Some color-yum for you.
It's not often I get to help out with orders. But, every once in a while, I sneak my way into the warehouse and join in on prepping fabric, assembling felt and gathering stationery and other goodies for you, our awesome customers.
My favorite is gathering up your selected felts and rolling them
together. I love to see the resulting color palettes. Often, they are
truly unexpected and transfixing. Sometimes they remind me of a familiar
era or theme. Take this roll here, it makes me think of Sky King Tricycles, Radio Flyer Wagons
and other classic American toys. These colors make me want to sew up
some felt cars and trucks or something. They get my wheels spinning.
I'm often tempted to pin on a note that reads, "Ooo, wow!" or "So
delicious!" or "Please send me pictures of your finished project!" It
drives me crazy not to know what folks are making with these varying
color palettes. Same goes for fabric, really. Hm, what about including a
text-field at the end of ordering that lets the merciful 'tell Heather'
what they are planning to make. Or I can just resist hanging out in the
warehouse, right?
I do try.
I love that one of the online yarn shops has a box for that kind of thing. Usually it is so when you are buying yarn for a challenge you can let them know which project you are initially thinking of doing for the challenge. When there is no challenge, you can do anything like comment on the yarn, other products, plan the materials. It is awesome. I hope the people at the shop like it as much as I do!
How could you resist being curious? I know I couldn’t resist.
I adore your fabrics. One of the many things I’ve done with your lovely fabrics is recover my glider rocker. Here you can see: http://www.rosylemmons.blogspot.com/2011/02/before-after-glider-rocker.html
And I made this elephant from my own pattern: http://www.rosylemmons.blogspot.com/2010/05/elephant.html
Hope you’re having a lovely week!
Jenny
I think you should tag on a note to those orders. How wonderful for the person who gets it. It would make my day to find an unexpected extra like that!
You’re right. I’m gonna do it.
I checked out your projects. Wow, what a difference between the before and the after on your rocking chair. Thanks for posting a link.
And the elephant — he’s gorgeous. Good job!
xo—Heather
along the lines of making my day… Thanks so much Heather for stopping by my little blog and for the very sweet comment. 🙂 It is the little things that totally make my day.
These are yummy colours! Makes me think of rainbow popsicles!
TotAllY!