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Showing posts with label happy new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happy new year. Show all posts

Monday, January 1, 2018

...BEST YEAR EVER!!!

...here's all our best wishes for
 a bright and beautiful new year...
HAPPY 2018!

And let's celebrate a Handmade Life!

Thanks for all you do for me...
and the featured artists of 

Hope to see you in the NEW YEAR!
WOO HOO!!!
xo Jen


Thursday, January 12, 2017

YIKES! It's 2017!

...it seems like the last few weeks of 
2016 passed in a pure haze...

Two of my kids had birthdays -- HOORAY -- as a retailer the season was a swamp of orders --- HOORAY -- we had a very Merry Christmas -- HOORAY...

 and NOW it seems like January is upon me and I have yet to open the box of candy canes sitting on my desk...and now I am already working on some things for Valentine's.

sigh....
BUT I AM JUST going to jump back into things here on the blog and say HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.
 

I hope it's full of good days and much health for all of you and yours...

And please take a look at what we have planned for the winter and spring...
Hope to catch you at one of our events or appearances...there are a ton of exciting things in work here and I will keep you posted.
 
more soon
xo jen


Friday, January 1, 2016

...here's wishing you a happy 2016!

It's a new year...
the clock has rolled forward into 2016...
 

...all the very best wishes to you and yours for a happy and healthy new year. 

May it be filled with peace and grace.


Thanks for being a part of my world in 2015...
and
here's to 2016!

xxoo Jen












Monday, January 5, 2015

a white new year...hello white frames from Sugarboo...

...hello Monday posts are something I have been doing for some time now linking up with my friend Lisa Leonard and her fab-u-lous blog...feel free to leave your BLOG link in a comment...
how about some hellos...
 
Hello Monday...
I'm dreaming of a white new year...there's snow in the air.
AND
...I am loving these new white frame works from my pal 
Rebecca Puig at Sugarboo Designs...
had to share a peek...
Shannon just uploaded them to the site HERE

Hello to doing inventory!!! ALL WEEK LONG...
(watch your email for the sale note on clearing some older loot out of here...) and welcoming some new designs as we make room for what the artists have in store for 2015.
These new white frame works are among my faves....it's tough to share them all...or even my faves...they are all pretty cute, uber fun and totally cool....
So hello Monday and hello newness and crisp white...you feel clean and cheerful starting the new year off...
Hello artists...I love seeing what you have up your sleeve for the new season...your art and style inspire me everyday.
Hello to my walls...these new creations have me wanting more of you, or at least needing me to move things around a bit -- change it up -- and add some of this Sugarboo style to my rooms. I am thinking I have room for that Chocolate Lab White Frame shown just above in my mud room!
Hello to making better decisions...each and every day...and feeling wiser....
Hello little bird...I promise I am listening!

Hello kiddos headed back to school today...
wish the break from the schedule was a bit longer. Loved those lazy days.

Have a super week and leave some hellos....

xxoo Jen

Thursday, January 1, 2015

hello & goodbye...GOOD BUY! Maruca

...just sharing the news of a little sale we're hosting this week.

We're saying GOOD BYE to 2014 & HELLO to 2015...
with 20% OFF ALL MARUCA DESIGNS Purses & Accessories
NOW thru 1/5/15 with code HelloGoodBye at checkout






All Maruca purses & accessories are proudly made in the USA
with American loomed textiles! Now that's cool...
 

These are my fave new fabrics:
 
Twilight Aster
 
and...
Linked Red
And thanks to Allie for once again, being our fab model...


Thanks to Shannon for all the work in uploading the new designs...here a few peeks at the new patterns...but you can see them all on the Maruca pages under the listings for Spring 2015....





Enjoy your day...xxoo Jen

Monday, January 13, 2014

it's the silly little things that make me HAPPY...hello Monday

Hello Monday...this week I think I might actually be a bit caught up from all the holiday festivities and chores and clean up...It only took 2 weeks!!??!!

So there finally seems time to peek back and look at some of the fun 
SO HELLO MONDAY and hello to silly traditions!

 Yes, there are things that we do that are just plain silly...the fact that we do them once a year makes them honored traditions instead of just plain silliness.
I love that....

....hello to my kitchen hutch..it works hard everyday
but it's best roll is backdrop to our annual New Year's Eve paper hat parade....(the silly something we do while we're waiting for the ball to drop?)

we could also call this..."study of Micah in hats"...
why is this guy in all the pics???
 He and Kathy really got things going...



 ...and surprise guest Katie embraced it!

and of course the annual "Prom Shot" of Rory and his good friend...
you know we love you Stina...



...and this year Paetra is MUCH taller...these two girls vie for the tallest girl...
so grateful they both like being so tall...


 ...and now Micah has changed hats once again...
 ...of course there is our semi-pro resident photo-bomber so...
sometimes you don't get the shot you expect...
 ...and sometimes you do!
...it's a Happy New Year....


 Hello Monday.

Hello friends...hope the year feels good so far.

Hello to being a bit caught up, I am sure there is some huge project or magazine deadline I have forgotten if I feel this way....

Hello to being silly, as often as we can...

Hello to skiing every weekend...the fun in the snow makes the cold bearable.

Hello Winter...my, oh my you are really here.

Hello new artist friend Jocelyn O'Gorman of The Painted Fern, and welcome back to 
Deirdre Friebely and her new Olive Abbott Designs...

Hello to you!

Have a super week....whatever you are up to...
xxoo Jen


Thursday, January 2, 2014

free shipping site-wide.... ALL WEEK LONG!

Sharing the news of a special site-wide promotion...

and we'll SHIP IT FREE to say HAPPY 2014!

Use code SHOPNOW14
for FREE standard shipping 'til Jan. 6th



You are a much appreciated customer, and I thank you for your support...Here's to a healthy and happy 2014!  
xxoo Jen


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