A Blogebration
January 15th, 2008
UPDATED 1/21/08, 10pm PST:
Comments are now closed. Tomorrow Karen and I will have 2 names drawn while we lunch (because this is how we roll). Our mystery drawer is being fiercely guarded. Stay tuned!
xo,
Monica
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I missed my 200th post (this post marks an obscure #225). I’m too lazy to look at how many comments I have. My blogaversary is in some-other month. I’ve got nuttin. Just a really cool giveaway - complements of my sistah-friend Karen Snyder.
Hmmm… what should I celebrate. Thinking. Thinking. Oh, I know! I’ll make a big to-do-ha-ha over the fact that my flickr photo of my studio has had more views then of my photo of Karen’s studio. Monica -vs- Karen. No, no, no. I can’t do that. That would just be mean of me (moo ahh haa haa). And besides - now everyone is going to go look… and there goes Karen’s view count back up again.
This blogebration is about Karen. Not because she’s such a great friend (even though she claims that MY parents think SHE’S their favorite “long-lost” daughter). No. This blogebration is because even with all that talent of hers - she has no stinkin’ blog! I’m sorry Karen, but your newsletter is just not enough!
So here’s the deal. Leave a comment telling Karen to GET A BLOG - and win this wonderful Fat Quarter Fun book by Karen (and signed just for you)! Giveaway ends 10pm PST on January 21st, 2008 and a name will be drawn the following day.
Ok… enough about Karen. [begin Jan Brady whine] Karen, Karen, Karen! [/end Jan Brady whine]…
I have my favorite part in Bundles of Fun, and that’s on page 17 - with shots of some of my quilt labels, and one of them couldn’t thrill me more. The label is of my “Basilisa’s Garden” quilt that I named after my late paternal grandmother - the beautiful Basilisa Solorio. OHMYGOSH. My grandmother. In a book. A book I tell you… A BOOK! My dad read it and I thought he was going to cry. Hard to explain… but it means so much to me to have that label in Karen’s book… and for the whole world to see it! So because I’m feelin’ all warm and fuzzy… I’m sweetening the pot with a copy of Fat Quarter Fun from me too.
Two books = two winners! One from Karen, and one from The Favorite Daughter (that’s me, regardless of what Karen says).
Get a blog Karen. Get a blog. :)
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Farting around with needle & thread and then blogging about it.
Hey Karen, take that big bloggy step and enter into the blog world. You already have fans waiting to see and hear all about what you are working on these days!
Anita
January 15th, 2008Now how can someone that talented and inspirational not have a blog? Karen, we NEED you to get a blog. There’s so much room out here in the blogosphere for creative people!
January 15th, 2008Doesn’t everyone have a blog? :o)
January 15th, 2008She MUST have a blog!!!
I will even help her foof it up!!
January 15th, 2008You say the sweetest things, in print anyway!
Now I’m going to sit here the rest of the day and click on the link to the photo of my studio, so there! In fact, I’ll email our mom, and ask her to click on my studio, and Dad, too!
January 15th, 2008oh dear you neeeeeeed a blog Karen
January 15th, 2008we neeeeed you in blogland so please get one
I would love to read more about what you have been doing hugs Beth
Yes, I agree that Karen should get a blog. The studio and the book look fabulous and blog-worthy.
January 15th, 2008Goodness Karen! If you have a BOOK you must have a BLOG!
January 15th, 2008Kaaaareeeeeen, come towards the light, Karen…the wonderful, warm bloggy light… it’s calling you, Karen…it’s calling you…join us, join us! I promise there’s no kool aid. Really. Promise.
January 15th, 2008Karen, you are obviously NEEDED in Blogland, can’t you hear our call? Can’t let the Zombie have all the hits! We wanna hit on you too :0
January 15th, 2008Karen, everyone needs a blog. Be warned though, they are very addictive and once you start you will be completely hooked forever. Don’t let that scare you. It’s totally fun.
January 15th, 2008Karen, Karen, Karen…. Come join the rest of us in the 21st century and GET A BLOG!!!! You have too much talent to not share it in a blog format!!!
January 15th, 2008Karen, a book but no blog!! Words fail me, how can you not have seen the bright light that is blogland. Move towards the light dear girl.
January 15th, 2008Karen, get a blog! Your book looks wonderful. We need to see more of your wonderfulness on a blog! And the book is displayed on my most favorite quilt. Please say that comes with the book! ;-)
January 15th, 2008Get a blog! Its the best thing I have ever done I get so much joy out of it! Plus you get to meet amazing crafty people because of it!
Karen we need your crafty inspiration daily, please start a blog so I can add to my daily growing blog list!
January 15th, 2008Karen. Karen. Karen. Get. A. Blog! (Please? Do it for the favorite daughter.)
January 15th, 2008You can do it Karen! Blogs are fun, easy to update and will be great for your business. Let’s see it up and running real soon - okay!
January 15th, 2008Karen has to have a blog. If she doesn’t get one she should give a fat quarter of those wonderful fabrics to ALL of us who leave a comment. Plus she has a really funny friend. She’s a luck gal.
January 15th, 2008Blog, blog, blog, bloooog…you need a blog! Or we need you to have a blog. Or both. Which is the same thing. Start a blog!
