Welcome!

It’s time for this week’s What We Love #40 ♥ Spring is tomorrow, and we’ve been inspired by everything fresh and calm on Pinterest. Pastel colors, pretty blooms, and creative people were major inspirations for us this week, online and in the office. New season, new beginnings – we’re inspired to start being more creative in our space. Here’s what we’ve been loving this week…

Ciana: Teal Door in Mykonos; Photography by Marta Locklear
Valeria: Sagaform Greenhouse
Vanessa: Pretty Anemone & Ranunculus Flowers
Juan: Cartoon Lip Makeup; Laura Jenkinson
Marion: Words as Images; NY Based Artist Ji Lee
Shannen: Anna Bond – Owner + Creator of Rifle Paper Co.

We hope you have been inspired! We’d love to know what you have been loving most this week. Lots more inspiration on our Pinterest, as always, including more budding ideas for Spring ♥

It’s time for this week’s What We Love ♥ We also have some really exciting news!! We’ve expanded our design team, and want to officially introduce Ciana to the blog. We are so thrilled to have her join, and you’ll be hearing lots more – about her and us! – on the blog very soon. We have been inspired by beautiful colors and movement this week, from ethereal ballerinas dancing to fluttering, magnificent butterflies. So much delight to be found, in the movements around us. See what else we have been loving this week…  ♥

Valeria: DIY Easter Gold Leaf Eggs
Vanessa: Botanical Garden’s Butterflies Go Free Exhibit
Ciana: Scenic Beach Photo
Shannen: Rifle Paper Co & Paper Crown Dress Collaboration
Marion: Symphonic Dances – Miami City Ballet
Juan: Electrical Tower Turned Stained Glass Lighthouse, Germany

Here’s to our first official 6-block What We Love! We hope we have inspired you, and would love to know what you’ve been loving. And, as always, be sure to check out our Pinterest for more prettiness! ♥

Hi everyone,

Happy Thursday! We hope you are having a terrific day so far. If you haven’t seen yet, we are hosting a new #Winsday on our Facebook Page. We are giving away an FQ bundle of our Scented fabrics, and want to know what your favorite scent is!

It’s Thankful Thursday time! Today we are featuring Crafts Direct – a fantastic craft store in Minnesota, that has been around since 1990 and growing! Crafts Direct is composed of distinct sections dedicated to all of your crafting needs, and when we say all, we mean it (haha). They have a quilt shop, floral shop, scrapbook shop, seasonal shop, wood & paint shop, and rubber stamps shop. Yup, they basically have it all – a place where the whole family can visit and find something they’ll enjoy! And that definitely makes sense, as family is super important to Crafts Direct – it’s a family-owned business that has grown from 15 to 120 employees.

And, once you’ve spent the day mesmerized by all the crafting deliciousness, they also have a coffee shop for a shopping break. Crafts Direct is also expanded to online, where they share unique projects and tutorials on their blog, featuring their favorite products. We absolutely love how dedicated and passionate Crafts Direct is, about their customers and products!

Crafts Direct created a couple of projects using our beloved ad-fab™ – our adhesive fabric, perfect for a bunch of awesome crafty projects! Crafts Direct shared some really fantastic ones, that we absolutely LOVE!! We wanted to share some of them with you, but there are lots more on their website and blog. All uber cute!!

Some of our favorites are their ad-fab™ Letter Tutorial (featured above with Dream a Little Dream), their ad-fab™ Covered Switch Plate Tutorial (featured above with Nightfall), and their ad-fab™ Wooden Spoon Collection Tutorial (featured in Hot Chocolate).

We definitely recommend checking out the Crafts Direct Pinterest for all of their ad-fab™ project tutorials, as well as their website, blog, Facebook Page, and Twitter. We want to say thank you to everyone at Crafts Direct; we absolutely adore all of the projects and are so happy you enjoy crafting with our ad-fab™! You can check out all our ad-fab™ designs here. Have an awesome day!!

Happy Sewing!

Hi everyone,

Happy Thursday! We hope you all are having a fantastic day. It’s sunny, it’s cheery, but it’s still cold here haha. Spring, where are you? We promise to greet you with open arms.

It’s time for this week’s Thankful Thursday. Today, we wanted to share a couple of projects from one of our pattern designers – The Cloth Parcel. Run by a dynamic mother-daughter duo, Audrey and Diane, The Cloth Parcel is an online sewing, quilting, and crafting supplies shop. From a beautiful selection of fabrics to all of your notion-needs, The Cloth Parcel is dedicated to supplying you with all your crafting needs. As well, they sell wonderful kits  for some awesome projects. In addition to running their online supplies shop, Audrey and Diane also create and sell their own quilt patterns!

We have had the pleasure of working with Audrey and Diane, to create a quilt pattern for our Free Projects Program. Their Tumbling Jewels Quilt is a stunner, and has definitely been a favorite on the interwebs! We decided to have a physical Tumbling Jewels Quilt made up with our London Fog Collection (as seen above!), and it looks absolutely fantastic. As always, beautiful quilt work by the girls. We had a blast styling it, and we can’t wait to feature it in upcoming events.

As well, the girls recently launched a new quilt design on their website called Theory of Refraction. Aside from the super cool name (any fellow physics buffs?), their Theory of Refraction Quilt is so lovely to look at. They chose to feature our Peacock Garden by Jane Farnham Collection on the pattern cover, and it looks wonderful! Inspired by a prism, we adore how the colors and patterns intertwine with one another in this quilt design, to create a beautiful look. Great choice, girls!

Thank you, girls, for sharing your talents and creativity with us! It’s been wonderful working with you both. You can find the free pattern for Tumbling Jewels here. As well, find more from The Cloth Parcel on their website, blog, Instagram, and Facebook Page. Have a great rest of the day!!

Happy Sewing!

It’s time for this week’s What We Love ♥ In the heart of Spring, we have been inspired by all things pastel and floral. Easter is coming up, and we’re already planning our egg hunts, pastel projects, floral arrangements, and bunny-shaped desserts. Too soon? We think not. Just take a look at our Pinterest. Anything to get us through the last couple of cold days of March. Spring weather, we’re ready for you! ;) See what else has been inspiring us this week… ♥

Vanessa: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
Shannen: Hand-Knitted Cushion, Peach & Grey
Juan: Renault 4L
Valeria: Bunny Cake
Marion: French 19th Century Dyed Linen & Hemp Sheet, Altes Bauernleinen

We hope you have enjoyed this week’s What We Love! We’d love to know what you have been enjoying most this week. How are you getting ready for Spring? And as always, be sure to check out our Pinterest for lots more inspiration ♥