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And so it begins…Posted by Aimee on November 27, 2009
Thanksgiving is over and the frenzy of shopping begins. Somehow I forgot to announce that I was having a sale this weekend over here – but I am – now through Sunday – 25% off anything in the shop – www.fairieknits.etsy.com! Limited to in stock items.
Happy shopping this weekend – both on the interwebs and in stores. Have fun, be safe, and don’t kill anyone! Going to jail ruins the holidays!
Fall FunPosted by Aimee on November 5, 2009
This weekend I am heading to the mountains with a fabulous group of ladies for knitting, friendship and fun! Because I am so excited I am having a little shop sale!
Today through Sunday – FREE SHIPPING! All items ordered Friday through Sunday will be sent out on Monday. You have 2 options for your free shipping – you can go ahead and pay the full invoice and I will refund your shipping or you can wait for a new invoice and pay that – I will be without interwebs all weekend, so I will send out new invoices on Sunday night and items will ship for those when payment is received.
Now – I need to go try to find my camera charger so that I can take some pics this weekend!
Girls on the RunPosted by Aimee on November 4, 2009
Wow – I didn’t realize it had been so long since my last blog – sorry about that! No knitting today, but instead I am sharing a very special fund raising opportunity with you. All you have to do is leave a comment on a blog – that’s it!
Girls on the Run is a fantastic program that I have been hearing about for quite some time. Right now FitStars has committed to donating $1 for every comment on her blog post about GOTR. And now New Balance has thrown in and will match the donation!
If you have a minute to go over, read the post and leave a comment, it would get GOTR one more dollar!
New Coffee Cozees!Posted by Aimee on October 12, 2009
Wow – you know I have a post that I thought was posted and I never did – so look for that later this week – it is a review of the Palm Pre. Just needs some pics! Also – next week will be a week of finished baby knits as I reveal the gifts I gave Danielle for her baby shower!
But for now – I have updated my etsy shop with some fun new coffee cozees! 20 new ones went up tonight – and I hope to have more up next week while also trying to get some together for SAFF – which has come up much faster than planned with all the recent travel.
Just a note – if you order tomorrow through Thursday – orders will go out on Friday – I usually try to get them out the next day, but I will be in VA for work – so Friday anything ordered this week will go out!
etsy updatePosted by Aimee on August 31, 2009
Hi everyone – I posted some new coffee cozees to etsy as well as some drawstring bags. I swear I may have some non-sekrit knitting soon! But I have been busy knitting for a baby and her mommy reads here – and designing stuff!
www.fairieknits.etsy.com
Share my pain.Posted by Aimee on July 24, 2009
I am a very lucky girl, indeed and am able to call a number of people good friends. This includes Miss Violet of the Lime and Violet podcast. Miss Violet and I met online a number of years ago and now she is visiting us in the great state of NC. She asked me to record a podcast with her and I agreed. Episode 92 is now up. I know this because I am already getting emails asking me questions. Come on over and listen to some seriously painfully embarrassing stories that only Miss Violet could convince me to tell outside the circle of friends. No really. I word – Bob. Go ahead.
Hope you all have a happy weekend- I am looking forward to getting home from my week long business trip!
Coffee Cozees!Posted by Aimee on July 19, 2009
I am thrilled to have up in the shop the new Coffee Cozees – which can be used for more than coffee, but I like the double e! I mean I do have a double e in my name, so it fits, right!
Coffee Cozee!
Stained Glass Coffee Cozee
You can never have enough butterPosted by Aimee on July 14, 2009
Before Paula Deen said it on the Food Network, there was Julia Child. And Julia loved butter!
Last night, I was lucky enough to attend a sneak preview of Sony Pictures Julie & Julia at the Northlake Mall AMC Theater with some of the members of my Sunday knitting group. This movie was FANTASTIC! I mean Meryl Streep and Amy Adams – how can you go wrong? But really, this movie was funny and smart with a dash of heart ache.
I haven’t read the book or blog that this was based on, but the story is based on the lives of Julia Child and Julie Powell – two women who are lost until they discover cooking and how they find themselves. Julia’s story starts when she and her husband move to Paris. Julie’s when she moves from Brooklyn to Queens (apparently for non-New Yorkers this is a traumatic experience – I didn’t quite get it since I move a lot, but I have heard it is hard to move to a new borough!) All of Julie’s friends are super successful while she is a glorified government secretary listening to those who have lost or sick loved ones in the wake of 9-11. Their lives are paralleled as the story progresses.
