Jilly & Kiddles Blog

Things have been a bit all over the place around here...

So in the spirit of chaos that is my life right now, here are some random thoughts.

Seeing your own ad on Ravelry for the first time is surprising and wild!  I was adding my new project to Rav and I saw a Jilly & Kiddles ad for the first time.  Dudes, it was amazing.

Over the weekend, Jilly & Kiddles had it's first trunk show.  What an fun experience!

I've been preparing for this for weeks, dyeing lots of extra yarn and deciding how I'd like my popup shop to look.  There was a lot to do, but I think it went really well. I enjoyed meeting so many new people and getting to show off my yarn in person.  My husband Brian came with me to help with checkout, and I'm so glad he did.  Without him, it would certainly have been much more chaotic.  I think we pretty much worked out the kinks.  Plus, he provides some stress relief, for sure.  Here he is trying on a slouchy hat for some customers for laughs.  I can't thank him enough.

So, you know what's pretty strange these days?  Not having any cell reception or internet.  Seriously.  It's just bizarre.

My family is back from our vacation, and it's so good to be home.  The six of us went away on a week long cruise out of NYC, along with my parents, and my sister's family of four.  It was amazing!  The only thing, is we decided not to purchase any sort of internet package, so we were all offline for the week.  What a weird feeling!  Plus, my two high schoolers were, um, not exactly loving it.  We all survived, though, and it almost feels nice after you get used to it.  No need to check email constantly, or see if you got a text.  I didn't realize how often I check my phone until I couldn't.  I'll have to work on that.

Here's the story of our wonderful week away

Well, the word around here is college.  Yup, my first child is about to fly the coup.  You know, in about 9 months or so...

Last week my daughter, my husband, and I went on a little trip to check out a couple of schools.  We zipped off to NYC for some fun and to see two of the schools on Irene's list.

The photoshoot during which I learned how to capture yarn.  ...So I googled it.  I researched.  I read articles.  You name it.  My shots were getting better, but not quite what I wanted yet.  Naturally, I thought maybe if I had a really great camera, if would make a difference.  Maura agreed to bring the camera along, and sounded excited to use her new skills to help me out.  Trying out a “professional” camera without having to buy it?  Yes, please!