Friday, December 4, 2009

New Tote Design and a great new Clutch purse

Check out our new Tote design on Etsy. The cover is reversible and the tote has a cuff that hides the buttons. There are photos on Etsy showing in detail the new design. And of course check out our clutch purses while your visiting our shop. We are having great fun in coming up designs. We are repurposing many of our fabrics that we had in stock.

Our purses and clutches can now be found in the Pittsburgh Area. They can be found at "The Wild Card" in Lawrenceville, Pa. (The Cookie Tour is going on December 3 to December 6) and also at "The White Olive" in Butler, Pa.

Have fun visiting our shop and let us know what you think. If you leave a comment or join our blog we will give you a big discount on a tote or clutch. Send us an email for special pricing.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

SALE ON DUVET COVERS

I'm having a sale on duvet covers. Visit http://www.roomthreads.com/ for details. $50 for any size duvet.

Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting.

Monday, June 8, 2009

June 8 Giveaway WINNER

Congratulations to "bprdesigns" an Etsy follower. You are the winner of the June 8 Giveaway.

For everyone who entered and didn't win........you win FREE SHIPPING on any tote that you purchase.

Monday, May 25, 2009

17th Street Cafe Restaurant (Pittsburgh, Pa)

We have a great group of friends that have started to try different restaurants in the city. This week we went to the 17th Street Cafe in Southside. It was terrific. We walked in and were immediately welcomed by the owner. He made us feel like we had been going there for a long time. There were 6 in our group and we all loved our dinners....Maui Maui, veal and shrimp, white clam sauce penni. In my opinion :)... they have a terrific dirty martini.....the best I've ever had. They also have a to die for chocolate martini. If you are from Pittsburgh they have a coupon in the "Enjoy" coupon book and in the "Entertainment" coupon book. Try them out. Don't think you will be disappointed.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Multi Media - Reversible Cover for Tote/Purse

Doing some market research......

What are your thoughts on this multi media design tote and reversible cover. Art work is a combination of machine embroidery, stenciling, hand painting, applique work. More photos available at www.roomthreads.com.


Saturday, May 9, 2009

GIVEAWAY - Tote with Reversible Cover

This tote will be given away in a drawing on June 8, 2009. To enter in the drawing just sign up to be a follower of my site or leave a comment with your email address. Visit my Etsy shop http://www.roomthreads.com/ and add my shop to your favorites, you will get another chance to win the tote. All current and future followers will be added to my drawing. I like to add past followers to my giveaway as a "thank you". The tote is made of heavy canvas duck and the cover is an Amy Butler design. For more detail and photos visit www.roomthreads.com. Giveaway policy can be reviewed in my Etsy shop.
GIVEAWAY TOTE

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Highlights from our 6 week Road Trip

For the next few weeks, possibly months, we will be sharing highlights from our road trip we took in April from Pittsburgh, Pa. along the east coast, across the south via Route 10, up to Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon and then back to Pittsburgh. My daughter and I decided to take a last minute road trip in April. You would think this type of trip would require a good bit of planning. But thanks to technology we were on the road within a week of deciding to take the trip. We signed up for Verizon Broadband Anywhere service, packed my laptop, had the car checked out....a Nissen Versa and had our bikes checked out and we hit the road.

Soooooo, here is highlight #1... Valley of Fire - Nevada





Valley of Fire State Park was one of my favorite stops and is located northeast of Las Vegas via Interstate 15 and on exit 75. Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest and largest state park, dedicated 1935. The valley derives its name from the red sandstone formations and the stark beauty of the Mojave Desert. Ancient trees and early man are represented throughout the park by areas of petrified wood and 3,000 year-old Indian petroglyph.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Giveaway - June 8, 2009

This tote will be given away in a drawing on June 8, 2009. To enter in the drawing just sign up to be a follower of my site or leave a comment with your email address. If you visit my Etsy shop http://www.roomthreads.com/ and add my shop to your favorites, you will get another chance to win the tote. All current and future followers will be added to my drawing. I like to add past followers to my giveaway as a "thank you". Giveaway policy can be reviewed in my Etsy shop.

GIVEAWAY TOTE

NEW MEDIUM SIZE PRODUCTS BELOW

SPRING/SUMMER TOTES WITH REVERISIBLE COVER






We are starting to upload our new spring/summer totes. A full description can be found on our Etsy site http://www.roomthreads.com/. Custom fabric combinations are available just send us an email through Etsy.

If you already have purchased a tote, a new cover can be purchased separately for an endless combination of totes/purses. Covers are $12.00 which means two diffent looks for the price. Pretty good deal .

Thursday, March 19, 2009

March 19

I've been on a road trip with my daughter since mid February. We are driving from Pa. to the Utah via the south and back again. If you would like to read a little about our trip go to

http://byrnetrip.blogspot.com/

Saturday, January 10, 2009

WILD FLOWER - by Annette Jackson


When someone special is brought into my life, I love to share their talent with others. I recently had the good fortune of this artist walking into my life and she is loaded with talent. Every so often I'll be posting one of her paintings with a little info about her inspiration for each one. Hope you enjoy these as much I as do. If you would like info about this painting, send me an email or leave a comment.

Her inspiration...
This flower I named "Wild Flower" because it's so expressive in its natural colors and size! It reminds me of a woman that has a free spirit that can be detected through her eyes, color choices, words and actions – Simply a Naturally Beautiful Woman; aka, "Wild Flower". This is a watercolor painting created based on a photo – I used Winsor & Newton colors; Deep Red; Permanent Alizarin Crimson; Alizarin Crimson; New Gamboge; Yellow Ochre; Hookers Green, Sap Green, and shades of browns. I've loved color and art since I was a kid; as a teenager I worked after school at an Art Gallery in Los Angeles, CA called Brockman's Gallery; also painted abstracts on my walls at home. As time moved on family, corporate work, along with other things came along and I got away from the thing that I loved. Two years ago, I was at a different place in my life and I needed to find something that I could loose myself in – I thought about it, and prayed about it–and decided to take a watercolor painting class; it's been history since then – I renewed my passion for the world of color and artistic expression; in particular, watercolor painting. My journey continues and I'm sure I will continue to delve into the other mediums as I become closer to myself and the need to express through the Art mediums.