Ok, so i will be the first to admit that my new "blogging" career is starting off on a snail's pace... as the old cliche goes - "so much to say, so little time". However, on the flip side - it took only the beautiful pictures of little maddie to pull me from my slump!! Having known and loved her mommy for what seems like forever (and in reality is over 10 years - pre-marriage, pre-diapers for both of us), i am amazed as i look into madeline's eyes now and remember how painstakingly i culled and picked through all of my fabrics to come up with just the right combination for her quilt. Laying it out, walking away, coming back, swiping it up and starting again.... and the run-on sentence (err, paragraph) of thoughts that were running through my head (really humorous visual actually, if you REALLY know me - think daydream bubbles by a cartoon head...) "hmmmm, it should be somewhat organic in feeling, loving the indian woodblock print idea, should mix it with small calicos and chambrey stripes, christie would love some shades of muted, denim-friendly blues, but i definitely want to incorporate some dusty pinks, so that it maintains a certain sense of "girliness" and modernity, it definitely needs hits of chenille for texture and coziness, and a really buttery handfeel, and on and on and on,...." It is a funny thing actually, what happens, when you tap into something you love, let some creativity ride and get wrapped up in developing something for a loved one (whether yours or someone else's).
Anyhow, I guess the ultimate hope is for a result the produces a heartfelt gift that will be loved for it's uniqueness (quirks and all) and therefore cherished forever.... and it is this little notion that urged me to take the leap and create "sugarbaby vintage" .....
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