peeps...

can you guess

 what color

 peeps i received...

.

interesting though

each box is a different

shade of purple

light, medium and dark

sounds like

i'm at the shop

picking fabric

for a quilt

happy easter peepsters

miss you carly...

one year ago today ...

the world lost a beautiful girl

carly elizabeth george

1-2-2002 ~ 4-23-2010

she had a passion for purple

 an infectious smile

 a perfect set of 47 chromosomes

and an amazing family who

misses her so very much

our thoughts and prayers

are with you all

joany, paul and family

self portrait...

how is it i flew

 through 50

51 not so much...

.

my shoulder has been in pain for the past few months. i felt it rip one day this winter when i was lifting sarah's wheelchair out of the car.  i complained.  alot. i was taking more over the counter pain relievers than one probably should. yet, i did nothing else.  until last night.  as luck would have it, i fell on a sidewalk monday night, going into joann's of all places, and landed directly on the same shoulder.  then the pain started shooting up into my neck. i still wanted to pretend nothing was wrong.  until tj asked me what i would do if i was alone with sarah and she needed my help. ouch...that stung worse than the shoulder pain.  only because he was right. son's you gotta love how they tell it like it is. so off i went to urgent care.  the good news is nothing is broken. the not so good news is he suspects soft tissue damage.  in the meantime, i get to wear this stylish sling for a few days. the crazy thing...after wearing this for just one day...my shoulder feels better already.    

a can of joann worms...

i've mentioned

 a time or two before

 that i love paisley

.

and when they are

 as perfect as these

three and one half yards is my take

i like to make tunics

mostly for myself

this one has been

hanging in my stash for a while

april cornell does paisley really well

i found it in the clearance aisle

well not exactly an aisle

rather a click

on the fat quarter shop

actually

it was one of my first purchases
 on kimberly jolly's site

i found this beauty today

love the colors

and the largeness of the paisley

and i had a coupon

for 50% off

which was a good thing

because the retail price was $9.99

now the shop i was at

 is not close

i must drive a good 25 minutes

on a freeway

but i had another reason to be

in the area

so i stopped in

the beauty of joann's

it is open until 9 every evening

oh did i just hear a gasp

a collective gasp perhaps

why

why do i so often hear that

yes i do frequent joann's

almost every monday night in fact

my sarah has music therapy

just around the corner

i really am having a hard

time understanding the

extreme reactions

out there

don't believe me

my friend vickie

 has a post

going right now

it has 192 comments

and a great give-a-way

i ask

can't we just be happy

afterall

there is room for all of us

 at the creative table

if we play nicely

let's just encourage one another

and celebrate beautiful fabric

red, brown, blue and green...

i don't really 

know

how to start ...

.

this post

but here goes

last week i left

jellen's house of fabric

for the very first time

to attend a meeting

at ohio state university

i wrote about it at great length

on the store blog

i wanted to carry a bag

not my usual black leather

rather a hand crafted creative one

as a show and tell of sorts

i chose one that i had

ordered off an etsy website

by sandradembroidery

she left me a sweet message

on a post i wrote

and so i wanted her to see

the one i carried

now why is this picture

in front of a fire truck

well at the close of the meeting

the alarms went off

likely the result of construction

in the basement

as the men got off the truck

i thanked them for all they do

the man walking out beside me

was impressed he said

he never heard someone

thank firefighters before

well i said

i have a thing for the men in blue

so he told me to turn around

and snapped my picture

so now i have a photo

of that great bag

stitched with chrysalis

for sandy to see

and another memory

of me with a big red

purpley goodness...

first comes

 cabbage

 then comes...

.

cupcakes...

seriously

how stickin' cute are these

little purple cupcakes

i am so curious

how does she do this?

friday night sew-in...

this blog world

 is full of

clever people...

.

such a great idea is this

a friday night

sew-in

we each get to stay

in our own sewing studios

in our own warm cozy homes

without filling the gas tank

which currently depletes

the checking account

we can slip into our pj's

yet together

we are a stitchin'

all around the world

click here to sign in

and follow along

it starts today

is it comfort food...

a bedtime snack

or

pure addiction...

.

coffee ice cream with

chocolate sprinkles

it eases my aching shoulder

fills my hungry tummy

sooths my throbbing head

never
have i been so tired

never
 has my body ached

quite like this

never
have my eyes been so blurred
yet never have i been
so happy

wearing cabbage...

there are findings

that i believe

  one must share...

.

...such as this cabbage

i've never understood

why it is referred to as red cabbage

when it is actually purple

yet that is not why

 i bring this to you

no not a color debate

rather

a fashion discussion

would you prefer

cabbage

around your neck

or pizza

 an ice cream sandwich perhaps

maybe an avocado

a sushi ring

might be the thing

i kid you not

i just discovered some amazingly clever

food

to wear

check this out

but not if you're hungry

your madness counts...

have you heard

about the madness

as in march...

.

kate and me  8.14.10

...madness

not the basketball kind

the fabric kind

it seems we have been voting forever

it's the finals

finally

and guess what

my friend kate spain

is in the final round

not surprising of course

but we all know how elections go

if you don't vote

the wrong guy could win

now i don't have anything against

this other designer

but come on

central park

is the most amazing collection

ever

well the next one

terrain

is pretty spectacular too

but that will be in next year's

march madness

please click this link and

vote now

pretty please

a purple star...

i am so

 grateful

 for friends...

.

the one's

who have been with me

for the long haul

who have supported

me through the many years

of medical fragility with sarah

my ups and downs

and i'm especially

blessed with new one's

who come along

who join

in supporting our mission

our new journey

and my love of purple

it reminds me of this song

make new friends

but keep the old

some are silver

and some are gold

thank you aimee

i love the balloons

and will forever cherish

the purple star

no words...

to describe

 the

current status...

.

of my creative corner

or my personal life

in general

i have customers ask

if my house looks like the store

not really

enough said

the power of one...