Cupcakes, Quilt Alongs and Some Fur

If you're out and about this weekend, just wanted to let you know that some new goodies featuring some familiar designs have landed at Michaels Craft Stores! This time around, the assortment includes my new favorite thing...cute cupcake wrappers! Don't you want your cupcakes to match your quilts?!

There are also a bunch of fun stationery items like note pads, notecards, sticky notes, clothespins, chubby pens, journals and even emory boards. That's right, emory boards. You can whip one out of your handbag at your next quilt guild meeting and be the envy of all your friends (well, maybe)!

Also just wanted to let you know about the Friendship Quilt Along that Moda is hosting.

It starts this Monday the 18th and continues through March 1st. You'll have a chance to win lots of prizes while collecting a total of 28 different 9" quilt blocks. Moda's blog post on March 1st will give a setting option to make a quilt using some of the blocks. So grab a button...

... tell your friends, mark your calendar and please join us. It'll be fun and will brighten these last couple weeks of February! Here's the blogging/hopping schedule:

feb 18th

Barbara Brackman

Basic Grey

Blackbird Designs

feb 19th

Bonnie- Cotton Way

Brigitte- Zen Chic

Anne- Bunny Hill

feb 20th

Camille- Thimbleblossoms

Deb Strain

Eric & Julie Comstock

feb 21st

Jan Patek

Joanna-Fig Tree

Jenn Ski

feb 22nd

Kaari-French General

Lynne-Kansas Troubles

Me!

Whew, you'll have the weekend to rest — or sew the blocks you've collected this far!

feb 25th

Kathy Schmitz 

Edyta- Laundry Basket

Lauren & Jessi Jung 

feb 26th

Lisa- Primitive Gatherings

Malka Dubrawsky

Me & My Sister

feb 27th

Minick and Simpson

Pat Sloan

Sandy Gervais

feb 28th

Sweetwater

Stephanie Ryan

Vanessa Christenson

march 1st

The Cutting Table

For anyone following along, there is also a flickr group that you can join to share the blocks you've made! We'd love to see :)

Finally, i know i've been a little lax about Furry Friday, but that's because *every* day is a furry day on Instagram! It's a little overboard, but i can't help it. So if you need a daily dose of fur (or hourly as it may be), please join me over there.

Have a wonderful weekend!

xo,

kate

Surprises

In the July newletter, i let subscribers in on a little secret about a new collaboration and told everyone to keep their eyes peeled for new products this August at...

Yippee!! I'm so excited to be working with my fabulous partners at International Greetings to bring some colorful stationery and organization items to Michaels craft stores.

But guess what? I found out from one of my wonderful newsletter readers that they were already in her local store about two weeks ago! Maybe they're in your store too? If so, and if you want to roll your sleeves up and dig through the giant overflowing baskets of fun, you may come up with some of these goodies:

Notecards, magnetic notepads, pocket notepads, file folders, list pads, chunky pens, luggage tags and even emory boards! Great for back-to-school, party favors, or just to toss in your bag, keep by the phone, stick to the fridge...whatever!

And if there are any Fandango fabric lovers reading this..Michaels is also carrying these supercute desk items in the home office aisle:

Know what else shipped early? Precuts for Terrain! Exciting!

I found out from someone on Twitter. The bright side of not knowing when things are going to happen (exactly) is that it's a surprise for me too (and i love surprises)! So thank you for keeping me in the loop :)