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Monday, July 16, 2012

My Travels

When I was younger I did a fair amount of traveling on my own and with my family. Looking back I haven't had many vacations in the last 10 years. Whenever I would have time off from school or work I'd go to California to see my brother. Yes I know some would call that a vacation, but I'm talking about going somewhere you don't know anyone... staying in a hotel... and just being on vacation. I'm going to have my first "vacation" in over 6 years later this summer. {and i'm pretty excited!}

I have done some traveling recently. I went back to Philadelphia for the first time since I moved to California. I took about 50 photos on my actual camera & 250+ on my iPhone. It was the kind of trip where I didn't want to lug my camera around most of the time. The week was hot, but it was great to catch up with friends and explore the city.

At the airport

Home!

Phillies Game

Catching up with my Aunt Mary & Uncle Steven

Philly Night Market

Japanese Gardens

Walking through Philly. Gotta love a guy who is willing to carry my Dr. Seuss bag!

Pats & Ginos. {Pats wins}

For the record, I have never actually had a cheesesteak. I'm not a big fan of cheese. BUT i do love a plain steak.

Hanging out with my oldest friend. We were next door neighbors and I was at her first birthday party when I was 13 days old.

Meeting her son Jacob for the first time.

Lunch with Candi!

Initiating Lauren's Mother and Sister into Delta Phi Epsilon.

This trip included a lot of food... and we photographed a lot of it :-)

Sabrina's on Drexel's campus for dinner.

It was hot & humid.

Pool time with Allison & Lyss

Pod for dinner. One of my favorite restaurants!

Independence Hall

Cousin Allison!

Meeting her daughter Tori for the first time.

National Constitution Center

Ben Franklin's Grave Site

Liberty Bell

Dinner at Rex1416

Liz, Joaquin & Loren

Rachael & Eric

Law & me

The engineer fascinated by engineering at The Franklin Institute.

My favorite part... walking through the giant heart.

The pendulum.

The Academy of Natural Sciences

and like that the trip was over.

Then last week I took a day trip to Joshua Tree National Park. I'll let the photos do the talking.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Generation Q - Blog Tour & Giveaway

Welcome to the Gen Q Blog Tour!

I was SUPER excited when Gen Q posted that they would be launching a print format filled with the same spunk & humor as their very popular blog. They raised the funds needed through a Kickstarter campaign just a few months ago.

You can connect with Generation Q in many ways!

Gen Q is on Facebook

Gen Q is on Twitter

The Generation Q Blog has new content all the time.

....and the print issue I'm going to tell you about today is on sale in quilt shops now!

One of the awesome things about Gen Q is its size. It is smaller than most magazines. Here is is next to my iPad for a direct comparison. Since it's small you can easily toss it in your bag to read on the train, while waiting in a doctors office... basically anywhere!

My iPad is rocking a Tula Pink GelaSkin. I recommend getting a GelaSkin since they are fun and protect your device.

I was honored to be asked to have a project in the debut issue.

But after that... something even cooler happened.

See that?... Look closely.

Yup. My brother Brad & I teamed up to do most of the photography for the debut issue!

I loved visiting Rose Hughes home!

This piece of art was a favorite of mine. I love fun uses of typography.

Jake was there to art direct & we had a laughter filled afternoon.

Here is my table runner pattern that is featured in the issue. I wanted to create a manly table runner so I used the Urban Grit fabrics from Michael Miller.

Yummy Stone Beer.

My On Tap table runner is now being used to display an amazing T-Rex sculpture by Adam Homan.

I had no idea this photo was going to be used. To me it was an outtake!! I arrived at Quilt Market and found out it had been used!

It was very windy & slightly chilly... but we had a great time searching out fun places to photograph the quilts.

Photographing the issue was fun & exciting.

Don't forget to check out all the other stops on the tour!

June 25 Kaye Prince

June 26 Carrie Bloomston

June 27 Cara Wilson

June 28 Heather Jones

June 29 Melissa Peda

June 30 Rose Hughes

July 1 Bari J

July 2 Fat Quarter Shop

July 3 Emily Cier

July 4 Blue Nickel Studios

July 5 Jackie Kunkel

July 6 Cheryl Arkinson

July 7 Amy at Amy's Creative Side

July 8 Jaybird Quilts

July 9 Megan Dougherty

July 10 FabTalk blog

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2. Tell me what you would like to see in Gen Q.... I'm curious!
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Quilt Market Recap - Tula Pink's Booth

It isn't a secret that I'm a big fan of Tula Pink's work. Her booths at Quilt Market have always been impressive and this was no exception. She did a double booth this time to show off two new lines. Night Shade on the left is her Halloween inspired line. The Birds & the Bees on the right is a nature inspired line due in shops this summer.

Side Note

I asked on Facebook earlier this month...

"Question: Do you want more Quilt Market photos & recap or have you seen enough? I have more photos to process and share, but I've been busy working at my full-time job and haven't had the chance to post them. Before I take the time to process them I wanted to know if you want more Quilt Market recap or if you have had enough! Thanks!"

All but one comment said... Yes, more. So last week I gave you more, and the post has one comment. I don't blog for comments, but I was just a bit surprised.

Did you read it & just not comment? Are you sick of market posts?

I'm working on some very exciting things... its just that nothing is at a point where I have anything to show yet. As soon as it is... you'll be the first to see it!!

My other Spring 2012 Quilt Market Posts

Quilt Market Recap - The Booths

Quilt Market Snapshots

Quilt Market Recap - Schoolhouse

Rock the Booth - Guest Post by Rachel of P S I Quilt

What is Quilt Market? - In case you are not familiar with Quilt Market, this post I did in Fall 2012 will explain!