Happy Pumpkin Festival weekend everyone! Whatever you're doing this weekend, hope you stay dry and enjoy family and friends.
****Thought for the day****
"Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't
start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while."
Kin Hubbard
Isn't that the truth! Have a great weekend everyone!
Blessings,
Tammy
It's raining, it's pouring.... you know the rest! The forcast here in the Midwest is for rain, 5 out of the next 7 days. Yeah! Great weather to stay in and SEW!
Well this picture was obviously taken on another day..... since it's raining and not shorts or convertible weather today! My buddy in his jersey and "long hair" (it's shorter now). I took this picture about a month ago, and today is the last KYFL game of the season, so "GO BLUE LIGHTNING!!!" Unfortunately it looks like it's going to be "just lovely" weather for the game tonight (she says sarcastically).
****Thought for the day****
"Every day, tell at least one person something
you like, admire, or appreciate about them."
Richard Carlson
Have a great day everyone, and try to stay dry!
God Bless,
Tammy
We've been so busy, I haven't had time to post! And, I'm not complaining trust me....
Sue helping out customers to find "just the right" Taddle box....
We are in the process of re-setting the store again so I'll put some pictures up when we're done.
Serious quilters! They were "Born to Quilt" and they have the tattoos to prove it!
Miss Sherry and Nan (aka; the Rock Star") takin' a much needed break....
****Thought for the day****
"Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers
leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen
as heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you.""
Max Lucado
The sunrises this time of the year are "breathtaking" here in the midwest. Autumn is my most favorite time of the year, although I get really excited when it snows for the very first time every year! I love winter too.
It's Pumpkin Festival weekend here in Sycamore and we have another bus of ladies coming on Saturday, so we are going to be workin' our tails off!! But we LOVE it! Come see us if you're in the area!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone and enjoy the colors!
God Bless you,
Tammy
This past weekend we held our very first bus shop hop and had a wonderful time. We participated with 7 other shops that all sent buses to us over a 2 day event. Here is our bus getting ready to leave. You can tell that it was very early in the morning. The sun wasn't even up yet!
....although we didn't see much of the sun for the 2 days! We had, not-so-fabulous weather, but great weather to ride on a bus with friends (old and new) and shop for FABRIC!!! Here is one of the visiting buses....
Welcome to Tammy Tadd Designs ladies!! We are so glad you're here! And no, everything I own isn't Pink and Green, but, I do prefer it.... we had a lady on the bus hop "the purple lady" (and you know who you are) who was not only wearing all purple, but had a purple wallet, a purple credit card and said she drives a purple car! I am VERY jealous!! I think I need a lime green car with a big pink daisy on the side, what do you think?
Nan, aka; Rock Star, or "the happy cutter", doing what she loves to do.... waiting on customers and cutting fabric! I'm kind of jealous about the pink cowboy hat, I gotta tell ya....
"Demo Girl" my mom. Showing ladies how to use a new product in the store; "Texture Magic" by Superior Threads. Check it out here.
More pictures soon!
****Thought for the day****
"Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends,
never lose a chance to make them."
Francesco Guicciardini
Have a great week everyone, and do something fun with a friend! Better yet, make a new friend!
God Bless,
Tammy
Yes, it's true.... all we do is PARTY!! At least it seems like it! But we always have good reason! Today is Miss Sherry's Birthday! WOOHOO!!! Would you believe she's 104 years old? Doesn't she look good for 104? Well preserved. Actually she's 54, but she hardly looks a day over 29 right? Right!
So we decided we needed to have a surprise party for her last Friday night. But, not just ANY party, an "old lady" party! Since most of us are around the same age. With the exception of a few.....
So, everyone was told to come dressed in their best "old lady attire". Here is Kris (Sherry's daughter-in-law) Mary Lynn and Mindy looking quite stylish....
Laura came claiming she had no old lady clothing, so we naturally found her something and helped her stuff it nicely don't you think? (p.s. Happy Belated Birthday Laura! Hope it was great.)
And this lovely lady is Violet, our accountant.... NICE!
Nancy, looking quite lovely as well.....
