Friendship

One of the subjects in my life that gives me overwhelming joy are my friends. Friendship is something that we often take for granted. The older I get I find myself cherishing my friends more and more. How fortunate I am to have such awesome women in my life, people who walk beside me, give me more than one chance, remind me I can't do it all, love me when I'm not particularly lovable, advice me when I really need a wake up call, remind me who I am and what my dreams are, listen, and pick me up when I fall. This is a project that I finished a few months ago. It's very special to me because the saying on it makes me think of my grandsons who I absolutely adore. "over the river and through the wood to grandmothers house we go"


So yesterday when I get to work a very special friend gives me this book. It reminds me how often we think of our friends, how fun it is to be shopping and see some item that instantly makes you think of a friend, or a random phone call, or just a good old hug. She knows me, she gets me...... that's what we should do for our friends know them, get them.


Thank you all. "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

Location:Morning Star Quilts

On The Road

Tomorrow morning is the beginning of the Phoenix Quilt Expo. Mark and I drove to Tempe last Thursday to spend time with our son Mark and his wife Kelly before we started our days of working at the Arizona Fairgrounds. We've been enjoying the sights, sounds and pulse of Arizona. So many freeways, really for a country girl who hates freeways I have done pretty well. I love the GPS on my iPad. This time of year is so nice here. It rained one night - 10 drops. We set our booth up this morning. Hopefully it will be a great success. It will be I know it will be. Positive thinking it's always better than negative. So here we go!
































More to come, good night.

Location:Tempe, Arizona

It's About Time

How can life be so busy that I never have time to blog? Christmas and New Years have come and gone and Feb. is fast approaching. This last weekend the girls at Morning Star quilts were treated to a full weekend of laughter, food, quilting, no working, just hours and hours of sewing. Every year my Christmas present to them is a retreat at the store. We close at 1 on Friday and reopen on Monday. Mark cooked for us, and I must say he is one fine cook. What wonderful women we have working for us, the best of friends, creative, funny, caring, and full of love. Cheers to you girls of MSQ.


So no New Years resolutions for me. I feel like they set me up for failure. This year I have set goals and I hope to improve in these areas. After a visit with my Dr. I decided this is my year and I will achieve with help from God the desires of my heart. I'm looking forward to a year of good health for Mark and myself, Increased business for the store, success being a vendor, being the best boss possible, a good listener, a good friend and wife, and I will love to be a walker by the end of 2012. Just to improve in these areas would be great. We are packing the trailer and heading for Phoenix to be a vendor at the Phoenix Rusty Barn Show. My quilts are almost finished, just a bit of binding to put on. I figure binding can go on during the fourteen hour drive down there. We are taking a few extra days to be with our son and daughter in law. The store is looking great and we would love to see you. Lots of new fabric and samples for you to see. We have new wool in and our needlework section is well stocked.





Here's some pictures of my almost done projects.








Hope you all have a great week! God bless

Location:Paradise

HO HO HO Merry Christmas!

We just had our annual Christmas party at Morning Star Quilts. The last 4 years the party has been at our home. Sometimes Mark and I cook and other times we potluck. This year Mark and I cooked. Everything was yummy . Jody brought her famous pies, delicious.












Just a few decorations.



Silly girls ?
Presents, we love to fight over door prizes, such fun.



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Merry Christmas to all from the staff of Morning Star Quilts,





God bless and Happy Holidays.
Marsha

Happy Thanksgiving

Last Saturday night and Sunday we had our first first Sew Baby Sew event. What a fun time. We had a great dinner, soups, salad, bread and deserts. Yummy. Here's a few pictures.


















Tomorrow we will be getting ready for our Black Friday sale, and Support Your Small Business Saturday.

I wish you all a very Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!
Marsha

Location:Paradise, Ca.

Kiss Your Life

Hello Saturday! This has to be one of the prettiest falls we have had in a long time. Today is going to be such a great day. The soup is made, banana nut bread finished, salad spinner out and ready, and the dishes are packed. Pumpkin bars almost in the oven. Where are we going? Well today is the kickoff of a new event at Morning Star quilts. Starting at 3pm today and ending at 3pm tomorrow we are having our Sew Baby Sew Time.A time to sew and get those projects finished or even better started. If this event is as fun as I hope it's going to be we will probably schedule it quarterly. Pictures later.

Friday was a very different day for me and I had a blast. Started out with a horrible headache so I went back to bed and slept for 2 hours. It's amazing what a little sleep does for a person. Instead of blabbing on and on I will share pictures of my day. ( I never got out of my jammies)



Look at those trees!


I just finished this fun quilt. Fabric by Robert Kaufman.


Can't you just smell it? Yummo!


Soups on the way.


One of my works in progress. Fabric from Clothworks - Kinkame. Pattern by Whimsicals.


New project out of Hometown pattern by Rachel Griffith. Moda.


Next project - Blueberry Crumb Cake by Blackbird Designs.

So I will leave you with this thought,

Kiss your life. Accept it, just as it is. Today. Now. So that those moments of happiness you're waiting for don't pass you by.

Marsha

Location:Paradise, Ca.

Thank you

Thank you for your service.




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Location:Paradise, Ca.