Sign us Up and Away.........

Two exciting things to mention! Above photo is story board made by our friend "down South" Liz Demos. She is taking the plunge and doing events and weddings. This story board made us swa-woon with delight! She will have a website up soon for her details on all things good & lovely.

Kara will be seeing her next week as she is taking a trip to see Savannah. Read an old post here on what hilarious Darcy wrote about her. It's been since 2003 that Kara was there so she's looking forward to sa-weet tea! Kara promises everyone waves to anyone down there, truly, really it is so!

Now, TA-DA........
We scouted this event last evening on French General's blog and "whew" this event makes us dizzy just thinking about it! You should see the lineup of instructors: Kaari Meng, Amy Butler,

Wendy Addison, Marcia Ceppos, Charlotte Lyons, Matthew Mead and more. Sign up is September 1st and we truly believe it will be sold out in minutes. We hope we can make this ball of an event.

We have enjoyed working with Kaari, Amy & Wendy, Marcia but the others will be {oh, we hope we can go} new to us. The added benefit is it's in St. Louis and that's only a 5 hour drive from us. Road trip= antiquing on the way, laughs, fun, creativit-y, eating {of course}, coffee and ME studio will be open for tours. How fun is that! OK, girls let's go!

Can't wait! Who plans to go???

Meanwhile, we are plowing through pricing things for the CL fair. Please say a prayer for us; our piles of work are not dwindling very fast. Yesterday Kara was so distracted that she gave her 6 month old a Dum-Dum lollipop instead of her 3.5 year old! True Story. Zach loved it, he had it sucked down to almost nothing. He started squealing because it fell out of his mouth and he couldn't get that sweetness. No wonder he was quiet and happy for 10 minutes! Please don't tell the National Academy of Pediatrics, Kara would be on their billboard in short order on the dangers of giving sugar to babies......... that's all folks!

Have a lovel-y, beautiful weekend gals!

Kara + Darcy

Guess Who Came in our Shop?

Amy Butler,
{designer extraordinaire}

Amy and her Mother stopped in the shop on Saturday.
Was very nice of them to come and see us in the
"middle of nowhere"!
She has a line of solids out that are beautiful,
a brilliant idea so that these coordinate with
her patterned fabrics. Her new line of fabrics is out as well.
She is debuting a bedding line
shortly in NYC. Also, has a line of gift wrap that is eco-friendly.

She will be signing her new children's book of sewing projects
at the Country Living Fair.

Best of all, Amy is so humble about her
talent. Her story of how she started out
is amazing.
She is willing to answer our silly questions
and is so nice. She is very busy and we're in awe of all
that she accomplishes.

Enjoy your week! May it be filled with inspiration and blessings!
K&D

More Pictures from Amy Butler event

Teague & McKell

Another posting about this fun day of inspiration. We had a ball! Customers stayed awhile & got to know one another. We hope to have another event with Amy & watch for more fabric coming in.

Check out our store as we have new stock & it's full for summer. Dash & Albert rugs are in, they are 2x3 and are all "stripey" in fresh fun colors.

This week brings alot of "going ons" Darcy & I will shopping for found objects. Working on Trophy Co. & sewing a Nappy bag for Jeni Britton. Plus, we'll keep you posted on 2 photo shoots
@ the store.

Best,
Kara & Darcy

Amy Butler "In Stitches" Book Signing Event

McMaster & Storm and Bernina on Broadway
present

"In Stitches" with Amy Butler
{Sewing is Fun Again}

Meet Amy Butler, fabric & pattern designer
and author of "In Stitches."
Amy will be at McMaster & Storm
Saturday, June 9th from 11:00am-1:00pm
to sign her new book.

Diana from Bernina on Broadway
will be here June 9th to demonstrate
a Bernina sewing machine.
Get inspired by our creative studio space
Hip storage ideas to inspire
your own sewing space @ home.

A Trunk Show of Amy's purses will be on display
from June 5th to June 16th.
Patterns and fabric will be available for purchase.

Event address:
McMaster & Storm
620 S. Broadway
Greenville, Ohio 45331
(Ring 937.548.2100)