Showing posts with label fabric buying trips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fabric buying trips. Show all posts

Saturday, July 19, 2008

The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business

So. The last time I was in L.A. I stayed with my dear friend, Nancy. Her darling daughter gave up the Annatorium (her room) just for me to stay in. (she is the CUTEST and sweetest little girl I have ever met. Seriously.) We spent one whole day on the beach, swimming a little bit, but mostly sitting on the beach, enjoying the cool breeze, watching her kiddos play in the surf and sand and chatting about life (and fabric. Of course, fabric.) Somehow, our conversation meandered to discussing this German children's book she loved about a mole and some mystery poop. I was intrigued and I laughed and I needed to see this book in person. I got a terrible sunburn that day (forgot to apply sunscreen to my back. D'oh!) and so I went to bed shortly after we got home. In the middle of the night, I was ON FIRE. You that have had severe sunburns will know what I mean. I was sweaty and in pain and could not (even on my stomache) cool down or get comfy. I grabbed a book in the dark of the night from Miss A's bookshelf and fanned myself for a while to cool down so I could get back to sleep. Imagine my surprise when I awoke the next morning to said fan/book (laying on the floor- didn't get up to put it back) and a picture of a mole with poop on his head.... I had managed to grab THE book in the middle of the night. Out of hundreds, I picked THE book we had just been talking about. Weird. Anyhoo. So, guess what arrived in my mail today?


The book. THANK YOU, NANCY! My kids laughed and read and re-read it for at least AN HOUR! Buy it here if your family is obsessed and goofy about poop as we all are :)

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Quilt Market,: part deux .... et trois.... et maybe quatre.

Quilt Market day two: Because I am NOTHING if not obedient to my blog readers.... Here is a picture of Sandi Henderson and me, as requested - her booth was madfab- she took second place for most creative booth! I've known Sandi for a few years through ebay- she used to be a Jayne before she became this famous fabric designer..but it was still nice to meet her in person :)
And this next picture is actually horrible (blurry as all hell), but post.it.I.will.because.the.others.are.worse. This is moi and Jennifer Paganelli. She is SO SWEET and SO CUTE. This was at days end. Take sweat, fatigue and headache into account when looking, yo?!

And this is Liesl Gibson (yes, and me - are you sick of looking at my ugly mug yet?) of oliver + s children's patterns. This is actually from day1. I missed it in creating my first blog post. Sorry, Liesl! She was chic, charming, tall and skinny. Sheeot. I need to diet and start sleeping on a stretching machine, STAT. And take some etiquette classes. Definitely some etiquette.something.or.other....

And this is of cute.cute.cute Angela, who is a fabric rep for our favorite Cosmo Japanese cottons - I had only exchanged emails with her a few times but she was one of those people that I INSTANTLY connected with when I met her (which definitely deserves blog mention) - plus she was one of the few that I was taller than :) It's a win-win. She has some GREAT new designs in the works, so stay tuned on that!
::Now for some mini.outtakes from market and portland::

This first picture CRACKS ME UP .... for so many reasons. Not sure if you can tell, but it is me chatting it up with Heather Bailey. And she looks scared and I look maniacal. But the BIGGEST funniness is actually in the background of the picture- Joel Dewberry (standing behind me) looks like he has a halo - it's actually a print on the fabric that is hanging behind him. I promise you this photo has not been edited in the least. Its just a happy coincidence :) ....
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We had a lot of fun exploring Oregon all weekend -
I found out where to get down with my bad self should I choose to go on Gaycation - And there is Michael, drinking out of a dolphin mug. No further comment needed on either pic, right?
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We went to an open air market somewhere near Chinatown on Sunday -and had a ton of fun! (click to embiggen)
Another happy coincidence - we stumbled upon Voodoo Donuts - THE local Portland donut destination. They were hip AND delicious. This weekend was FULL of win-win's.
(sadly, they had just sold out of the donut buckets when we walked up - I had to steal a pic of the dude that bought the last one...wah.)

Well, I think that is it for now :) Orders are going out today and I think I am back on my game!
Piper's kindergarten graduation was last night, so I for sure am going to post pictures of that later tonight or tomorrow ! xoxo-jen