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Easy-Peasy Palette Packs

You asked for it.  Felt palette packs are now available for faster and easier shopping.

Five palettes:  Reds/Pinks, Blues, Greens, Oranges/Yellows, Neutrals -- and a limited-edition Holiday pack. The five staple palettes cover 25 of the available 40 colors, so don't forget to check for other felt you may want to add on.  All colors continue to be available by-the-sheet as well.

I'm heading out to dinner in a bit with a gaggle of girlfriends, then over to the movie theater for an 8pm showing of New Moon. It's a special-screening of some sort. I haven't read the book yet, but I do love to go to dinner & a movie with friends. And it's for a good cause.

Till then, it's clean the studio, play with my nephews, and design, design.

Couch-Plop, Flip-Flop, House-Mop, Non-Stop

This weekend, I relaxed at a cabin in Pinetop with six girlfriends and one agreeable little baby.  All we did was talk and eat sweets. My new quilt & I claimed the fat, fuzzy recliner. (Ugly never was so beautiful; I need a recliner now.) I also learned that I'm not the only one who isn't too cool for flip-flops-with-socks (Renee, you're awesome). It was wonderfully-freezing outside. 

It's been a busy few weeks. I've been immersed in many great projects, and have been dealing with a few difficult things too -- hence the blogging slow-down.

After leaping from event to event this Fall, I am thrilled to stay in one place for a while. Carpools, family dinners, piano lessons, I'm loving them all.

On the work front, I'm designing my debut stationery collection with Inviting Company, prepping for the release of my next fabric collection, and motoring-along on new sewing patterns and finished goods.

At home, I'm getting my house put back together, including happy, new petunias and roses out front, and I'm enjoying time with my kids. (I like them.) Charlotte and I are playing with her new Knifty-Knitter Flower-Loom. We're considering crochet next. Is four too young for crochet?

Elijah and I seek every opportunity for a bike ride. Even Isaac can be seen riding my new, pink bike around -- usually when it's dark outside, for obvious reasons -- it's that fun to ride. It's time to get that man a blue cruiser already.

Yee-haw

Arizona neighbors! You will seriously miss out if you don't make your way to downtown Mesa, AZ this weekend for Blissfest 2009, presented by my ever-fabulous friends at Domestic Bliss, Kristin & Dan Alber. Stephanie Nielson and her husband, Christian, will be there. Tara Frey will be doing a book signing with her new book, Blogging for Bliss. Jaimee Rose is coming too. There will be music, dancing, dozens of artists' booths, a stagecoach -- I mean, come on, a stagecoach! 

I'll be at the Blogging Lounge on Saturday afternoon and the HB crew will be there too, with our own version of a general store: Trash Ties, fabric, felt, patterns, kits, chit chat, perhaps some chocolate to snack on. So, AZ folks, put your cotton-pickin' boots on and mosey on down to Friday night's 'Grand Fandango' and Saturday's Blissfest Market. Details on the flyer above or visit the Blissfest blog.

Happy Fall. I don't know about your neck of the woods, but, here, the weather is gorgeous. Finally.

See you there!

(Felt supply all fat & re-stocked by the way -- if you've been waiting.)