I’ve made up my mind, it’s twenty ten, and other such ground breaking information.

 

I’ve been saying ” twenty ten”, two thousand and ten is too long. So, there you have it.

Only slightly more important is I have ordered my new fabric!! here are the photos of the final decisions. Sorry some of the photos are large and some small…you’ll get the idea

dressforms

black ring dot to go with dressform

Cupcakes – the first “Robert Kaufman”

mulit dots to go with cupcakes

Coffee and donuts

Sprinkles on Top – to go with donuts and coffee

bringing back “Carnival Bloom”

Cocoa dot (brown and pink) to go with Carnival Bloom

 

 

I’m not in the habit of choosing favorite fabrics because I really love all the ones I pick, BUT…that dressform fabric is the next apron  hanging in my kitchen

Some more info re: Candy Apple Apparel shows. I have filled out an application to possibly be in the “Portobello West”  Calgary show in the spring (first weekend of April) at the Big Four building at the stampede grounds. It’s a juried application process (as was the Festival of Crafts) but at Portobello they collect all the applicants, set a cut off date and then decide amongst the applications….So, we’ll wait with our fingers crossed and see…This show is also more of a fashion and arts market when the Festival of Crafts was an art and craft show….It will be interesting to see where aprons fit into “fashion” and “art”.

 

On a personal note, and totally unrelated to Candy Apple, I have recently purchased the book “The Love Dare”. Very very cool.  ’Nough said.

Untill the next time, good-bye from Casey, Finnigan and me,

Mrs.  Dress up.

Happy (Do you say twenty ten, or two thousand and ten?)…New Year!

             AH, the fresh start we’ve all been waiting for. Why, you ask do we wait for the beginning of a new year? I mean it’s just another day isn’t it? Why don’t we make resolutions on August 24th, or September 22nd or every morning we manage to pull our heads up off of our pillows? I guess it’s because ,then really ,we’re only required to reassess our lives/eating habits/obsessive spending once a year, and that’s the way we like it!  We are only human after all, don’t challenge us too much. We might actually…..grow,um….improve…uh,…thrive….Oh, crap, never mind

So, I have so much news to share! First, I plan on sitting down in my basement and FORGING  (maybe that’s too strong a word), CREATING (God complex), CONJURING ( too evil witch), SEWING (yes, that’s what I do, I sew)….(good.)..a  half apron to add to my collection (really, a collection of one design so far, but after this it will be two and I can call it a collection if I want to) and I’m well on my way to getting the hair flowers figured out so I can use up my scraps!! ECO FRIENDLY STYLE!! ..Along with all that ,I’m in the process of picking out some new fabric and a bunch I’m very excited about.  Michael Miller has been very good to me and to be honest they’re also the best price!  Even if it is coming from New York! Anyways, take a boo at a few of my favorites…

poppies

poppy accent

floral

mug/donut accent

dress forms

dress form accent

maybe some child size boy fabric??

little boy fabric??

 

 

I think my favorite is the dress form fabric! Anyway, let me know what you think.

I guess it’s high time I get off the computer and clean my house now. Natalie is turning 7 tomorrow and I have to shake a tail feather if I’m going ot have everything done for her party

Take some time and enjoy the beginning of this new decade!!  Give your family a hug. Take your partner on a date! Plug into the things that matter because it’s 2010. (and if the Mayans have it right we don’t have much time left)

Asta La Bee Sting Baby.

Pam.