Siimply Vintage Magazine/A day in the life! LOL!

Happy Hump Day!

Today is Wednesday and I will tell you a little bit about my day!  I am doing it because I get so many of you gals who think I get to sit and design all day long!  {Now that would be living the dream!}  So here is a day in the life of a pattern designer who gets to do it all whether she likes it or not! :)

1. Get kiddos off to school/snuggle with 4 kitties (at different times).
2. Respond to emails - make a list in my head of what needs to be done!  (Oh, I know - you list makers are cringing! LOL!)  I don't do lists - but I SHOULD! :)
3. Should have been to the shop by 10... but instead I hit a vintage sale (and scored some vintage pumpkins, ANOTHER jar with an oil pouring thing (a must for my M&M's at my shop!- can never have too many!) some old burlap -feedsacks with awesome graphics (but all they had!) an old tin mold, a fricken awesome orange vintage screen door and oh- an old vintage/tin washtub with a top cover on it!  Ok - I guess the day started out fabulous! LOL!
4. Morning drive thru Diet Coke on Ice! (Bummed the large soda is no more $1)
5. Then... We fold wool/price wool - decide if I realllly want to part with some of this fabulous hand dyed wool I got in for the open house!  (Yes, I did put some aside! LOL!)
6. Take orders, fill orders...  It seems no matter how many thousands of patterns I have in stock, someone orders an old one I am out of! (Run to the printer - See my gal Lisa! Who ROCKS! Chat with the other workers...
7. More filling orders...Responding to emails and answering phones  (Thankful-  but this means sitting one the computer doing invoices etc..)
8. Get border... So I order a bunch more candles, potpourri, and more patterns for the open house...  An yes - you have to order 36 of this one candle just for an opening order - not to mention the other crap I think you all need to go with "that candle" because I LOVE me some yummy fall scented goods! 
9. Call Kathy with an idea for her to do for the shop and see if I can pick up a shelf that I bought a longggg time ago that I need for all this wool madness going on here!!! 
10. Call and make sure both girls made it home from school - (hope there is something in the house for them to eat!) LOL!
11. Here is the hump part that I did get over- finally!  Today Elaine came to help me set up the USPS Click and Ship - oh, it is easy everyone says!  (My ass! LOL!)  For some reason we hit issue after issue - finally, we were able to use it on an order after my cut off for shipping!  And yes - it is ready to be picked up at my shop tomorrow!  Welcome to the year 2013 Stacy!  I will no longer have to run daily (in panic) to the PO before it closes or to the 6pm cut off one on the other side of town! 
12. ****Living the dream right!!! HAHAHA!
13. Ok- now I need to design a little flyer to go with the 400 patterns I am donating for the swag bags at the Fargo show!  Yes - 400!  I swing to the printer - then pick up more patterns to be stuffed and bring them to Karin's house to stuff/staple together. 
14. Meanwhile- my husband is calling me to see if I am coming home.  Once again- I work late (still here) and he probably ordered pizza?!?! 
15. Still folding/organizing wool... and then I decide I need to organize/clean the stock room... Well- it is now 10 ish and I didn't get to the cleaning part.  I did go thru all the bins/organize and restock.  I then realize I am low on some patterns so I keep that in mind for tomorrow - and yes - I left a little pile of crap I didn't want to find homes for ... Anyone just hit the wall like me and walk away! LOL! 
16. Priced some new product for the shop... Who hoo!
17. Then, I decided, before I head home to see only my husband and cats (girls are sleeping) I should drop you all a note because I really do love catching up with you and a just read a couple emails from you gals saying how fun it is to catch up with me again on here... That warms my heart.. so I thought I better at least say HI!  Hello!  You gals ROCK!
18. Right now I bet you all are realizing I did not do one creative things today... and you are realizing YOU actually are living the dream... picking up that needle and thread - or sewing on your quilt.. while I wind the night up on a computer (of all things!) with a warm, old diet soda! 
19. Snap- Karin just swung by to pick up the "good stapler at 10:30pm! And Elaine texted me that she forgot something here! LOL! 
20. Hope you got a chuckle out of my boring ass day... I am off to grab the NEW Fall issue of SIMPLY VINTAGE that I got in at the shop, and snuggle up with my husband and kitties... {LOVE!}... Goodnight all! :)

Only received 24 Simply Vintage Magazines... My FAV issue - Fall!

NEW GOODS & Club starting!

Hey!  Happy Monday! 

 

I have been hanging out in the studio getting ready for all the excitement this week!  It is open house week and we kick off our new Clubs!  We are so pumped with the response - You gals continue to blow us away by your awesome support!  We really have made some "good goods" for you all!  And the food for those of you coming to the shop... Trying out some new Pinterest recipes... It has just gotta be delish!  Hurry up Saturday!!!

 

The shop is set except for primping up the classroom!  I have been greeting the UPS and USPS man daily... I will have tons of new goods and Karen always does a great job with complimenting what I offer.  Keep in mind she will bringing her fabric down this time too!  And - more wooden delights!!  Both of us will work hard each month to switch the shop up a bit and offer you new and exciting patterns, wools and such..  Here is a sampling of what will be new this week:

 

*TRUNK SHOWS from Quilts by Cheri & Kathy Schmidtz... She even autographed her latest book for you all!!  I limited amounts of both trunk shows so if you see what you like... Grab it!

*Custom made jewelry exclusively for the shop from my girl Suzie from NC!!!

*Exclusive TC carrier of Simply Vintage Magazine out of France! 

{I have been waiting very patiently and am happy to say that I have a limited amount of the last two issues of Simply Vintage  that include 3 of my designs!!! 

Cool, huh!?} 

*Valentine wool bundles!

*Spring wool bundles!

*Bunny wool bundles!

*I boought wayyyy too much wool in general for this month!!! LOL!

*New patterns from new designers and some old favs!

*Custom made shelves for my

new Wool N Needle pattern line

*New sizes and restocked the metal frames

*New sewing notions and so much more...

I can't wait to see all of you and get the clubs going!!! Let's do this!!!! :)

Simply Vintage Magazine!

If you have not subscribed to the new Simply Vintage FRENCH Publication - you should!  

It features some of your favorite designers including myself!  

My project is featured on page 66! 

This is a new magazine brought to you by Quiltmania!

Even though it is in French...

...it is still a fabulous magazine!!!