Hi everybody!
Game on!
I came home to a fully-functional neighborhood, and the store will be OPEN for business as usual tomorrow.
I never had such a good shower in all my life.
But go easy on us tomorrow: we have been out of practice for the last coupla days and we have a LOT of orders to catch up on!
XO,
Rhea
Saturday, February 27, 2010
No Power at the SHOP!!!
Hey guys,
Alewives has no power, which means I also have no power at my house.
We lost electricity in the big storm on Thursday night and have no idea of when it will be coming back.
Right now I am e-mailing from the parking lot of our little town's coffee shop because the bummer about losing your power (besides the no-heat/no-shower/ no-light thing) is that you can't TELL PEOPLE you have no power.
But, don't cry for me!
It has been (sort of) fun to bust out the candles and go to bed early and take it slow and socialize/commiserate with everyone else in the same position.
I am very grateful for neighbors and friends right now.
And very grateful that the only thing to have gone wrong was to lose power:
Our neighbors just across the street a bit have a big hole in their roof where a tree crashed through.
Thankfully, no one was hurt except the house.
Yes, I would say we got off very lucky, indeed.
I am thankful for everyone's patience and very sorry if you came to the shop and found yourself locked out or if you e-mailed us and thought we were ignoring you!
I will have a lot of catching-up to do when we get our power back.
If everyone can just be patient for a bit longer then in a few days all will be back to normal and I will SMELL a lot better, too!
XO,
Rhea at Alewives
PS We still held the Craft Swap last night, but we held it at an "alternative location." I have pictures but they will have to wait for the power, too!
Alewives has no power, which means I also have no power at my house.
We lost electricity in the big storm on Thursday night and have no idea of when it will be coming back.
Right now I am e-mailing from the parking lot of our little town's coffee shop because the bummer about losing your power (besides the no-heat/no-shower/ no-light thing) is that you can't TELL PEOPLE you have no power.
But, don't cry for me!
It has been (sort of) fun to bust out the candles and go to bed early and take it slow and socialize/commiserate with everyone else in the same position.
I am very grateful for neighbors and friends right now.
And very grateful that the only thing to have gone wrong was to lose power:
Our neighbors just across the street a bit have a big hole in their roof where a tree crashed through.
Thankfully, no one was hurt except the house.
Yes, I would say we got off very lucky, indeed.
I am thankful for everyone's patience and very sorry if you came to the shop and found yourself locked out or if you e-mailed us and thought we were ignoring you!
I will have a lot of catching-up to do when we get our power back.
If everyone can just be patient for a bit longer then in a few days all will be back to normal and I will SMELL a lot better, too!
XO,
Rhea at Alewives
PS We still held the Craft Swap last night, but we held it at an "alternative location." I have pictures but they will have to wait for the power, too!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Ah me...
When it rains it pours.
And it is raining AND pouring here like a...
...well, never mind.
We are all going to turn prune-y soon.
I didn't have time during the day to post pictures of our Mystery Quilt Class, but I will try to do it tomorrow.
In the meantime, here are some tidbits to keep you busy.
• I am closing the giveaway for the free spot in my Virtual Turning Twenty class a week from tomorrow on March 5th, so there is still time to enter.
• We have a giveaway coming up on Soulemama this weekend. Be there or be square.
• This is my wedding dress: but you have to click on the champagne color. It came in the mail the other day while I was at the store. I scurried into the bathroom to try it on and I love, love, love it. It is very me and will be fun to accessorize. Now I have begun the pre-wedding ritual of trying it on and prancing around the house when Ollie is not at home. Tell me I am not the only one who does this.
• Unbeknownst to me Jessica ordered her dress from the same place on the same day, but not the same dress. She had to send hers back, though, because apparently she has been a size 2 all along. I know because I measured her chest myself!
• Craft Swap is tomorrow night at 6:00. I can't wait to show you what I made this time!
• Made a tablerunner for our coffee table with some of my blocks from the Denyse Schmidt class. When Ollie came home he said he liked the new tablerunner. THEN he pleasantly shocked me when he said "It looks like one of those Denyse Schmidt quilts." I told him that was the sexiest thing he'd ever said to me.
• Got my own personal herd of turtles in the mail today. Will post about them soon(ish).
Okay, must go get my beauty sleep.
Gotta bring my A-game tomorrow night.
Talk to you all again soon!
XO,
Rhea
And it is raining AND pouring here like a...
...well, never mind.
