New product: Helvetica b-day hats

New in the shop: Helvetica birthday hats.  I actually worked up these patterns about 6 months ago, but never got around to making a few sets for pictures.  It's about time we added something new to the shop.

Helvetica characters have such beautiful geometry when you really zoom in.  They made a pleasant building block for these simple tessellations.  The shapes enclosed by the "1"s actually become figures on the ground of white until you realize the numerals.

Olive's First Birthday

Our baby girl turned one a couple of weeks ago! We had a fun, quaint little party for her here at our place. We are so thankful for her sweet little life.

Nick made the invites and party hats, I sewed the bib, and my grandmother knitted Olive's top. The awesome mini strawberry cupcakes were made by a very sweet and talented friend, Ashley.

Inspiration for an Upcoming Birthday

Our little girl's first birthday is just a couple short months away, and with Thanksgiving and Christmas in between I know we are going to be busy! So, I've begun planning it already. This post is really more for me to put my ideas down on paper...er, the screen, but you know what I mean.

So, here goes. For colors I really like orange, pink, and teal. I found this adorable felt garland on etsy and think I'm going to make one myself.

I also love the pink and orange rock candy and the ribbon tied on the cake plate in this cute display.

I've asked my grandmother if she could knit a replica of this oh so cute cardigan. I think it would be perfect for Olive to wear with a long sleeved onesie and some leggings underneath!

I adore these tissue poms (and I already have some in our house in different colors), but I'm just wondering if they would be too much since we'll already have the garland.

I'm thinking these invitations would be too cute!...or at least something similar that Nick could come up with.

I love the patterns on these pinwheels.
We'll just have to see how it all comes together!