tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70148685636330835722024-03-13T17:56:11.718-05:00City Chic Country MouseCity Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-16233959453185840652014-04-15T14:26:00.000-05:002014-04-15T14:27:14.921-05:00Baby News!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wow, it's been nearly a year since our last post! Unfortunately I can't promise that we will be better about blogging since we will have another distraction arriving very soon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's right, baby #2 will be here sometime in early May! It's a boy this time! Lucy will be sharing her room so we made it a bit more neutral. We are continuing with the woodland theme and put up these awesome birch trees and birds from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/InAnInstantArt?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">InAnInstantArt.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our apologies for not keeping our blog up to date, but the good news is that you can find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CityChicCountryMouse?" target="_blank"><i>Facebook</i></a> (keep your eye out for weekend flash sales!) and<i> <a href="http://instagram.com/lucyjunesmama" target="_blank">Instagram</a></i> (username is lucyjunesmama). Hope all is well and Happy Sewing!</span><br />
<br />City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-34445974983400578892013-05-16T05:50:00.001-05:002013-05-16T06:05:01.964-05:00Pop-up Shop in NE Minneapolis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you are in the Twin Cities area, be sure to stop in at the pop-up shop. We'll have aprons, ironing board covers, oven mitts and towels, as well as a few other items not available in the shop. I stopped in yesterday and Tara from <a href="http://adayinprovence.com/" target="_blank">A Day in Provence</a> is transforming the wonderful studio space into a beautiful shop, I couldn't believe all the colors and fun things. I have my eye on a pink high chair from <a href="http://www.ohmylittledears.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Amanda</a>, I think little Lucy would approve =)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There will be lots of things to do with <a href="http://nemaa.org/art-a-whirl" target="_blank">Art-A-Whirl</a> going on, check it out!</span></div>
<br />City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-49722205945784863302013-04-11T10:59:00.000-05:002013-04-11T10:59:22.371-05:00Color in the Sewing Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We enjoyed a beautiful (and delicious!) cake that Country Mouse brought for Easter. Lucy's first Easter! I didn't get a great picture of her showing her whole outfit (regretting that!), but she looked like the cutest little Easter egg (it had pretty stripes on the bottom). I don't normally have her in dresses, but she was so darn cute in this I think she might be wearing more during summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Guess we should put that on our sewing to-do list! <i>Anyone have suggestions for some cute patterns or tutorials for girls? </i>We'd appreciate your suggestions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week we are working on putting together something special for <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/CityChicCountryMouse?ref=si_shop" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">the shop</span></a> for your Mother''s Day shopping. We hope to have things in the shop before the end of the week. We'll announce it on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CityChicCountryMouse" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Facebook page</span></a>, so if you want to be the first to know be sure to check out our page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Warmest Spring wishes to you! xoxo</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We kept it pretty simple because the little girl still sometimes only naps for a half hour and it's a bit difficult to focus on anything complicated in that short time frame. If you want to get fancy you could embroider the front or do an appliqué. </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">12 x 12 fabric (front)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">12 x 12 fabric (back - we used chenille for ours)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 - 15 inch long ribbons</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">bib template - you can download ours here: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/udjv5szln2hqs28/Valentine%20Heart.pdf" target="_blank">Bib Pattern</a> (let me know if this doesn't work - this is the first time I've used a pdf on the blog).