We are all going to turn prune-y soon.
I didn't have time during the day to post pictures of our Mystery Quilt Class, but I will try to do it tomorrow.
In the meantime, here are some tidbits to keep you busy.
• I am closing the giveaway for the free spot in my Virtual Turning Twenty class a week from tomorrow on March 5th, so there is still time to enter.
• We have a giveaway coming up on Soulemama this weekend. Be there or be square.
• This is my wedding dress: but you have to click on the champagne color. It came in the mail the other day while I was at the store. I scurried into the bathroom to try it on and I love, love, love it. It is very me and will be fun to accessorize. Now I have begun the pre-wedding ritual of trying it on and prancing around the house when Ollie is not at home. Tell me I am not the only one who does this.
• Unbeknownst to me Jessica ordered her dress from the same place on the same day, but not the same dress. She had to send hers back, though, because apparently she has been a size 2 all along. I know because I measured her chest myself!
• Craft Swap is tomorrow night at 6:00. I can't wait to show you what I made this time!
• Made a tablerunner for our coffee table with some of my blocks from the Denyse Schmidt class. When Ollie came home he said he liked the new tablerunner. THEN he pleasantly shocked me when he said "It looks like one of those Denyse Schmidt quilts." I told him that was the sexiest thing he'd ever said to me.
• Got my own personal herd of turtles in the mail today. Will post about them soon(ish).
Okay, must go get my beauty sleep.
Gotta bring my A-game tomorrow night.
Talk to you all again soon!
XO,
Rhea
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Past, Present and Future
Past: some vintage goodies from my good friend Kay.
(And she sent COOKIES, too!!!)
Present: Some fabric I just got from Nina at SwankySwell.
I don't know what I am going to do with this, but I love, love love it!
Future: Something I am going to tell you about... LATER!
Have a good couple of days.
I will be back on Thursday with pictures from the Mystery Quilt weekend!
XO,
Rhea
(And she sent COOKIES, too!!!)
Present: Some fabric I just got from Nina at SwankySwell.
I don't know what I am going to do with this, but I love, love love it!
Future: Something I am going to tell you about... LATER!
Have a good couple of days.
I will be back on Thursday with pictures from the Mystery Quilt weekend!
XO,
Rhea
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Turning Twenty is full
Hello my ladies,
Virtual Turning Twenty is now full.
Thank you so much to everybody who responded so quickly.
To those of you who did not make it in, I will do it again, I promise!
Interesting tidbit:
The closest person to me who is taking the class lives in Freeport, Maine.
The farthest person from me who is taking the class lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Is the interweb crazy or what?
Anyhoo, just wanted to give you a heads-up.
Now I can start blogging about other things again!
XO,
Rhea
Virtual Turning Twenty is now full.
Thank you so much to everybody who responded so quickly.
To those of you who did not make it in, I will do it again, I promise!
Interesting tidbit:
The closest person to me who is taking the class lives in Freeport, Maine.
The farthest person from me who is taking the class lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Is the interweb crazy or what?
Anyhoo, just wanted to give you a heads-up.
Now I can start blogging about other things again!
XO,
Rhea
Friday, February 19, 2010
4 spots left!
Wowie- wee-wah!!!
What a 24 hours it has been...
There are only 4 spots left in my Virtual Turning Twenty class.
If you don't plan on winning one of the giveaways it would be advisable to pounce!
I just put up a button in our Turning Twenty section for easy class-purchasing.
Thanks to everyone who has signed up so far!
In other news, I am getting ready to go to bed, having a glass of wine and watching "Hud."
I have a thang for old movies and I am particularly fascinated by Patricia Neal.
(I think she is still alive, too!)
Signing off until after the weekend.
We are holding our first ever "Mystery Class" tomorrow and Sunday.
I promise to document!
XO,
Rhea at Alewives
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Virtual Turning Twenty Class!
She is up on the site!
Go take a look (scroll down to the bottom of the page: classes are listed in chronological order) and let me know if I have left anything out!
(And wish me luck!)
XO,
Rhea
PS I will leave the giveaway for the free seat in the Virtual Turning Twenty class up for a few more days, then choose a winner!
Go take a look (scroll down to the bottom of the page: classes are listed in chronological order) and let me know if I have left anything out!
(And wish me luck!)
XO,
Rhea
PS I will leave the giveaway for the free seat in the Virtual Turning Twenty class up for a few more days, then choose a winner!
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