I just have a wee little announcement about April customs. Since I will be traveling for a good part of the month and working on various school projects another good part of the month, I will only be taking ONE custom order through random lottery tomorrow and holding ONE custom lottery tomorrow from 10am-10pm in the Hyena Cart shop.
I am hoping to do a lot of in stock in May (including a special guest appearance at Necessitae mid-month) and rolling out a few new treats soon, so keep your eyes peeled!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Seedlings!
We went up to the greenhouse this morning to pick up some pots to replant our home garden tomato seedlings and check on all the seedlings we planted for the garden at Henry's school. It si so exciting to see all the little green things poking up!
Brussels
Broccoli
Kale
Watermelon
Brussels, onions, broccoli, kale
Moon and Star Melons
Hybrid Melons
Kyle planted some red okra and eggplants this past week and I put in a flat each of heirloom Brandywine and cherry tomatoes, basil and cilantro left over from our house garden. It's a bit late for those guys, but I'm hoping they'll do well in the greenhouse anyway.
What's in your garden?
Brussels
Broccoli
Kale
Watermelon
Brussels, onions, broccoli, kale
Moon and Star Melons
Hybrid MelonsKyle planted some red okra and eggplants this past week and I put in a flat each of heirloom Brandywine and cherry tomatoes, basil and cilantro left over from our house garden. It's a bit late for those guys, but I'm hoping they'll do well in the greenhouse anyway.
What's in your garden?
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Why, Oh Why...
...have I been so bad at posting the minutia of life of late? I supposed because there has been so much of it. I seem to have stuck all of my fingers in various pies and am feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. Ho-hum, such is the balancing act of mamahood.
In Crankypants news...
The end of the month is rapidly approaching! My folks are coming into town in two teensy days and I was hoping to be done with all March customs by then. I'm not quite going to make it but I'll be close. I finished these Rock the Boom Box longies earlier this week:
I am hoping to be done with the pockets and appliques of Nicole's supah big sports longies tonight and Robin's girly monsters by the end of the weekend.
April brings a lot of craziness to Crankypants HQ so I will be taking a very limited number of customs. Mid-month we will be making the 13 hour drive to Florida to visit the in laws for 10 days over Spring Break. We're heading on down there with another family with a small beastie boy for Henry to hang out with so I am not going to want to work much while I'm there. Sitting on the beach and knitting wool are unmixy things. Which leads nicely into...
The haps at Henry's school. I have somehow become addicted to volunteering for things down there. I actually had to ask the nice mom sitting next to me at this month's parent team meeting to please punch me right in the face if I tried to volunteer for anything else. I am chair of the fund raising committee, which means it is my job to organize events to raise money in the most painless way possible for the various things going on at our lovely but woefully underfunded elementary school. Currently I am:
*Running a fair trade chocolate sale to run April 6-10 in partnership with the amazing fair trade chocolate company, Divine Chocolate. I have had 520 bars of some of the best chocolate around in my office for the past week and have only eaten one bar. Why yes, I think I do deserve some sort of willpower award.
*Doing PR and ticketing for the big International Childrens' Festival, which is scheduled for May 2.
*Planning a big seedling sale to happen in late April in partnership with an awesome local womens' recovery center called First Step Farm. They do horticulture as part of the recovery process and will bring flats of beautiful perennials to add to the seedlings we planted up at the greenhouse.
*Hosting a "Garden Arts" day where folks can get together and make garden themed crafts to sell at the school's farmer's market table. Yes, it is super duper cool that my kid goes to a school that has it's own table at the local farmer's market.
*Organizing a big online fund raising auction/raffle for the Playground Project (www.vanceplaygroundproject.com) which will happen sometime in late May. If you know any crafty crafties who might want to donate an item to the cause- send 'em my way! We have a pretty amazing donor list started, but I'd love to make this an event to remember and raise a ton of money for the playground! I'll be doing profiles on each of the donors as we count down to the event, so keep an eye out!
I also find myself the garden laison for Henry's class, which means I need to go down sometime next month and lead 20 kids in planting herbs in the Kindergarten... garden.
WooHoo! I love being so involved and getting my community fix, but sometimes I pop my head up and wonder what the heck I've gotten myself into!
The one good thing about this grey and rainy weather is that I am happy to stay inside and knit while Henry draws "weirdos" or does math problems at the table. Once the sunshine returns, it will call me out to weed the raised beds and start plotting my attack on the unruly back yard...
In Crankypants news...
The end of the month is rapidly approaching! My folks are coming into town in two teensy days and I was hoping to be done with all March customs by then. I'm not quite going to make it but I'll be close. I finished these Rock the Boom Box longies earlier this week:
I am hoping to be done with the pockets and appliques of Nicole's supah big sports longies tonight and Robin's girly monsters by the end of the weekend.
