

To celebrate we are having a SALE................... YAY!

Starting at 8am tomorrow morning the 3rd of June 2011 running until Monday 6th of June 2011 8am.

We will have $5 off ALL crochet beanie orders and head wrap orders!

Our customised prints will be $15 down from $22.95!

We have smaller all ready framed prints in 4 different colours which will be $15 down from $19.95!

And lots of hair clips starting from $1 !!! And Hair clip boards starting from $8!


You can go and check out our SALE folder right now and start shopping in the morning at 8am!

Happy shopping guys!!


Peace out xx

NEW LOGO!

The very talented other half of Blue Sky Baby Danica has designed our new logo!

Told you she was the computer girl!

We have two logo designs! The one above will be on our face book page and on banners and signs we have at our market stalls in the near future .. more on that later :)

And this one will be on the front of our business cards and hair clip cards

And this is the back..



Hope you all like them!

xx 

We have HEADBANDS!!!

We finally have gotten around to making our baby head bands and have just posted them on facebook!

They are so so cute and the perfect baby shower or newborn present idea along with a little beanie of course ;) If you do have a special present in mind please let us know and we can gift wrap it for you for free and even post it forward to the lucky person! :)

Here are the crochet rosettes on wide bands. The size for all 3 are,  newborn - 3 months

                                                                              $8

These would look great for newborn photography shots!

We are making all sorts of different designs, here are a few of our favourites

Pink double yoyo. newborn - 3 months

                                                                              $8


Small pink crochet flower with button. newborn - 3 months

                                                                               $6


And a felt & fabric purple flower. size newborn - 3 months

                                                                              $8

We love creating these little head bands and are thinking of new ideas all the time. If you would like to see any different colours please let us know (yes Chris, i know your little girl would like yellow ;) will make some for her tomorrow xx ) And we can do any size you like. Just shoot us an email at blueskybaby@live.com.au or go to our facebook page and write on our wall if you would like to make an order.


So we have been quite busy with crochet beanie orders lately, that we have had to make an important business decision. We both came to the conclusion that Danica.... ...would have to learn to crochet!!

I was lucky enough to learn from my adorable Nanna (who I love to pieces!) when I was around 11-12 years old. I then didn't do much of it in my teens because I was way too cool to be doing something so nannerish!! :) But I kept picking it up again and again every time I would stay with my Nan. I started making a few baby rugs for friends and one for my own baby girl and then tried a couple of beanies but have only started properly reading patterns in the last 6 months. It took me ages to learn properly so I thought we better start teaching Dani now so when we become really overwhelmed with orders (our fingers are crossed for that moment by the way haha) she would have enough time to pick it up and eventually be ready to start selling.

Little did I know Dani would pick it up within a week and a half. A WEEK AND A HALF!!
I thought It would be months! It took me years!! I am so proud of her, she is already reading patterns and knows what the stitches are called, but I do feel a little like I'm not as special anymore lol.. I was the crocheter, she was the computer girl. Now she has one up'd me. So now I will have to learn computer. Wish me luck please because I am going to need it :)

look at this little beanie.. Its perfect!!

                                      
I'm so proud of you Dani! My little business buddy! xx

Sorry this post has been a bit of a long one. I have heaps more to tell you but the 'Oprah, second to last ever episode' is calling me!!

Call back soon guys!

xx

Giveaway post announcement

Thank you so much to all our new likers and blog followers! We really appreciate all of your support while we are trying to get our little business up and running.

The winner of beanie give away is ........ AMBER!

Here is her comment -

My favourite is the monkey ears. Reminds me of a beanie my hubby bought for our daughter, in anticipation of her birth, but it was too small from the start! So I would love one that actually fits.

Congratulations Amber! go check your email :)
Cant wait to get started on your little one's beanie!

