let the assembly line begin...

okay, so phew...the design and implementing phase of Daydream Believer is finally done. man - i worked my poor creative brain to the BONE this time. with the exception of the Rusty Nina Tunic (pattern by Nina Bonita Designs, this girl is brilliant), each and every design is my very own. that makes me uber proud, and exhuasted! i need to find something mindless to reward that brain for a few.

as i said before, this is by FAR my fave ever. i mean, i just adore it and am so proud of it and hope that you all like it as much as i do. i can almost guarantee that if your kiddo is sporting some DB, there will not be many kids out there dressed the same - and THAT my dears is my whole vision and goal behind BG. keep it small, and keep it real. :)

so, now that all of the designing is done and everything has been worked out on fabric (not saying i didn't have some pattern fails...which is very frustrating, but allowed me to come up with even better designs i think) it is now time for me to turn my attention to the assembly line part of it. confession...this is my least fave part. but, it gets the BG from my sewing room to your kid's closets.

off to the cutting board i go...but just some love in case you haven't seen it on facebook yet.





(ps - these rust leggings will not be on DB...i am sorry, i LOVE them and would love to share, but i simply cannot wrap my head around assembly-lining these yet...but, if you sew check out Lily Giggle for the pattern!)









and i realized something quite important this morning that i completely FORGOT in planning DB. i never made arrangements for a photo shoot. oh crap. and we all know who BG loves as a photographer, but her awesomeness keeps Mary Moment Photography busy and booked so prepare to see louisa's probably unhappy face (she told me the other day she was 'ober being a super model for now') over and again, whoops! but, i will post photos of the complete collection in plenty of time before i upload to etsy (BG on etsy) just so that you can see it all out in front of you and decide what you would like. i plan to do more than one upload to the etsy store. i will make a certain number of each item and put up for sale, and then later re-visit the assembly line and produce more. so, don't fret if you don't score anything on the first upload...there will be more. :)

in the meantime...sing it girls,

getting soooooo excited!

okay, while i am no where near putting daydream believer up in the shop yet...i just wanted to share.

i am SO stinking excited about it. with each line, it is always fun to watch all the fabrics come together and the designs to finally be put on fabric. however, for some reason...this line is just speaking to me. it is giving me the chills. and it is funny, as i have been very disorganized with it. i have made last minute fabric choices when usually i study them for weeks. i don't even have all of my designs drawn out, just cutting and drawing as i go. i guess i am just kinda winging it. but i am having the most fun in doing so. and i just may dare say it...

i think this is by FAR my fave BG ever. and i mean, ever.

the colors, the designs, the coordinates, the lines, the trimmings...it is all so ME. i honestly want to wear each and every piece i have made so far. i don't know if i will ever be able to upstage this one.

but more than anything, as it usually goes when i pour my design heart out to the public...i hope it is just as much you as it is me. i hope that you 'get it' like i do. i hope you find yourself wanting to lose yourself in it. and i hope you find yourself forever singing that familiar tune that started it all...

peace out kiddos.

are there any cuter bloopers out there?

okay, i actually meant to do this forever ago, but i got side-tracked. imagine that.

last fall, the fabulous katie stafford of mary moment photography photographed all of my goodies for my fall line-up. it was fabulous. she has such talent behind that lens.

well, we shot for about 3-4 hours with toddlers. it was hot. i was pregnant and sick and poor katie had to get all over the ground with her 100 lb camera and was such a sport. we had fun. we had wardrobe changes numerous times, a break for grapes and ice cream and so on. she made my fall line look AMAZE-BALLS. if you know katie, that comes as NO surprise.

well, i was going through all the pictures today trying to find a good shot of the jill frock to put on the pattern (yep, i said it...whoop, whoop) and i came across the ones i had tagged and giggled at as bloopers. hehe. i had to share. i mean, you can only hold their attention so long. bless them, it was hot outside, i was making them wear fall clothes, we were making them behave themselves, sit still, etc. i mean, it isn't easy being beautiful. :)

remember, ALL of these photos are property of mary moment photography...do NOT try to copy them. thanks. oh and also, these are pics of LAST fall. BG's Get Your Fall On rocked the house. thanks to all of you!

okay, is this a sign of how she would be with a baby brother?

now, this is how addie kate does fierce...watch it as it evolves. :)

oh dear me, check out the nostrils on my child!

i seriously think i remember katie asking lou to give her a face like she would kiss her boyfriend...not kidding. wow.

haha, no words...

