Extra, Extra

Last shot of the day and it was remarkable we got anything as it was pretty dark by that time.  It looks like I'm kicking my leg up in a pose, but I'm really just keeping my balance.  Isaac says this adds to the 50s-postcard-feeling we've got going on here - happy girl in skirt packing licorice-laden picnic into outrageously-fabulous orange truck. Sounds good to me.

This is the parting shot from an 8-page feature in the current Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazine.  The April/May 2008 issue just hit news stands this week.  To help answer questions about the article & to help keep up with all of the new visitors popping in (Hello friends!), I've put together some information about the projects & patterns featured in the article.  Here's a link to that info page. And congrats to my talented husband for a beautiful cover! 

Home Companion is an amazing magazine.  If you've never picked up a copy before, do it!  You'll think, "Dang-shoot, I've been missing out!"  Then you just might have to track down all of the previous issues & catch up.

There's also a little spot about my blog in the March issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.  A few of the editors from the magazine approached me at The Cheesecake Factory while I was in Anaheim a couple of weeks ago.  They handed me an issue of the magazine and said," Well, I guess this was fortuitous timing!  Congrats on your new scrapbook collection."  Odd to be spotted in public, but kinda fun too. And the paper-craft crowd seems just as fabulous as the fabric crowd;  cool ladies having all-together too much fun (well, mostly ladies).  Oh to get invited on a trip to Italy;  it seems paper-crafters know how to go all-out!

Comments

[Leslie]

Congrats on the MEHC article. I had my husband pick up a copy for me after I read your post. My six year old daughter poured over the photos & is now asking for some Fresh Cut fabric for a dress. Can you show us more photos of your studio? I know you showed some when you painted it awhile ago.
Thanks!

[Em]

Just wanted to pop in and tell you how beautiful that shot is with you and the car. I love your skirt! I think a million people already told you this, but it all looks great!

[Heather]

where is this? you are so creative Iwish i had a mind like yours

[Sayra Adams]

I saw this article, and found your blog. I love the bright candy colors in your fabrics. I plan to sew something special for my little girl who just turned two. I love that you say your kids come first. I'm struggling balancing everything...since I'm a stay at home mom with a millinery studio. It's all working out, you're an inspiration!

[Jenny Rebecca]

Congratulations on the MEHC feature!! I have loved that magazine for a long, long time. INCREDIBLE photography!!!