April brings a lot of craziness to Crankypants HQ so I will be taking a very limited number of customs. Mid-month we will be making the 13 hour drive to Florida to visit the in laws for 10 days over Spring Break. We're heading on down there with another family with a small beastie boy for Henry to hang out with so I am not going to want to work much while I'm there. Sitting on the beach and knitting wool are unmixy things. Which leads nicely into...
The haps at Henry's school. I have somehow become addicted to volunteering for things down there. I actually had to ask the nice mom sitting next to me at this month's parent team meeting to please punch me right in the face if I tried to volunteer for anything else. I am chair of the fund raising committee, which means it is my job to organize events to raise money in the most painless way possible for the various things going on at our lovely but woefully underfunded elementary school. Currently I am:
*Running a fair trade chocolate sale to run April 6-10 in partnership with the amazing fair trade chocolate company, Divine Chocolate. I have had 520 bars of some of the best chocolate around in my office for the past week and have only eaten one bar. Why yes, I think I do deserve some sort of willpower award.
*Doing PR and ticketing for the big International Childrens' Festival, which is scheduled for May 2.
*Planning a big seedling sale to happen in late April in partnership with an awesome local womens' recovery center called First Step Farm. They do horticulture as part of the recovery process and will bring flats of beautiful perennials to add to the seedlings we planted up at the greenhouse.
*Hosting a "Garden Arts" day where folks can get together and make garden themed crafts to sell at the school's farmer's market table. Yes, it is super duper cool that my kid goes to a school that has it's own table at the local farmer's market.
*Organizing a big online fund raising auction/raffle for the Playground Project (www.vanceplaygroundproject.com) which will happen sometime in late May. If you know any crafty crafties who might want to donate an item to the cause- send 'em my way! We have a pretty amazing donor list started, but I'd love to make this an event to remember and raise a ton of money for the playground! I'll be doing profiles on each of the donors as we count down to the event, so keep an eye out!
I also find myself the garden laison for Henry's class, which means I need to go down sometime next month and lead 20 kids in planting herbs in the Kindergarten... garden.
WooHoo! I love being so involved and getting my community fix, but sometimes I pop my head up and wonder what the heck I've gotten myself into!
The one good thing about this grey and rainy weather is that I am happy to stay inside and knit while Henry draws "weirdos" or does math problems at the table. Once the sunshine returns, it will call me out to weed the raised beds and start plotting my attack on the unruly back yard...
Friday, March 20, 2009
What's the Haps?
Ever have one of those months where you just can't get it together? Yeah, me too. I am hoping to reach the month's goals by the time my folks come into town next week, but...we'll see. Some months are smoove and some are a little more disjointed. I think it is because Spring keeps poking its little head in and making me not want to work!
I know a lot of people have been waiting for an update on the 'girly' Classic Crankys, so here goes! Yesterday I got a box in and crossed fingers as I opened it up. Lo and behold! I saw pink! I will be stocking the girly versions of the Classic Monster Booty and Jolly Roger in all sizes at 8pm tonight in the Hyena Cart shop along with a few regular Classics that came in with them.
Unfortunately, I didn't receive a single pair of Sock Monkey longies (regular or girly) this time around. I know some people are waiting for them so I have in email in and hope to get an ETA for those soon. I also got word that a sample for Classic shorties will be here soon for my approval, so hopefully we'll get production started on those soon as well! WooHoo!
When Nicole got her custom this month, she asked for a twist on the Classic Monster Booty, board shorts with pockets. I put the little monster in there just to show off the pocket, but I liked it so much that you should keep your eyes peeled for pocketed pants with stowaway monsters in the future.
What else has been going on around here? Henry's teacher told me that he was really enjoying drawing bugs with Ed Emberley's bug drawing book. I hopped online to see what other stuff he could help us draw and this showed up on our doorstep yesterday:
It is seriously awesome. Seriously. Look out world, here comes the Henry Kett Weirdo Brigade.
I'm also working on the launch of a fair trade chocolate sale for a fund raiser at Henry's school. This means that I currently have 520 bars of the amazingly delicious Divine fair trade chocolate sitting in my office. I will not eat the chocolate, I will not eat the chocolate, I will not eat the chocolate... If any of my local peeps want to order some, you know where to find me.
I know a lot of people have been waiting for an update on the 'girly' Classic Crankys, so here goes! Yesterday I got a box in and crossed fingers as I opened it up. Lo and behold! I saw pink! I will be stocking the girly versions of the Classic Monster Booty and Jolly Roger in all sizes at 8pm tonight in the Hyena Cart shop along with a few regular Classics that came in with them.
