Always Look on the Bright Side

OK, so the sun came up and it's a new day. Things are going much better...

The class dates/times that were wrong in the Newsletter are as follows:
Knit and Felt Christmas Ornaments - October 27th 1:30-4:00
Needle Felted Faces with Anne Vickrey - November 17th - NOT October 17th - same time
Needle Felt Embellishments - November 27th - NOT October 17th - same time

I'm so sorry for the mix up on those... give us a call if you have any questions.


The October new releases from Interweave are HERE.... I've been drooling over the pages for the last 30 minutes.



At the top of the box, was the new release Crocheted Jewelry. I was a little worried about this one. I could go either way - and I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised. Some great techniques and some very unique projects. Felted bracelets, rings, hairpin lace bracelets. The snowman earrings are adorable! Great projects all the way through.




In the middle of the box was Bag Style..... Oh man.. there are some dynamic bags in here. The one on the cover is great, but the Penny Rug purse, the Surface Woven Tote and the Linen Clutch. For you crocheters, there's an amazing Classic Crocheted Purse that is on the top of my To Do list now. 20 different bags - fun shapes, some felted, even a great messenger bag for "that" guy in you life. A great addition to the STYLE series.





OK, but at the bottom of the box....... Oh be still my heart.....


The new release How We Felt.


This is hands down the best felting book on the market. I was blown away. So many felting books spend too much time beginner projects. Let me tell you, this book kicks it up a notch. Amazing vessels, capes, pillows and MY favorite part - Gail Crosman Moore's Magnolia Lariat. I met Gail and saw her work at the Denver Convergence several years ago. You haven't seen felt and beads in perfect harmony until you've seen her work. If you're a felter out there - I just can't recommend this book enough. I'm putting one in my personal felting library.

Ever have one of those days?

Poor blog. I have neglected you for over a month, and to make matters worse, I am having one of THOSE days... you know the kind.


Ok, so after I got to work this morning, I was tearing up yet ANOTHER credit card offer and proceeded to knock over an entire glass of water... all over the counter... it wasn't milk, but I still cried.... This set up my entire day.





So then, I'm adding the classes from our FAB new schedule into our behind the desk calender... when it hits me.... I messed up the dates for not one, or two - but FOUR classes. I'm so mad at myself I could spit. As soon as I fetch the laptop from home, which will probably not happen today, I can open up the master calender and locate the correct dates. I will publish them here, I will revise the online newsletter, and will mail out postcards to everyone.




Did I mention that the ATM ate my debit card last week when I went to activate it? I put in my pin number - same as the old card they told me - GULP.... it was gone. Sucked into the black oblivion that is the BANK. So I called today, to have them send me my card and whatever pin they now have assigned it. NO - I have to go in and pick it up....



UGH.... just one of those days.


Hope YOUR day is turning out better than mine!

~M