Monthly Archives: September 2010

Country Living Fair {swoon}

Posted on by Trish

My Mom has had a subscription to the magazine Country Living since I was about as big as Sprout.  I grew up laying next to her at nap time gazing at the photos and falling asleep while she read.  Now, when I get the magazine delivered to my house – I run up to the bathroom, run a tub of hot water and read cover to cover (come on!  I’m not the only one who escapes to the bath to be alone…I do have to lock the door otherwise children will come in 20 times but seriously…there is no reading a complete sentence unless I hide out.)

I do love the magazine.  My parents love antiques and I got drug every weekend to some stinking antique store, antique show, blah, blah, blah…look at this piece of furniture and the dovetail, tiger maple…yadda, yadda, yadda.  For my 16th birthday, I didn’t get a car.  I got a victorian dresser.  It’s now Sprouts dresser.  And I adore it.  Antiques.  And everything old, dusty, beat up and well loved.  {thank you Mom and Dad for inspiring a love of old}

This weekend was the Country Living Fair here in Columbus.  I’ve read about it in the magazine and it looked incredible so I was so excited when I called Aunt Carla and asked her to go with me and she said yes!  It was fabulous!

Sprout was in love with the dog topiaries..

This was one of my favorite booths simply because...THIS was in a tent. I thought it just looked so cool!

These guys were providing fabulously perfect Fall weather music...bluegrass!

Which led to a little jig...

The one booth where I wanted to take everything home with me...

I could fill a million shelves with these adorable creations...I LOVED this pink one!!

Sprout and I shared this big 'ol plate of bruschetta

love...

The pumpkin tower

Playing in the rocks...duh!

Because playing in the gravel is just fun! {Like her dress? Sprout is in one of my Carol Jane dresses from my new sewing pattern!}

THE highlight of my day and really, the BIG reason I came to the CL Fair...to meet editor Sarah Gray Miller!

See…for my Mother, if I got a feature in Country Living magazine, it would be like winning an Academy Award.  She’d totally freak out!  I could be asked to be on Oprah and my Mom would be like…”oh, that’s nice”.  But get a feature in Country Living…she would be ear to ear smiling crazy happy!  (Me too!!!).  So, I was super excited to meet Sarah and pitch a few article ideas at her.  Who knows…maybe I’ll get that feature someday!  I was kinda hoping for Spring…around Mother’s Day actually.  A girl can dream, right?!

Anyway, the next Country Living Fair is in Atlanta, Georgia.  If you are near – it’s a must go!!

xoxo,

trish

Serious randomness…

Posted on by Trish

Honestly, I feel like I have ADD really bad lately.  Far too many things going on at once.  Getting ready for Quilt Market, dealing with the demands at my “day job” as we enter into our busy season (heck, when AREN’T we busy?), loads of kids stuff and “issues” with school.

Hard to keep focus on any one thing for very long.  Ya know, like hard to blog about just one thing because I write a sentence and soon enough my mind is already thinking about what else needs to be done next…

So here’s to all kinds of randomness…I got back all of our fab photos from our shoot from a few weeks ago…today I’m touching up the Madison pattern text and couldn’t wait to share with you the cute and adorable Cait who is gracing the cover!  Isn’t she a doll?!  And a future teacher too…just as sweet on the inside as she is on the outside.  Love her!

And then Uncle Mel, love him too.  He’s been working on some “manly things” for our Quilt Market booth.

And I had to finish up one of the Madison bags because I wanted some new photos for the pattern…just wasn’t feeling the ones I had.  So…now I have a design sample of the Madison.  Probably gonna list it in my etsy shop soon unless anyone wants first dibs at it!

xoxo,

Trish

Happy Harvest

Posted on by Trish

In case you didn’t already know, I love this time of year.  I love especially Halloween!  I love hosting parties and having campfires in the backyard and roasting marshmallows, and eating candy apples and drinking cider.  All of it.  I.  Love.  It.

How about you?  Love it?  Well, I was messing around with trying to create some kind of rustic handmade printable that maybe you could use…for a party invite, to accompany a little harvest gift to a friend, or maybe, if you have an etsy shop, to use as your thank you notes to your customers.  Anyway, I’m new at it.  So not sure that it will quite work out perfectly BUT…you can give it a go, right?

Click on the Happy Harvest Printable 2010 link to open the pdf document.

There you will find two different versions on one sheet.  You should be able to print them off, cut them down, and fold them to use as cards.  Your inside will be totally blank so if you’re savvy, create a word doc to fit and then you can print on the inside if you’d like.

What might you use these for?  Let me know if they actually work for you!  I hope they do!  Have fun!

xoxo,

Trish