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  • Happy Spring!

    ByHeather Bailey

    I have a serious crush on vintage Springtime decorations.  At the
    turn of the 19th century, there was decoration after decoration and
    postcard after postcard of a fluffy bunny pulling a cart of flowers or
    candies. By the 1920's and 30's, illustrations became more graphic in
    style and less painterly, but the cart concept stayed put.

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    In homage to these early depictions of the Easter Bunny, I designed
    my first-in-series Springtime Paper Craft Freebie. Sage, here is 2"
    tall, and together with his wagon, he measures 6" long.

    Have one for free. 
    We're putting one card in every package that goes out
    this Spring from www.HeatherBaileyStore.com, while supplies last.  To
    craft up your own little bunny, all you will need is a pair of
    scissors, a glue stick, and a tool for scoring fold lines;  I like to
    use the rounded tip of a crochet hook or an embossing tool.

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    There's no promo code to
    enter.  One white bunny will
    mysteriously hop his way into every package.  Happy Spring, everyone!

    If you would like to have more than one bunny — for table decorations,
    teacher gifts, kids' Easter baskets, etc., you can add more kits to your
    cart.  They are available in packs of 3 for only $4.95.

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    Oh Yes.  Check out this crafty, new web-show, DIYdish.  To celebrate Kris & Kim's first episode, I've donated 10 sewing-pattern-and-pincushion-kit goody bags as prizes.  And you know what that means — good odds.  Leave a comment here to enter.  The drawing takes place March 31, 2010.  Go check out their fun, new show.  The first episode is about
    pincushions    .

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    Hello, btw!  It's been a nutzy couple of months. Fortunately, several big design projects are moving from Hide-N-Hush status to Show-N-Tell status.  For starters, my new stationery collection started shipping to stores this week, including invitations, note cards, paper plates, napkins, notepads.  Wait till you see.  They are so cool.  Of course, new Hide-N-Hush projects are in the works.  This drives my blabbity-share-everything self crazy.  Thus, the bunny-wagon design — dreamed up, designed, printed & posted in a matter of days.  Love that.

  • Smarty New Year!

    ByHeather Bailey

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    I'm moving my business
    into a new office/warehouse space. We have a few walls to build and a
    couple of rooms to paint, then the big haul begins. The plump, juicy
    cherry-on-top is that my craft-night fantasy may soon become reality —
    regular thread-covered, music-filled, sugar-enhanced soirees.
    And with the larger studio space, we may be able to convince my
    fabulous mother to teach sewing lessons in the evening. The Phoenix
    area needs more craft socials, if you ask me. (I'm not opening a retail store, just expanding my space.)

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    will take a few weeks to get settled and adapt to the new digs. Let me
    know if you're in the area &/or know anyone who may be interested
    in 'knowing their sewing.' I'll start buttering-up my mom. She's an
    amazing teacher, and she knows her stuff.

    I'm working on a new, free tutorial to post online as well. And
    there is another new mini pattern on the way, and four new premium
    patterns, and several secret projects — busy, busy new year. What are
    your new projects/goals for the new year? I wish I could commit to the
    traditional goal of increased exercise and vegetable intake, but I'm in
    no position to take that on this month. Maybe next month.

    Also!  I need the winners from last month's giveaway to email me their contact info so I can hand out prizes: Heather@HELLOmynameisHeather.com.

  • Easy-Peasy Palette Packs

    ByHeather Bailey

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    You asked for it.  Felt palette packs are now available for faster and easier shopping.

    Five palettes:  Reds/Pinks, Blues, Greens, Oranges/Yellows, Neutrals — and a limited-edition Holiday pack. The five staple palettes cover 25 of the available 40 colors, so don't forget to check for other felt you may want to add on.  All colors continue to be available by-the-sheet as well.

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    I'm heading out to dinner in a bit with a gaggle of girlfriends, then over to the movie theater for an 8pm showing of New Moon. It's a special-screening of
    some sort. I haven't read the book yet, but I do love to go to
    dinner & a movie with friends. And it's for a good cause.

    Till then, it's clean the studio, play with my nephews, and design, design.

  • Sundry Snippets — and a Sale

    ByHeather Bailey

    The HB Store was offline for a while earlier today. It looks like our hosting service fixed the issue and now everything is back in order. We apologize for the disruption. As a thank you for your patience, enjoy 20% off your entire order for one day only.  Enter code "OneDaySale" at checkout. Expires  on Wednesday, 10/21/09, at midnight MST.

