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| kreativeblonde |
Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 05:13:18 AM
Hey everybody,
I just popped out of my mountain of pink tulle (the parade is this saturday) to let you know that the woman who wrote "The Apron Book", EllynAnne Geisel will be speaking at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference next Thursday, June 28th at the Doubletree Inn (I think that's the right hotel) at 4pm. Tickets are $15.00.
I'm not sure how long she'll be speaking, but the workshops are usually about an hour +.
Okay,gotta run...
Amanda
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West |
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| katmom |
Posted - Jul 04 2007 : 11:21:51 PM
boy-o-boy, it better be one heck of a big martini!!!!
My craft room/stuff is all packed away. now I am having the fun task of going on line to update my magazine address's....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jul 04 2007 : 12:50:08 PM
Bless Your Heart Grace! You can do this!!!!!! Just need to get passed this bump.....tea time with farmgirls and martini's with Sisters on the Fly await you in WA!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
| katmom |
Posted - Jul 04 2007 : 11:52:37 AM
I can not believe how fast things are going.... I am suppose to be boxing up my craft room, am having a hard time,,,,panicked that I might want to do "1 more project" and my stuff will be all packed away. Going through with drawals as I sit here....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
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| kreativeblonde |
Posted - Jul 03 2007 : 5:42:18 PM
Grace, I'm sorry I didn't respond to your email. I have been super duper busy playing catch up and am just now starting to have time for "normal" life-whatever that may be :-).
For those of you that don't know Grace/Katmom got to meet Ellyn Anne in person a day or two after I did! You're so lucky!! I'm glad you got to meet her. Isn't she lovely and such a delight, too. She fits right in.
I'm happy for you that you've found a house! Somehow I don't think we'll have time to get together again before you leave. WAH!!
Amanda
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West |
| katmom |
Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 11:28:54 PM
Tracy,
You will enjoy The Apron Book.,,,,, & in the back is an envelope w/an apron pattren....
how kool is that!!!!!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
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| mommatracy |
Posted - Jul 02 2007 : 1:01:49 PM
I ordered the Apron Book on Amazon just yesterday and can't wait to get my hands on it. I just found out about this book on this website recently. Have loved aprons for years and have made several. Only recently discovered MJ's website and found that so many other ladies love them too. I have MJ"s books and mags and now with the Apron Book discovery I am in bliss. Any other books out there that I have missed that would be fun to add to my collection? Anything that involves hearth and home makes my list. Tracy |
| katmom |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 9:48:47 PM
Hey Amanda,
yep, we got a house,Spokane Wash....& we move on the 16th of July... yippeeee!
EllynAnne, keep those posts comming...oh & I luv your apron witascisim(I know, no such word!),
"Tie one on-Apron of course".....tooo cute!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
| kreativeblonde |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 4:56:26 PM
Well, look at you Ellyn Anne! Up to three posts! I think you might just be getting the hang of this :-)
It was wonderful to meet you!
And the really "funny" part was...one of the ladies I was sitting with(unbeknowst to me when I first started talking to her) was actually the mother of a really good friend of mine from, gulp, High School!! What a small world! I woke up thinking, "boy, I wish i'd exchanged info with her". Both she and her friend and I had similiar interests-aprons of course, and knitting. I would have liked to spend more time with them. Oh, well, once in the loop, they're bound to come back around.
Amanda
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West |
| Alee |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 09:28:52 AM
EllynAnne-
I am so glad you found this forum. Most everyone here owns at least one apron, if not more! It is amazing how many women here have great stories about their aprons :)
Nice to meet you! I hope you come to chat with us a lot!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
| EllynAnne |
Posted - Jun 28 2007 : 08:35:46 AM
Eight years ago, I never imagined the idea I was noodling - of aprons as storytelling vehicles - would develop so completely and change my life in the very best of ways. And then came the cherry on top, my very first blogging experience brings me face-to-face with the blogger herself at my very first writers' conference presentation! So many Firsts.
Thank you, Amanda, for your warm welcome into this forum of lovely and like-minded aproneers, and for coming to my presentation and sitting in the front row, yet!
xxea
Tie One On...an apron, of course! |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 11:26:39 PM
Amanda! Oh, how very exciting! Can't wait to see all the pictures and so glad you were able to make it and meet her!!!! I feel your excitment!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
"Cherish the memories and in our hearts they shall live forever"! |
| kreativeblonde |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 8:01:12 PM
I know. I know. There are just soooooooooo many pictures that it is going to take me a long time to put them all up and I need to start earlier in the day. I have also started working my new "summer schedule", so now i only work one job and get off by 2pm, however, i have found something to do everyday so far, so...the first chance I get, i'll put them up. I promise.
I'll let you know as soon as they're on.
Amanda
ps. did you find a house yet?
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West |
| katmom |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 7:51:52 PM
quote:
Originally posted by katmom
Hey Amanda,
you are so lucky to have been able to attend I wish I could have been there, but alas, I was up to my eyeballs-proof reading my final draft on a project I am completing before retiring.... thank goodness it's almost done!
