christmas in july

gosh, i've been away from this space for too long (there's a story to be shared once i am able to find a way to make all of the magical bits translate into words...if you can't wait, you can find beki's eloquent version, here)! the end of july has just crept up so sneakily. how does that always happen? this time last year, i had sent a little bit of my heart (in the form of some sweet little felt christmas goodies) off in box to the always amazing amanda in asheville. a couple of weekends ago, a little piece of me returned in a big way...a copy of Fa La La La Felt (from kathy sheldon, no less!) hand-delivered by jade (miss craft hope, herself!)!!!



my little gingerman on the spine of this book just makes me ridiculously happy. i want to see 20 books lined up on my bookshelf with 20 of those little guys looking back at me.

the book should be in stores next week starting august 3rd. sew mama sew is doing a whole week of "christmas in july" beginning today. there will be interviews with some of the designers from Fa La La La Felt (i'm up today!) and also free pdf's to download (my "sweet trio" project is up today!). of course, 5 copies of the book will be given away (thank you, lark books!) along with a fantastic bundle of felt (thank you, sew mama sew!).



go on. what are you waiting for? christmastime is indeed the stealthiest creeper-upper of them all!

oh...please do come back later on, too. i was supposed to have a new little christmas-y project ready to share with you all, but so many of us know how that all goes! i'm working on it now, though. that little gingerman's sugar friend wants to be in the spotlight a bit, too.