Dust off those dirty old lampshades......

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Okay, I am home from spring skiing.. Time to think about spring fabrics, trims and create some fresh new inventory for my shop and beyond. I don't know about your businesses but it always seems like mine goes from being pretty dead to crazy busy all in one day. Shops are starting to get their confidence back, customers are starting to refresh their homes. Me too. I came home from vacation and my house was so dusty. I spent the day after getting home with mop in hand, washed a rug, went through the big pile of mail on the counter. Good thing I bought some daffodils on the way home from Maine. And best of all, my Johnny's seeds were waiting for me at the post office. As I was at the po I heard the spring sounds of chickies waiting to be picked up by their next owners. I love that noise but he postal folks never seem quite as excited... must get annoying after awhile.

Before I left on vacation I ordered lots of new goodies, fresh funky fabrics to make some drum shades, some cool new trims and a few I've run out of, lots of new lampshade frames to restock, more unexciting lampshade materials but necessary..... so, I am trying to get geared up..... yup, it's time. One of the best parts of my business is sourcing out new fabrics, vintage fabrics, embroideries, etc. I just received a super sweet crewel from ebay; it is just perfect. Not too expensive, good colors, nice quality and just the right size. I already decided to make a big rectangle shade with it. Maybe I'll get to it today and you can see it on the next blog entry.