sugar and spice

My mom circa 1950 and her little cousin, Paulette. Evidently, sharing did not come naturally to her.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.
-- George Eliot

Little girl stuff makes me melt. Seriously. Melt.

I bought this handmade jacket on Etsy a little while ago. It is made from a vintage table cloth.

My mother-in-law knitted this sweet little sweater for me from a Hadley Fierlinger pattern. She used the softest Debbie Bliss casmerino yarn. I just need a little pixie to put it on.

If you are so blessed to have a little girl patting around in your house, you must, must, must click over to Mountain Aven Baby and have a look around. I meet Blair through Etsy and everything she makes is absolutely adorable for girls and boys.

Blair is giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner who leaves a comment. She is also having a big sale! Go! Go now and have a look!

And everyone knows a cute outfit requires cute bows to go with it. So. . .

Let me just introduce you to the maven o' cute hair babbles, Amy. Amy owns and runs Flowerzinherhair.com. Here's what she had to say about her work:

"I love the business aspect as well as creating things. So when I started making bows, and headbands, it became a great outlet for both my business side and my creative side. I have been making bows and selling them for about 3 years.

I bought flowerzinherhair.com at the beginning of this year from a remarkable woman that I was able to spend a lot of time with. She taught me some valuable things from her style of bow making and the technical aspects of running a website. I was able to merge her ideas with my own and create a website that I am really proud of, and more than anything, I absolutely love love love what I do."

Amy is also offering a $25 gift certificate and 10% off to Suaviloquy readers. Her bows are very affordable and I swear she has a billion different styles. Check out her site.

You know the drill- leave a comment and be in the drawing for both gift certificates. One comment per person please. No sneaky stuff. I know all the tricks. I've tried them myself.

I'll announce the winner on Monday!

free friday

I know that as soon as you got on my blog, read the word free and saw this adorable tee, you nearly jumped out of your skin. Don't worry. It's a normal reaction. Quite frankly, I can't believe that I actually have to give this shirt away. And I don't even have a daughter (yet). Is it unethical to pose as a woman named Oola and leave a comment on my own blog? Hummm. I sometimes wish my name was Oola. Does that count?

Mountain Aven Baby is owned by a stay-at-home mom (my favorite kind of mom) from Wyoming, who started making clothes for her own children and then was wise enough to start selling them to others. Lucky, lucky us! When Mei Mei arrives I will be ordering a Koto Japanese lounge set. Because that's what we like to do around here. Lounge. Here's a few of my favs.

1. Hoot Owl Lounge Set 2. Mod Trees and Dots Jumper 3. Koto Japanese Lounge Set 4. Mirabella and Dots Jumper 5. Fungi Funkadelic Mushroom Tee 6. Orange Bird Lounge Set 7. Winterbird Tee 8. Pretty as a Peacock Tee

Okay people, if you want some of this goodness you better hurry. Blair is going on maternity leave mid-November so you need to place orders soon.

This would be where I tell you to leave a comment to win the tee. However, if only one name were to show up under comments, say someone named Oola, that would be fine with me.

As usual, the winner will be randomly picked on Monday. Keep reading, there is more free stuff below.