How to give the perfect hostess gift

As a special thank you to a friend of mine, I made a personalized Hostess gift for her summer home. Since she has a lake house, I thought it would be nice to make a "row boat" garland to hang on a wall or window or where ever there is space.

I must admit this was one of my favorite garlands to date, and if you know anything about me - it's that I love garland. Then to make the garlard personalized - boy, that's a double treat for me!


Happy rowing Boyles!

Nancy
Wicked Stitches

How to create unique Sweet 16 party favors

Wicked Stitches was asked to recreate Broadway show titles for the favors at a recent Sweet 16 Birthday Party. The young lady wanted to have a Broadway theme. She chose several popular plays and each one was a theme for a different table. She asked us to put the Show name on tank tops as a favor for the girls who attended. The party favors were a big hit. We wrapped them up in bags and made a Playbill tag with the young ladies name and date of the big day.

We loved the final product so much, we wanted to share this great idea!



Nancy
Wicked Stitches

Kids Aprons

This year my daughter participated in a cooking camp. She was so excited to put on her Cooking Camp apron every morning. It was a really nice experience, the instructor planned the recipes from the High School Musical Cook Book. She did one smoothie, one savory and one sweet recipe every day for one week. I wanted to share the Banana Crunchy Smoothie recipe with you.

Banana Crunchy Smoothie:
1 cup skim milk
1 banana (sliced)
2 tbsp honey
1/2 cup granola
3/4 cup ice

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. ENJOY!


Needless to say we are eating better this week as my daughter practices her new found skills on us!

Luckily for the kids, Wicked Stitches did the aprons! Check them out.

Nancy
Wicked Stitches

Family Beach Vacations

There is nothing better than hanging at the beach with your cousins, aunts and uncles. That's what my kids always say!

Sometimes, during the school year life gets too busy to see each other. Summer is a great time to get together. This year, my family will join my sisters and brothers at Ocean City MD for a few days. I plan to take along some of our Wicked Stitches "just beachy" towels to mark the occasion!
They are bright and colorful....and so useful.

One customer is doing the same! They are four families headed to the Outer Banks, NC. A towel for each of the kids is a great way to start the trip. Boy, those personalized embroidered towels are just beautiful!

Bring your sunscreen
...and your beach towel!

My Ironman

My husband Will is competing in the upcoming Ironman USA triathlon for the second year in a row. After being inspired by my brother Joseph at the Ironman in the summer 2006 to become a triathlete, he set out to accomplish an extremely difficult task, to compete and hopefully finish the 140.6 mile race himself. The Ironman triathlon consists of a 2.4 mile swim followed by a 112 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run. He trained hard for 2 years, swimming, biking, and running almost every day and maintaining a healthy diet. In the summer of 2008, all of his hard work and dedication paid off when he finished the triathlon in 14 hours and 53 minutes.

While triathletes are a one man team, Will did not just compete in the race for himself. He gave back to others by raising over $7000 for The Children's Brain Tumor Foundation. This year, in only a few more weeks, he will attempt to complete the race faster than he did last year. As with the previous 2 years, he has been training rigorously to prepare himself for the Ironman, even driving 6 hours to and from Lake Placid every weekend to get used to the course. It is well known that hard work pays off, and it surely will for Will. We wish him the best of luck and know that he will make us proud come race day.
Make a donation to The Children's Brain Tumor Foundation

-Carolyn

Happy 4th of July!

As we continue to be "garland" crazy - we are making our customers very happy indeed!

We made this red,white and blue garland for one of our favorite customers to give as a hostess gift. It was especially wonderful for this hostess since it was a July 4th B-B-Q but also because she has a red, white and blue themed summer house. This welcome garland was the perfect idea, it was made to fit an empty space above the couch. No worries, the little ones won't get hurt should it wall from the wall onto their heads and it looks fabulous!

Making the gift personal to the person receiving it really says you thought about them, and who could ask for more?

Happy 4th and Welcome Summer!