</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">disappearing ink marker (to draw your embroidery design)</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Once you start, it's hard to stop, they are so quick to make and very forgiving if you have a lot of interruptions - such as a baby that will only take short naps!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's been quite some time since our last post! Time really does go by so much faster when a baby comes along. It's been six months since baby Lucy arrived and our lives changed (for the better!). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm not going to lie and pretend everything was rosy and wonderful....the first three months were much harder than I could have imagined - anyone else experience a colicky baby? Our "unhappy" hour was from about 4pm - 7pm every evening (lots of crying!). Our coping method was to go outside for long walks, because being outside with a screaming baby is much better than being inside. And thank goodness for grandma (Country Mouse) - lots of help with cooking, cleaning and holding a crying baby.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Luckily, Lucy has grown into a happy (and most importantly healthy) 6 month old. She is growing and changing every day. At the moment she loves to practice her newest noise - screeching! It's a lovely thing to have her practice when we go out to eat :) Oh and her laugh, it's the cutest....really nothing compares to a baby laughing, such a sweet sound.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of our goals for the new year is to sew a few things for ourselves (well, let's be honest - mostly for baby Lucy!). And we plan to share those projects here on our blog. Here's a little peek at something in progress on our messy craft table:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">we'll have to see if Daddy is up to the challenge of bringing her!</span></div>
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<br />City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-79876213453034515492012-09-13T11:08:00.000-05:002012-09-13T11:10:22.910-05:00The Nursery....finally!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Our little girl has been here for 4 weeks already! Time is flying by, but we are enjoying every minute with her. </div>
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Grilled Shrimp and Arugula inspired by <a href="http://chicago.menupages.com/restaurants/cafe-nordstrom/menu" target="_blank">this salad</a> from the Cafe at Nordstroms, I used <a href="http://foodandspice.blogspot.com/2008/05/polenta-croutons-with-parmesan.html" target="_blank">this recipe</a> for the croutons</div>
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<br />City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-46138999037549229052012-03-30T12:25:00.002-05:002012-03-30T12:25:00.093-05:00It's a Girl!!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHFSvg4sxA8O9E842-bp8A6CG9CkxukE5Ft39xKEg6Gbrw2pYgViw5pu4LSyoKZ3HD_RNF1if8qJEsi0YMmQSDT-F3hK3hZrL7p36UiXnIQE1gXkJDIUsIbqQZNF772W69PPpOB5djITH/s1600/My+Baby+Sweaters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHFSvg4sxA8O9E842-bp8A6CG9CkxukE5Ft39xKEg6Gbrw2pYgViw5pu4LSyoKZ3HD_RNF1if8qJEsi0YMmQSDT-F3hK3hZrL7p36UiXnIQE1gXkJDIUsIbqQZNF772W69PPpOB5djITH/s400/My+Baby+Sweaters.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Country Mouse could not believe the news when I told her! Yes it's true - we are going to have a little girl join us in the sewing room! Boy or girl, the most important thing is for the baby to be healthy, so we really weren't setting our hopes on either one. But when we found out it would be a little girl, we just couldn't believe it!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-67083006426062413612012-02-24T10:20:00.001-06:002012-02-24T10:20:00.869-06:00Oh Baby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlhLyWtHa7ewFlRQxIpl345DOV5xg6ae1vef84ohLKSbc4duNTfLzqpKaoFBalg1CQv6vT-oGyWN5ZAIyFi0lWpTBpWyv_F7OIKTvVx6KSU3nOBGgq8G4oIiHPOrIRxZo5QLptB64gKaq/s1600/Baby+Pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlhLyWtHa7ewFlRQxIpl345DOV5xg6ae1vef84ohLKSbc4duNTfLzqpKaoFBalg1CQv6vT-oGyWN5ZAIyFi0lWpTBpWyv_F7OIKTvVx6KSU3nOBGgq8G4oIiHPOrIRxZo5QLptB64gKaq/s1600/Baby+Pic.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's finally time for us to share our exciting news: Country Mouse is going to be a grandma by early August! I'm almost 18 weeks along and things are going great. A bit tired so this explains the lack of posts and new items in the shop. But we are still sewing! Just taking our time with everything. