Do-ins on the Farm

Do you ever feel like you will never catch up? That is how we have felt for the last 6 weeks. A successful trade show means for us (after the yipee's) is how are we going to get things made and out to all of you in a timely manner?

Well, we just dig in and get organized....we hope... and start making fripperies. It is a more than full time job for the 2 of us but a very satisfying one. However this summer has made it all a bit more challenging.

We have a had a VERY hot and humid summer, for us, in Southwest Wisco. While we can somewhat power through this our lasers cannot. The humidity gums them up and eventually we have found they just quit cutting with any kind of accuracy until it cools down.
While we can always find more to do it does not keep us on schedule.


One more fly in the ointment this summer has been Molly's Dad has been ill. He is fine now but it has cut into her work time. While this on its own is ok(she's a bit of a workaholic :) it has slowed us down and frankly made us reassess our priorities. Last winter and spring Kath's husband had some very serious health concerns as well, so we are realizing the Universe is telling us to pay attention.

Consequently, we are cutting down a bit on our travel schedule and coming up with ways to pay the bills and stay closer to home.

Vintage has always been our first love so we are finding ways to get back to that while still pumping out our adorable knitting and stitching notions. This September we are finally producing a long time dream; our very first Barn sale. We are calling it the "Barn Brocante". It will be in our amazing 150 year old barn on the workshop property September 17th. That's a Saturday from 9-4.


It is just an hour from Madison and Dubuque in the beautiful rolling hills of Wisconsin. Hope you all can come, celebrate (and shop ) with us at the start of a new dream, direction....

Kath and Molly
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