Stylish Bumps and Tots: The Etsy Challenge....

Why I Started This Blog

I decided to start a blog to document the challenges and triumphs of staying stylish while sporting a bump. Being pregnant, women are expected to look plain and dull. I went to visit my Grandmother one day wearing a short dress and her reaction said it all. She looked at me with a surprise look and said, "You're pregnant, pregnant people are not suppose to look sexy!" Well grandma I beg to differ! The problem is the fashion worlds seems to agree with grandma. Very few really understand and offer solutions.

The explosion of pregnant celebrities proudly sporting a bump such as Angelina Jolie, Jessica Alba and Halle Berry just to name a few, created a new trend in fashion. It paved the way for pregnant moms to look yummy as they can be. The problem is, how do you get the look without breaking the bank. These women can look glamorous because they could afford to. If you go to a specialty store that offers maternity clothing, you'd have to pay a premium.

This is the challenge that I am more than willing to tackle. So I say, bring it on Grandma!

***YOU'LL ALSO FIND STUFF IN BETWEEN THAT IS PREGNANCY AND BABY RELATED.***

Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Etsy Challenge....

One of my most favourite online shops is etsy.com. They have a lot of cool stuff especially for children that you would rarely see in regular stores. Lately, I have been obsessing with the pillowcase dress and headbands with giant bows on them for my daughter and the oh so cool tie shirt for my boy. So much so that it inspired me to try to create them. So I dusted my sewing machine and I started working. Here are the pictures of the inspiration:

And here's what I've made so far:

I used materials that I can find around the house, with me being off work, I can't afford to do a lot of shopping. Besides stylish doesn't have to mean expensive.