m•o•m : stitch

start your ovens: Pie Day #4 is right around the corner!

okay everyone, start pulling out those pie recipes and get to testing. our 4th annual pie day will be here before you know it!
it's always been a fun day, filled with sweet and savory pies (obvs), a little hopscotch and coloring, making new frineds and seeing old friends.
at m.o.m we of course prefer homemade to store bought, but no pie will be refused. if need be, go talk to your best friend marie about baking a pie for you.
pie day happens rain or shine - so far we've lucked out and had lovely weather every year.
hope to see you march 11th - it'll be sweet!

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?

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

 

oncewed.com via m.o.m on Pinterest

get schooled by m.o.m

Hiya friends!

During these last 3 years at the shop we've had a number of requests for lessons (sewing, crochet, embroidery, general m.o.m craftiness); well we're considering taking the plunge. But before we announce anything we've got a few things to work out and we'd like your input.

Here are some of the particulars:
• Lessons (for right now) would be for adults.
• These wouldn't be sewing lessons, but rather m.o.m-style fun stuff.

What are your thoughts:
• Weekday or weekend?
• Daytime or evening?

What interests you:
• Garlands?
• Mobiles?
• Wrapped/covered hangers?

As always, thanks for your support. Let us know your thoughts in the comment area. Thanks a mill!

Have you checked out our new website? 42ndandorange.com
It's shiny new!

it's our birthday!!

three years ago today we opened our studio+shop; we can't believe all that time has gone by. it's been a great three years. filled with lots and lots of lessons (good ones and hard to take ones), new friends, pie, sundrenched lunches, power outages, japanese visitors, pie, dresses, jewelry, orange paint, little girls in braids, cool dudes, bicycles, pie, family, skateboards and surfboards, oh and did i mention pie?

a thousand thank you's for all of your support! for shopping!, visiting, tweeting, sharing links, and especially by spreading the love through word of mouth.
we are so thankful to be able to do what we love. we are truly blessed. <3


have you been to our new website? it's brand-spankin' new. 42ndandorange, bookmark us and come back often.

images: top (confetti system) bottom (desserts for breakfast)

Happy Mother's Day

Getting this in just under the wire... Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, step moms, caregivers, and moms to be! You are indespinsable and we love you!!

Today my sister Jessica and I surprized our mom with a little Mother's Day lunch at the studio. We actually surprized her, it was so fun! Here are a few pics.

We set the table for her arrival...


Happy and surprized! Jessica came up from Golden Hills.

Nothin' says celebrate like chamgagne in plastic cups along with chocolate.


The happy trio.

We love you mom! -bethany and jessica

Happy Easter

The shop is closed today and I kid you not, by 10am mom and I said to each other, "Well now what do we do?"
We figured it out; we're doing whatever we want. A little cooking, catching up on months-old magazines, and tonight church.

Source: maryruffle.tumblr.com via Laurel on Pinterest

 

Isn't this the sweetest image? While bouncing around the interwebs today I came accross a bunch of blogs I've never seen before, Kelli Murray Art and Design is one of them.

Foolin around with my new iphone

I got my first iphone a few weeks ago and just the other day I started playing around with a video app. Here's our first video and a peek at a typical day at the studio.
Quiet until friends stop in to say (shout) hellooooo!

 

 

re:stock

shop shelves full of colorful fun stuff.
• new hold it clips with bright hearts.
• our best selling friendship bracelet -having a hard time keeping them in stock!
• the art rail -3ft of twine and three crocheted clothes pins (also available in our etsy shop)

i'll work on getting the hold it clips and friendship bracelets on etsy soon.

i'm heading to new orleans on wednesday -my first time! i will be helping out at a tradeshow with prepak products. prepak manufactures physical therapy equipment and is the parent company of nutrimirror.com and publisher of blanced days, balanced lives -the book mom and i worked on -we prepared, styled, and photographed the food.

here is some fabulous news we received the other day: Kirkus Discoveries has named balanced days, balanced lives as the best nutrition and fitness book of 2010! this is a big deal for us, considering the book is self-published and we're still working on getting the word out and selling it. it's nice to be acknowledged in this way.
since i'll be gone, why not give mom a visit at the store, she'll be there all week.
hope your week is grand.

 

gee you're swell

new swell bow ties are at the studio and our etsy shop.


a modern graphic weave. very slick.

a new favorite, multicolored windowpane.

key to my heart vintage fabric.

there are lots of ways to make a purchase with m•o•m: come in to our shop, online at etsy, give us a call, or send us an email.