lark// 5 months

Lark is 5 whole months old today. I feel like her monthly posts are coming one on top of another - way too fast! Contrary to the picture above, she is not quite sitting up yet... but, we practice and she can balance for a few seconds at a time, sometimes longer. She also rolls over both ways now and is a master at grabbing her toys and actually holding onto them.

The biggest difference the past month has made is she now usually wakes up once during the night. Sleep training is the pits, so I have been putting it off and just nursing her since it takes all of ten minutes to get her back to sleep... I am secretly (or not so secretly) hoping she will just go back to her old awesome sleeping habits on her own. Wishful thinking? :)

I really love this stage though, when they are sturdy but still little. She is so fun.

And...just woke up from her nap :)

I'll be taking pictures of Lark wearing her brooch monthly...

See her at 1 week, 2 +3 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, 4 months

little vintage style v.17

Welcome to Little Vintage Style, a place to show off your little ones wearing vintage! Link up every Wednesday, and make sure to click around and say 'hello!' to all of the other vintage lovin' mommas like you!

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Hello everyone! This week's guest host is the lovely Heather from 3 ring circus. She is such a bright spot in the children's vintage world, as you undoubtedly already know, and I really appreciate her friendship and advice. I've been dying to see Pip in this bird dress (you may recognize it, it caused quite the little stir on the blog a bit ago) and I love love love it on her!

Hi! My name is Heather and I run a vintage shop on etsy called 3 ring circus. I also document my daughter's vintage and hand me down clothing on pippi parade. I am so excited to share this amazing bird dress that we bought from hart + sew! 

Stacy did a sneak peek preview and I stalked her until she said it was reserved for us. Ever since I was a little girl my family has always called me Feathers. My grandmother used to take me bird watching, so I knew this dress was meant for Penelope. The binoculars were my grandmas and we would use them.

This dress has become Penelope's favorite - she has worn it the last 3 days in a row, so thank you Stacy for the amazing find!

No, thank you Heather and Penelope! It makes me so happy to see the clothes I send off worn again, and this one was one of my favorites too! :)

Link up below!

shadow puppet party invitation

Yesterday was LM's third birthday! We had a busy weekend with family stuff however, so we are celebrating this coming Saturday (although she still got a cake on her big day, lucky girl will get two!). This is the invitation I came up with for her 'Shadow Puppet' party. I wanted it to resemble a paper cutout and am really happy with how it turned out. That is her cute little silhouette - those crazy curls were hard to translate!

I still have quite a bit to pull together, so I'll be on party detail all week... I wanted to get these puppets but they are sold out, so I am going to have to put my paper cutting skills to the test and try to DIY them! Eek! We'll also be doing hand shadows, so I am going to have to practice those too. I think it will be really fun, but most importantly, LM is going to LOVE it! Back to work now... :)

shop update: citrus colors part 2

Here is a round up this weeks shop update! As always, you can follow me on twitter for real time updates.

Have a lovely weekend!

crib sheets

Some of you asked for a tutorial on how to make crib sheets since I mentioned I made a few the other day... I couldn't do a better job than Dana, however, so if you want to whip up some of your own I recommend her easy to follow instructions. It's a great sewing project if you're a beginner!

On a related note, if you are in need of some fun retro plaid and floral prints to use, Rachel just opened up The Stash to share her amazing vintage sheet collection we've all been eyeing in her photo backdrops. I think vintage sheets must be magnetically drawn to that lady, because I feel lucky to have found the three I used!

  I hope you'll give making crib sheets a try if you've ever thought about it before... I put off making mine for way too long - maybe subconsciously thinking they would be as hard to make as they are to fold? But now that I know how easy it is to sew one up I want to make more!

And, bonus side-effect, they make little girls in (too short) 'princess' dresses happily dance around the yard for your entertainment...

little vintage style v.16

Welcome to Little Vintage Style, a place to show off your little ones wearing vintage! Link up every Wednesday, and make sure to click around and say 'hello!' to all of the other vintage lovin' mommas like you!

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I've decided to feature guest hosts for LVS during the entire month of August. I'm so excited for the lovely ladies I've got lined up to show off their sweet kiddos rocking vintage! It's going to be a fun month full of the cutest little faces. Please welcome Whitney, who is kicking the month off for us! I admired her shop from afar before recently 'meeting' her on twitter, and I have to say she is the nicest lady with a great eye for all things little...

Hi! I'm Whitney, and I run the shop little reader vintage on etsy. I'm so glad that my daughter, Tayvee, who is almost two, still lets me dress her in whatever I want! As you can see, Tayvee loves to "put on makeup" and walk around with tons of barrettes in her hair! I think it's really adorable.

This dress is one of my favorite vintage dresses I've ever found for Tayvee - I love the color combination and the simple style! (Please excuse the wrinkles...) I really try not to collect *too* many vintage dresses for Tayvee, but when I'm out looking for vintage for my shop, sometimes it is really hard to resist! From her birth, my philosophy with dressing Tayvee (with the exception of onesies and diapers) has been: don't dress her in anything you wouldn't want to wear yourself. I have tried to stay true to this, and I've found it's much easier with vintage clothes than with all the graphic-covered outfits from department stores. Vintage is just the best!

On Tayvee: vintage dress - thrifted, Minnetonka mocassins - thrifted, vintage barrettes, thrifted.

Thanks, Stacy! I love seeing this feature every week on your blog, and Tayvee and I are thrilled to be a part of it. 

-Whitney

shop: etsy.com/shop/littlereadervintage

personal blog: http://reedreeder.com/whitney

Thanks Whitney and Tayvee! I would definitely rock that dress myself too!

Link up below!

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family date night

Our weekend was low key and so nice. Just what I needed. With two little ones that go to bed early we like to try and stay close to home when we can, so dinner and a leisurely neighborhood stroll is a perfect combination for a family night out. We've been enjoying some beautiful summer evenings lately that I just can't get enough of...

What do you like to do with your little ones for a family night out?