Good news for me, bad news for you

I am happy to announce I am expecting a baby the end of March. Unfortunately this isn't good news for all of my clients and potential customers. I skip by all of the morning sickness and other symptoms in the beginning of pregnancy but I get hit by Pregnancy Induced Hypertension in the latter half of my pregnancies. 

I have been placed on bed rest with 2 of my 3 girls and I expect to face similar challenges with this baby as well. It was a very hard decision to make but I will not be taking any more orders for the foreseeable future. I will be finishing up the orders I have on my list and then I will be closed for an extended maternity leave. 

While I am away from Once Upon A Costume no one has my permission to sell under my name or use my specific designs. I have not decided when I will reopen as I am going to have a huge adjustment getting used to having a baby again, my youngest now is 7. I hope to return to work once the baby is 6 months old, the end of next summer but only time will tell if this is actually going to be realistic.

I am very sorry that I will be unable to help you out with your costumes for now but I need to take care of myself and my family for the next while. I will definitely miss my sewing machine and making all of you look beautiful!!

Thank you for your understanding and I hope be able to sew for all of you again in the future.

The last 3 weeks in reveiw.

This Rapunzel went out today. It was designed closer to the movie dress so I changed the patterned part to just as a panel as opposed to a whole under skirt. The pink stripes on the sleeves are thinner and the lace is on the slip instead of on the actual skirt (which I think is really super cute)

 

This was last week's Rapunzel. It was a pretty straight forward dress but it took a back seat to my life for a few days. It only went out a day late and I always appreciate when client's are understanding about my circumstances.

The Arabian Princess went out 2 weeks ago, it's been busy at my house! I'm still looking around for a fancier fabric to use on this outfit. I'm hoping to find a sequined lace overlay that will work. This Arabian Princess was designed to sit high on the waist to cover the belly button.

 

Fin Mermaid

Half of this is going to New York, the other half to San Diego.

The Mermaid outfit is the only item I sell in pieces.There are so many shell / fin combinations that are possible that I don't worry about the colors or styles matching or what really worries me, NOT matching!