First, I want to say thank you for being so patient with me while I got things in order here. My son has started speech therapy and we are settling into a groove with new schedules. My daughter is down to one nap a day and that has put a serious cramp in my crafting time. I'm trying to make it work but sometimes it just doesn't. Other things take precedence, like cleaning my house for example. I'm sure as times goes on things will shake out completely.
Second, I wanted to let you know about my decision to change the name of the shop. When I started Little Bird Designs, I wanted it to be just that, Little Bird Designs. There were several other shops with the same name so I tacked "of Fredericksburg" onto the end to differentiate us from the rest. Little Bird Designs of Fredericksburg is a mouthful to say the least and while it worked at the time I was never crazy about it. I also named the company before my daughter was born and that also played a part in the rename/redesign.
Since I was going to rename the shop I figured I'd better love the new name and also make darn sure no other shop had the same one I was thinking of. So to Google I went and searched for my new name. I had a few in mind. The one that stuck out in my mind the most was "Live, Laugh, Craft" since I am not a single craft being. Low and behold, taken! I so then I was going to use Flick, Slip, Knit. But it just didn't work for me. Too knit centered. Also, the Flick would probably throw some people since it is not a craft term at all, just a nickname. Then I thought about combining two names near and dear to me, my children's middle names, Wesley Anne. Loved it! I also knew it needed something else to go with it. I didn't want to pigeonhole myself again by going with Wesley Anne Knits so I decided the best course of action would be to stick Fibers on the end. Fibers would accomplish several things, allow for hand spinning yarn and selling hand dyed yarns and wool as well as encompass the knitting/crocheting aspect of the business too! ZING! Now you know where the name came from!
As far as the new logo, I was really inspired by Smashed Peas and Carrots header. I loved the little pea and carrot people and wanted to make myself something similar. I also really like this stick figure picture I found when looking for inspiration before sitting down to draw my own. I drew my own little girl version of it in paint and made my own little boy too. Then I thought, "boys need clothing too!" so I drew some little shorts on the boy. Then using similar colors to the background provided by Cutest Blog on the Block I colored in the little kids. But then I wanted something to tie in the Fiber side of things so I drew the spinning wheel. First I tried just drawing a skein of yarn; FAIL! Spinning wheels are more open to interpretation so I went with a great wheel type wheel. I love the way it came out! What do you think?
I have a few other posts in mind to tell you about new things and what I've been crafting lately but you'll have to wait for those. Hopefully I can get back into the habit of blogging. :)
I hope you are having a wonderful/enjoying Fall so far! Have a Happy Halloween if you celebrate, and wish me luck! This will be the first year I take my son out Trick or Treating! I'm sure there will be a post about that too!
Until next time!