Thank you to everyone who entered, we loved doing this and will definitely be doing more giveaways in the future :)

Had a lovely day at the lollipop markets this morning! Miss Jaime and I had 'girl time' and left the boys at home! We got there right on 10am opening time, and the car park was packed! We lined up to get in and this was the line behind us -

It was crazy! I ended up getting the very last goody bag when i got through the doors so I know i was number 100 in the line :)

I was so overwhelmed when I walked in the doors and saw the first few stalls, everything was GORGEOUS! There are so many clever ladies out there making beautiful homemade things for their kiddies! I got to speak to a few stall holders and everyone was so nice and friendly. The space was completely jam packed, not much room for prams to get through, I was so happy I didn't have one. I could of bought a million things but I only went home with this baby -

Its a handmade notebook! Its hand bound!! And its absolutely adorable. If anyone knows me they know I like to write lists and just anything really. I do love a good notebook!
It was only $5.00 and I already have my eye on a larger one. Its from 'First To Five' look her up on fb. She also does memory books, like baby books for you to write all your baby's details down and every page is a template she has created. They are beautiful! She is very clever.

Jaime was pretty good holding my hand through the crowd so after we had seen everything we waited in line for 30 mins to get her face painted. A 'rainbow glitter butterfly' she asked for! She knows what she wants :)

Hopefully it wont be too long until we see Blue Sky Baby at lollipop markets!

xx

GIVEAWAY POST!!

Its Blue Sky Babys first ever give away!


The winner of the giveaway will be able to choose a beanie from our facebook page or have one custom made for them.

All you have to do is be a liker of our facebook page and comment on this post telling us which is your favourite beanie and please leave us your email address so we can contact you if you are the lucky winner! :)
You may only enter once and the winner will be selected through randomorg.com on sunday night at 7:30pm.
You have from 7pm Friday until 7pm Sunday to enter.
Winner will be notified by email shortly after.

Good luck to everyone and have a great weekend!


xx

Whats for Dinner Wednesdays (on Thursday)

Well Wednesday flew right by me, and I forgot to put up the Whats for Dinner Wednesdays Recipe, so sorry guys that its a day late, but better late than never hey!

For us, Thursdays are usually the food shop night of the week, and Wednesdays are a use whatever is left over in the fridge and pantry kinda night.

So here's what I put together :)

Lets just call it....... Chicken and Ricotta Pasta

Ingredients

2 chicken breast fillets cubed
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 bag penne pasta
handful spinach leaves roughly chopped
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 red onion finely chopped
2 tbsp chives chopped up
2 tbsp parsley chopped up
1 tub smooth lite ricotta cheese
1 cup broccoli florettes
salt & pepper
pinch chilli flakes

Directions
~ Put pasta in a pot of boiling salted water and cook for reccommended cooking time.

~ Meanwhile, add cubed chicken, garlic and oil to a pan and cook chicken until browned and cooked through.

Then add broccoli florettes to the pan and cook until they are softened.

~ In a bowl, add ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, red onion, parsley, chives, spinach, pinch of chilli flakes and pepper. Mix together.

~ Once the pasta is cooked and the broccoli is softened, add pasta to the chicken and broccoli and add the cheese and herb mixture to the pan, and cook on a low heat until cheese is melted through.

Voila!!!

Heres a pic of my little man "helping" me cook dinner.

Hope you guys enjoy this dish as much as I did.

Peace Out!!

Introducing the 'Buggy Beanie'

Blue Sky Baby are now doing cute little lady bug beanies!

                                                                            $20.00

We are now taking orders for sizes :
0-3 months - 12-14"
3-6 months - 14-16"
6-12 months - 16-18"
1-3 years - 18-20"
4-12 years - 20-22"

And feel free to choose any colour you like, doesnt have to be red!
To make an order write on our facebook wall at http://www.facebook.com/blueskybabydesigns
or send us an email at blueskybaby@live.com.au

Keep a look out people because we will be launching our new logo with a beanie giveaway!! A beanie of your choice! You need to be a follower of the blog and a 'liker' on our facebook to enter. We will be announcing the giveaway very soon!

Dani will be back soon with a 'Whats for dinner wednesday!' Thought it might be fun to post a recipe and share a photo of a meal we make for tea once a week. I like to get ideas from other people and inspiration so thought we would share with you all just for something different.

Peace out!
xx