Category: Reflections
I know it has been awhile since I've written. However, we launched our camps last week and so I've been running from location to location filling supply needs, talking to parents and hugging kids! If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times....I have the best job in the world.
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Category: Events
Well, Miss Julia, Miss Elaine and I just got back from the National Needle Arts Association tradeshow in Columbus this past weekend. When you think of needle arts, I'm guessing you think of your quaint local yarn shop and dream of owning a sweet simple business like that one day. Well, let me tell you, 18 rows of vendors, thousands of people, jobs I'd never heard of and more products than you thought possible....that is TNNA.
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Category: Reflections
We recently held our first student exhibition showing off all the kids' needle arts projects that they made throughout the year. It was such a satisfying evening to see all these magnificent pieces displayed. I took great pride in these kids.....my kids, who transformed "holey" pieces of knitting into beautiful purple penguins or birds sitting on needle felted nests with eggs.
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Category: Reflections
When I first got into this business, I was what you might call a purist. All my materials had to be natural, no faces on the animals.......children were to use their imagination and the thought of goolie eyes was unimaginable. However in closing my classes last week and watching a mouse with the largest googlie eyes go out the door, I giggled at myself for some of my original ideas.
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Category: Events
One of my life's most rewarding experiences was getting to know Alexandra Flynn Scott. You may know Alex from Alex's Lemonade Stand, a little girl who at the age of 4 decided to raise money for cancer research. Today, several years after her passing, her foundation has gone on to raise $19 million dollars.
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