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{Gussy shop update!}

May 17, 2013 by Gussy Sews

As promised, I have some very fun, NEW items inside the Gussy shop! There are 10 new pieces inside the shop and they’re each oh-so gorgeous! I love them all :) Click over to take a peek? In the meantime, here are a few teaser photos…

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medium zip pouches | large zip pouches | wristlets

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Today is my 3-year anniversary of focusing on Gussy Sews full-time, ohhhh my goodness I can hardly believe it! I am so blessed to have this business and your friendship :) It’s a wonderful gift to be celebrating this today. To all of you who own a Gussy, thank you so very much. You are dear to me and I treasure your support towards Gussy Sews.

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{Maxwell + his orange bunny}

May 16, 2013 by Gussy Sews

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When I was pregnant for Maxwell, and shortly after we moved to Los Angeles, I visited a baby boutique in Santa Monica called Giggle. I’ll admit it, I was itching for some cute itty bitty baby stuff to buy for our sweet Babe ;) I was hardly past my first trimester, maybe 15 or 16 weeks, but I needed to buy something. I had a few requirements — I wanted something unique and I wanted it to be orange. As a kiddo I had a lovey I carried around with me. His name was Smoochie and he was a puppy with a rattle in the tail. Ohhh, he was my absolutely favorite stuffed animal! By the time I grew up, Smoochie was so worn and well-loved that he was actually missing patches of fur.

Now that Maxwell is a little bit older — he’s 9-weeks by the way, tear!, and is starting to grab at things/kick around, I wanted to see how he’d respond to having a lovie of his own. At first he didn’t seem to be interested [see the above photos, he's more interested in the ceiling fan, ha!] but now that a few days have passed since first introducing him to Bunny he is totally loving it. He holds on tight, winks at Bunny, and puts Bunny’s ears in his mouth. It’s so adorable, sooo completely adorable. I hope this is just the beginning of a lifelong friendship :)

Maxwell + his orange bunny, they’re the cutest pair around!

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{Coming to the Gussy shop later this week…}

May 15, 2013 by Gussy Sews

Yesterday, before Zack even came home from work, I suggested we have another Gussy meeting. We used to have them regularly, weekly, but these last few months have been so crazy insane that we haven’t kept to our norm. Owning a handmade business has been an incredible gift. I didn’t quite realize just how much of a gift it would be to our family — it’s been almost 3 years now that I walked away from my day job to focus on Gussy Sews. Having Gussy Sews has allowed us to visit with our families for longer periods, travel, move across the country, and most recently take a maternity leave.

One thing we talked about last night is this huge shop update I’m working on. I love love love the excitement of shop updates and handmade biz strategy-ness. Wanna see a sneak peek? ;)

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Sometimes, as your own boss, you just have to get crazy with making things happen. There’s so much “behind the scenes” work to these updates and it feels amazing to be working with fabric and sewing ruffles and making plans :) Seriously, I have missed it. It’s taking a lot of intentionality to get back into the swing of it, because the time I have each day to work has changed so much. [Thanks to this little mister...]

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Maxwell is my absolute favorite work time companion ;) Even if he’s snoozing in his swing while I work. Or hugging his bunny.

I can’t wait to share the final shop update with you later this week. It’s one of my biggest updates yet, yeow! xo

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{A reflection on my first Mother’s Day.}

May 14, 2013 by Gussy Sews

Over the weekend Zack blessed me with a wonderful dual-day Mother's Day. Not only did he spoil me on Sunday but on Saturday, too! We spent so much time outside, it was amazing. I also slept in both days, which is worth highlighting ;) Being a mama is … [Continue reading]

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{We want to include your handmade shop in our Summer Gift Guide!}

May 13, 2013 by Gussy Sews

I know I talk about this all the time, but it's so true -- one of my very favorite things about the Gussy Sews community is the encouragement you all bring, to me and to each other. Sometimes it comes in the form of handmade, other times it's … [Continue reading]

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