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CG8caSAO3iL3SPOQSXbXDJcp43sMdx0vWeD7a_LKdQAbEJFe6BeKlYRLjoNq-w7wUS4kE-7HlsGd7qmTjIA8Eev15PSK9_NH_oUAv8U_xomPByv2PBeN7FD3sjPhV1UBkV8OdV8SE_Yv/s1600/Baby+Room+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2CG8caSAO3iL3SPOQSXbXDJcp43sMdx0vWeD7a_LKdQAbEJFe6BeKlYRLjoNq-w7wUS4kE-7HlsGd7qmTjIA8Eev15PSK9_NH_oUAv8U_xomPByv2PBeN7FD3sjPhV1UBkV8OdV8SE_Yv/s1600/Baby+Room+1.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We ordered the crib so once we have that things will start coming together. And soon we'll find out if it will be a boy or girl. It's been really interesting to hear everyone's predictions based on what I'm eating, what my skin is doing, etc. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-14258765532287378012012-01-20T09:30:00.001-06:002012-01-20T09:30:02.252-06:00Handmade Gifts<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Country Mouse and I do our best to shop handmade during the holidays. Now that the holidays are over and we don't need to keep our gifts a secret, we thought we would share them with you...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJ8jCuUkptfVHqvqMHVAkvimAqo7px1cifmXarQTHKn80kwfTYuCSBG6zgQDyCuaEBLkcNl8KGewm0-F0xwbbELxonpwXWSl2nd-FNnwniMRRgBb2KtGcBChOUTSlhx54FiCsUNIxPBdO/s1600/vknit+gloves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJ8jCuUkptfVHqvqMHVAkvimAqo7px1cifmXarQTHKn80kwfTYuCSBG6zgQDyCuaEBLkcNl8KGewm0-F0xwbbELxonpwXWSl2nd-FNnwniMRRgBb2KtGcBChOUTSlhx54FiCsUNIxPBdO/s640/vknit+gloves.jpg" width="529" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Did you receive a handmade gift over the holidays? </div><div style="text-align: center;">We'd love to know! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-67525428507822402832012-01-06T10:00:00.001-06:002012-01-06T10:00:06.982-06:00It's a New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmp2B5GZBHlk8Ke5Alks2xaCyGVObxxV3_6zGk5eMyyOkdgTtBiqTfLCfIOsODYTVNemfLCag0_pDHuUot8e2rhDx9pGqwskDFf4wbvN4xqTx5PD5GWuJvFkLNyWnt472VEnnN784j2yF/s1600/2012+New+Year+Walk+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmp2B5GZBHlk8Ke5Alks2xaCyGVObxxV3_6zGk5eMyyOkdgTtBiqTfLCfIOsODYTVNemfLCag0_pDHuUot8e2rhDx9pGqwskDFf4wbvN4xqTx5PD5GWuJvFkLNyWnt472VEnnN784j2yF/s400/2012+New+Year+Walk+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Country Mouse had everyone over for a lovely Prime Rib dinner on Christmas Eve. Then we traveled to the lake to have Christmas Day dinner at the cabin. Lots of food and good times. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our furbabies enjoyed all of our guests as well. They had lots of attention, snuggling, and long walks. Oh and I received the most beautiful handmade gifts from Country Mouse, I can't wait to show you!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Did you have a good holiday? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-80765126605077503822011-12-02T07:42:00.000-06:002011-12-02T07:42:19.857-06:00No Coast Craft-o-Rama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKl0fH-P6lPJxrHuQm0pKBtSVSW84H_Jx-XZtVBDeq3p7BId_vXoO39NOfavVN4Lo9vb7YA6grFPXSaLKsKXwG4Ux8ZRQ-k02fhnQg9hOpwtf9XcsFeKNUB9ebbL0SO3aZdmF3t3SpKai/s1600/NoCoast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKl0fH-P6lPJxrHuQm0pKBtSVSW84H_Jx-XZtVBDeq3p7BId_vXoO39NOfavVN4Lo9vb7YA6grFPXSaLKsKXwG4Ux8ZRQ-k02fhnQg9hOpwtf9XcsFeKNUB9ebbL0SO3aZdmF3t3SpKai/s640/NoCoast.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hope to see you there!</span></div>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-889642392192447532011-11-24T09:10:00.000-06:002011-11-24T09:10:37.076-06:00Thanksgiving Morning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZN912R-4RwT8G6rcg8MuRDk3WMraWOfMDjrVCsgCbDJIV18rbQPLfdlBqo5wZWkeKJD6k8NAafwEMekRGLxN3i4CS1ah66-zCVx61S4MgE3vkyAP2xtIIxLd2CHOGVcC1HkXdIQrxOUP/s1600/Thanks+Walk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZN912R-4RwT8G6rcg8MuRDk3WMraWOfMDjrVCsgCbDJIV18rbQPLfdlBqo5wZWkeKJD6k8NAafwEMekRGLxN3i4CS1ah66-zCVx61S4MgE3vkyAP2xtIIxLd2CHOGVcC1HkXdIQrxOUP/s1600/Thanks+Walk.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hello friends, Happy Friday! Country Mouse and I have been busy sewing and getting new items ready for the holiday season coming up. We really do not like to think about the holidays too far ahead because this means the arrival of winter and snow in MN, but we like to have goodies ready in our shop for all of you who plan ahead with your shopping :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We also have a fun crafty announcement... Country Mouse and I are the <a href="http://designvertigo.net/art.