Birthdays, Firsts, and Super Service
Busy Week, Day One: There's so much to do before we go out of town that I decided to give up tonight, put my feet up and enjoy my birthday with a glass of red wine, some convention watching, and a quick blog post.
Xander had two 'firsts' in the past couple of days. First day of kindergarten and first lost tooth. He was a little champ about both, admitting he was nervous about his first day but sure that he would do fine. He did.
His tooth fell out last Friday, and his day care provider wrapped it up so he could get it safely home for the tooth fairy (the weirdest and warped of all parental lies).
I finished his toothy pillow just in time. Zipper mouth stores the tooth until night time fairy replaces it with money. What will she do with all those teeth, Xander wonders.
Rewinding a few days, on Friday I got a package in the mail from PurlSoho. Before leaving for vacation I ordered fabric from them to make a quilt for Quinn. When I returned from vacation the package was waiting, but it was the wrong fabric. I contacted them and they quickly sent out the right color.
Now, here's the kicker. It wasn't their mistake! I clicked the wrong button, ordered the wrong fabric, and they completely helped me get what I needed in plenty of time to get started on my project. I'm sending the 'wrong' color back to them, and will be placing an order for another project tonight.
I visited PurlSoho in NYC when I was there this past April and just loved their store. They were kind, friendly and helpful. And now I know they treat their online customers the same way. Thanks much, ladies!
Finally, I spent a little time organizing my sewing room this weekend. It was completely out of control and very distracting. It's in good shape now, but I realized I've never posted any photos of the fantastic room I inherited when Quinn and Xander decided they didn't want separate rooms. Here it is, in all its girly-glory:
:: Project board, storage, shelves, and naughty turtles ::
:: Fabric stash (looks small!) and books ::
:: Knitted bowls holding thread ::
In three days, it's Quinn's birthday. In four days, my Father's birthday. Luckily I only have sewing projects for one of them. Quinn has decided that she wants a "furry trashcan" to keep her plushy sheep in. She's turning four, so there's really no talking any sense into her. I just need to make a furry cover for a trash can. That's on the agenda for Busy Week: Day Two.
Xander had two 'firsts' in the past couple of days. First day of kindergarten and first lost tooth. He was a little champ about both, admitting he was nervous about his first day but sure that he would do fine. He did.
His tooth fell out last Friday, and his day care provider wrapped it up so he could get it safely home for the tooth fairy (the weirdest and warped of all parental lies).
I finished his toothy pillow just in time. Zipper mouth stores the tooth until night time fairy replaces it with money. What will she do with all those teeth, Xander wonders.
Rewinding a few days, on Friday I got a package in the mail from PurlSoho. Before leaving for vacation I ordered fabric from them to make a quilt for Quinn. When I returned from vacation the package was waiting, but it was the wrong fabric. I contacted them and they quickly sent out the right color.
Now, here's the kicker. It wasn't their mistake! I clicked the wrong button, ordered the wrong fabric, and they completely helped me get what I needed in plenty of time to get started on my project. I'm sending the 'wrong' color back to them, and will be placing an order for another project tonight.
I visited PurlSoho in NYC when I was there this past April and just loved their store. They were kind, friendly and helpful. And now I know they treat their online customers the same way. Thanks much, ladies!
Finally, I spent a little time organizing my sewing room this weekend. It was completely out of control and very distracting. It's in good shape now, but I realized I've never posted any photos of the fantastic room I inherited when Quinn and Xander decided they didn't want separate rooms. Here it is, in all its girly-glory:
:: Project board, storage, shelves, and naughty turtles ::
:: Fabric stash (looks small!) and books ::
:: Knitted bowls holding thread ::
In three days, it's Quinn's birthday. In four days, my Father's birthday. Luckily I only have sewing projects for one of them. Quinn has decided that she wants a "furry trashcan" to keep her plushy sheep in. She's turning four, so there's really no talking any sense into her. I just need to make a furry cover for a trash can. That's on the agenda for Busy Week: Day Two.
Labels: Sewing, sewing room
posted by My Happy Turtle at 7:45 PM
7 Comments:
wow what a tidy studio!
I know that fabric, Lies bought it too and made little dresses from it
thanks for your feedback about the wabbit breeder. I am not sure if you already saw the paper dolls interactive that luke made, be here is the link in case you missed it.
http://anemonecrafts.blogspot.com/2008/07/give-away-give-away.html
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Oh that sweet face of your son going to school with that "please help me look" you just want to save him. My kids go back next Tuesday. They don't want to go and neither do I :(
My kids asked the same thing about the teeth. I told them I think she makes jewelery out of them..hehe (well they make jewelery out of shark teeth, why not people teeth) :)(cute pillow too)
and thank you for having such a cute blog! those knitted bowls are awesome - do you have a pattern?
jen
(purlsoho.com)
Super cute tooth pillow, and happy birthday!
Enjoy!
very nice
I love your studio. and it's always fun to see someone else's stash. happy belated birthday!
Love the toothy pillow! And that fabric is the best! Your sewing room looks so organized, puts me to shame ;)
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