LizzyHouse

3rd Annual Studio Sale!!!

Yay!!!!

This Saturday is my 3rd (can you believe that???) Annual Studio sale! From 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM you can pick up exclusive holiday gifts made, designed or printed by yours truly. This year there will be new prints, fabric bundles, cards, and more and so on... including Pearl Bracelet Bundles for my local peeps a select number of Constellations bundles, and other fabric packs. As well as never before seen prints! I've worked my rear off, so much so, none of my clothes fit anymore. 

This is not a joke. 

So stop by see the new stuff and find some presents for your peeps!

1954 S. 900 E. #2

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

and park on 9th E. 

can't wait to see all of you local peepers!

 

My true self.

My true self is a girl who wants everyone to be good to each other. 

My true self is someone who wants to give presents to everyone, all the time. 

My true self is alive alive alive when it is warm outside, and light at night. 

My true self loves the Legend of Zelda, and can not and will not apologize for it. 

My true self is a bit of a house cat.

My true self lives to help, teach, and serve people to find truth and happiness. 

My truest self is at peace when I am making things. Specifically, when I am printing. 

I re-found that true truest self the other night as I printed this tiny edition. It's one of those things. I knew I was supposed to do it, I've known it for ages, and I've had the supplies since August, and the knowledge for quite a few years, and still I put it aside, and pushed it away, because I was afraid. I was afraid to do the one thing that I love the most, because it would hurt the most if I somehow failed at it.

But that's a terrible attitude. So, when I reached the edge of my own plans, the ones I had created to avoid doing the one thing that I was supposed to do, I just jumped into it.

I started with this little turtle that I drew for my friend Leigh, who has been so good and dear to me. She has pet turtles, they are not sea turtles, but the sentiment is there. This turtle #1 is part of a series of 3 turtles. I printed the edition while I somewhat watched An Affair to Remember. The movie is too heartbreaking to pay full attention to it. 

But I too have changed my course. 

There is so much more to come it's crazy town. 

And I'm so happy about it. 

How are you doing? Tell me an aspect of your truest self. 

He's available in the shop, for you lovers of turtles or just me. 

Hey Remember??!

Remember that time that I went to France and never posted anything about it?

Well this trip changed my life. Most trips to France are exquiz, but this one was special. 

Do you also remember that time that I said that I would send little gifties to those who donated a specific amount for this project? 

I have your presents. They've just been here with me, but I didn't receive your addresses. I'm going to chalk it up to miscommunication, and I'm going to ask that you send those to me now, so I can send you your gifts. Because they are here, waiting to go home to you. 

tiny ghost of fabric present past and future!!!

I love A Christmas Carol. I especially love the Muppet's Christmas Carol.

Light the Lamp not the Rat, anyone??? 

So it got me thinking. What would my own Christmas Carol look like. And while I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of what that could entail, or the things that I would be shown (yikes)... I decided to design this years holiday pins with that in mind. So there is a little fabric Past, Present, and Future represented.

They are Presh Town USA. Also, they were designed as a perfect stocking stuffer. So they actually stand up instead of falling to the bottom of ye olde stocking. Also, they aren't holiday themed so you can enjoy them all year long. 

And one more thing!

Order any 2 items from the shop, and get a set free now through Friday! Just specify which set you want when you are checking out. That's my Cyber Tuesday through Friday that I was talking about on Twitter last night...

hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

love dove,

lizzy. 

Holiday Cards 2012

I was chastised for years about designing holiday cards. Literally years. So I decided last year to give the people what they wanted and now it's a thing. 3 cards each year. For now anyway. 

This years cards include:

A shark shouting Seasons Greetings

A Hedgehog Christmas Tree

and a lovely card stating Joy. 

As always I have to be true to myself, and by this point, I'd like to think that you'd be upset with me if I wasn't. So it makes perfect sense that this years Yeti is a shark with a candy cane, and that the perfect way to wish someone a Merry Christmas is with a Christmas Tree of stacked hedgehogs. The joy card actually comes from a pattern I orignially designed while I was designing Hello Pilgrim, and have been holding onto for the right moment/time. 

this is the moment. 

Speaking of yetis, how could I leave him out? He's like a holiday staple in my ever changing home. So this year as a special treat I have created the Yeti for All Seasons notecard set. The set includes 12 flat 4x6 cards that state, Happy Birthday, Thank you, I miss you, and Get Better. But I like the way the Yeti phrases things. These are not suggestions so much as commands. He is shouting. And therefore you are shouting. But more than anything I love the idea of being able to write out quick notes on presh town cards. They are thoughtful without too much formality. 

Also, they make a continuous river. I'm just saying...

limited quantities available, check them out! 

I've been away.

I've been away. Maybe you noticed. 

I have several blog posts that I've owed you for some time now. Maybe it's just best though to pick up and move on. I went to Paris. I went to New York State to visit one of my dearest friends and her sweet family. I spent a week teaching peeps I love in Cambridge, MA how to do things that I love. Then I was home for a spell, only to sew my heart out until I left for Quilt Market. 

There are lots of posts in there. And lots of grateful tears for the people who remain steady and constant in my life. 

But I'm here today to tell you that I have so many exciting things coming this holiday season for you! The first of which, is in the shop right now, and will become available at 10:00 AM (Mountain Standard Time) in the morning. 

Hopefully you will see this in your feeds so you get a chance...

The first item available will be.....

24, 50 fat 1/8's set. They were such a hit last year, that we thought we'd give it another go. This time we are releasing them earlier than last year, so we A. have time to cut them down, and B. after all that cutting have time to get them to you. 

