the finish line!

I'm just a little ahead of myself posting these now but I couldn't contain my excitement! The lingerie is done (well, err, almost done. The final style is in production) and in the next week we'll have the shop up and ready for pre-sale orders!

That's all for now, back to extreme family hangout times! Hope you all had/are having a terrific holiday! Exclamation points!

Happy Christmas!

Wishing all of you the merriest of holidays and the happiest new year!

Landon and I are snuggled up with sleepy kittens, home fries, grilled cheese and Jimmy Stewart awaiting the arrival of my pops and brother (both pictured above). A most excellent christmas eve.

Much love to you! <3

ps. were any of you mega obsessed with My Lady Lovely Locks? Did you watch the cartoons (hi, I am curly crown)? I think that was the christmas that I finally got the prince, I was so excited!

Shop Update

Gold hot pants and sheer blouse.

From now until January 1st help yourselves to 10% off any order with the coupon code XMASLOVE! Big thanks to Emily for lending her gorgeous being for shop photos!

Click through for kittens and more from the shop! :D

And another giveaway!

Okay friends, I have one final treat of a giveaway before the holidays end this time from Closet Case Vintage. Closet Case recently released their winter lookbook complete with a saucy little video and they're inviting you to nab something of your very own with a $200 gift certificate giveaway! All you have to do to enter is head over to the blog, watch the video and post your favourite outfit from the shop detailing how and where you'd wear it! The winner will be announced on Christmas day (what a sweet present that will be)! I wish you luck you truly spoiled lot (if one of you should win please, pretty please grab this piece)!

I'm closing the comments on this entry so you wont be tempted to leave your stories here and miss out on the giveaway!

Enter here!

All pictures by Closet Case Vintage

black and light

Spent entire day with kittens purring on my lap. It is heaven with these two (though my professional life is somewhat suffering and my legs are all scratched up from kittens trying to climb them). Landon and I are proving to be the perfect hypochondriac parents, we count their sneezes, bowel movements, number of times they eat each day, are they playing enough (they are), are they sleeping enough (they are), is Bobo's belly swollen or did she just eat too much (she's just growing, like cats and children often do), pretty much anything you can possibly worry about we do (and then we talk about it non-stop to our very patient, very obliging friends who no doubt are suppressing eye rolls at our "new parent" routine). Honestly, I don't know how you parents of human children do it! I think I will have a heart attack from worry once I have walking, talking and texting (ewww) human child. I think of all the times I absent mindedly forgot to call my parents when staying out late and cringe to think of my young ones doing the same. Sometimes I worry when Pippin is under the bed napping for too long! O_o

Anyways, it's just about time for the kittens to wake up and jump around the bed and I promised myself I'd be asleep before that happened tonight to avoid the temptation of playing with them until three in the morning. Ru-roh, I see I am too late! Pippin just poked his head up and yawned at me! Dun-dun-dunnn.

(ps. you can't really see it but I'm wearing two of my favourite pieces of negligee from lovely lady Kristine of The Exhausted Etiquette!)

red, green and white scrunch socks

The winner of the Bohemian Bisoux giveaway is Katy of Dirty Hems, congratulations Katy! Try not to pee on this one O_o! Honorable mention to caitthegreat for actually recording her storytelling, Sage for "glittery poos", Emily_RubySlippers for her partying grandpop and Natasha Opfell for her heartwarming christmas tree tale! You all made it incredibly hard for me to pick and I appreciate so much your indulging me and playing along! I wish you all the merriest of holidays free from (too much) embarrassment and full of warm hearts.

Now onto kitten business. What can I say? They are the greatest! It's now been a week and I cannot imagine a life without them. Bobo (the top picture) is my little cuddly curious (computer loving) girl and Pippin is the most darling, purring, snuggling boy. On friday we had a little holiday party and were planning on keeping the kittens in the bedroom away from the shenanigans but they ended up hanging out on the bed greeting (and entertaining) guests like total pros almost the entire night! Spoiled little kittens received an abundance of toys (Pippin's favourite came from Emily, he carries it around the house growling) and cuddles throughout the event. For a more kitty pictures and short kitty videos click below.

Blooming Leopold

I'm taking a quick break from kitten bliss (oh man, you guys we truly lucked out! They are the BEST!) to make a post about another one of the marvelous shops that advertise here! Lovely Lauren of Blooming Leopold (her sewing projects are super inspiring and equally frustrating for those of us less patient and gifted in the art) and her shop of the same name is offering you lucky lot 50% off any purchase for the next five days using the code "hannahandlandon" at check-out! I'm hoping that one of you will snatch up this little number because I want it but cannot squeeze another piece of negligee in my dresser (and will creepily live vicariously through your purchase).

Take a gander at her charming holiday lookbook here.



(all photos courtesy of Lauren Winter)

Introducing Pippin and Bobo!

We've spent the whole day in our living room bonding with our newly named new babies Pippin and Bobo! Pippin and Bobo came to us through the wonderful ladies of Bobbi and the Strays, a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue located in Queens. At the moment Landon is sprawled out across the sofa with one kitten snuggled up between his legs, the other in his armpit and all three of them sleeping (I can hear purring! BAHHHH YOU GUYS! DYING)!

Loads more pictures to come!

Holiday Giveaway!

Those of you who guessed feline friends as the surprise guessed right! Though they did not arrive yesterday as anticipated so again I must wait, and wait, and wait for my fuzzy buddies (Monday morning come soon)!

Before this blog turns into a crazy cat album I've a little holiday treat for you! Bohemian Bisoux is very generously offering one of you lucky folks (I confess I'm a little jealous) $150 credit to her most delicious shop (open to international readers & free shipping)!

So, in the spirit of my giveaways past, you're not getting off easy with a simple comment expressing your lust for said prize instead you'll have to entertain (just a little)! In order to enter you'll need to either:

a) Visit Bohemian Bisoux, pick your favourite item and (after wiping the drool off your chin) describe how and where you'd wear said piece!

OR

b) Share with me either an embarrassing, disaster-filled or heart-warming holiday tale!

OR

c) BOTH! This is the most likely way to success, as I will be picking the winner based on their creativity/the amount of tears shed/the amount of liquid sprayed out of my nose from laughter. I always love reading your stories and am excited to hear what this round will bring!

Best of luck! You have until next Saturday (12/11) to enter! (Some holiday music to help you along!)

Liam's Haircut

Tomorrow will (hopefully) have some very exciting news to share with you (there's a hint in the last picture, perhaps you can guess at the surprise?)!

Presently working on a mega-mix of holiday jams to share with you on 8tracks and putting up new goods in the shop!

(sneak peak at the new shop goods after the jump)