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Happy New Year!

It hardly seems possible that we have zipped through 2009 and are entering 2010 already.  The entire year was very busy and we were so happy to have met so many of you at the (too many!) shows we went to last year.  This year we are going to fewer shows so we can to pay attention to designing new goodies for you. 

However, we are now scurrying around the studio sending out TONS of orders from our Retiring Patterns Sale and trying to get ready for Road to California in Ontario, California in just 10 days.  The whole studio is a wreck but clearing out the older designs will give us much needed space to bring in new goodies…..Yay!

CampbellWorkingHere is Campbell helping out as we work around her getting ready.  She is a great supervisor!  We will be ready to go to our shows this year with help from Campbell and Mackenzie.

Have a wonderful, healthful and successful new year! 

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  1. Hi Tina and Robin!
    Hope this finds you well. Mom, Janet and I can hardly wait to see you at the Phoenix show at the end of Jan.

    Love ya and see you very soon.

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