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Turtle Park Tots Summer 2008 E-Swatches (June-July)

Below are some of the fabrics I'll be featuring this summer. I will be adding new fabrics sometime in August/September. In addition to these I welcome custom order...please contact me if you don't see what you are looking for. If you are interested in wholesale purchase of Turtle Park Tots please contact me at turtleparkdesigns[at] gmail.com for a price list.

Basics 2008: Slate Morning Glory

Summer 2008 Collection: Aqua Chestnut

Summer 2008 Collection: Lime Star Paisley (Diaper Keeper Only)

Basics 2008: Blue Wall Flower

Basics 2008: Blue Temple Flower (Diaper Keeper only)

Summer Collection 2008 - Sage Kleo

Basics 2008: Coral Morning Glory

Summer 2008: Blue/Brown Disco Dots

Summer Collection Sneak Peak!

Turtle Park Tots Change-Me-Anywhere(tm) Diaper Keeper

Turtle Park Tots Change-Me-Anywhere(tm) Changing Pad in Aqua Chestnut

Turtle Park Tots Baby/Toddler Bib in Aqua Chestnut

Summer Collection 2008 -- Sneak Peak!

Turtle Park Tots' Summer Collection is finally here...or at least some of it :-) I'll be releasing the Summer Collection in waves. The first wave includes the following fabrics: Aqua Chestnut Branches (Joel Dewberry), Blue/Brown Disco Dot (Michael Miller), Star Paisley (Amy Butler), Lightning Bugs Brown/Yellow Dots (Heather Ross) and Kleo (Alexander Henry). I will continue to offer the Blue Wallflower, Blue Temple Flower and Coral Morning Glory (maybe the slate morning glory too!) fabrics from the Spring Collection.

In addition to these fabrics I also welcome custom orders...

Subsequent waves of the Summer Collection will be released as I'm finished with them. I am focusing on a few fabrics at a time....for my sanity ;-)

I'm also trying to work around my lil' Leo's non-existant nap schedule. He's 10 1/2 months old. He was doing soooo well for a while and now he refuses to sleep. I've been trying the "cry it out" method but I really think it's tougher on me :-) I'm not sure why he won't sleep...all of a sudden this week he's changed....his night time sleep is really restless and fitfull and he won't sleep during the day...feh! I'm hoping it's just a phase...we'll see. Wish me luck! :-)

The green green grass

Yay! The weather is finally warm...really warm. But of course it only seems really warm because it snowed/rained/hailed last week. The mercury finally reached 85 degrees and I was able to get my vegetables in. I do so love Denver but sometimes I long for California and it's long growing season. I'm going to have to baby my veggies to get them to produce between now and September.

There's so much to do in the yard that I'm having a tough time staying in my studio. We're building a sandbox for the boys in the back along my herb garden...they are going to love it. And there's a couple of really tough spots in the yard that finally need to be taken care of (finally after 5 years :-))

The weather is great for the boys as well...they've been couped up in the house since about November. They've been digging and playing in the water. It's so great to be able to take them outside when they get bored...

well, i'm off to the studio to have fun ;-) oh yea, the grass is finally green again!

The Eternal Struggle

I'm back in the studio! yay! I'm feeling very creative today and I've been able to get a lot done. I went to the gym this morning and had a great workout and I think this got my creative juices flowing again...of course it helped that my little Leo had a long nap :-)

But I have a question...Does anyone else fight with their sewing machine as much as I do?!? I have to admit that my machine (I've named Paige :-)) is over 10 years old....and I only spent$125 for it...but I'm not asking it to do much more that stitch straight, nothing fancy. I've grown attached to Paige but, sadly, I'm thinking I need to replace her. But will this really help or is this an eternal struggle?....hmm

Motivation, PLEASE!

Yikes....i seem to have lost my focus. I was working great, getting a lot done and then I went to California about a week and a half ago to attend my brother's wedding (we had a great time!! It was a beautiful wedding!) and I haven't been able to get my momentum back...what to do? Help! Please comment if you have any advise for keeping oneself motivated....

help!