organic and my boys!

 A new bag!  Earth Robots... the bags will now be made with organic cotton canvas.  YAY!  I've wanted to make the switch for quite a while but I kept putting it on the back burner.  I'm hoping to have the store stocked by next weekend so I can focus on my boys... 

focus on these sweet sweet boys... (and the ones I make of course)

Soren is content to just sit in the yard and let me take his picture, atypical moment of peace for a walking toddler.  The boys could play outside all day.

Baby fingers and baby toes.  

My dandelion.  I never captured the full dandelion effect of his hair on the trampoline, but I think this one shows off his silliness.  In his skivvies of course... I just don't even notice that he isn't clothed until it is too late, rest assured I dressed him at least three time today but the later it gets in the evening the more likely it is that his clothes will be gone.  Soon he will be embarrassed to be just in his undies.

Surprising to me, late summer, last chance to squeeze out blooms.

and a little peek into our tree... 

I will leave you with this.  

love, compassion and acceptance

 First, let me introduce you...

Aven the peacock is an all natural handmade doll, he is just about 8 inches tall from his toes to the top of his head.   He is made of a wool interlock body with organic cotton interlock for his face.  His hair is merino wool and his cheeks are made rosy with beeswax.  Aven is stuffed with eco wool and is button jointed at the arms using handmade buttons from TessaAnn.

Aven's favorite color is green and he loves to play soccer, his tail comes in quite handy as a goalie.  

He can be shy, buy once you get to know him he will tell you all about his best friends.  

Aven can stand on his own with the assistance of his tail.  He is ready to fly to his new home!  Did you know peacocks can fly?

  Aven really loves finding rainbows after a storm.  He puts his rain boots on and jumps through all the puddles while he is searching for the rainbow.





Now that you know all about Aven I will tell you why I was inspired to make him.

I am Auctioning Aven to benefit the Human Rights Campaign.  The total amount from the auction will be donated to HRC and I will cover shipping of Aven to you!

I was inspired to do this after learning that the CEO of Chick-fil-a gives millions in support of hate groups.  I could just ban Chick-fil-a, but that really wouldn't do much as giving it up was on my to-do list anyway  (I really need to loose the last 10 lbs of baby weight.)  Giving to HRC and making a public auction to bring awareness to the cause seemed like a great way to combat the hatred spoken in the guise of free speech and Christianity.  I was raised Southern Baptist and the most important value I was taught in church was to love everyone.  In my humble opinion supporting hate groups is not very Christ like at all.  I don't know if I will change anyones mind by doing this, but my hope is that we are all teaching our children love, compassion and acceptance.