This week we celebrated our little Emmie's 2nd birthday, I can't believe she is 2 already, it seems like no time ago we were bringing her home from the hospital and settling into life as a little family.

We had the whole big party thing for her 1st birthday but this year we decided not to. I figure we have many years to come when she will want one so we might as well make the most of having a quiet family celebration whilst we still can. I did however want to make her a few birthday treats including the obligatory birthday cake.

When we were growing up our mum always made the most amazing hand baked and decorated cakes, from care bears to Noddy and big ears, space ships, boats and giant burgers it leaves just a little to live up to when it comes to making birthday cakes for our little ones. As we remember her home made creations so fondly I am determined to at least try to give Emmie the same memories of her mummies efforts at birthday cakes.

After a great deal of time spent trawling Pinterest for ideas I came up with a plan for a cream cheese frosted red velvet cake decorated with little hedgehogs, toadstools and mini birthday bunting. Not surprisingly the mini bunting was easily dealt with first and was no problem at all but I may have roped in my brother to help with the red velvet cake. I will admit now that it didn't come out all that red but it tasted great and I love how the cake looked all finished off with its little decorations :)

The hat was made from some scrapbook papers that I have had for ages and was made using a pattern found on Pinterest again and finished off with a little heart button and a pompom made on a fork, you don't need anything fancy to make your very own birthday hat and I think its so much nicer than a shop bought one and it actually lasted the day surprisingly well, Emmie seemed to love wearing it :)

Last up on the list of handmade goodies for my wee girls special day was a birthday badge, last year she got a couple of little badges on her birthday cards but she didn't get any this year and as we were off out to the Scottish Dear Centre for the day I wanted her to have a special little badge to show that she was now a big 2 year old. I am very good at leaving things till the last minute when they are for my own family so I must admit to getting the sewing machine out on the morning of her birthday to create this little beauty but I love how it turned out and it will be a lovely keepsake of her turning 2 and I intend to make her one for each of her birthdays and pop them away along with a picture of her wearing them for her to get out to look at when she is bigger. If you would like to order one for your little ones birthday then just send us a message :) They can be made in any colours and for any age and we can personalise them with your little ones name too if you would like.

Well that is all the Christmas orders finished and in the post, there was a point where I thought we would never make it but we would like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to all of our customers for allowing us to make something special for your little ones Christmas' and for supporting us this year. We are looking forward to a well earned break to celebrate the festive period with our family and will be back to the sewing machines in the new year with lots of exciting things coming up for Baby Doodahs including our first birthday in April. Here's the bib we made for Emmie's stocking to get everyone in the Christmas spirit xx

Here is a pic of what Caro, the winner of our giveaway on facebook to celebrate 300 likes, chose as her prize. We had made this bib in blues and reds previously but I love how it turned out for a little girl. Thank you to everyone who shared and liked our page for this giveaway, helping us to smash through the 300 likes in super quick time. Watch out for us reaching 500 likes and we may have to have another little celebration then :)

We had a great time at the Kingsgate for the Baby and Toddler show again. We took a load of orders ready for Christmas and our burp cloths were selling well too :) Emmie and Noah popped up to visit us on the Saturday and had a great time playing at the Doodle and Splat stand with Pamela. We have them been taking them to their classes for the last couple of terms and they love it, its a brilliant chance for them to get all messy and creative and play with paints and water without us Mummies having to clean it up after them. If you fancy taking your little ones along we would highly recommend getting in touch with Pamela :)

This week we have been working on a rather special little boys 1st birthday bib ready for his big day next week. When Noah was a newborn he used to keep one eye open when he slept so his mummy and daddy nicknamed him their little pirate so it was a very easy decision when choosing a fabric and theme for his special birthday bib. We cant wait to celebrate the second of our little Baby Doodahs family turning 1 next week. Big Happy Birthday for next week Noah xx

Today we packed Emmie and Noah in the car and headed off towards Crieff to visit Claire at Barony Fabrics, I found her lovely wee shop by accident when searching for more of the fabric we use to make our owl bibs and oh how glad we are that I did :)

Claire was so helpful and lovely and her wee studio, in the most gorgeous countryside, is delightful. We will definitely be back for another visit soon. Here is the fabric we picked up in this visit.

If you fancy anything made up in any of these fabrics please just send us a message and we will see what we can do. We will have new items on the website using them just as soon as we have the time in between orders to do some new designs. Emmie is definitely getting a bike bandana bib to wear when she's watching mummy mountain biking :)