I am happy to announce the birth of my daughter Alice Nichole! After a long labor that ended in an emergency c-section, my sweet girl was born — she weighed in at 7lbs. 11oz. and was 20 inches long.

My recovery is going to be a bit more cumbersome than I had hoped, but other than that both the baby and I are doing great and my husband and I are having a wonderful time as first-time-parents — luckily our little one is mellow and is very patient with our newbie-ness!

The day has finally arrived! I will be going in tomorrow morning at 5am for my induction, so I will be officially on leave. I expect to be mostly unavailable for the next two weeks. However, I will check emails periodically, so please don’t hesitate to email me! I will resume work on custom projects and any ready-made designs that have been purchased around February 15th, but my hours will be limited to whenever I have a chance

Thank you once again for all the well-wishes I have received! I will be updating my blog over the next few days when I have news and pictures, so check back!

Wayyy back in July, I announced that I had a baby on the way. Originally due on February 5th, I will be getting induced on January 27th, just a bit over a week from now.

I still plan on working right up until the day before I am induced and also plan to be back to work part-time within two weeks following the birth of the baby. So, if you are in the market for custom work, I am still taking orders, but they will take longer to complete and my communication through mid-February may be a bit on the slow side, since I will be looking to make time to work between feedings and sleeping!

I did want to take a moment to thank everyone who has written with advice, well-wishes, congratulations and those who have been so understanding of my shorter hours and slower communication! You have helped to make this new transition between Self-Employed Desiger to Self-Employed Designer & Mother fantastic! Thank you so much!

I’ll update again as soon as I can after the 27th about the condition of the baby and I!