HUGE HOLIDAY SALE

Our shop, Trinkets & Treasures, located at 120 N. Main St., Washington, IL, is having a huge holiday sale Sat., Dec. 19 thru Wed., Dec. 23. We are giving a free gift with $25 or more purchase while supply lasts. Limit one per customer please.

There will be greens, wreaths, ornaments and much, much more. Because of drastic price reductions, we will not be able to accept credit or debit cards for items in this sale.

Some of the other vendors at Trinkets will be offering specials during this time period also.

Please stop by and grab a bargain!!! See you there!!!

Wooly Women

While at the Fredericksburg, TX hook-in, some of the ladies made a snippet box. I call them the "Wooly Women". Hope they all had a great time making their little treasures. We'll see them again next year.

My Chauffeur

This is Pat, my personal chauffeur. He drove all the way to Fredericksburg, TX and back home just so I could hook. Pretty good guy. He's certainly a keeper!

Sauder Village Day 1

End of day one and what a day it was! We met so many nice ladies from all over the U.S. and Canada. I stopped to take a couple pictures of some of the flowers planted here just because they are so pretty. I thought you might enjoy them. I posted a few more of the rugs in the show here. Isn't the "Giant Baby" rug something! I just love it.

Stella Blue

We took the advice of some fellow hookers and had dinner at a wonderful restaurant in downtown Archbold -- Stella Blue. We're planning to go back on Thursday evening for ribs and jazz. Wonderful food and service and white cake with red raspberrry filling YUM!

Sauder Village

We are in Archbold, OH at Sauder Village. What an incredible place! For those of you who have never visited, you certainly should try. I will try to post every day we are here and share some of the rugs and photos of some of the people here and our booth. I always gravitate to the dog rugs and I've posted some here. They are incredible to see. Also, I've included a photo of the three new snowmen -- We are Family.

Exciting News!

Among Friends has been invited to be a vendor at Sauder Village from August 11 - August 15. These new guys will be making a grand entrance at Sauder. Hope to see all of our old hooking friends and make lots of new ones while we are there. By the way, these two guys have a big brother who is presently being sewn together. All three family members will be centerstage in our booth.

The "Smartest" Car

Isn't this the cutest car you've ever seen. I saw it in a Panera parking lot. Very clever (or should I say "smart") owner!

Chicago Merchandise Mart

Pat and I are in Chicago, IL at the Merchandise Mart ordering for our shop, Trinkets & Treasures, located on the historic square in Washington, IL. We always visit the booth of our good friend, Vickie, who owns Door County Coffee. We had a busy day, found lots of goodies for our customers, and will start for home tomorrow afternoon.

NOLA

A couple of my hooking buddies (Sue and Linda) and I went to New Orleans to attend a workshop led by Carrie Martin. Yes, we had a great time and yes, it was HOT! Believe it or not, the room where we hooked as so cold we needed a sweatshirt. We did Bourbon Street -- what an eye-opener. The food was incredible and so was the hospitality. We hope to see all of our new Louisiana and Mississippi girlfriends soon.

Bunco Pictures

Here are some photos from Bunco. Check out the dessert! I told you we had some very good food.

Busy Rest of the Week

Well, tonight is Bunco. I truly enjoy this group of 11 other ladies. We have a great time, eat loads of delicious food, talk for hours and even manage to play several games of Bunco. I have been playing for over 20 years so I must enjoy it!

Tomorrow night our scrapbooking group of 9 is having a recipe exchange. We are making our second 6x6 recipe album. We did the first one in February and it was entitled "Sweet Treats". This one remains untitled at this moment, but will be filled with recipes to take to picnics or cookouts. Each lady contributes 2 different recipes and makes 9 pages of each one. This is a very creative group. After the exchange, I'll post some photos so you can see how it all went together.

I am also hooking the third snowman, Mr. Big, who will round out the "We Are Family" series. Junior and Eggbert will appear on my website very soon.

Hope you all have a great weekend. Next post I will try to add pictures. This blog is a learning experience.

First Attempt

This is my very first posting on my very first blog. I love rug hooking and Shih Tzu. You will be able to follow all the rug hooking activities on this blog and will be able to meet my furry friends on my other blog, http://trinketshihtzu.blogspot.com. On the right is the princess who owns my heart -- Lucy. Click on Lucy and you will arrive at the Tzu blog. It is currently in the process of being built, but should be up and running very soon.

I have been hooking rugs for about 7 or so years. I began designing my own patterns 5-6 years ago. I began dyeing wool 1-1/2 years ago. I design hooked projects for Create & Decorate magazine and hope to continue well into the future.

I enjoy traveling to various hook-in events and attending camps and workshops. I'll post all of the places you may run into Among Friends under "On the Road".

I hope you all will enjoy reading about the rug adventures of Among Friends. I look forward to hearing from you.