I really related to Julie. She tells a story of her childhood and why she loves Julia – and while I don’t have a “my mother cooked Julia’s bouf bourginion” story, I did grow up watching Julia (and Bob Ross, but that is a story for another day) I remember thinking she was weird as a kid – but loving her, her voice, her mannerisms – all of which Meryl Streep really nailed!!! And I do love good food. Don’t worry – I am not going to take Julie’s lead and cook my way through “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and blogging it – which is what this film chronicles on her end, but I may have to make bouf bourginion this weekend!!!
The US release date for this film is August 7. Everyone I was with enjoyed the movie. I personally laughed, and yes there was some tearing up. I got to know Julia in a way I never did – and Julie, her husband and her cat! There are many little moments I would love to tell you about – there is one with a chocolate cake for instance – but I don’t want to spoil the joy, love, heartbreaking sadness that I felt for anyone. But trust me on this one – go see this movie. Streep and Adams were great in this movie! It is probably the first thing I have seen in a theater in a year and it was well worth it!
Oh – one last thing – their cat? Yes, that cat stole the show! That cat was funny, adorable and in my opinion a star!
What I have been up to!Posted by Aimee on July 8, 2009
I have been doing more than knitting recently! I have been sewing. A LOT! Because I have been sewing a lot, I have opened an Etsy shop. To be honest, I have been meaning to do it for awhile. Last year I started making sachets which will keep the moths out of your stash! And then Wendy wanted a box bag so I made her one – and then I made some more!
I also do special orders, clubs and wholesale – if you are interested. I have a club coming up that I am VERY VERY excited about!!!!
If you would like to be on the email list for when I update the shop – shoot me an email at aimee at fairieknits dot com and let me know.
Coming soon – I will have coffee cup cozees – these keep your hands cool while your coffee is hot and keep you from needing to have use one of those cardboard disposable ones!
Unimagined KindnessPosted by Aimee on July 2, 2009
Last weekend I went up to Richmond to The Yarn Lounge with Wendy for her book signing. Since I am planning her events, and time with Wendy is always a blast, I am making an effort to go to some of her events on the East coast.
I do have some awesome pictures from Wendy’s Richmond visit, but I haven’t pulled them off the camera – maybe I will do that tonight for a post tomorrow. And while I had a GREAT time with Wendy, LBinVA, Frances and a slew of knitters I met on Saturday – I got a speeding ticket in Durham that is going to cost me a lot of money. Frances is awesome and referred me to a lawyer, and he is going to appear, etc for me, but it is going to cost me, so my fun weekend was overshadowed by the ticket I got on Friday. And honestly – I rarely speed – I thought the speed limit was higher through there and I was going with the flow of traffic – I wasn’t passing anyone, I wasn’t weaving in and out – people were passing me!
And I got a flat tire! I ran over a razor blade. Here is where we get to the kindness…
I happened to stop at the next exit in Durham where the NICEST tire replacement shop EVER is – I don’t have any idea who they are, they are a shop about a mile off the road, there is no sign, they had shirts on with the name, but I didn’t write it down and I can’t remember it. Some sort of initials – JP or JT or something – and my Google Fu is failing today.
When I pulled in, they were busy – it really looks like a house with a large gravel lot. I was a little on the “I am not stopping here” side, but I had already put air in the tire (and listened to it whistle right out), and I asked the lady at the Exxon for a place to go and she said they were awesome and right around the corner. The guy who greeted me was nice. SUPER nice. he had my tire off in about 4 seconds from the time I pulled in and confirmed I had punctured the tire with a razor blade (now here is where I am lucky since I had run my hand OVER the tire and managed to not slice my finger OFF!). There was some wear on the tire, so they replaced it with a used tire – with labor $35!
The guys chatted with me, even though they were busy, one of them basically stayed with me the whole time as I milled about the gravel lot. They were friendly. And here is the nicest part – I don’t carry cash. Ever. and I didn’t ask at the gas station or when I pulled up, but they only take cash. The guy (I think he was Mike) said he would put the new tire on and send me off to the ATM at the Exxon. And he did. They totally let me leave and come back. I offered to leave them my license or something, they didn’t take anything in hold – just sent me on my way – I of course came RIGHT back, but how did they know I would be that honest, they didn’t take my name or anything when I came in – not my plate number, nothing – they had no computer, no paperwork of any kind.
To those guys at the tire place – thank you. You made what was a VERY upsetting situation much better with your friendliness and quick service. And if anyone is in the Durham area and happens to know the name of the place, please let me know so I can spread the word!