Mindy, never lovelier......
Now, Diane looks quite sophisticated doesn't she? Way too much class for this party!!
Laura and friend.... actually those were Sherry masks we all had to hold up in front of our faces.
And the innocent-by-stander, Haley. She was just observing it all. Doesn't this look on her face say "yeah, these ladies are crazy, but hey there's lots of food, so I think I'll hang out awhile, just don't make me put on any of those crazy clothes!"
Hiding, waiting for the Birthday girl to arrive!
Shhhhhhh! I think she's here.....!
Another little surprise for her ....!
We had all of her favorite things!! Those are Diet Mountain Dew shots! And what's a party, without steamed vegetables! YUMMMMM....
We played games..... which she LOVES to do....
Look how serious her team was about winning. Come on, how serious can you be when your team mate is wearing a bra on the outside of her clothes?
And, PRESENTS!!! Here Laura is helping her install one of the Bumpits that she got.... I'm not gonna lie ta ya, there was a lot of jealousy created from this gift. We all wanted one!
And a hot pink t-shirt from her favorite pretzel place, JO-JO's! That Bump-it hairdo is stunning don't you think?
And, last but certainly not least was the Snuggie in pink of coarse! And let me say, another coveted-by-many-party-guests gifts. I've heard these things are becoming all the rage!! So, she is in HIGH FASHION now!
Let me just go on record saying, you girls who have big chests.... I don't know how you get anything done! Not only were these (extremely natural looking) "costume enhancements" in my way, but they were HOT! And, I don't mean in a good way either! You can't tell from this angle but I also had a rather beaudacious booty too, that was constantly knocking into everyone. And, the hair.... well what can I say.... I think my hubby was a little frightened when he saw me!
****Thought For The Day****
from Healing Through Humor
Advantages of aging;
* Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
*People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
*Your secrets are safe with your friends
because they can't remember them either.
*Your supply of brain cells
is finally down to a manageable number.
*No one expects you to run into a burning building.
*There's nothing left to learn the hard way.
*Your joints are more accurate than
the National Weather Service.
*In a hostage situation,
you are likely to be released first.
Happy Birthday "Wild Girl"! I love you. Wouldn't know what to do without you.
Have a great week everyone!
God Bless,
Tammy
Congratulations to our blog give away winners!! We have drawn the names, and the winners have been notified!
Barb G., Linda S., Chris D., Bobbie C., Karen S., and Mary W., you have all been sent your very own copy of our newest pattern "Winter Woolies". And, as I promised autographed by my mommy!!!
Thanks for participating everyone!
****Thought for the Day****
"I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge
than the man who sold it."
Will Rogers
Got my Michael Miller Rep coming today. Can't wait to see new fabric! Have a wonderful day everyone!
God Bless,
Tammy
If you don't know by now, we had our Quilt Sampler Top 10 Shop celebration party this past weekend. We had so much fun! Ladies were lined up and ready to shop as soon as we opened the doors!
We have just started having our own re-useable bags printed in an effort to go a little more "green" (and pink). So we gave away bags to the first 100 customers. The bags will sell for $2.50 (cost) and anyone who brings them back when they visit the store will get their name entered in a drawing that we do twice monthly for a store gift certificate.
Terry Atkinson from Atkinson Designs (I call her "the Yellow Brick Road lady") was our guest for the day. She is one of the nicest people I've met in the quilting industry. We had dinner together Saturday night with her and her hubby Kirk. They visited Chicago after they left Sycamore. See Terry's blog for highlights!
We had GREAT demos. She makes it looks so EASY. And we learned "ZIPPERS ARE NO BIG DEAL!"
We had a few men too!
My mom made an appearance and "worked the crowd". Doesn't she look GREAT!!
One of our frequent shoppers had to show us her bag made from our charm squares that are free to our customers whenever they visit the store.
The Hostess with the Mostest! Our events planner Mindy who coordinated this event and made it so successful! Great job Min!
Our ladies here at TTD, all made treats to share as well. I'm tellin' ya, I have the greatest employees ever! AND, they're all great cooks! DELICIOUS!!!