So, quit lollygagging here @ MJF,,,,get to work on that blog of yours so we can see pic's from the Solstice Parade & EllenAnn's lecture....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
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| katmom |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 7:50:50 PM
Hey Amanda,
you are so lucky to have been able to attend. I wish I could have been there, but alas, I was up to my eyeballs-proof reading my final draft on a project I am completing before retiring.... thank goodness it's almost done!
So, quit lollygagging here @ MJF,,,,get to work on that blog of yours so we can see pic's from the Solstice Parade & EllenAnn's lecture....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
| kreativeblonde |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 7:13:00 PM
Check out her website! She's doing other things and speaking all over. Also, there is a travelling exhibit of aprons. Her website is: www.apronmemories.com
Amanda
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West |
| Alee |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 7:06:39 PM
Amanda- It sounds like you had a wonderful time!
And EllyAnne- Congrats on a successful lecture :) I was there in spirit, since it was just to far for me to drive :)
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
| kreativeblonde |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 6:47:48 PM
Hey everybody! I just got back from the workshop and WOW!! What a wonderful lady! I loved it... and she even pointed me out to the crowd and talked about MJ's website and how we were all talking about aprons. She had googled herself and had come across my posting. Can you believe that she had never posted anything before? We were her first post.
She is in need of stories regarding linens and silver. I recommended that she post her need for stories on here and in no time flat she'd have probably more than she'd need :-)
Oh, I have pictures!!!!!!!!! And yes, in case you were wondering, I did wear an apron. I took a bunch of them :-)
I'll post them on my blog-which I haven't updated in 3 weeks :-~. I'll put all of my parade pictures and the pictures of Ellyn Anne and myself on there too. Maybe on Sunday (if it's not too sunny and gorgeous), or sooner. Or maybe tonight, if I don't add any words, but what's the fun of that?!
What a wonderful down to earth southern lady she is. And funny, too. Someone you just want to sit down and have a cup of tea with and shoot the breeze.
Amanda
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West |
| mima |
Posted - Jun 27 2007 : 6:32:38 PM
Amanda! You have more fun than ANYONE i know!!!! You go girl!! Hugs! |
| kreativeblonde |
Posted - Jun 26 2007 : 5:48:13 PM
WoooooHoo! I can't believe it! I was just trying to decide between being an usher at a concert tomorrow (Gwen Stefani) or going to the writers conference to meet EllynAnne, well...this just decided it!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait! EllynAnne I WILL be there! I can't wait to meet you tomorrow. I may just have to bring an apron, too...hmm, now which one....?!
Amanda
PS. Sorry for all the explantion points...just VERY excited and happy:-)
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West |
| katmom |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 11:56:54 PM
Hey there EllynAnne,
like my darling friend, Maryjane Lee, I too posted on your 2nd posting, to welcome you.
How KOOOOOL!!!!!
p.s., if ya haven't already, check out my blog, go to the pic's of my blenders & you will see your book...
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
www.katmom4.blogspot.com |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 8:43:42 PM
Hello EllynAnne! I just wrote on your 2nd ever posting! So thrilled to see you on the farm! You are loved by so many here, and of course we love your apron book!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
"Cherish the memories and in our hearts they shall live forever"! |
| Alee |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 8:01:38 PM
Welcome to the Forum EllynAnne! So nice to meet you! I haven't read your book yet, but I plan to! Have you seen all of MaryJane's aprons? They are fantastic and sewn by fantastic women too!
Hugs
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora! |
| EllynAnne |
Posted - Jun 25 2007 : 7:43:34 PM
Hey! This is my first visit to a forum - first posting, too!
It's been five years since I attended the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and shared my "apron project," a curiosity and focus I'd been working on since 1999. I'll be back at the Conference this year, but this time as a presenter! My talk is titled One Homemaker's Apron Bender from Wistful Thinking to Published Reality.
If you're in the area, and you'd like to learn how The Apron Book came to be, I take the stage Wednesday, June 27 at 4 pm. This event is open to the public and tickets may be purchased at the Conference/Fess Parker Resort. Be sure to wear your apron!
xxEllynAnne
Tie One On...an apron, of course!
Aprons don't hold us back, they take us back. www.apronmemories.com
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| katmom |
Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 10:07:05 PM
hey Kathie,
you can still send me lots of presents!!! LOL!!!! LOL!!!! LOL!!!!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
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| Kathie |
Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 10:14:26 AM
ok.. whew!! I feel better JUST Hubbies birthday..
shhheeeeesssh.. thought i Missed a national event there or something.. whew.. i can breath now.. just.. finally relaxed enough.. wew.. thought iwas actually going miss YOUR Birthday Gracie!!
wow,.. palpitations here.. ok..Happy Birthday Wishes to you Hubby From me then!!!
& you all have a lovely Time this weekend!!!
In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself.. |
