4 Days…..that’s how long I lasted on the cleanse. Yup I welcomed coffee back into my life-with pretty open arms too. I did realize a few things in those 4 days…..I already eat a lot of vegetables and not a large amount of dairy or meat so I think it may have been a bit [...]

A little recap on what I’ve been up to this weekbr /br /The Cleanse: I’ve learned a few things these first few days of the cleanse.br /- i LOVE coffee-yeah that might be my coffee addiction talking. I haven’t given in yet-but I do stare longingly at it every morning and can’t wait for the [...]

Yes that’s right I’m turning 30 at the end of the month and I am doing a pretty non-traditional thing and am doing a 21-day cleanse leading up to my birthday. I want to start 30 out on the right foot and think that detoxing my body of coffee(yeah I ‘m crazy) and everything else [...]

We had our neighborhood trick or treat last night and I was reflecting on it this morning and wanted to share the following thoughts…take it for whatever you will…..we live in the city and are near areas that are “not as fortunate” as us, I’m not going to say not as nice because I know [...]

So after I published my post last night and I was catching up on the blogs I read and there was one that really resonated….it was all about being real and admitting it when you’re not ok(Thanks Courtney!) It really made my analyze my post and whether it was really how I felt. On the [...]

I don’t know why but this title kept popping into my head when thinking about this post last week. It’s not really a Dear John letter, but I feel that when you’re sitting where ever you are sitting reading this you might have the same feelings that someone would have reading one of those letters.br [...]

So I’ve come to the realization that the current blog format isn’t working for me. I’m not always in a crafty mood or ordering fabric and yet I always have so much more to say but wasn’t sure if it would be appropriate for this blog….so in turn I’m changing the plan for this blog…I’m [...]

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”Ok maybe I don’t quite have baby fever but I do love making things for baby showers. I had a customer request some pillows and blanket in this great vintage looking fabric with baby/child related words all over it. nbsp;Love how it turned out….maybe I can just call it baby [...]

So I finally put up the fall class schedule-thanks for hounding me about it everyone! I’m hoping to add more classes as the weeks go on, but this is the core set for now.br /br /Sign Up Now to reserve your spot!br /br /a href=”http://www.drawstringstudio.com/Classes.html”http://www.drawstringstudio.com/Classes.html/abr /br /Have a great weekend everyone-I’ll be spending time at [...]

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”br //divI had a customer order fabric from another seller and send it to me to have curtains made. The wrong fabric was sent but I’ve fallen in love with it and ended up purchasing it for the store….now what to do with it…..I’ve also been working on some other [...]

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A few days ago I got it in my head that I wanted to take the kids to feed the ducks-I remembered how I used to go to Greenfield Park when I was a kids and feed them with my parents and paternal grandparents. It was a great memory and lucky for me the biscuits [...]

I received a few lovely packages on my door today and thought I’d share some with you…div br //divdivI also received in a notions order and the Riley Blake Prints I ordered. You can check those out a href=”http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.278757645473260.89334.125517370797289amp;type=1″HERE/a (the last 5-the others should be here Thursday) br /a href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HpHEDO-ALqQ/Tl2SsO8BFMI/AAAAAAAABn0/skUvFFJ55-c/s1600/productimage-picture-30305-70-1735_jpg_300x300_q85.jpg” onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}”img style=”display:block; [...]

I am officially overwhelmed by the amount of things we have. I really wish I could be someone that is a total minimalist and doesn’t have a bunch of “stuff” hanging around their house, but it just hasn’t happened in my last 29 years of life. I think it’s even gotten worse now that we [...]

div style=”text-align: left;”So you know how I said I was in a funk yesterday…well I let myself sulk and be in that funk for awhile-I even blamed it on the fact that I need to stop drinking coffee(yeah I really only have 1 or 2 cups a day, prob should give it up but not [...]

So to those of you that I’ve shown the “shorts” I made for my little guy and talked bad about the pattern…well I took another shot at it tonight and I must have just been having a bad day the first time I was trying to make these. So why didn’t they turn out the [...]

I don’t know if it’s the fact that it’s the end of summer, stress or finally an urge to finally get organized, whatever it is I think I’m finally realizing that life becomes a lot easier when you focus your energy and get organized. Now this pretty much goes against everything I’ve ever done in [...]

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So Our doors have now been open for one full calendar year! I’ve learned a lot about a lot of things this first year and am happy to say that we plan on sticking around for awhile. I’m also collaborating with some talented people to work on some concepts for the upcoming year. Here’s a [...]

Ok so here goes……our winner is……………. br /br /br /span style=”font-weight:bold;”span style=”font-weight:bold;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: large;”Shanna!!!!!!/span/span/spanbr /br /Shanna said…br /Blogged about ya!br /br /Shannabr /http://queenofthecastles.com/?p=223br /br /JUNE 6, 2011 3:56 PM divbr //divdivbr //divdivA big thanks to all that entered and as a thank you-get 15% off your next order-jsut email me for the code drawstringstudio[at]gmailDOTcom./divdivbr [...]

So I had a great weekend out in the sun with my family and I decided to extend the giveaway in case anyone else missed it because they were out enjoying the nice weather like I was. So if you haven’t already entered a href=”http://drawstringstudio.blogspot.com/2011/06/giveaway-alert.html”go HERE for details/a. Deadline is now Tuesday at 9pm CST.

With summer coming to WI…well it should be here eventually…I now have the opportunity to increase store hours!divbr //divdivStarting this week Store Hours are:/divdivbr //divdivWed 12-8/divdivThurs 12-8/divdivFri 12-8/divdivSat 11-4/divdivbr //divdivI am looking at adding another day in there and once I figure it out-I’ll let you know. Anyone have any preferences????/div

So who was I kidding…I’m so glad to be back in the store. Don’t get me wrong-I LOVE being able to be home with my kids as much as I am, but I also forgot how much I enjoy being at the store and being able to be crafty and talk with my customers. I [...]