For me the start of a new year is always a slow roll, or at least that's how I look at it. By the time I am done de-Christmasing the house, the munchkins are safely back at school and I have started thinking about the year ahead…. well as you can tell, its easily the second week of the new year.   Over the years I have tried to fight it, I have felt bad and behind, and all that "first of the year funk" that many of us feel, but there's…

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS & WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS! We would like to once again say a sincere thank you to all for your business, your loyalty and your friendship over this year.  Especially during these more careful times,  you have supported our company more than we had ever expected!  Our way of saying thank you the best way we know how is to have this sale!  We hope you are having a wonderful holiday season filled with peace & joy!    It is December 26th and our end of year ********************************** INVENTORY SALE…

Now, master cooks we are not. Certainly, bakers, not even close! And yet something possesses us each year right around this time to get out the recipes and the crazy ideas and choose a candy of some kind to make for all of the teachers and school folks who educate our children throughout the year. It has to be something different each year and everyone in the family has to participate in the process.  Sounds like a noble task, doesn't it? Well, some years it goes better than others. This year, no one is fessing up to…

One of our newest patterns, Amelia & Me, just got finished up a few weeks ago and started shipping last week. It is one of my favorite pattern covers with my daughter on it. I think she looks very Southern Belle, doesn't she? Maybe its just me, I am a bit biased after all! As soon as it started shipping, we had a sudden freeze in Northern California where we live and somehow the sending out of a sweet spring girls hat pattern, just didn't sound right [even though I know stores will be using it…

So our newest issue of Fresh Vintage… issue #14, has finally started to ship. We have all of the auto shipments out and most of the stores and distributors out the door as of yesterday morning! Halleluiah! Now this was definitely a labor of love this time around, I tell ya. Haven't had this many snags with the printing and delivery of a pattern for quite a while. But its all done so its all good and we're MOVING ON, as my husband says. For those of you who have been asking and emailing, the…