So as I just stated. There are only 24 available. So act swiftly. The fabric will be as always, a delightful rainbow ranging from Outfoxed, Hello Pilgrim, Guising, and Constellations (including some new and loved PB's).

We'll be shipping internationally all season long, fyi. 

Here is the link for the bundle, and good luck! 

Here is a list of dates of upcoming shop updates!

Monday November 12: Paper Goods

Monday November 19: Stocking Stuffers

Monday December 3: New art and last minute gifts

We'll have it all. Ok. Happy almost Holidays.

love dove,

lizzy. 

All the Pearl Bracelets.

This has been a long time coming. Probably since about 2007... truth. That's a lot of years ago. But honestly. I have always been so impressed and touched that you have all used and loved my little Pearl Bracelets. In your quilts, on your children, on your dolls, in your products, in your books and on their covers... since they came onto the market in early 2009. Introducing a rainbow of them has always seemed like the right thing to do, and the right thing to do often waits for the right time to do it. 

In an effort to save heartache and confusion and redundancies I have named every one of the pb's, regardless of what collection it was originally from, because they are now available as a collection. 

So, I went ahead and made a chart for you to download. This way you can keep track of which ones you have, and which ones you still need. It also lets you keep track of the date you purchased, as well as where you got it. In addition, there are multiple lines for inventory, so when you use some, you don't need to start the whole chart over. 

Each entry has the name and the sku number so even if the pics of the pb's online are hazy or look like a wild berry color never seen before, you will know what is what. We are fighting confusion with knowledge. 

Download Pearl bracelet collection chart <-------- get the chart here and start filling in what you already have, and begin plotting for how you will obtain the rest! It's legal size, so that's 8.5 x 14

Please just print it or take it to a print shop. For right now, I'm not changing the doc size. 

On a personal note, I just got back from Paris, and I have always, and will probably always feel like a fraction of me truly belongs in France, and calls out to it, and in a way that hurts me. So every once in a while I go and visit that fraction of myself. 

And with that, I leave tomorrow for the East Coast. To visit, and love, and teach, and learn from some of my dearest peeps. I'm excited and overwhelmed with a full heart. Just like a fraction of me is France, a fraction of me resides here in Salt Lake. I'd say a good percent, so it becomes harder to leave for longer. 

download the chart. Love your lives. Love Pearl Bracelet. Pet a cat. Hug someone who needs it. Eat a peach before they leave us. And will you, for me, take a minute to count your blessings and marvel at how truly sweet our lives are?

i love all of you! 

ps. Mystery Boxes are being mailed out today! Of course! 

Lizzy House Mystery Box???

I'm about to start traveling again. 

For those of you who have been with me since the beginning, you know a couple of things. That I used to love cake, and that I have a need to travel. It's something inside of me. It's like I've got a timer that goes off and says get moving. I'm in search of some inspiration, and I think I might just find it riding a bike along the canal at Versailles. Maybe. 

I'm always cooking up new ideas, and as I announced to a few friends that I would be traveling to Paris at the end of the week, most said something to the effect of, "please. bring me back something. I don't care what it is. because if you pick it, it will be great."

That's flattering.

But it got me thinking. So my peeps can't come with me to France, or Belgium, or Spain, or wherever (not yet anyway)... so why not bring a little Paris to them, and that's where this idea blended with the gift idea, and took shape. 

I'm putting together some Mystery Boxes while I am in Paris. There are 3 levels of mystery boxes, and very few available, because this is a mystery to me too. There is the Trinket, the Curio, and the Crème de la crème. 10 Trinkets available, 8 Curios, and 4 Cremes. Each Mystery Box will include the treasures or collection of gems, or both (depending on your box level), a postcard from me with illustrations and thoughts from the day that I write, and a little treat (candy, and I think I know just the thing). 

 
And I'll go ahead and toot my own horn by saying that I give and put together some of the finest gifts. It's either a talent, or just a skill that I've really worked to develop, so this will be just as fun for me as it is for you. 

So if you've never been to Paris, miss it and are pining to return, dream of it nightly, or just want me to find you a treasure, step right up to a Mystery Box! 

***an update! These will only be on sale through Friday, September 7, so I know what I am getting! Thanks so much! I'm already so excited about this. 

today, tomorrow, and the day after that.

I'm listening to Ben Folds Five, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. I think that people don't claim it as their favorite album, because they can't remember the name of the album, not because it isn't the best Ben Folds Five album. 

I'm also packing up orders. 

being "tickled pink" is kind of an awkward thing to say when you think of the words and not just the phrase. Someone or something is tickling you to the point that you have changed colors, unless you were already pink. I'm kind of pink. When I did theatre, my stage makeup cream foundation was called, "warm pink". Anyway. This actually tickled me pink last night when I was tagged and saw it on instagram. 

Never did I imagine that I would be used, or that pearl bracelet would be used as a clue in Draw Something. What a world we live in. 

This will probably be my last reminder/update before I close the pattern shop. There are five days to still place an order. I'm getting pretty generous with what goes in the envelopes. still to come: gardening post. Gather Here post.

 

9 days.

That's right. You have 9 days to order patterns before the ol' pattern shops proverbial doors are shut. 

And the numbers are dwindling, especially when it comes to Castle Treasury and 1001 Peeps: five magical projects. So if you were putting off the day of your purchase, the end is nigh. 

to the shop! 

blog posts coming up this week: Me talking about going to Gather Here at the end of September! and an EPIC GARDEN POST! The post of posts. The accumulation of my labors this summer. Or rather where I tell you about how I have either an old soul/ or the soul of a Disney Princess. You'll get to be the judge. 

I know that most people love the fall, but I am a summer girl through and through, and I am not ready to let go, I never will be. The summer suits me.

Except for the fruit flies. They bother me.