Happy Monday morning Ladies- I am just back from a late night flight from Chicago where I was priviledged to be a part of something really inspiring, the Country Living Women’s Entrepreneur’s Event. I just have to share with you that there is something electric about having 600 women entrepreneurs in one ballroom together at the same time! There is something so powerful about that much creative, female drive and energy. I don’t know how else to describe it but AMAZING! Our main speaker was Anna Griffin, a designer who is now licensed in…

Well I apologize for the absence… Life has taken over. The Piles have taken over. The Patterns have taken over. I wanted to thank all of you emailed your concerns and prayers for our family. My mother-in-law is doing much better and even though she is still in the hospital going on week 4 now, things are slowly starting to look better. Unfortunately, I know way more about acute leukemia than I ever hoped I would. In the midst of all this personal stuff, I managed to send off my newest line of fabric, Fig & Plum…

Sorry about the week long absence. I know I promised some Valentine winners by this last weekend… On Friday night we received some really bad news about the health of one of our parents and we have been juggling work and family with hospital visits and making meals, etc. We would really love to take a really long nap right about now…. But I’m back again. I have to tell you that I ABSOLUTELY LOVED reading every single one of your Valentine stories. They were sweet, heartfelt and poignant and I felt priviledged to be reading…

Happy Valentine’s Day Ladies & Gents… My husband brought me the most beautiful apricot French Tulips this morning… possibly my favorite special occasion flower ever! Accompanying those was a little box of dark chocolate covered orange peels… possibly my favorite special occasion chocolate ever! Accompanying that he cleaned up the house while I slept in a bit this morning… most certainly my favorite special occasion activity EVER! My day is looking sweet, how about yours? Comment on one of your sweetest valentine’s memories current or past and I will send out a…

I’ve tried again but I don’t think they are much better the second time around… something went wrong with the colors on the shots on the last post but I am travelling teaching and can’t access my original files to fix it much. Sorry… Talk to you soon…