I just wanted to mention that I’ll be away all of next week, Kevin and I taking a vacation in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania, and will only have access to my email once a day.

I’m really looking forward to trying Philadephia specialties, like Philly Cheese Steaks, Tasty Kakes and baked pretzels, but the one thing I’m most excited about is is hitting up as many yarn/craft stores as possible. I spent some time this week rooting through the “Craftster forums”:http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?www for places to go, and I think I’ve got “a”:http://www.tangledwebb.com/home.html “few”:http://www.buffaloexchange.com “places”:http://www.fabricrow.com/ “picked”:http://www.southstreet.com/ “out”:http://www.artstarphilly.com/index.shtml. If you have any other Pennsylvanian suggestions, please let me know!

I hope everyone else has as much fun this week as I do! See you in 7!

I was out taking photos for Etsy when Poppy started rolling around in the grass in front of me:

She’s such a ham!

I had a great birthday weekend from start to finish. I was determined to squeeze in as much relaxation as I could, and one of the things I did was plant the herbs my mom bought me for my birthday. Take a look at this sweet garden:

In order, back row first, from left to right: Lavender, sage, basil, thyme, coriander, oregano, lemon mint, parsley, ginger mint, pineapple mint, spearmint, and chocolate mint.

I’m really excited about the chocolate mint, it smells exactly like a Mint Aero Bar and I can’t wait to see how it tastes as a tea. Yum!

I’ve been swamped up to my armpits in wholesale orders and even though it’s a great feeling and I love it, it feels like all I ever do is sew. I need to find time to do other things like drawing, designing and being creative.

I think it’s gotten to the point where I have to either hire a sewer or teach Kevin how to do it…ummm, I’m leaning towards hiring a sewer. ;)

I think that I’m going to make myself a little mini placemat/computer mat (for under my laptop) out of this array of pink fabric:

I’d be making it mostly for practice though, I’m planning to make a king-size quilt this summer, and I need to work on my quilting skillz.