So I am back and starting to get myself together after Stitches West. This was an interesting show for several reasons, a) for the most part we only sold patterns in the booth, b) I had two other designers featured in the booth and c) this was the last time I would be doing a retail booth.Only selling patterns is WAY easier to prepare for, but you have to sell a lot of $5 patterns to pay for a booth. The flip side is that dropping $5, $10 or $15...
So once again I was just over visiting my good friend Annie Modesitt's blog and was once again thrown into a deep depression. Well, actually, it is probably more a fit of jealousy than depression. Let me explain!Most of our lives we hear (and see evidence of) that people tend to be strong in math and science skills OR they tend to be strong in language and verbal skills. Although I believe it to be more of a cultural thing, men fall in the math...
Does anybody else remember Arsenio Hall? I would not say that I was a big fan, but I always loved "the things that make you go - hummmm?!" When I first tried blogging, I would end my post with a question, something that would make me go - hummm?!Being one who likes to have a plan, the whole free-form blogging thing is a little bit hard for me. So I think that I have decided to go back to my original format and end with a question. I don't know...
For anyone looking for a Superbowl free post, this is it. I didn't even know who was playing as of late yesterday (was having a great day skiing instead) and for the evening we went to an EMPTY theater and watched a great movie Matedor. Now, I wouldn't call it a family film by any means, but it was well-written and well acted. A surprise that we kind of took a chance on and very glad we did.I was hoping to have my updated website up, but alas,...
So I am in the process of updating the website and one of the fun parts is updating the Teacher's Retreat information. This really is a fun event that I have developed -- even if I do say so myself! Luckily the participants say so too! Each time I update the website I get to go back over the pictures from the previous events. For example, these...