So, all in all, we had a FABULOUS day! If you would like to see more pictures from the Quilt Sampler photo shoot, go to the slide show at their website. A HUGE thank you to all of our customers who attended our fun day.
****Thought for the Day****
"To be successful, the first thing to do is
fall in love with your work."
Sister Mary Lauretta
Amen to that! I'm so thankful that I get to do what I love!
Have a great week, God Bless,
Tammy
Just in case you didn't get enough of the cake decorating 101 pictures, here are a few more....
Here we are (me and Haley) preparing our bags of frosting and practice boards. So we can start slammin' out the stars, shells and circles. This was my first attempt at baking and frosting my own cakes. At least the way the "professionals" do it. So if they are a little lopsided, you'll know why. I'm thinking to really bake a great cake, you gotta really like what you're doing. I can't say that I really like baking cakes. But I DO like eating them!!!
I'm very serious about this cake decorating, can you tell? Actually, at this point, I just wanted to be DONE with it, and go home and take a nap. Afterall, it was Sunday afternoon! You can just see the corner of Haley's cake here. Her's was a "baseball" theme she made for a really special boy named Wyatt who was having a birthday.
So here it is. My very first decorated cake. I bet you could have picked my cake out of the whole bunch with no trouble. The color scheme is kind of a dead give away isn't it? You know I think I even dream in pink and green! Not really, just kidding. But I do like it a lot. Big surprise right?
Now, if you want to see a beautiful cake, look at this one. The local bakery here Sweet Dreams Desserts made our cakes for our party this weekend and they turned out so cute. Not only do their cakes look good, they taste fantastic! Their frosting is the best I've ever had. It's like the whipped cream filling inside SuzyQ's! YUM!
And look what they sent us as a special gift!! Do they know me or what? Look at these fabulous cookies! This is why we send customers to them all the time. You girls are the greatest! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I'm not going to be loosing any weight this way am I?
Ok, this is your last reminder, everyone.... if you haven't yet left a comment this weekend, now is the time. We are giving away 6 free copies of our newest pattern "Winter Woolies" (see Friday's post). All you have to do is leave a comment on any one of the posts this weekend and we will enter your name in a drawing to win. You have until midnight tonight.
****Thought For The Day****
"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."
Mark Twain
Have a great Holiday everyone!
God Bless,
Tammy
Check out this new line American Retro from Baum Textiles. We just got it in the store. I LOVE it!! The cherries fabric is great, but I kinda fell in love with these florals and dots too.
Lucious! Just lucious. Don't know what I want to do with these yet, but they are screamin' my name, and they'll be gone after this weekend. I'd better get some NOW!
Look how adorable these little Taddle Boxes are. I'm drooling over them!
Don't forget to leave a comment if you haven't done so already. See Friday's blog post and read all about it. You can enter to win our brand new pattern Winter Woolies. We'll choose 6 lucky winners who will win their very own personally autographed copy by my mom! She doensn't know that yet.... I actually just thought of it..... but it's a great idea don't you think? After all, I couldn't do any of this without her. "I love you mommy!"
****Thought For The Day****
"There's no way to be a perfect mother
and a million ways to be a good one."
Jill Churchill
Amen to that! This is the day that the Lord has made!
Have a blessed one,
Tammy
Monroe! Yep, that's her name. Isn't she too stinkin' cute? I happened to go downstairs to take some photos for the blog and there she was shopping with her mom. Her dress and hair bow caught my attention immediately. And with her dark hair and skin she looked like she could be a model for a kidswear line.
It's a good thing that I just filled up the jellybean jar for the weekend! After all there oughta be some kind of reward for all that hard work shopping.
Miss Sherry helped her out with a big handful.
Now, don't forget you guys.... if you haven't left a comment yet, leave one this weekend to enter our drawing for the "Winter Woolies" pattern. We'll let you know the winners next week.
****Thought For The Day****
"There are no seven wonders of the world
in the eyes of a child. There are seven million."
Walt Streightiff
Isn't that the truth! Have a "wonder" filled day everyone!
God Loves You!
Tammy
