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all the ducks in a row

It's good to know that Red Letter Day is shipping. So far the only peeps I see that have it listed are Fabric Outlet. It would be great if you would let me know if you find it in other places so we can make a list again.

Also, Lizzy Dish is still available so if you never got it into you local store go request it, and Red Letter Day too. You can tell them that it's already shipping... and that you really need it. A lot. Obviously...

Here are the names of the prints for peeps who are getting it in and listing them online

(from the pic top to bottom)

Ducks in a Row
Champion
Pearl Bracelet
Stripes
Ugly Duckling
Walk in the Woods

and the color ways:
Pond
Galosh
Feather

I'll post a slide show in the next couple of days. Also, I have been feverishly quilting all week. I can't wait to reveal my sweat shop of peeps and the goods we've produced.

i move early on Friday! Holy Cow!

cracking myself up.

I can't even express how happy I am that spring is here, mostly. We wake up to snow about twice a week, but by the mid afternoon it's all gone. March was a cruel mistress in that way, deceptive and rude. But I think it's pretty safe to say, we made it out alright.

like I mentioned before, I am working with Red Letter Day for a bunch of new projects to launch with the lines release, but I couldn't help but show you this fabric. I was cutting it all yesterday, and I have to say it just cracks me up. The ducks, the ribbons, the trees... It's a good way to be when you are cutting fabric for a couple of hours... cracking yourself up. But of course when you have Red Letter Day, and you are cutting for hours, I will be the one who is cracking you up, and know that the knowledge of that is in fact cracking me up right now.

Have any of you read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? If you haven't, you can purchase it here. I have a copy of it somewhere but I think one of my sisters has it. Anyway, the lead character, Oscar, is always cracking himself up. It makes me think of him, and that makes me happy too. For real though, have any of you read it? Does anyone want to talk about it? This is one of those books I could talk in circles about. That's how great my love is for it.

Wow, I have so much to do today, but none of it seems to be getting me down. It's amazing what the sun can do for a girl who doesn't even have seasonal depression.

ps. I am having a little help Lizzy move to Portland SALE, similar to my Help Lizzy with her BFA sale, (which by the way you were all so helpful and instrumental in). My little kitchen kittens will be up for Sale come Friday when I launch the whole thing. New prints, new books, new kittens, and what have you. Come one come all, or I will be sleeping on the floor in my new room in Stumptown.

ch-ch-ch-changes!

HOLY COW! trying to move is really hard! That's probably why I stayed in the same apartment for almost three years... no really. Just so you know... here I am. Alive. I know that I owe you some Red Letter Day, but I have something better.

Look what I got!

I'm working on the quilt for market using Red Letter Day! It's going to be really fun.

I have some sad news. Sad for me anyway. I will not be going to market this spring. I will have just moved so it's going to be the easiest thing for me to just not go. So, please, even though I won't be there, please show my new line a lot of love. If you are a shop make sure that you go place an order because it's going fast. It comes in three color ways:

Pond

Galosh

and Feather

there are 18 pieces total, and each plays a part in the story of Red Letter Day. I can't wait to show you the quilt! You're gonna flip. In a hypothetical way, unless you have an acrobatic background...

It looks like I am going to need a new camera soon...

In other news I have taken part in a print exchange with some BYU-I+BYU peeps, and some Utah artists. I will go down to Provo with some friends later this week to do the exchange on Thursday morning. I am really excited to see Amy, the Bartons, and Courtney!!! and also, 26 people did the exchange and all of the prints that were done up here in Idaho are ones that I am happy to receive, so it was already worth it. Lucky me! We've been joking about who will be the dog of the exchange. I'm just hoping it's not me. No really.

here is a little pinch of the image I have been working on...

other things...still moving to Portland... I might go home for a bit in a week or two after I get all my stuff moved out of this apartment... might go see my favorite band in Paris or Brussels, and I'm still mad at Allen for not having a passport. I owe a few people presents, and as usual I am running behind trying to rap everything up here in Idaho. I'm just one little person! Working on finishing up a new line... and so much more...

anyway I'm still alive....

oops!