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">featured artists</span></a> at <a href="http://designvertigo.net/index.htm">Design Vertigo</a> for this month! </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a little bit on how this came about...We met Amanda back in May at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><a href="http://citychiccountrymouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/weekend-photos.html">Spring Soiree</a> </span>and adore her shop in North Saint Paul. So when she asked to feature us, we were honored! We made a special line of aprons, oven mitts, and towels for her shop, so be sure to stop in if you are local.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We also had the opportunity to decide if we would teach a class. Country Mouse and I really gave this a lot of thought. After all, neither of us ever dreamed of adding "teacher" to our titles. Our personalities are comfortable in the sewing room, "teaching" one another but getting in front of a group, quite honestly, is a bit scary for us.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After spending time with the many creative souls at <a href="http://citychiccountrymouse.blogspot.com/2011/09/creative-connection-event.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">The Creative Connection Event</span></a> and pitching our ideas with fellow crafters we decided we were actually excited about the opportunity and not so scared. This will be a night of bringing our crafty ideas and supplies to share with creative friends, that means you - our dear local readers =) </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Our creative class is called Creative Gift Wrapping and you can read the full description <a href="http://designvertigo.net/events.htm">here</a>. It will be at Design Vertigo in North Saint Paul - Tuesday November 1 at 6pm. Basically we will bring supplies to create three different gift packages you can use for your future gifting needs. We will use fun supplies like </span><span style="font-size: small;"> Japanese washi tapes, fabric, paper, ribbon, baker’s twine, and tissue. There will be snacks and lots of inspiration, we hope you'll join us!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">To register, please contact <a href="http://designvertigo.net/events.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Design Vertigo</span></a> in North St. Paul - you can stop in or call 651.770.1901. Let us know if you have any questions about the class, hope to see you there!</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-55073806068896617092011-09-23T12:05:00.000-05:002011-09-23T12:05:00.284-05:00Foxy Lady<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSd4t31Tk8o5RikpWkVEPqO3Ed0Nm95U8SD40QQvPJYwsQnwlUmhNwz_uTEAxL3u9fq8RL_m8Q5tZhOeR3VlQwLix-cAbeq_XzrySpUSeLsKpGoAs9c2CM3-k_CoCKF3n9n9qH2X4LuA0/s1600/Mollie+Makes+Fox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSd4t31Tk8o5RikpWkVEPqO3Ed0Nm95U8SD40QQvPJYwsQnwlUmhNwz_uTEAxL3u9fq8RL_m8Q5tZhOeR3VlQwLix-cAbeq_XzrySpUSeLsKpGoAs9c2CM3-k_CoCKF3n9n9qH2X4LuA0/s1600/Mollie+Makes+Fox.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's rare, but sometimes Country Mouse and I get the chance to make something for ourselves. I fell in love with this Foxy Lady in <a href="http://www.molliemakes.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Mollie Makes</span></a> and last weekend Country Mouse surprised me with her! Handmade surprises are the best, thanks Mom!</span></div>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-73539939418862290232011-09-22T10:45:00.000-05:002011-09-22T10:45:01.372-05:00The Creative Connection Event<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6jnCdolWdCwV0hpl83E-BPNxGjXzemAS_cmTBqa88OU01dKGl4IRxlnOkEKYq44ZCgj8hMTrjZDpiaE93rhyphenhyphenmkApxvVfMpPw9ztJEyYa2PQ_9ouwBUrZVgUM2lShmVa5Vx9xwFMcSEwJ/s1600/Dottie+Angel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6jnCdolWdCwV0hpl83E-BPNxGjXzemAS_cmTBqa88OU01dKGl4IRxlnOkEKYq44ZCgj8hMTrjZDpiaE93rhyphenhyphenmkApxvVfMpPw9ztJEyYa2PQ_9ouwBUrZVgUM2lShmVa5Vx9xwFMcSEwJ/s1600/Dottie+Angel.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Country Mouse and I attended <a href="http://www.thecreativeconnectionevent.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">The Creative Connection Event</span></a> this past weekend where we were surrounded by like-minded creative types. It was an unforgettable few days! We finally met many of our online friends and had lots of previous customers stop by our booth to tell us what joy their ironing board cover brings them. We love seeing those happy smiles! