Anybody wish you could clone yourself?

It's been a while.  That seems to be the start of most of my blogs lately.  I really have to get better at this I mean better.  I am sure the question on your mind is where have you been Kori!?  What have you been doing?  I have been a crazy person.  I wish sometimes that I had about 4 of me... One to be in the shop, one to do the online store and social media, one to be designing and last but not least a maid to clean the house.  I have had a great few months... taking the shop on the road mostly.  However I met some great people and see people that I love!  Will post pictures and write about my adventures later this week! Hope all is well... Kor

Goings on!

Well I sit here just finishing my lunch and thought it was time for a short and sweet blog entry!  I am still hungry...doing weight watchers!  I feel like the little train that could... I think I can I think I can!

Well anyway been a busy few weeks!  The cupid sale was successful and got rid of some bolts of fabric so I can move in the new stuff!  I am really excited Reunion yardage has come and Curious Nature by David Butler is here.  Mom and I are working on piecing quilts for quilt festival!  I really just wanted to let you know that I have put up the newsletter on the website so you can see what is going on!  Lots of good stuff to come.  I am really excited for this summer I found a BOM that I think is perfect for the shop and my customers... let me know what you think!  I hope all is well...

O'Savannah how I miss you...

Well hello there!  What ya doing?  Hopefully you are stitching away! I have been doing some stitching and in between there I have been working on the shop's Hog Herald and class schedule!  Finally DONE!  What a relief....

Two weekends ago I traveled with Josh down to Georgia. He played paintball with the guys and I went to see one of my bestie's Nicole, her husband Berry (my second brother) and KELLAN!  Sorry guys he is so darn cute I was excited to see you too!  My little nephew... Nicole and I may not be blood but in another life we were!  I had such a warm welcome and TRUE southern hospitality! They live in Bluffton, SC really close to Hilton Head Island...but then just about a half hour right over the bridge is my favorite place... SAVANNAH!  I tell people all the time it really was the best four years of my life... not counting the last few here in Ohio. If I am blessed enough someday to have a little girl I will tell her stories of what a magical place it is.  Savannah is the home of my Alma Mat re Savannah College of Art and Design!  So it holds a very special place in my heart.  When Josh got done doing guy stuff he met us in Savannah for Lady and Sons and the next couple days Josh and I explored.  There are so many great things down there.  We even visited Tybee Island and the ocean unfortunately it was very foggy.  Anyway on our long car trip I did a bunch of stitching!  I am doing a personal project this year... Sue Spargo's BOM!  I have the block done the only problem is I can't find my milliners needle to do all the stitches... I will find.  I want to stay ahead of the ball game and have a project done from the year I get married.  I know I am a cheese ball. 


Well friends I am going to go get the electronic Hog Herald out!  If you have a minute check out what's going on here at the shop on my website www.olivegracestudios.com... I think I may be tired in May!

2012

It's about time you blog Kori... I know but it always better to be late than never!

Happy New Year blogger friends... can you believe that it is 2012?  I am excited, nervous, excited, happy there are just so many words to describe how I feel!  The last time I blogged was back in October when we were in Atlanta for Country Living Fair as always that was quite a SUCCESS and I found my wedding dress when mom and I traveled to Houston for Quilt Market! November was busy as always Thanksgiving and our Holiday open house here at the farm and of course December was my favorite holiday... I made A LOT of cookies! I guess 3 days into January my list of what I have to do is growing very fast. I have a lot of fun things to share with you in the next few weeks like what I will be up to travel wise, wedding plans, and just normal everyday shop and sewing stuff!  I think that 2012 is going to be a very special year in both personal and business life...or at least I hope so.  I wish you all a very Happy New Year and will talk more soon... PROMISE Mom :)!

P.S. To my Aussie Auntie Elizabeth... mom and I miss you, where are you? Hope all is well :0)

Atlanta Bound...

Well hello there!  So it's October 15th where has October gone?  So since my last blog I have been getting ready for Country Living Fair South in Atlanta.. yes Georgia!  How I know this is the shop is a mess, there are stacks of boxes and crap laying everywhere, and the TO-Do list is so long I really don't know where to begin and I woke up with a migraine!  Life is GOOD!  No I mean really the migraine is a good sign it means that I am worried but for good reasons! The best part is this year I have GEORGIA pillows made (they need finishing) and Amy Barickman (http://amybarickman.com/blog/misc/country-living-fair/) will be back at the booth she is bringing some of her favorite patterns along with her book.  She is will be in and out of the booth through out CLF and she will be speaking on the main stage Friday and Saturday!

Dad is hauling pigs on Monday so that mean Monday evening we will be scrubbing that out and loading up all the goodies I have been working on.   We are leaving Tuesday morning and then we are on the road again for about 12 hours! My fav cousin Tiff will be joining me again to help and of course mom and dad.  Well I better get back to working on cutting or more important the GA pillows!  Hope to see you in Atlanta... oh the booth number is D22!

Country Living Fair 2011 Columbus Ohio PART 2

Hello Again!  Well today is part to of the Columbus Country Living Fair... It was as always absolutely great. I am still tired from last weekend.  Seems hard to believe that it was a week ago.  I wish I had more time to walk around and take pictures but at least I got a few!  The booth was always busy... without mom and dad I don't know what I would do!  My friend Judi came and helped and thank goodness and I can't forget about Josh!  He came on Friday to help out and we enjoyed BBQ for lunch.  All in all it was a great!  If you have never been to CLF you should really try to get to one they are pretty great.  I am excited I just got the fabric Little Apples from Aneela Hoey in and I plan on getting a quilt done for Atlanta along with some other fun stuff!  Hope you enjoyed the pictures and I promise to get a couple more blogs out before we depart for Atlanta.  I need to get products up on my new shopping site and somehow make time for a news letter!  We will see what happens... one thing at a time right!?

Josh Made this AWESOME Ribbon Rack!

Just need an "H"

Country Living Fair 2011 Columbus Ohio PART 1

So I was going through my pictures and decided to make this a two part blog!  The first group of pictures shows how crazy I have been and then the second part will show it all put together. I feel like I am a NASCAR driver put never get to stop... and if it was up to mom we wouldn't be sleeping now in the preparation to get ready for Atlanta... only about a month away... CRAZY!


Here are some of the pictures I took pre-show and the booth before it was pretty!  I had this thing about writing on my hand! These two quilt got finished and were very popular in the booth wait till you see them hanging up! 

It was such a whirlwind leading up to we got 2 quilts made and a slew of other things!  I just wanted to give you a sneak peek of what I did.  Then tomorrow I will reveal the booth and talk about what went down and what i am up to now!  Hope all is well... Kor