Fantastic Friday!

Tomorrow is Fantastic Friday...why you ask? Well...because fantastic things happen on Fridays silly! Since we've joined Make Mine Pink and Friday Flea Market, every Friday is, well...fantastic! A Bit of Whimsy Anyone? Pink Friday at Make Mine Pink this week is all about adding a little whimsy to your life. We love creating at Forget Me Not Dreams. There's just some thing about working with your hands and mind in unison. So, in honor of that favorite part of our business, we are offering some new products from our "Creative Bits" category as our Pink Friday special. Go ahead....go out on a whim and Create!

You'll find up to 50% off in our Friday Flea Market category this week. WOW...now that's a Fantastic Friday! Don't' forget that the March into Spring Shop Hop begins next Monday!

March Into Spring Shop Hop

The joyful march into spring begins, a cacophony of bird calls fill the blue skies, the trees show their fresh green buds, and the tulips start to poke their heads from the earth to face the sunshine. Colors are about to burst forth, and the earth will be new again. With fresh eyes, we are stocking our shelves with pretty greens, bright yellows, vibrant pinks, and beautiful blues. For the Boutiques at Make Mine Pink, spring cleaning is over, and we would love to show off our fresh new colors and exciting spring merchandise. Please join us for our "March Into Spring" Shop Hop from March 16 through March 21, 2009. The shop hop is open to anyone that would like to participate (limit one registration per physical address). Please register if you would like to participate.

We're So Excited We Could Scream!

Join us in celebrating our new Forget Me Not Dreams site! We’ve been working hard on new graphics, expanding our product categories and upgrading some of the technical features! We are so excited to share this monumental moment with you, when we flip the switch and launch our new site! You’ll notice we’ve added some new Product Categories to our site. We love the creative process and want to share our great supply resources with you, so we’ve added Creative Bits and the Paperie to our new site. Here you’ll find both supplies and some of our own Altered Art creations. Also new is Charming Jewelry. Although there is not much in there at the moment, the photo shows you a sneak peak of great things to come! Stay tuned! Our Home Décor has been split into three categories: French Farmhouse, Cottage Chic and Romantic Home. We hope you enjoy the changes on our site our new products. Please let us know if there is something special you are looking for. So take a peek and let us know what you think!

Eileen & Karen

Pink Friday~Altered Art...We Love It

Please join us at Forget Me Not Dreams on Friday for one of our favorite Pink Friday themes...Altered Art! Were also celebrating the launching of new graphic and product categories on our website! A Celebration Bonus will be available to all our Newsletter members!

Pieces of lace, vintage postcards, time-worn mother-of-pearl buttons. Each piece exquisite in its own right, but coming together to bring art to a new height. Used postage stamps, a well-read letter, shimmery beads, a butterfly’s broken wing. From an altered perspective, they are no longer insignificant souvenirs of times past, but innovative creations that inspire new memories to be made. An altered piece of art might be built upon a beloved book, pulled from a forgotten shelf. Another may have once been a forlorn jewelry box, still eager to display an unexpected gem. These are stunning works of art born from abandoned items, repurposed in the most exciting ways. Perhaps each item has been thoughtfully selected in honor of a day, a season, someone you love. As the objects blended and merged and found their own space, an altered perspective revealed a meaning that could not have been anticipated. An altered work of art that forever changes one’s perspective.Joyce Lucas,
Founder of Make Mine Pink

Image provided by: www.noellegarrettdesigns.com

Be sure to visit all the other shops at Make Mine Pink Friday! Also check out our Friday Flea Market category for some great sale prices and the other vendors at :

LOCK UP THE CHOCOLATE!!!

Wow!! If there is chocolate around, count it G...O...N...E..!! Tha hormones are
raging and the diet has quickly slid downhill. 1.5 pounds gained this week. At first
I wasn't sure that I cared that I was making secret trips to stores where I wouldn't
be noticed buying just chocolate. Yes, I had cleared it all out of the house, all gone!
No stashes again, but I am hoping that I can ride this out and get back on track in a
day or two.

How easy it is to fall back into bad habits once we hope we have broken them. It is
very humbling and shows how strong an addictive spirit is and how weak my spirit is
without that special extra boost. Back to my devotions and self discipline gained
from the One who gives us strength.

Until next week! Be strong!

Karen

Creating!

What a great day! We woke to blue skies here in rainy Oregon (the rain came later in the day!) and planned a day together unpacking boxes that arrived from our January visit to the CHA show. We were also able to get a first look at our newly remodeled website. Both left us laughing until our sides hurt until the reality of the work ahead hit! Working in a new medium is exciting but also a bit intimidating. Another day together and the ideas will flow and projects will emerge like butterflies from a cocoon. There is nothing like the joy of creating. No greater freedom can be found than in the “letting go” of your mind, clearing it of worries and cares to begin with an empty canvas and working with your hands, no matter what the medium.

We are hoping that our newly designed website will be up on the internet by the end of the week. The excitement is beyond words! Without the help of Stephanie Saponas with her wonderful graphic designs and Thomas from the Cottage Collection website design, our little spot in the vast internet world wouldn't be possible. So thank you Steph and Thomas! Another creative medium.

I have been visiting other blogsites, enjoying thoughts and experiences of other women interested in creativity and small business. My latest finds were Nancy from Acorn Cottage and Cynthia's blog at Cynthia's Cottage Design. Cynthia is also having a Giveaway this week. Check them out!

Farm Chicks Giveaway and Show

The Farm Chicks are having a big Giveaway to celebrate the photo shoot for their second book. Quick! Log into their blogsite and register to win the big surprise!
Of course, you'll have to get into the long line.

Eileen and I attended the second Farm Chicks show a few years ago. Beyond being a blast of a road trip, with secrets never to be revealed, we shopped until we nearly dropped. The vendors were wonderfully talented and it was a party atmosphere. The skies opened for several hours and we were in mud up to our ankles out in farm country. Nothing slowed the shoppers down! Onward!!

This year we are so excited to actually be a part of the show at the fairgrounds in Spokane. We are doing the show with our little Moonlight group, having our first planning meeting this past Friday. There is a ton of planning that has to go into the logistics of moving all of our antiques and vintage re-mades and then setting it all up in a 10' x 40' space. Hopefully it will all fit into one large truck and my trusty Suburban... with roof racks packed of course. Time seems to be rushing by so fast, we all need to get stitchin', rejuvenating, searching and finding, and daydreaming of what our space will look like. We love it!

We do hope that some of you will be able to make it to Spokane and the festivities that Teri and Serena provide. They are the greatest! Check their blogsite for places to stay in Spokane. The lodging fills up fast there!!

Have a week full of dreams and creativity!
Karen