Hello there...
I'm really very new to this whole blogging thing. I've read my fair share of blogs in the past, and I have been known to create a word document or two when my mind if racing so fast I'm completely unable to sleep. My grammar can be terrible, and my spelling equally as bad (thank you spell check!) but I appreciate you sticking with me, as I navigate the waters of this unknown.
I hope you're not coming to this blog for detailed step by step incredible sewing tutorials, or to find the latest gourmet recipes. I hate to say I am under qualified and really have no idea what I'm doing. I'm just a first time mom, dog lover, crafter, sewer, and baker, who needed to find an outlet for her creative side.
This blog will have some sewing, maybe some baking. I can guarantee it will contain my thoughts and feelings. It might have some funny anecdotes of silly things Lucy did, or talk about my frustrations and joys as I figure out this whole mom thing. Either way I hope you stick around.
That being said Bunny N' Goose; an introduction!
My Name is Vanessa, and I would love to tell you I started sewing at a early age, or that I was encouraged by someone famous, or that I'm so impassioned by what I do that I just need to sew to stay alive, but my story is somewhat less dramatic than that. I found some pillows on Etsy. I fell in love. but being a newly wed on a strict budget I just couldn't afford, or convince my wonderful husband that we needed to spend $50.00 each on 4 pillows for our second hand kijiji couch. Instead I was told "squares are easy to sew, make your own". That's right ladies and gentlemen make your own. So I did. And although it wasn't easy, and probably ended up costing almost as much in fabric, and time, and thread, and tears, a relationship with the sewing machine was born.
I'm married to a wonderful man, Joshua, and together we have been blessed with the most imperfect, crazy, amazing life. Our dog, Lucy, affectionately deemed Goose, is a mix of boxer, cuddler, escape artist and more. We had no idea when we adopted her what we were getting ourselves in to. Or how much joy her antics would bring to our lives. Our Son Micah, aka Bunny, (Buddy and Hunny put together) is our precious gift from God. His smile can light up a room, and the way God has used him to prove to us and everyone around us that miracles can and do still happen has been the biggest blessing, and a very humbling lesson in grace.
Bunny N' Goose was essentially concieved like this
Josh: Vanessa if you want to keep sewing you have to find a way to recoup the costs
Vanessa: How would I do that?
Josh: Make more than one and sell the stuff you sew...
Vanessa: OOOHHHHH!!!
There you have it. The whole big story.