I'm getting behind in the preview, but I suspected this would happen, so tomorrow, you will get three sneak peeks for the price of one. Ok? Thanks for all of your support. I am so grateful for all of your sincerity.

A walk in the woods

Two years ago, Ashlee and I took a trip to Brussels, Belgium. Our days there changed my life! People still make fun of me for how much I talked about it when I got back. Every word out of my mouth was, "In Belgium..." Anyway, the entire trip was such an interesting chain of events. Everything that occured was amazing, and weird. It started by meeting a lady in the Newark airport who invited us to stay at her home with her family in Waterloo, and then meeting the Thain's at church on Sunday. The Thain's invited us to dinner that night, and we went and we ate, and we talked, and we laughed and laughed. Later we went on a walk with them through the King's woods back behind the palace which now houses the Royal Museum for Central Africa. We just took a walk through these woods, and I can't even express how special it was. It was my favorite part of our entire trip. It was real twilighty outside so everything had this purpley pink haze on it, and I had never seen trees like this. I don't know if they were actually different, but there was something about the light, and the walk, and the temperature, that just made the whole thing really magical.

There is something about being in nature, a walk in the woods, or being in a meadow at dusk, star gazing, or wherever it is that you find peace that can take any day, even the best of days, and really elevate it. The walk in the woods that night made a great day, a Red Letter Day.

the ugly duckling

A Red Letter Day is noted in the dictionary as a noun that describes any day, "as pleasantly noteworthy or memorable".

The idea behind the line was that each piece played a part, or told a story in someones' having of a red-letter day. So, in this case the Ugly Duckling is having a Red Letter Day, because he knows not, and cares not about his awkwardness. He is content, and no amount of perfection can change his sweet carefree attitude. He is having a Red Letter Day. Everyday.

Red Letter Day: part one

more extensive previewing all week long!

and now for something completely different:

I was tagged last week by the super great Tula Pink. I am just a little shrimpy when I stand next to her. Literally, she is really tall! Tula does such great work, and I love how clever she is in everything she creates.

Anyway I am supposed to reveal seven random and honest things about myself... I feel like I've revealed all that I have through this ol' blog... but I'm going to reach for a few more.

1. I love grocery shopping. I'll walk to the store almost every day just to get away for a bit, and be at the store. I would move to the Netherlands for Albertheijns, or any city with a Whole Foods. I love our HEB at home, and Central Market is great. Trader Joe's is a dream, and I always loved going to the Rice Epicurean across town because they were the only peeps that sold See's Candy in Texas. But I also love going into random grocery stores wherever I am traveling. It's always interesting to see local things or staples in community grocery stores. Like when I was in Brooklyn we went into a grocery store and they had kosher cheese blintzes in the freezer section. Not something you see in Rexburg or Houston, and I love that.

2. I love glitter, and I don't mind the mess at all, because it isn't actually a mess. 

3. I am super critical of myself. I either am cracking myself up or hating whatever I do.

4. I like really tiny spaces.

5. I love a lot, and I always have lots of favorites. "oh this is my favorite!" two minutes later, "oh I love this, it's my favorite."

6. I'm a cryer

7. I am an extremely loyal person. Here is an example: When I was but a small child I was reading a series of books by an author who I loved with all my heart. But me always being a visual person had to connect with the cover to even think about reading the book. Anyway. My favorite author had teamed up with my favorite illustrator for nearly all of the books they released. Well I got really into this series, and for whatever reason they released a new one that was done with a different illustrator. I refused to read the book, and refused to continue reading the series until the illustrator was brought back on the project. I think I even wrote the publisher. But I like to think of my brand of loyalty like the character of Jacopo in the Count of Monte Cristo. Edmond saves his life, and then Jacopo vows that he is his man for life, that he will aid him in whatever way he can. So, be good to me, and I'm yours. It's really pretty simple.

hope you are loving Red Letter Day. I am so thrilled about it.

for all of you impatient peeps.

I said I would give you a sneak-peek.

I never said what kind of sneak-peek...

you have to know by now that I crack myself up.

Also, check out the top right side panel for everything LizzyDish including an updated list of where to buy, and slideshows of all of the color ways!