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Above is one of our treasured pics with Tif (<a href="http://dottieangel.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Dottie Angel</span></a>) who we were truly giddy to meet! She has the most lovely<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"> <a href="http://www.uppercasegallery.ca/dottieangel">book</a> </span>out right now, we highly recommend you pick up a copy. Country Mouse and I normally share a book, but this was one we knew we must each have our very own copy. </span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">I took an Inspiration Board class with Leslie from <a href="http://acreativemint.typepad.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">A Creative Mint</span></a>. For one of the boards she challenged us to use a color we do not care for. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">My color was red, I don't think I own anything red...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">We cross our fingers that they decide to keep the event in the Twin Cities area again, although it would be fun to travel somewhere else wouldn't it? Country Mouse and I would have a hard time leaving our fur babies though...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">We do hope that you get the chance to be around like-minded crafty people for an entire weekend, if that's the kind of people you enjoy, it's a real treat! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-24874513750414668812011-09-12T11:00:00.000-05:002011-09-12T11:00:08.231-05:00Friends and Sunshine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijv-4BA70u9GxjLvVPltr5p4VRjhxfe4NIjfakCwA4wgRwzSOwPJbn26fWBd09YdWgSjJJy6dQCaBUNC18gHvi475SJIW95xBLxJyuP0QAUXV_owLrSCbQqHOgZKBvdMQrPASHKXKwsHOL/s1600/1315681649134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijv-4BA70u9GxjLvVPltr5p4VRjhxfe4NIjfakCwA4wgRwzSOwPJbn26fWBd09YdWgSjJJy6dQCaBUNC18gHvi475SJIW95xBLxJyuP0QAUXV_owLrSCbQqHOgZKBvdMQrPASHKXKwsHOL/s1600/1315681649134.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xbnNk3_b0qgEGuJ0bDxShknNfrylNGUgF59La7-jvKwiGa7QqMFGQAcZaMfu4fw3wNrCLXSPZgjusUJCa8gCJ89t9P_kv1PYP8Oyrk-e5oc5zY4WqwSL4ux-bnFoGpXh83wx64y8Jtkv/s1600/1315686107015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xbnNk3_b0qgEGuJ0bDxShknNfrylNGUgF59La7-jvKwiGa7QqMFGQAcZaMfu4fw3wNrCLXSPZgjusUJCa8gCJ89t9P_kv1PYP8Oyrk-e5oc5zY4WqwSL4ux-bnFoGpXh83wx64y8Jtkv/s1600/1315686107015.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm6mNJIPLcSeZ3dY1XTwwuCNmC3-payundD0RgGNXKuv_MJfqOZQYZtKBvtAmOa1QROHIkzGEkAc4e7vgGs9JZBCdi16Sj_qBoX0NnVuFyFDyvlQYYCXlt4TEjA7DZmFOQzLt5nKuBZPX/s1600/1315691111300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm6mNJIPLcSeZ3dY1XTwwuCNmC3-payundD0RgGNXKuv_MJfqOZQYZtKBvtAmOa1QROHIkzGEkAc4e7vgGs9JZBCdi16Sj_qBoX0NnVuFyFDyvlQYYCXlt4TEjA7DZmFOQzLt5nKuBZPX/s1600/1315691111300.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOBbXIv99N36AOSQYZYRQPz82tqAnW4Pl2ONwAb98IksTbKA9F9nt6YUrAjES_3c_ArOEs5FUo7AQLsnX8ReTceeVQyJQDIPdwIyl-KIJ9cW8dGD2AxNmHzgqIykokWRQMcJlZHdYhFTG/s1600/1315693282642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOBbXIv99N36AOSQYZYRQPz82tqAnW4Pl2ONwAb98IksTbKA9F9nt6YUrAjES_3c_ArOEs5FUo7AQLsnX8ReTceeVQyJQDIPdwIyl-KIJ9cW8dGD2AxNmHzgqIykokWRQMcJlZHdYhFTG/s1600/1315693282642.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> This weekend was spent with the sun and friends. Both were good distractions. But now it's time to get ready for <a href="http://www.thecreativeconnectionevent.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">The Creative Connection Event</span></a>. We hope to see you there!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>City Chic Country Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088157312973705815noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014868563633083572.post-87401634930141133072011-09-06T11:00:00.000-05:002011-09-06T11:00:02.593-05:00New Fall Fabrics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Hello Friends! We just wanted to pop in and show you the new fabrics that arrived. It's always a happy day when pretty fabrics make their way into the sewing room, isn't it? We are big fans of Joel Dewberry's fabrics and his newest collection - Heirloom - might just be one of our most favorites yet. It's perfect for transitioning from late summer to fall, don't you think? </span><br />
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