Team Matthew...

My Sophie has a fellow classmate in her pre-school who has a little brother, Matthew, who has AML (acute myeloid leukemia). He's about Madi's age (almost 2). It breaks my heart. BUT on the upside, he's already gone through chemo (with more treatments ahead) and is in remission! They are doing fundraisers and blogging about it at www.furibondo.blogspot.com
Check it out and say a little prayer.

Kiss me, I'm Irish...

Perfect tee for whether your Irish or just feelin' lucky. Request to have it made in a different color!
Order yours by March 3rd to receive it in time for St Patty's Day.

Weekend Woes...

It seems I spend all week hustling and bustling and juggling the lives of 7 people, yearning for the weekend to get here so I can just "relax"...only to draw up more work for myself (and my husband, of course). Sometimes I find myself sitting on my couch, or even just standing in the middle of the living room staring at walls...which ones to tear down, which ones to put back up, what color should the walls be, move this here, move it over there...

why can't my kitchen just look like this?



or this...?



or even this...???



but instead, it looks like this...





I have ideas in my mind but just can't bring them to fruition. Paint the cabinets, don't paint the cabinets...put up a wall, don't put up a wall...move the fridge, leave it where it is...hack off half the counter, decisions, decisions. Not risky...I guess. We painted our walls that yellow with a green undertone 4 1/2 years ago and i've hated it ever since it went up but too lazy to pick and choose another color...which I'm bad at anyway. How am I supposed to know what that 1 inch by 2 inch color swatch is gonna look like on the entire wall?

The only thing I LOVE about my kitchen is that sweet little blue-eyed Madi who's been caught snatching something off the counter. I love her so...she's a yummy one!

so, stay tuned...i've got ideas churning and just need someone to kick me in the butt to do them! what do i have to lose?

Lock down...

so I finally went to the Take Care clinic at Walgreens on Saturday morning. The cough I caught from Nikolas turned into a little wheezing, on and off fever, headache, and other ugly symptoms. So I finally went to the Take Care clinic at Walgreens. A diagnosis of "walking pneumonia or bronchitis", an inflamed ear, a prescription for a steriod, zpak, and ear drops, later...I have planted myself on my husband's comfy chair and strapped the laptop on my, well...lap.

So things I've accomplished over this weekend:
1. Worked on the February newsletter for HB Designs
2. Played around on facebook, my personal account and HB account...LOTS
3. caught up on Keeping up with the Kardashians
4. played around with hot rollers (can't figure out how those things work still)
5. submitted photos of Sophie and Livi to a talent agency in Chicago
6. looked up cub scout packs for Nikolas and learned they start in the 1st grade so that's probably why I don't know anything about it yet
7. looked up ski lessons for the kids
8. got a brief catch up lesson over the phone on Grey's Anatomy from a friend...
9. looked up places to get my nose pierced...I've been wanting to do this forever...I'm just a big ol' chicken.
10. kind of paid attention to the Super Bowl game (kind of because I'm blogging right now in the 4th quarter).

Game Time...

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Spring is here..spring is here...

It's the best time of the year! I must be watching too much of Little Bill on Nick Jr with the kids. Either that or I've had to sit them in front of the television one too many times to get some things done.
Anyway, spring has arrived at HBD and we hope you're loving everything you see! Very ruffly and sweet for girls and fun tees for boys. Keep checking back for more. We will be adding new items weekly. We had every intention of having a "SPRING 2010" line for HBD...specific styles in specific fabrics...but our mind wanders too much and we want to create everything in EVERY fabric and then some. So, lucky for you, we're keeping at our "one or two of a kind" motto and since a lot of the items are "made to order"...we thought you might as well choose the fabric you want it in.

Here are the fabrics we're lovin' on...we'll be updating this selection, too, as we can never stop shopping for fabric.



So shop around and if you see something you like but want it in another fabric, email us! We'll be happy to make it for you! Otherwise, you're free to purchase one of our ready-made creations!!

Happy Shopping!!