m•o•m : stitch

3 years in the making

we've been handing out rulers with our business name and website printed on them for years (that's a photo of the ruler at the top of the blog). it's always been a fun (and handy!) thing to give away. it was suggested to us, years ago, that we make the ruler our shop sign. well, here we are 3 years later with a sign that i just finished painting today!
i wonder how long it will take us to get it on the building?

what do you think?

tomorrow, sunday january 22nd our extended family is having it's christmas. we couldn't get our acts together in december -too many performers, athletes, and jobs that get busy that time of year.

in our family, all kids under 18 gets gifts from everyone. once you're 18 you join the grown-ups and we each just buy one gift. we play that fun game where every person gets a number and starting with #1 they choose a gift then #2 can either choose a new gift or steal #1's - you know what i mean right? it's actually a lot of fun... if people take from others!

our rule is that the gifts stay around $25 -makes it easy on everyone. there is usually some good beer or wine. and of course there is that one awful gift that gets recycled every few years. one year the gift i brought was a 24 pack of toilet paper, boy was that a popular gift! lot's of stealing with that one.

this year, at moms suggestion, i'm going to do something different. i've decided to offer a small photo session with me. obviously this gift is worth more than $25, but i think mom was right, it will help me get back in the saddle as it were.
so what do you think? will my family fight over this one?

i don't think anyone in our family reads this blog regularly, so no sweat in letting my gift out of the bag a day early (fingers crossed!)

new stuff

hi. how's the year going for you so far?
for us, so far so good.
we've added two new links to the right hand sidebar: photography and recipes. these links will open new pages that will be dedicated to their titles. we've been posting recipes for a while now, but i've never had a dedicated section for photography; this is my first time really putting it out there... be kind, i'm self-conscious.
we are just starting to add to the new pages, so keep checking in for more recipes and photo's.
hope the rest of your week is great!

so have you checked out the other new-ish links on the sidebar? let's see, there is: shop DECOR, 42nd Prop House, Antoinette jewelry shop, the official m.o.m website, and the official m.o.m on-line shop. sheesh, we're a freakin' conglomorate! go, go forth and click away!

2012 : let's get started

Happy New Year! We hope your holidays were filled with fun and maybe even a little relaxation (hopefully).

We are making one big change this year, and that's our working hours at the store. The workshop/store will now be closed on Mondays + Tuesdays. The rest of the week the hours remain the same: Wed - Sat 10-5, Sun 11-4.

We're itching to rearrange the shop, as we tend to do the first week of every new year. Gonna hold off on that for a while; we have ideas that need a bit more figuring out.

We have new fabrics that we're working with... the usual suspects: plaids, stripes, eyelet, and gingham of course. Come by the shop to see the pieces for this coming spring and summer.

Making our final decision this week on whether to have another Scrap Meet. We're leaning towards Yes! Our first Scrap Meet was held in the evening and we invited a small group of local women; it was a lot of fun. This time we would make it open to all and have it during the day. What do ya think?  Anyhoo, we'll let you know.

Thanks as always for your support; we appreciate your patronage more than you know. xo

 

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