    Designing stationery products today. Must get back to it. Will be back soon with Market photos. Picked up a copy of Modern Bride this morning — issue includes a wedding decorated with my fabrics. Trying to avoid the sizable bag of Dove chocolates in the other room. Blogging twitter-style.

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    Re-Entry

    ByHeather Bailey

    I'm back from Market and restoring sanity at home — and
    cleanliness. My kids kissed me awake yesterday like two little pecking
    chicks. It was a contest.

    Market photos are still on the road
    with Isaac, so I'll save the reporting till he rolls in later today.
    I'm excited to be home and thrilled that my long-awaited
    bicycle-weather has arrived in AZ at last. It's gorgeous out today.
    We're packing a picnic to the park, for sure.

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    Also, here are a couple of discount codes for you, to shake things up and keep it interesting at The Heather Bailey Store.

    • 20% off of all Trash Ties™ with code "TwitTies" (posted on twitter first)
    • 25% off of Freshcut™ fabric with code "FreshOut" (Freshcut is no longer in production, so get it while you can.)

    Discounts available through Monday, October 19th. Both codes can be used on the same order.

    It has been a wild few weeks — since Creative Escape,
    really. I'm ready to move forward, with lots of design work up next (my
    favorite!) — after filling these kids up with love and attention,
    picnics and parks, movies and popcorn, haircuts, and a few home-cooked
    meals.

    Now to resolve my hopelessly-clogged kitchen sink. Next
    time I'm tossing the old spaghetti in the trash and not down the
    garbage disposal.

  • Have you Herd?

    ByHeather Bailey

    Make a new friend in Henrietta turtle (or skip the flower corsage and
    make a Henry turtle). Henrietta will gladly house your pins &
    needles or entertain your baby or pet — but not at the same time. She's funny that way.

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    You may have glimpsed my pokey new sewing buddy in my recent interview
    on NBC. This sewing pattern is hot off the press and ready to ship. I'm
    in love. Sitting by my sewing machine, Henrietta reminds me to take my
    time and enjoy the process.

    Fresh from Bingo night, come Edna, Matilda, Eloise, Harriet, Penelope and Gladys. "Shush, dearie. Did that nice young man call B-15?" Six different materials kits available here — pattern sold separately.

    A herd of turtles. Or as my dad likes to say, "A terd of hurtles."

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  • Announcing Heather Bailey Felt

    ByHeather Bailey

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    This photo could seriously be a poster.  I may have to print it out
    onto canvas and hang it over my couch. Oh the many uses of felt.

    If you haven't stopped by my shop for a while, you may want to take a look through the all-new Designer Felt section.
    I know how hard it can be to find high-quality felt in good colors. 
    Most chains only carry the nasty, polyester variety or a handful of
    muddy colors in wool-blend. I needed a source for great felt and
    figured you must need a source as well.

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    I'll be stocking a custom palette of over 3 dozen wool-blend and
    bamboo felts at the Heather Bailey Store.  I love to embellish projects
    with felt flowers or use felt to make pincushions and ornaments. These
    are the felts I use for the leaves & stems in my Fresh Picked
    Pincushions    , in La Fleur Debris scrap flowers and in
    several upcoming patterns (getting so close now!).

    I
    recommend stocking up on a variety of colors & neutrals to have on
    hand — like a box of crayons.  You'll be surprised how many flowers,
    leaves, stems & whatnots you can make from a small stack of felt.

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    We'll be changing out the colors occasionally, so check back often to
    see if there is anything new.  Did I mention how excited I am about
    this felt?  No more hunting.  And they're nice to look at.

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    I’ll Get You, My Pretty.

    ByHeather Bailey
    In the spirit of summer picnics, I've added three colors of gingham to the variety show, in long and standard lengths:

    She's No Picnic – Red Gingham
    My Pretty – Blue Gingham
    Check Please – Pink Gingham

    And a pack of Red, White & Blue ties with a bonus 6th tie. 

