Monogrammed pajamas

Sweet Dreams!

larger monogram on pajama top

smaller monogram on pants cuff



The Boot Campaign

Get Inspired! The Boot Girls story will make you proud to be an American. They personify the grassroots, “let’s make something happen” spirit that is unique to our country. The Boot Girls are five women from across Texas who were inspired by Marcus Luttrell’s best-selling book Lone Survivor, which paints a very stark reality of the war in the Middle East. The Girls understood that our troops returning from war need our help, so they generated awareness by creating the “Boot Campaign” celebrity photo gallery picturing celebrities in combat boots. That effort became an instant success and gave life to the “Get Your Boots On” opportunity for all Americans to buy combat boots to “Give Back” to our military heroes.  (excerpt from The Boot Girls )


So “Get Your Boots On” to help show appreciation of our military heroes who serve and sacrifice everyday for our nation!

                                                       Stitchfork Got Her Boots On



Did you get your Derian?

Recently there has been a buzz about a

new John Derian line for Target stores. 

Simply Seleta wrote that she went

"a little crazy about the new stuff" 

This John Derian feather tray, along with my embroidered feather napkins, are headed to a log cabin setting. 

Perfect for a fall dinner on the porch overlooking the lake.

And this John Derian bee hive mug is for a

yellowjacket swimmer's caffeine pick-me-ups.

                                           (yellowjacket embroidered on a shirt sleeve)

Will you be headed to Target to collect some Derian of your own?  I'll send you my list, as my closest Target store was pretty much sold out of the line.

When Pigs Fly

Got my flu shot...

you???

It's a Pittsburgh Thing

First Ferris Wheel 1893

First Commercial Radio Station 1920 KDKA

First Ice Capades 1940

First Polio Vaccine 1954

First Public Television Station 1954

(Mr . Rogers real neighborhood)

First Nighttime World Series Game 1971

First Internet Emoticon—the smiley :-) 1979

Heinz Ketchup and Klondike Bars hometown

Pirates, Steelers and Penguins

Three Rivers

Two Inclines

and 446 Bridges

the city of Pittsburgh -officially the city with the most bridges in the world,

three more than former world leader Venice, Italy.

  

the ‘burgh!

Autumn Leaves

Fall Foliage

Funky Foliage

autumn apron and towels set

Wanted:

Unusual, Odd, Quirky, Ugly, Misshapen

Pumpkins and Gourds

The search begins for this years’ stacking.

Wait, what—you don’t stack yours??

This is last year’s stack.

I started the search too late in the season and the pickings were slim.

 

My good friend Mary at The Fork and The Road got me started on this.

You can see her search has already begun…

 On the agenda this weekend is a trip to some of the

local markets in search of fall harvest oddities.

A Fall Harvest embroidery gift basket for a charity auction

First Impressions

First glance at a set of initials to monogram can set the

tone for how the design process will flow.
M-M-R

Uh-oh.......All I’m thinking is the vaccine—

measles/mumps/rubella...measles/mumps/rubella….

 A bit of rearranging and…

...found the cure for measles/mumps/rubella

                      The gift-giver is happy.  The bride is happy.  The groom is happy.

                                                                         But….

                               In your best Sesame Street Elmo voice repeat after me:
                                   "Today’s monogram is brought to you by Mr. M"



Autumn Winds

The wind has picked up, leaves are starting to change colors, and fall is in the air. Sometimes it’s scary how fast time flies.

Put on your Boogie shoes — Halloween’s coming!

Fruit-of-the-Vine Monogram

Starboard  <——>  Port

left?   or   right?

Easy!
Remember: there is No Port Wine Left

Port = Left

Monogram Crowned

Uncle Walter, my mother’s brother, was the family historian. He researched and documented the Nelson family all the way back to the year 1030 AD. Uncle Walter said, “If you search far enough, everyone is descended from royalty.”

So every monogram does deserve to be crowned…

Our family tree has everything from kings, queens, saints, serfs, nuns, peasants, Vikings, a Ziegfeld girl and a bevy

of other characters throughout the centuries.

ribbit...ribbit...RIBBIT!

I was driving along a local road headed to the grocery store

with the list of items needed running through my head.

 (I have a tendency to leave behind the actual written

 list, plus coupons, on the kitchen counter.)

I glanced to my left and had to hit the brakes

when I saw this giant frog guarding

  the meter on the front lawn of a home.

This is one big, bodacious frog!

Wouldn’t you stop to look too?

One of these days I am going to

 have to find out if there is a story connected

to this “amphibian of the lawn”.

An amphibian-inspired towel set for

Kenneth’s bath time splashes.

Baby, oh baby!

Oh baby, lots of new babies!

Audrey's gift-set-giver requested pink, green and red. 

Wait...RED??!

Solution -- little red cardinals playing among

the pink and green design

Carter is monkeying around!

And Alex arrived Priority First Class!

"Babies are such a nice way to start people"

(Don Herold...American artist and humorist...1889-1966)

                                                   

Numbered

Labor Day Weekend

Summer days are numbered…

And so are the place settings!

Fire up the grill and enjoy the holiday weekend!

ps.....if anyone has seen the #7 and #8

individual ice buckets, please let me 

know so those two place settings can ice

down their beer beverage of choice

Denim Monogram

T + M + denim

TM has a great sense of humor

With this design I kept envisioning a scene from

the Wizard of Oz

So I took a second photo to send via email

Warning — if you do NOT like puns, stop reading now

Aunt + T + M

Auntie Em, Auntie Em…..

It’s embroidery — have fun with it!