Happy Birthday Raven's Haven!

Fifteen years ago, 

(yesterday)

Raven's Haven made

it's debut

on a site called Crow Soup.

It was a nail-biter for me. 

I was separated from my Husband

and raising our two daughters. 

The store I worked at,

 had closed six months before.

Jobs were scarce

in that sleepy little village.

We were living with my parents

and I was helping to care

for both parents.

My Father approached me and told me...

" You have a roof here and food.

Now is your chance

 to make a business with your art."

I set my sites on Pattern making,

 to give me year round income.

Each month,

 I would try to put up

3 new designs. 

Little by little, 

it grew!

I never thought that I would be here 15 years later~

I never thought that they would continue to be popular.

My Father has since passed.

I have divorced and remarried 

to my best friend.

My children are grown and on their own.

I still work from home.

All of this because of YOU.

I was given opportunity~

I put in hours of work...

but ultimately,

you make me the success.

And so...

Thanks to a call for help~

my Merrie Mouse

free mailer has returned to me.

(She was lost in the move)

Now, I'm not too savvy on the computer, 

but here it goes.

For best results, 

click on the picture and let it open up. 

Then, Right click,

 save image,

Print using landscape, 

regular margins and fill page.

For my friends that don't sew~ 

How fun, as a punch needle pocket

or a hooked rug?

However, you wish to use her,

enjoy her. 

I would LOVE to see 

what you come up with!

Still not enough celebrating?

well... stop by my Etsy Shoppe

and enjoy a SALE!

You can enjoy 25 % Off, 

(this is the deepest discount 

that you will see this year)

 today until Monday, 

March 19th  at Midnight, EST

I have also gathered

5 patterns from the vault 

and

dusted them off! 

Doris

Gertie Sows Seeds Of Kindness

Mother Goose Make Do

Getting Jiggy On The Fourth

St. Jigs
Do You See What I See?

Really March?!

March can be such a fickle month

 in its unwillingness

 to let go of Winter 

and 

embrace Spring fully.

Of course, 

we are ready for Spring

well before March is.

We know we will see a snow or two...

perhaps a Nor'Easter.

But THREE?!

in less than 2 weeks?

 ...and you may want to toss

in another?

...sigh...

Perhaps, it was for the better. 

Without the frippery

of green 

exploding~

I can say that 

I have been 

working feverishly.

My Early Work Mercantile

truly reflects

the hours that I have been putting in

between

creating, taxes, patterns, deadlines

 and 

a little something special

coming up.

Many late nights

have left me

yawning in the afternoon.

Thank goodness for 

tea and biscuits!

These afternoons

have inspired 

another style of 

mousel.

I am fully enjoying

my love affair

with toile.

...and ticking.

Textiles can make me giddy 

with excitement

as inspire 

and materials collide.

As March decides

what direction it wants to go;

I have put 

a lot of the drudgery

in my work

behind.

I am excited to keep growing my designs.

I will be ready,

when Spring makes an appearance.

I can enjoy doing what I do,

outside ...

and letting all that I love

outdoors,

work its magic.

****Be on the lookout 

for my next post~

I have some celebrating to share ****