    As
    far as patriotism goes, this new multi-pack not only covers the USA,
    but also Australia, Great Britain, France, Iceland, and a number of
    other countries;  (did you know there are at least 11 countries with
    red, white, & blue flags?)  A great pack for back-to-school as
    well, especially if your kids wear school uniforms and are limited in
    their color choices for hair doo-dahs.  The Red White Blue multi-pack is only available through Labor Day though (Sept. 7th). The ginghams are available while supplies last.

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    I'm almost done typing up a new ice cream recipe
    too — just in time for the outrageously-hot weather that rolled in
    this week.  If you're suffering through summer, definitely get an
    ice-cream maker.  They're great.  Of course, you might have to exercise
    extra, which may not be the best way to stay cool. Hm.

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    In Limited Supply:
    album kits, fabric… patience

    ByHeather Bailey

    It is refreshing to be home again.  Not only to sleep in my own bed
    and hug on my little kids (of course), but now I can start scratchin'
    at those irresistibly- itchy projects I sketched up while I was away. 
    Here and there, at least.  First, I have some emails and interviews to
    complete, as well as some fabric strike-offs to sort through (yes,
    round one is in the house!).

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    So, check out my Flutterby Flip-Book mini
    album.  I used an old-fashioned wooden clothespin for the butterfly
    body.  A variety of cardstock wings make up the album's many pages,
    with a sprinkling
    of flowers and miniature butterflies thrown in for good measure.  The
    perfect album for celebrating a special event, a summer-load of
    activities, a new baby, a birthday, quirky kid-drawings, etc.

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    This is the workshop I taught at Inspired in North Carolina this month — the stinkin' cutest-est album ever.  We kitted up
    some extra albums, with full-on illustrated instructions included, so
    you can make an album too if you like. (Or maybe set up your kids or
    grandkids with a kit — gotta keep those children engaged over the
    summer.  My two have been squabbling all day.)  So, if you're
    interested, hop on over to the HB store.  Limited supply!  When they're gone, they're gone. 

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    Freshcut™ is in the same boat too.  Free Spirit's warehouse is plum out of my Freshcut collection now.  We received our last supply.  Though the demand for that collection never subsided, the supply certainly now has, so last call for Freshcut!  Heck, here's a discount while you're at it.  Use the code "AlmostGone" through June 1st for 10% off any fabrics from my Freshcut collection.  We'll all sigh as it trickles away.

    And this week is my blogiversary again — three years now.  I'll put together some sort of giveaway, so stay tuned for that. 

    I'm
    off to dig myself up an urgent dose of Tylenol.  My kids aren't used to
    being around each other all day.  It's adjustment time — for all of us.

  • Hello-ness

    ByHeather Bailey

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    I
    have serious vertigo from working on a 24" monitor for the first time
    today.  We're holding off on the 30"er till the next upgrade.  (It's
    been 5 years or so since Mac last upgraded that beast.)  I've heard you
    get used to the gi-normity.  I sure hope so, as I'm definitely a bit
    dizzy — but it's a grateful dizzy.  My main machine is now a laptop
    and I can't say how excited I am about the portability.  Beyond heading
    to the park or the local bookstore for some quiet concentration, just
    switching rooms at will is exciting stuff. 

    I was trying to
    convince my new assistant to take a photo so I could introduce her
    here. Then, it dawned on me to swipe her Twitter photo & move on
    with it.  (You don't mind, do you Emily?)

    EmilyPhotoflSo,
    meet Emily.  Some of you may recognize her from the scrapbooking
    world.  Emily worked with Heidi Swapp for years, and Making Memories
    before that.  We had narrowed our interviewing process down to two
    candidates and were thick into discussing the matter when we received a
    last-minute suggestion to give Emily a call.  Well, Emily shook up the
    whole conversation and here she now is.  Currently, Emily is your
    girl if you have a customer service question at the Heather Bailey Store, a press
    inquiry, a wholesale order, etc.  Basically, she's our company
    juggler.  Well, I guess we are all company jugglers.  (You know those
    juggling acts that start with one juggler, then a second juggler steps
    on stage, then a third & so on?  Pretty soon, the bowling pins form
    a mid-air ballet?  That sort of thing.  We're not ready for Vegas or
    anything, but we're getting there.  We're still working on our stage
    names.)

    Oh, and you've gotta go back and read each & every comment left on the last post — holy toledo, what a bunch of crazy, cool stories!!  I'm both inspired and weirded out.  Time to start a dream journal.