Woo Hoo Columbus....!
We had such a fabulous show in Columbus that I wanted to share some pictures with you. We got the call about vending this show about 2 weeks prior to "show time" and we scrambled here at TTD to get ready to go. I have the most fabulous girls that work for me. They were all "on board" and stepped up to the plate immediately! Thanks to all of my girls, you guys are the greatest!
And speaking of "Fabulous Ladies"; those NQA ladies really know what they are doing. This show was, without a doubt, THE most organized, well run show I have ever vended at. From start to finish it went smoothly. Set up times were assigned, and they got you in and unloaded (thanks to all of the local young people volunteers) in about 30 minutes. Tear down went just as smoothly. They gave you numbers for loading and they got us in and out in record time! BRAVO NQA! Great Job! I wish all of my shows were this well run.

We met so many wonderful ladies at this show (like always)! Quilter's are the best, aren't they? These three beautiful girls (pictured with Flat Sherry and Flat MaryLynn) are my new friends; Bernadette Davis, Nancy Brewster, and Debbie Collins. They promised they were going to make a little "roadtrip" to visit our store. It is kind of a DRIVE for them but I promised them they could stay overnight at Miss Sherry's house, and she wasn't there to argue about it (she was back at the store, holdin' down the fort)! Thanks Ladies, you were so much fun!
"WHO" you may ask, is "Flat MaryLynn" and "Flat Sherry"? Well, if you know the story of "Flat Stanley", you'll understand. MaryLynn is our "show girl" who doesn't work here at TTD, but travels to do shows with us. Well when MaryLynn can't do a show with us, we have her "flat" counter part that travels with us.
This time, we had to make a flat Sherry too. This is only the 2nd show in 7 years that Miss Sherry hasn't been able to go with us. Let me tell you, she was sorely missed! We found ourselves quite often asking the question; "what would Sherry do?" or "what would Sherry say?" We have come to depend on her so much.
In order for me to go to this show at the last minute, Sherry and Deanna had to go do a guild program for me that I couldn't be here for. It sounded like they had a wonderful time with the ladies from the Pride of The Prairie Quilters in Plainfield, Illinois. Thanks so much to those ladies for allowing me to be at this show and welcome our ladies with open arms. I appreciate your willingness to be so flexible.
Well, that's all for now. More pictures of "the adventures of Flat MaryLynn and Flat Sherry", to come. Also, I bought some fabulous new projects at the show that I will have to share with you soon. One is a wool appliqued quilt and the other one is a stitchery project of Victorian Ladies that I have the perfect red toile fabric to go with! I am SO excited!! And I am determined that they are not going to become another UFO!
Speaking of UFO's....thought you might enjoy this;
****Thought for the day****
My therapist insists that the way to achieve true
inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today,
I have finished two bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake
.... I feel better already!
Have a blessed day everyone!
Tammy


Sherry, what a goof ball. She's always posing for pictures. This one is pretty mild compared to alot of other shots I have of her.






Portland is a beautiful city. We saw all kinds of people. I don't know about you, but I LOVE to "people watch". I am not really sure why? Maybe because some people are just so interesting looking.... like this guy. I didn't want to get any closer because I didn't want him to know I was taking his picture! But I think you can figure this out.... obviously it was HOT there, but this guy is taking it a bit to the extreme. He has no shirt on, as you can see. Those light green shorts that he is sporting, are HIS BOXERS, and the red pants, are really shorts that he has slung so low that they go down to his ankles! 


Aren't these the prettiest little hydrangeas. My oldest daughter Olivia sent them to me. She knew she would be gone for the weekend so she sent them through the mail. I was impressed that they were in such good condition for being mailed! 
So here is another sneak peek! This was truly a long day! For our photographer too. We had him worn out by the time we were done. You know how women are.... we had to have everything placed just right. I think he thought he was going to come in and shoot everything in a couple of hours!