Introducing… My Studio Buddy!

Here’s the Back Story:

About 2 months ago I get a call from my mom. She asks “Are you sitting down?” My first thoughts were “Is she getting married?… oh man, she’s not pregnant is she? (because that would be weird)” Next she says “I’m moving to Spain for 2 years! I’m leaving in 3 months!”. My mom had told us a year or so ago about an opportunity teaching special education on a military base somewhere. Well, she got accepted for the position in Rota, Spain and they didn’t give her much time to get ready for it!

So the past couple of months have been crazy. She did in fact get married and then jumped into readying her house to rent for two years. The latter has lead to emails such as “Do you want the brass candlestick holders by the fireplace?” Yes please. “Do you want my plants.” Yes please. “Do you need an extra iron?” PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Then there was this good one “Do you want the bird?”

My mom purchased our first bird when I was around 8 and since then we had 2 parakeets (both have flown to birdie heaven), 2 finches who lead way to 3 more finches (all but 1 have joined the parakeets). So now she has 1 finch and the little guy needed a place to live. I couldn’t say ‘no’ could I?

I wasn’t quite sure how it was going to work out. My mom loved the birds, but I never felt much affection for them. They were noisy and messy and cleaning their cage is not fun. However he’s kind of like family so I took him and moved him up into my studio which is working out quite well! Here’s why:

a) He’s messy like me. I drop thread and fabric scraps on the floor and he spreads seed shells.

b) Like me he sings along to my music. Well I try to sing and he just chirps.. It’s nice to have some sound of life in the house.

c) He likes string and fabric scraps like I do! But he weaves his into his little hutches, obviously I make aprons.

PS- It’s really hard to take photos of a finch that’s camera shy and flying everywhere… especially when you need a new camera!

And now some birdie inspired CKD goods for your viewing!

All available at Curry Kay Designs!

Lovely Gifts for the Cupcake Lover

I had a wonderful first day with my shop so thank you to everyone! My kitchen goods make perfect gifts (if I do say so myself) so I thought I would design a Gift Giving Collection around two of the pieces and more specifically my cupcake design! So if you have a cupcake lover/ cupcake baker/ cupcake enthusiast in your life (or you are one yourself) then you may find a gem for them in here!(Left to Right, Top to Bottom)

Ceramic Straberry Pink Cupcake Cookie Jar from fruitflypie’s shop on Etsy: How sweet is this? Plus the combination of cupcake and cookies is genius!

Dish Towel- Green with Red Cupcake (Set of 2) from CurryKayDesign’s Shop on Etsy: Of course I’m slightly partial to these! The combination of heather green linen and dark reddish pink ink is one of my favorites!

Tiny Cake Stand… yellow ruffle cupcake plate from vesselsandware’s shop on Etsy: Love love this and perfectly sized for a cupcake!

Keep Calm and Bake on, 13 x 19 Print Powder Pink (Buy 3 and get 1 Free) from Keep Calm Shop’s shop on Etsy: Everybody needs a little kitchen art!

Mangolicious Delight Cupcake Dessert plates Quartet- 4 small plates – Wobbly Plates Series by atelier’s BB shop on Etsy: These are so gorgeous. Make sure to click this link to see the patterns on each.

Darla Boo from 4CupcakesSake’s Shop on Etsy: If you have been following my blog you know my fascination with food sold on Etsy and this is no exception. The cupcake comes in a jar to your doorstep. It’s the sweetest idea!

Vintage Cloche with Glass Pedestal, Plate, Shabby Chic, Cottage, Soaps, Cupcakes, Display by Bornanoldsoul’s Shop on Etsy: When you spend so much time decorating the perfect cupcake you want to show it off a little…. and now you can!

The Molly Apron – Yellow with Red Cupcake from Curry Kay Design’s Shop on Etsy: Again I’m biased… but this is one of my favorite aprons!

Cupcake Recipe Cards (Letterpress) from vermilionstarpress’ Shop on Etsy: Ahhh my love of letterpress and cupcakes finally merge. These are beautiful recipe cards (and I wouldn’t mind taking the cake behind it too!)