Plumcute Designs

The Show Is Over...

So, we packed up the booth yesterday from 3pm to about 7pm and headed back to grandma's house where three little peeps were waiting (my two & their cousin).  After lots of hugs and love we crashed into bed and deep sleep around 10pm.  I took a few pictures to share but won't be able to post them until I get home later this week.

It was lots of fun & we met many new friends!  I will share more details later.  For now, I need another round of hugs from my kidlets so I am off to do that!

Blessings...

Quilt Festival & all that it entailed

hugs from the little ones

time to rest

Until next time...
Tracy

I'm Leaving On A Jet Plane...

O.K. so it's more like a Honda Odyssey towing a Uhaul but you get the picture...Sometime tomorrow or very early Wednesday morning I am heading off like a herd of turtles to Southern California for the much anticipated show!  If you are anywhere near Long Beach you should come check it out (Fri, Sat, Sun @ the convention center in Long Beach) and make sure to stop by and say "Hi!"

If I fail to post between now and the end of the weekend know it's because I am busy and that's a good thing!  I hope all of you in bloggy land have a wonderful rest of the week!

Blessings...

the prep is almost over

the show is almost here

all of my friends and family that have helped me along the way

Until Next Time...

Tracy

PS.  Don't forget to come by and check out the wonderful little event going on over at Cotton Spice blog...I am featured on August 2nd!

Thank You For Sticking With Me

I know I haven't been much any fun lately.  And so many of you have been faithful to visit every day or so...THANK YOU from the bottom of my crazy-getting-ready-for-the-show heart.  Tonight is my second to last night before loading the uhaul and saying road prayers!  I thought a little picture show was in order since I haven't posted in ages!  Here goes...

Peace & Plenty copyright 2008 Plumcute Designs

Merry & Bright copyright 2008 Plumcute Designs

Winter's Garden copyright 2008 Plumcute Designs

So, there you have it...some finished projects and new patterns!  If I fall off the face of the planet again just know that I'd rather be blogging.  Things will hopefully settle down again soon (fingers are crossed).  And don't forget to keep checking back for the two blog events I get to be a part of!  The first one is early in August and the second later in September.  Back to work for this little lady!

Blessings...

the show is soon

new designs finishing up nicely

you the faithful visitors...even when I am not so faithful about posting!

Until Next Time...

Tracy

New Look...New Things Coming...

I got bored with the butterflies & the swirlling red design-thingy and I thought I would try something a little more whimsical...for now.  So...I am super excited about some upcoming wonderful bloggy-land events that I get to be a part of (alongside some fantastically talented designers...it's VERY flattering to be included with these ladies!)  Be on the lookout for these badges & events coming soon!

and...

Well, that's about it for this chickadee...Must get back to work!

TTFN

Blessings...

Bloggy-land Events

Daughter off to summer camp O.K.

Whimsical blog decor

Until Next Time...

Tracy

A.W.O.L...and coming up for bloggy air...

Sadly, that has been my bloggy life around here as of late.  Not only have I not been posting in bloggy-land but I haven't been reading in bloggy-land either.  I feel so out of it!  So, what have I been doing???  (If not blogging)

Well, there has been lots of price tagging...

Wool grouping...

Fat quartering...

Pattern printing & assembling...

And a fair amount of Fishing & Reading too!

Tomorrow we are adding a little drama to the family routine as my oldest is going off to Summer camp for the very first time EVER!!!!  I have my little mantra ready and know how to get to my happy place.  I am not thinking about her swimming at the camp pool when I am not there to watch over her safety like a hawk (because as any mom knows the life guard just isn't enough).  It's not a long trip she will be gone three days and two nights...it will be a good thing...We can do this...I will just fold lots of pattern insides to keep my mind off her absence.  Now I just have to find someone for little brother to bicker with and things will almost be normal around here...HA!

Well, now that I have come up for air its time to get back to the grindstone...I have more work than I can possibly complete in the amount of time left before blast off!

Blessings...

show prep moving right along

summer camp

you all who continue to visit me here even when I disappear for long periods of time

Until Next Time...

Tracy

Something Merry & Bright

I had one of those "I am so glad I keep a sketchbook on the nightstand" nights last night.  I was dreaming of wintery things in fantastic color palettes.  Then, I got up this morning and began translating the rough sketchings into something of needle and thread.  I am tickled pink with how it's coming along too!!!!!  So, just a teaser for you...(bad lighting at time of photo shoot accounts for suck-y color...sorry)

 

copyright 2008 Plumcute Designs

If you are wondering what's become of all the works-in-progress that have been posted as sneaky peeks here lately...well, many of them are still works-in-progress...one or two have gotten all the way to completion but I keep getting myself side-tracked with "another" great idea...that's me in a nutshell more often than not, double digits on the in-progress projects.  I get a little done on each one every day but get none of them completed any time soon.  (this is when creativity becomes a curse...is that even possible??????)

So, with all my self-imposed (and some not-so-self-imposed) deadlines coming up for the Long Beach show.  I am still starting new projects...sigh...I guess I be burning some midnight oil over the next three weeks.  If I fail to post just know I am probably mid-way through trying to post, slumped over on the keyboard, sleeping so deeply I'm drooling...now there's a mental picture for ya!

Blessings:

dreaming in color

sketchings

creative chaos

Until Next Time...
Tracy

Sew Sew Sew...

It's the last 20 days of prep work for my show in Long Beach and I am sewing like a maniac.  I am telling myself that I have to stop all sewing and start the instruction writing (yuck) after this week.  We'll see...anyhow, 15 Yo Yo's and 21 buttons later...this sucker is almost ready for quilting...it's what I have been doing yesterday & today...

copyright 2008 Plumcute Designs

Aside from sewing, I have been reading to my kids and playing in the sprinklers every day with them...makes me feel like a kid again!  I love being a kid in the summer...Unfortunately, that's it for me (I have to get back to my sewing or I will never get all the new samples done in time!)

Blessings:

no more Yo Yo's (for now)

3 weeks left (its better than one or two)

kids and summer

Until Next time,

Tracy

PS...Thank You to all who gave border color opinions...more to come on that soon!  Sew Sew Sew