thank you so much for all your support at yesterday's sale 

it was pretty overwhelming all the support we get - it's a real pleasure to see familiar names that have been with us for so long, and of course all the new friends too.

I think that I pretty much got all of the manifest printed so that it should be arriving at your doorstep soon.

earlier in the week I instagrammed this bag and it got such a great response and I have made steps to making this bag as part of the collection.  I have to resolve a few dimension things and wait for all the hardware, I finally got ones that I am happy with and proud of.  I'm not sure if I will have this particular print available but I thought the shoot for it went so well and that I should share the photos anyways.

I'm going to sign off early this week, I have lots to catch up on.  I hope to see you back here monday.

have a great weekend friends!! xxa

a few things on sale today online starting at 6pm EST - come and check it out

tea towels, drop cloth pouches and alphabet seconds.  it goes quickly so come by early

j was asked to make two of his small kids chairs a bit taller (for 4 year olds) yeah pretty lucky kids  - he did a seat pad so that it wouldn't cover up all the details.  this chair was steam bent and the legs were turned - no hardware just dowels and glue - he's a pretty awesome craftsman.

hi everyone,

I hope you had a great mother's day yesterday - the morning started off with yummy food prepared by j and the kids, I'm a light sleeper and I kept hearing j hushing the kids saying mommy needs to sleep more (yeah he's pretty amazing).  I had all kinds of things planned for the day that involved being outside but it was the craziest day with rain and hail and big winds so we drove around instead making a few stops and one of them was picking up a bike for piper.  she found one that had a baby seat in the back and when we were assembling it, we noticed that it came with a mini helmut and piper spent hours circling the shop with hedgey in the back.  

making more drop cloth pouches - it will be posted in a few days, trying out a curve bottom.

thanks to everyone who bought the new pouches over the weekend.

enjoy the start to your week - I hope it will warm up again.

xxa

this week was all about catching up and next week is going to be dedicated to making inventory for the craft show in montreal (at the end of the month) - I am going up with j and the kids will be hanging back with their grandparents and we are going to treat the weekend as a mini vacation, there was an awesome sale on via rail tickets for 50% off, so we got awesome prices on the train tickets. I find the drive long and I rather sleep on the train ride.  

we finally finished making the pouches, so they are now posted in the web shop (there's still a few more prints I will be adding). I love the oblong size - a perfect size to organize my bag and have handy in the studio.

enjoy this spring weather and enjoy spending it with your mum (an early happy mother's day greeting to you all), I am hoping the little ones and I can loaf on sunday and start the day with some yummy brunch.

have a great weekend!

xxa

this week so far has been a bit of a whirlwind, getting caught up and thinking about the summer shows and working on new products.  one of the things on my mind is food.  when I was 14 I decided I couldn't eat meat and didn't eat meat until I was three months pregnant with lliam.  we were on a trip in barcelona and one day I started to cry and told j that I have this overwhelming urge to eat meat.  so since that day I ate meat, but recently I don't know what it is, but I am slowly pulling back and not as interested in eating meat - the other thing that is strange about my eating habits is that I can literally eat the same things everyday, j thinks it's odd.  not sure what's going on but I'm okay with the changes.

I will have new pouches listed in the online shop tomorrow.

and the giveaway is a bit delayed till next week, I wanted to make something to go with what I originally wanted to giveaway, so it will be good.

I could never tire of nature being my number one muse

beautiful plants from my mexico trip last year

p.s. we will be at puces pop at the end of the month

with the new fabrics that we have been doing - patching and quilting is on the brain, I thought I would do some tissue holders.  these ones were done awhile back but I like how fun it is to experiment with colours and pattern placement - I also like how each of these were one of a kind.  I will let you know when we have some made. 

p.s. great to see a shot of our store in the new designlines.

hello there,

I hope you had a great weekend - seeing elements of spring sure puts a bounce in my step.  my mom came in on the weekend and helped me right away, I am so lucky to have her help me.  when she left, I thought to myself, sure I'll be fine - it's only a month, boy was it hard not having her help me with the sewing - the piles got bigger and bigger everyday and projects I wanted to start on had to be delayed each day, and with her only in the studio for a few days I am already noticing improvements on the piles and my stress level.

I wanted to tell you the news that we licensed out our trivet design to the company that we purchase the felt from and they will be producing them and we will be getting a royalty every time they sell one.  this side of the business is completely new to me and at first I wasn't sure, but I think that eventually I won't be able to do everything and it's nice to have an item that you don't have to worry about on the production side of things.  another good reason to do this is that we will have access to more colours.

later in the week I will have the new pouches listed - plus new large pouch designs.

have a great start to your week! xxa

finally in the shop - small round storage, I will add more prints in the coming weeks

later today I will post the triangle zip totes.

I have a crazy busy weekend - I hope you have a good one.

visit us next week - there will be a giveaway ;-)

xxa

after work yesterday I was skipping down the street singing with the kids "spring is HERE, spring is HERE!!" what this means is after work walks to trinity bellwoods park with several stops a long the way for treats and cold drinks.  when you enter the park there was a happy vibe from everyone. after running and playing in the park we strolled up to college street to one of our favourite eateries for fish sandwiches, we sat on the patio and enjoyed the warm sun on our faces.

tomorrow is an exciting day in the studio because my mom is returning - to commemorate we cleaned the sewing area and put in a few built-ins to make it more efficient and I finally got a new ironing table, my mom did not enjoy using my vintage warpy one.  also tomorrow we are celebrating my brother's last day of a "job" as he enters self-employment, crown flora has been flourishing and it was an obvious decision that he had to spend more time at the studio.

on friday the triangle zip totes will return to the shop

plus the small round storage containers will also be available!!

now available in the shop - fabric packs

a great size for your small sewing projects or for quilting