on a mission

2008-10-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

one year ago jen & i were feverishly sewing to fill a booth at a local art fair. culling tiny hats & mittens from heaping piles of sweaters, each piece was born in our minds, sewed with our hands, & made with our hearts. one year on, 3 art fairs, 2 trade shows, & a gifting suite later, jen & i are still feverishly sewing, but to fill much more than a 10x10 booth. at a point when we felt as if we might drown (albeit in wool), an angel appeared.

john's aunt gloria came to visit jen & her family. jen hoped she didn't mind entertaining the kids-- she & i had work to do! i will mention here that aunt gloria is a nun. a peaceful woman with unparalleled patience, who speaks her mind, knits like a pro, & is always willing to lend a hand. now, if you are an artist, you know that it isn't always easy to trust just anyone with your vision. you accept their offer graciously, giving away the more mundane tasks of pinning tags, sticking stickers, etc., while you feverishly sew & panic & sew & sew & sew. aunt gloria kept offering her help. "but you are visiting, not here to work..."

ok, if you insist,would you mind puting these slippers in their boxes? oh, you're done? how about pinning these tags on the hats? done? well.... aunt gloria came to visit with no agenda other than to visit. a pure, lovely visit. but since you are here, & we have impossible amounts of sewing to finish before we send out our first round of orders, would you mind trimming these hats? these cardigans? those kimonos? jen stated, "she's sewing like she's on a mission!" a beautifully crafted mission, indeed.

so if you fnd yourself in a sweet little shop, in california or on the east coast, coveting one of our gorgeous little cardigans, know that it was made entirely by hand, by jen or myself, with love. and perhaps it was also touched by an angel on a mission. thank you, aunt gloria. what are you doing in november?

our smooches to you

on a mission