"i am a gopher girl, i only go for guys, but they don't go for me...i don't know why...chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp" and you must really know that old-school song for this one to be funny.

arrrrrrr matey. parlay?

and this is when it started to go downhill...

and really, done...

more done...

and on this note...it's a wrap!

aaaahahahhahahaha! but on a serious note, just looking through makes me remember how much i LOVED all the colors of last fall. oooh, it makes me want to stop everything and go and lose myself in daydream believer right now too!

the girl behind BG

okay, as usual right before a season begins my inbox is flooded with emails asking how to order, when to order, etc. now, one would think going on 3 years i would have this all figured out by now - but the secret is...i don't. so, i am gonna put it all out there to answer any questions or wonderings of who i am and why BG is like it is.

i am amy. i am blond, i am short and i am fiesty. i am a type-a personality that is dealing with her control-freak demons and i am the owner of a creative brain that never turns itself off. i am haunted all day and night by a mind that constantly puts fabrics together and pieces out patterns and designs. i am a sewing nerd that gets overly excited about buttons, thread, top stitching and inseams. a tailor that finds it soothing to walk into a sewing room and lose herself in design. i am the girl behind BG. that's me.

i am also a mother to these adorable little chirrens and a wife to that handsome hubby.

i have struggled over the last 3 years trying to figure out the balance between the amy, the BG and the family. for too long i let the BG be first. i was sewing for everyone that emailed and staying up late at night and not spending QT with my family. but i was everyone's seamstress. i was making everyone happy. or so i thought...deep down, i wasn't. so, i changed it up again. and here i am now.

this is the new BG.

i am not trying to be the biggest, the best, the busiest, the first or the fastest. i am just trying to be me. i am simply a girl that loves her sweet family, and is thankful to have a sweet family and even more thankful that it wasn't too late before i realized it. i am also a girl that falls victim to her spinning wheels in the brain and is thankful for that creative design that is embedded in my mind. thankful for a passion of design that lets me be me.

and so we have BG. on my time. so, when all is said and done and the family has been first...it becomes my time to walk into the sewing room and talk to those fiesty voices in my head and figure out the designs. it is time to put fabrics together and put designs on paper. and then, it is time for me to create. my fun time when i get to let the amy out. when i am simply the girl behind BG.

as i have said many times before, i honestly have the best customers out there. understanding, supportive and unbelievably loyal. and while it makes me sad that i cannot have all of your kids sporting the BG, i am glad that yall keep coming back. many ask why i don't bring someone else on to help out and to be able to pump out more...and the answer is simple. that is not my BG. i cannot even begin to explain the amount of flattery in knowing that people love what i do as much as i do. humbling, to say the least. and while i think it would be fantastic to see my work out there more as in trunk shows, wholesale in boutiques, etc...it just isn't for me now. check back in a few years if i can keep it all coming and the kids have grown up, but for right now...BG remains me, myself and i. a small-time kid's clothing business run by a sewing nerd on a small budget. :)

so, that is me. i hope it helps to clear up any questions and wonderings. i am not being selective and picking favorites, i am just creating on my own time, which any mother of small children know is very minimal. and as usual, thanks for being the most supportive customers a girl can ask for. thanks for being there through it all. thanks for loving BG as much as i do. :)

and if you are wondering how to get the goodies...bookmark my etsy store for that is where it will be if it comes off the machines. :) http://www.etsy.com/shop/browniegoose?ref=si_shop