The office complete

The office complete

Saying my office is complete may be stretching the truth a little, but is anything really ever complete?  I raided my scrap fabric & vintage lace boxes and managed to come up with curtains to soften up the rustic wood & metal. Custom cork board.  A perfect place to tack my swatches, photos & notes from […]

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Heirloom Lace Swimsuit

Look what I just got from Tamara!  Beautiful photos of the Heirloom Lace Swimsuit.  I like to show each style on a variety of sizes and I love how this looks on the bigger girls.  This vintage style suit is one of my favorite pieces in the Friday Harbor Collection & I can’t wait to […]

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Oh Violet!

Suddenly realizing the house was quiet,  I went in search of Violet.  I found her sitting so nicely on the couch painting her little nails and a good portion of her fingers & toes. (Amazingly, not a drop on the couch)

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Friday Harbor Outtakes

It all started when I decided it would be a good idea to squish 12 kids, 9 of them boys, into the old jalopy and drive to the nearest lake for a impromptu photo shoot.  It went downhill from there.   The sun was much too bright for an unprofessional like me, Violet insisted on skinny […]

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Cole…I Love You to the Moon and Back

Remember Cole’s story?   Though he touched thousands though his sickness & death, I still cannot think of it without wincing.  His Dad, Aaron, wrote a book about his experience and it is now on sale, you can purchase it here.   Cole… I Love You to the Moon and Back Aaron Dean Ruotsala, 24-year-old husband, […]

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Gina Maxine Photography

Gina is one of the three photographers working on the Friday Harbor Collection.    I am honored that she agreed to use her gift to capture the essence of this new collection.  Her photos far exceeded my expectations and it just amazing to me that she is new to photography.

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Friday Harbor Preorder

Shop the Friday Harbor Collection Save 10% on preorders with code: FH10  offer expires June 25th, 2009 The Story behind the inspiration: Over two years ago we visited the quaint harbor village of Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands.   It is about a 3 hour drive and 1 hour ferry ride from Windy Ridge.  […]

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Friday Harbor Collection

A few things will be changing with this collection.  We are moving toward stocking all styles rather than offering “made upon order”.  Once a collection is sold we will no longer produce it,  so grab your styles while you can!   This means no more lead times.  We are only producing a small amount of the Friday […]

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Surprise party

When the kids started eagerly volunteering to help me with the cleaning I knew Levi had something up his sleeve.  When Levi walked in with 6 gallons of ice cream & cigars I started getting worried.  He surprised me with balloons, roses, cake and a party with a bunch of family.  Thank you, family,  for […]

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37 years & 28 weeks

Another hasty self-portrait.  Today marks my 37th year and Hazel’s 28th week here on earth.  Today I feel the same as yesterday, like my cup runneth over. I have much to be thankful for and couldn’t ask for more.  Except maybe a new fridge or central vaccuum… Or maybe upper arms that don’t jiggle…  Perhaps […]

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