Fab fabric Friday

This fabric will look incredible on one of my brown growers. Or turquoise, Or green. Please shout if I can make one up for you!

For Jessica

This white and red grower is on its way to little Jessica, who was born a week or two ago. I really like the simplicity of red and white.

The ultimate Football Friday grower

IT IS HERE! The vibe is UNBELIEVABLE. Not a moment goes by without a vuvuzela being blown; most people are wearing Bafana jerseys, and flags are flying everywhere. What an incredible, incredible day. How could I not put this grower up?

Price: R130

Something different

Don't know if it's a boy or girl? Let me put together a design that's a little different – how about chocolate brown and white?

Fab Friday fabric

If you're bold enough to dress your little girl in pink and black, please drop me a line. I have hot pink growers that'd look AMAZING with designs in this fabric.

Pink grower, pink Africa, 0 to 3 months

Here's the first of the dark pink Born in 2010 growers. The lighting's not too great, but you get the idea? (Oh- I got the first of my very own made-for-me growers last night. Expect to see pics of chocolate brown and stone growers posted within the next few days!)

Price: R120

In the media

And - it's out! A Crazy Aunt design on the cover of the June/July issue of FitPregnancy magazine, with exposure inside. Happiness.

Olive grower, cream Africa, 0 to 3 months

So, here's the first of the olive growers. What do you think? I love that it's not white!

Price: R120

Designer labels

Today was a big day for for Crazy Aunt. The fabric labels I've had printed arrived, just in time to send them on to the small factory where our very first custom-made growers (body vests, is the correct term) were cut. They'll be sewn tomorrow and on Friday, and I take delivery on Saturday. I'll have stock of some growers in chocolate brown, denim blue, pink, cream, stone, and a few polka and stripe ones too. Watch this space!

Colours of happiness

How exquisite are these colours?I've been looking for growers like these for over a year, and have such fab ideas for designs with the fabric I've collected. I have these growers in size 0 to 3 months, 3 to 6 months and a few 6 to 12 months. Anyone want to put in an order? I can't wait to get sewing!

Cover up

So, this is me. Hard at work in what was once the spare room at home. Marc took the pic yesterday morning – it's for FitPregnancy magazine. No, I'm not pregnant. But how's this for exciting: a Crazy Aunt design will be featured on the *cover* of the June/July issue of the mag! And there'll be a blurb and image of a grower or two on the shopping pages of FitPregnancy. How fab?

PS The fabric hanging up behind me in the pic is one of my favourite pieces. I bought it a few years ago and haven't come up with the perfect use for it (a skirt? Cushions? The lining of a winter coat?). So it's a wall hanging until I make up my mind.

Material possessions

Last night I got lost in fabric. Patterns and textures and colours – I had a fab evening! These three pics show off a few pieces I've collected. Am itching to put them together and create something fabulous. Watch this space!

PS We're working hard on completing a big order for Beluga Bear in Franschhoek, and are about to start work on a maternity shirt that a model will wear on FitPregnancy's June/July cover. Exciting times!

Chilled times and sunshine

Right now, two boerbuls are flopped around my feet. The sun is squeezing through higgeldy-piggeldy puzzlebush leaves and onto the long, smooth strands of clivias; hadedas are caw-ing their way overhead. It really is a beautiful place, this lush, fertile wonderland I grew up in.
I'm at my folks' house in Howick, my 'other' home, taking time out from the aircon and traffic of Cape Town. Yesterday I went to Elaine's, my favourite fabric store, and scratched through her baskets of material to find some exquisite pieces. I can't wait to match them up with ones I have at home. I have so many ideas, I'm not quite sure what to start with. Lampshades? Quilts? Growers?
No time to decide now; I'm off to have tea with Granny, then woodwork with Dad and pottery classes this afternoon with Mom. Happiness!

Maroon pattern grower, pink heart, 0 to 3 months

Rocking my world, is this little grower, and if I was a month old, I'd be *sooo* happy to wear this!

Price: R100

PS. Where have the sunlight hours gone? I've not had a chance to shoot any of the lovely little personalised growers we've made lately, and have had to send them off the the crazy aunts and uncles before taking pics to put up here.

Stripe grower, green Africa, 0 to 3 months

A fun, bright grower that's all about summer - perfect right now for a northern hemisphere baby.
Price: R100