It has been a crazy week. I’m still busy getting ready for the online shop opening. Thankfully, we finished all of the photoshoots for the new products (for now). The photo above is one of my favorite wallpapers coming out. You might recognize it from my Carta Bella Beautiful Moments line and my Remember Fabric line coming out this spring for Riley Blake. Felicity decided to try out the lipstick for our model and show her how to pose (photo above).
She also happily posed for her own shoot (left). Believe me, she is not always this willing.
Right now we are on track for opening shop in two weeks. Once it is confirmed, I will make sure and post a tentative course calendar so that you can plan to attend!
Speaking of classes, Art of Digital Design 2 ended today. It’s a little bittersweet. It’s my last class at JessicaSprague.com, but the start of something so exciting on my own site. I had such a great time with the students in this class. They worked so hard, and it really showed through in their forum critiques yesterday.
Other than the shop, I’ve started work on new patterns for Spring Quilt Market. Last year, I had so many plans for the sewing patterns that I never got to. Between the opening of Carta Bella Paper and having Mr. Charlie, I didn’t have time for much else. This year, I plan on releasing a whole lotta product mostly because I love it so much (dropping the x-acto knife and dusting off the sewing machine NOW). Seriously, I miss sewing, and I’m hopeful I’ll get to do a lot more of that in 2013.
(photo above: Can I admit that I hate being the subject of a photoshoot rather than the person putting it together? Silly moments happen.)
Other than the stuff happening in the office, Josh’s dad came home from a major heart surgery last week. He’s had an LVAD placed in his heart and will need 24/7 care for next 6-8 weeks. Much of the family has received training on how to help take care of him. It means a lot of overnights for Josh and other family members. It also means a lot of playing the single parent for the spouses. It’s been hard, but I’ll admit there have been some perks. There has been a lot of cousin time and even a couple of nights of straight-through sleep for me (when Josh has taken Charlie with him for an overnight to take care of his dad). Tangent: It’s been so long since my two girls were babies that I can’t remember when they started sleeping through the night. Charlie will be 6 months old next week, and I keep thinking he’s going to skip a nightime feeding…but so far no luck. Any advice on this?
(photo above: This is between photo shoots—A little snuggle with my babies before I get ready for the next set up!)
Happy Friday!
Carina
You are an incredibly beautiful woman, and I enjoy seeing pictures of you in front of the camera! Love the sneak peak on the wallpaper, the fabric bolts, (insert cleaning up drool here!)…
Thank you again for a great class at Jessica Sprague, I am counting the days until your new classes launch on the new site…you are a fantastic teacher.
Thanks again,
Rain
PS your kids are adorable! Our youngest is now 28, so can’t really comment on sleeping through the night, but if memory serves, maybe around 8-10 months?
Good luck!
R
I seriously love this blog post. Well done, honey!
Love these photos! Thanks for being such an awesome instructor for us! I seriously loved the class and your encouraging words were always appreciated. I can’t wait for your new classes to start!!!
I was on the fence for so long I missed out on taking the AofDD2 class. I didn’t sign up originally because of a baby due date that coincided with the start of class. Then after humming + hawing for quite a while I decided to pick up the class and work it on my own… it was gone :(. So glad to see that you’ll be working classes through your own site. I’m wondering if you’ll also be doing the one-on-one mentoring you offered at JS? I’m feeling like I could really use a mentor right now…
Hi Mandi,
I will probably not be doing the mentoring sessions simply because of time constraints. However, I will have a lot of new, great classes that will hopefully make everyone happy and I can get to everyone who needs design help. Thank you so much for dropping a comment on my blog!
Carina