Unfortunately, I didn't receive a single pair of Sock Monkey longies (regular or girly) this time around. I know some people are waiting for them so I have in email in and hope to get an ETA for those soon. I also got word that a sample for Classic shorties will be here soon for my approval, so hopefully we'll get production started on those soon as well! WooHoo!
When Nicole got her custom this month, she asked for a twist on the Classic Monster Booty, board shorts with pockets. I put the little monster in there just to show off the pocket, but I liked it so much that you should keep your eyes peeled for pocketed pants with stowaway monsters in the future.
What else has been going on around here? Henry's teacher told me that he was really enjoying drawing bugs with Ed Emberley's bug drawing book. I hopped online to see what other stuff he could help us draw and this showed up on our doorstep yesterday:
It is seriously awesome. Seriously. Look out world, here comes the Henry Kett Weirdo Brigade.
I'm also working on the launch of a fair trade chocolate sale for a fund raiser at Henry's school. This means that I currently have 520 bars of the amazingly delicious Divine fair trade chocolate sitting in my office. I will not eat the chocolate, I will not eat the chocolate, I will not eat the chocolate... If any of my local peeps want to order some, you know where to find me.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Slaaaaacker!
Wow, it's been a while! I guess I've been slacking on the blog thing. It has been a whirlwind around here. Last weekend the weather turned amazing so we spent a lot of the week outside gardening and playing. Henry, Kyle and I planted all sorts of seedlings for our garden: heirloom Brandywine and cherry tomatoes, bell peppers and jalepenos for the back beds and sage, basil, parsley and-my personal favorite- cilantro for the raised herb garden bed we are building out front. Henry picked out some interesting seeds for his garden as well-corn, pole beans and watermelons for produce and -by complete coincidence, I didn't help at all- my two favorite flowers, big blue morning glories and assorted sweet peas. I'm also doing some foxglove to cover up the hideous retaining wall in the side yard. Wish us luck! This will be our first Spring in this house so I'm not sure what to expect.
Unfortunately, the weather turned back to grey and rainy on us just in time for picture taking. I snapped a few anyway, but the lighting is pretty dern bad.
Sparrow's Cherry Blossoms:
and Anny's wee little Monster Bootys:
To escape the grey and rainy, we took Henry to see the new remake of Escape to Witch Mountain with The Rock. I have fond, fond, memories of watching the original over and over at the after school movies they used to show at my elementary school so I was pretty skeptical, but Henry wanted to see it. It was nothing like I remember the original and the effects were pretty awful, but Henry loved it and there was a cool little Natty Gann reference if you are paying attention at the beginning of the movie that made me smile.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Unfortunately, the weather turned back to grey and rainy on us just in time for picture taking. I snapped a few anyway, but the lighting is pretty dern bad.
Sparrow's Cherry Blossoms:
and Anny's wee little Monster Bootys:
To escape the grey and rainy, we took Henry to see the new remake of Escape to Witch Mountain with The Rock. I have fond, fond, memories of watching the original over and over at the after school movies they used to show at my elementary school so I was pretty skeptical, but Henry wanted to see it. It was nothing like I remember the original and the effects were pretty awful, but Henry loved it and there was a cool little Natty Gann reference if you are paying attention at the beginning of the movie that made me smile.I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Houston Chronicle
This morning I got a sweet email from Cyndy telling me that a photographer from the Houston Chronicle snapped a picture of her and her son, Taylor, sporting his Crankypants Sock Monkey shorties and having a blast in the azaleas at Bayou Bend Gardens. Is this cute or what? I'm loving the little Chuck Taylors, too.
Photo credit: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle
To get a little meta, Cyndy snapped this picture of Taylor holding the picture of Taylor. All together now....awwwww!
Photo credit: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle
To get a little meta, Cyndy snapped this picture of Taylor holding the picture of Taylor. All together now....awwwww!
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Sunday, March 01, 2009
March Customs List!
This months customs list is:
Robin
Parrish B.
Anny E.
Emails have been sent out, so check your inbox shortly!
If you didn't make the list, remember that auctions start tomorrow through Wednesday at 10am EST here.
I will also have a few in stock items listed at Venus Vanguard's awesome upcoming Punk Rock Girl and Renaissance Man stocking. We are going to celebrate girls and boys who don't quite fit into the snips and snails and sugar and spice mold! Here's a sneak peek:
There will also be a couple of twists on some Classics, so make sure you stop by to check them out. Everything will go live on March 5 at 8pm sharp!
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