Christmas Break!

A Lovely Start is taking a much needed Christmas Break to enjoy all the blessings and beauty of the season with my family!

I will be offline for the month of December. If there is something in stock (links to photos and prices are posted on the in stock page) you are interested in, please send me an email (alovelystart@gmail.com), I will check my email a few time a week. I will not be taking any custom orders for now and other inquires will be responded to in January 2011!

Current orders will be finished up this week.  If you have any questions about your current order, please email asap.

I want to thank you all for the support this past year and look forward to working with you in the new year!  May you all have a blessed Christmas!  See you in January!

Embellished Upcycled Woolies!

These embellished longies were so fun to do! I made them for a local craft fair and they all sold within minutes! I cannot decide which is my favorite!

Some upcycled wool Footies! I love Footies!

A few things that will be for sale at the craft fair...

Don't forget, next weekend I will be at the AP Village Craft Fair in Calgary, so come on by and say HI!
Sunday, November 21 · 10:00am - 3:00pm
Winston Heights Community Center 520 - 27th Ave NW Calgary, AB

Here is a sneak peek at a couple things that I will have with me.
Newborn Pink Giraffes Set includes Upcycled wool footies, crossover shirt, hat and bamboo diaper.

Fleece soakers and matching Quick Dry Bamboo Fitted Diapers

Calgary Mama's! Come visit me on November 21st!

Oh my poor neglected blog!

I have been busy this fall filling custom orders and getting stock ready for my first ever craft fair!  I am very excited to have a table booked at the AP Village Winter Craft Fair & Bake Sale!  Here are the details if anyone wants to come down and see what I have for sale:

Date and Time:  Sunday, November 21 · 10:00am - 3:00pm
Location:           Winston Heights Community Center

                         520 - 27th Ave NW

                         Calgary, AB

Details:          
Come find the perfect Christmas present!
Please join us for our Craft Fair & Bake Sale. We will be selling a variety of home-made items, baked goods and coffee & tea.
Please share this event on your wall and invite your friends!
All proceeds will go to the non-profit group, Attachment Parenting Village Canada.
Free admission
$1 for tickets for some FABULOUS door prizes

I have lots of great things on the go for the sale.  A sneak peek at a couple items is in order, more to come when i get the camera back out!

Newborn Rainbow Snap Wrap made with wonderfully soft upcycled cashmere!


Leather Soled Slippers made from upcylced wool - These are lined with 100% cashmere! I have 2 pair - one in size 2-3 years and one in 12-18 months.


Leather Soled Slippers fully lined with soft fleece and accented with 100% cotton knit prints in size 18-24 months.


Each pair of slipper has a coordinating print Quick Dry Bamboo Fitted Diaper!


Wouldn't it be cool if I did coordinating soakers for all these prints as well! Kinda like this custom I completed a couple months ago... hmmmm....


Stay tuned for more pictures of craft fair items! I also need to do some posting of some of the recent customs I have been working at...

Custom Diapers...

I am trying to enjoy the summer and the children as much as possible, so I have been taking a bit of a hiatus from computers and orders.  But I am still here and will be back in full force come fall!!

In the mean time I wanted to share some of the custom diaper orders I have been working on this summer.

XSmall constructions print and a Medium Fast Cars print Quick Dry Bamboo Fitteds.


This one is a Medium Quick Dry Bamboo Fitted with an additional stay-dry topped night doubler.


I am testing out a onesize diaper pattern I developed this summer.  I have never been a huge fan of onesize diapers, but I thought I would dabble a bit.  The green one with black snaps is being tested by my 2 year old and the Cute Cow print is off to a little newbie to try out!


These are XL pocket diapers that I would also like to test as pocket trainers.  In the first picture, they are stuffed with a nice thick trifold bamboo fleece insert and in the second picture they have a thinner microfiber insert.  These are Robots, Aliens, and solid periwinkle.

Win a wetbag!

Congrats to Lindsie for winning this cute wetbag!

It is time for a little giveaway to thank everyone for their support!

We are giving away a small "Pirate's Life" wetbag  measuring 9.75" x 12" by random draw on Sunday June 13th.


How to enter:
1)Become a fan on my Facebook page and comment where instructed.
2)Leave a review on my Facebook page if you have purchased or used an A Lovely Start item!
3)Leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite item is that you have seen on my site.
4)Leave a comment on my "Customer Feedback" post with a review of a product you have purchased or used.

Good Luck!

A Lovely Gift for a Lovely Little Man...

A few weeks ago I did some hand dying for the first time on some wool. (which I have been meaning to post about...now on my blogging to-do list!) It was so fun and seeing the new colors at the end was very rewarding.

I have been dying - pun intended - to try it out on some organic bamboo velour. So when hubby brought my new roll home I couldn't wait to get some color on some. I could not find any fabric-reactive dye locally, so I used a tie dye type dye this time until I have a chance to order some proper dye. I think it turned out quite nice and the dye set up better than I expected. After a couple washes, there is not trace of any color running.

I used turquoise and steel blue dye and 'crinkle' dyed a couple pieces of OBV. Then I sewed the front panel in a patchwork style and attached a solid back to it then top stitched all around. It is the softest squishiest blanket! I sure hope it is loved by the sweet little boy it is on its way too!