my little hero

over the weekend my sweet friend had a baby shower for her first little baby nugget.

it's a girl and she's due here in a few weeks.

i found these super bunnies on pinterest and almost died. they were everything... the most adorable super hero i've seen to date.

so i followed the link back to the website of the woman who makes these sweet little bunnies. i wanted to get one for baby-on-the-way.

well. turns out that she's a french super bunny and i couldn't read her website... in french.

so next option-- i thought i might try to make my own little super hero.

and i did.

and here she is:

with the cutest little pink knit stockings. ever.

(they were made from a sweater dress i had in my closet. this dress was one of my favorite things but it got a giant unfixable snag in it, and i never could bring myself to throw it away. so now it lives on in super hero form. and that makes me happy.)

and cape.

i was so nervous to give her this super bunny.

seriously, as she was opening it up my stomach was doing flips and my cheeks turned red.

i didn't want it to look too hokey and homemade.

but she loved it, and everyone else did, too.

and that's all that matters.

sorry i was mia yesterday,

i was at a very long, very boring work show.

love!

(and sorry for the bad phone pics.)

JILL

handmade.

remember that video i posted of my fave photographer, stephanie rausser's?

with her daughter and her doll.

i'm re-posting because if you missed it, it'll brighten your day. and if you watched it last time, it'll brighten your day, again! watch it here.

i fell in love with that doll.

i didn't know who made it, if it was her mom, if she bought it...

if i could make one just like it?

she was so beautiful and handmade. much better than the massed produced versions.

then this month's living came and voila:

the dolls are EACH made by hand by this charming lady, jess brown.

she decided when she had a daughter she was going to handmake her something for christmas each year.

she started with a doll, just like this and her friends went nuts for it... as they should.

now she sells them at bergdorfs, custom for clients, and various other places.

i have pinned a few other handmade dolls. all my friends are having babies and babies and babies and i would have loved to have been on the ball a long time ago and make a doll for their sweet girl babies...

i wasn't, but it's not too late to start!

jess brown uses vintage fabric for the dolls' dresses and stockings.

so darn charming!!!!

the pink haired ones are kinda beyond.

love.

JILL