:: sharing the love. . .

. . . with a 'buy-one-get-one-free' offer!

I just wanted to pop in to let you know that because our customers have let us know how much they love being able to get patterns in a downloadable PDF format. . . I've been keeping my nose buried in the computer screen & keyboard for the past week - so that we could expand our PDF pattern offerings from eleven patterns to thirty patterns!

Here's you chance to add to - (or start) your PDF pattern file - so that you can have your patterns ready to go (& not having to search for them all over your sewing room - or in bins!) when you are ready. . . & no waiting for the pattern to arrive in the mail (. . .& no shipping!)

. . . just sharing the love. . . ♥♥♥

♥ Bren

:: my word for 2014

It's not a 'romantic' word. . .

but as I started thinking of a word for 2014, I kept coming back to 'process'.

. . . & it made complete sense to me.

After choosing the word  'grace' for 2012. . . I actually kept it for 2013 as well.

I needed to.

As I focused on 'grace' in 2012 - I just felt that God was still teaching me much with that incredible word. & I felt like I needed to keep it for some more time, & as I look back onto 2013, I can now see that I did need to keep 'grace' in the forefront of my mind. (…& to be honest - it will be a word, & a reality that will stay there for the rest of my life.)

So. . . onto a new word for this year. . . & for me it's  'process'.

I thought of it, as it has been a word that I used with my students quite often when I taught art & design, & it reflects what I have learned to love & appreciate about the creative process. It reflects on learning to appreciate time. . . & the reality that it takes steps. . . (sometimes very tiny steps). . . to see something come to fruition.

But it also has come to mean to me so much more, as I've seen God working in my life. . . opening some doors, closing some others, & I've come to learn to be aware & to appreciate the steps that I am led to take each & every day. There are also some deeper, more personal ways that this word just felt so right for me for this year, that I hope to be able to share with you as the year goes on.

But for me - I am keeping my word for this year in front of me as much as possible. I've printed out the some graphics I have made with my word, & I taped one to my bathroom mirror (a much needed reminder). I also have one in my office & one as the background for my laptop. . . (for the screens that I use for designing software (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator…).

So. . . onward.

Time to take todays steps…

♥ Bren