January 15th, 2008Karen, get with the ’00s and get a blog! Oh yeah, your book looks great. I hope I win!
January 15th, 2008Karen why would you wanna miss out on all this fun?? GET A BLOG!!!!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!! You’ll not be sorry. But we will be if you don’t GET A BLOG!!!
January 15th, 2008Hey Karen, get a blog!!!
January 15th, 2008Karen, dude, get a blog. Pronto.
January 15th, 2008You are too funny… and it’s a good story about your quilt label. Karen should definitely get a blog to compete with you — both of you will definitely benefit. :)
January 15th, 2008Come on Karen, I need one more blog to read while I’m working at my other (okay, real) job. Karen, You will save my sanity from the man. I need you! ! ! ! ! !
January 15th, 2008Karen,
What are you afraid of? Everybody does it.
Come on, bend to that good old peer pressure and get a blog already.
January 15th, 2008For goodness sake Karen, get a life! Get a blog!!!!
January 15th, 2008Karen, what is taking you so long? Get a blog,right now.
January 15th, 2008Hey Karen,
January 15th, 2008Wow. You have two books and now you need a blog.
Yeah Karen jump right in there…you and HZ could compete for the top spot of my favorites list
January 15th, 2008Robin
Got a Blog? NO….well then get one Karen!!!
January 15th, 2008Congrats Monica on your 200th plus post. Your ironing center is just as pretty as Karen’s fabulous stash of 30s fabrics! Although I am in awe of that.
Karen, you should add a blog to your great looking website. First post should be more pictures of your studio. ;-)
January 15th, 2008Oh yes, do get a blog Karen, it’ll be fun to have another one to to my blog roll. :)
And fun to win that book! ;)
January 15th, 2008Hey Monica ! Happy obscure #225! …. and how neat is that to see your grandmother’s name in a book ….I’m sure she’s smiling !!!
…..and, hey Karen ….. get a blog!
January 15th, 2008Hey Karen, there are 34 comments.. Is it a blog yet?
January 15th, 2008Karen for pete’s sake, get a blog. And I’m telling you for free, because I ALREADY HAVE A BOOK SIGNED BY YOU!!!
January 15th, 2008Karen, you simply must get a blog, and I simply must get your book. It looks fabulous!
January 15th, 2008Getting a blog is fun, getting a blog is easy, it’s so easy, an inept person at webbing is able to work it, like me. Hope to see a blog soon.
January 15th, 2008Karen needs a blog. EVERYONE needs a blog actually — I don’t know how I ever managed without one. On a different note — um, pick me please!!! The 21st is my birthday (really, it truly is — I even have a birth certificate to prove it) — and a copy of this book would just be way too cool as a present!
January 15th, 2008Oh Karen you need a blog……
yes you really do! Just like I really need this book as I have 1000’s of fat quarters that need to be made into quilts :)
Kathie
January 15th, 2008Hi, Monica,
January 16th, 2008happy 225:-) I simply love your moo hahas…
blogging is great fun,I started in my blog in july 2006- what a splendid decision- and got a lot of new and dear quilt buddies from all over the world,
so Karen, don’t hesitate another day to join us in the fun.
Happy 225th Monica! Karen; blogging is so much fun, pleeeease share your wonderful talent with the rest of us too far away to meet you:)
January 16th, 2008Karen please get a blog…it sounds like we are missing out on what you have you say :)
January 16th, 2008OMG! I am about splitting my sides reading all the creative and original ways everyone has of saying that Karen needs to have a blog. Since humorous territory is well-covered, I’ll go with boring but direct:
KAREN.
GET.
A.
BLOG.
If not, you’ll be responsible for the collective breath-holding anticipation 40 (now 41) people and the resulting health-impairing blood pressure increase. Our health is in your hands. Think about it.
January 16th, 2008Of course Karen have to start blogging. If she knew how much fun we have here in blogland. Oh…I guess you already told her that.
So we all look forward when you publish the link to Karen’s blog…………..next week :) LOL
January 16th, 2008Hey Karen, Karen BoBaren, Me Fi MoMaren Karen
January 16th, 2008Go Get a blog…
(They still have some on sale for cheap… as in FREE!)
Monica, I love what you said about your grandmother and the label. So sweet.
Karen, believe me, if I can do the blog thing, then anybody can.
January 16th, 2008What????? Karen has no blog????
Come on, girl…you don’t know what you’re missing!
get blog.
..and…..happy 225 to yo sistah M!
January 16th, 2008Let’s go Karen, let’s go!
January 16th, 2008*clap clap*
Let’s go Karen, let’s go!
*clap clap*
Get a blog Karen, get a blog!
*clap clap*
Get a blog Karen, get a blog!
*clap clap*
Karen, get a blog already!!! The world needs more great bloggers. You gotta give your friend here a run for her money lol!!
January 16th, 2008Just go for it Karen! Blogging is so fun and I’ve met so many wonderful people through bloggin :) You won’t be disappointed . Niki
January 16th, 2008Come on Karen, take the plunge…the water’s fine!!!!
January 16th, 2008Go Karen….you get a blog and then I’ll get one too. Monica has been after me to get one but I don’t know the first step. HELP! Monica, kudos to you on all your fabulous posts! I miss you so much, when I read them I am right there with you, hearing you laugh, seeing you sew, watching your dh cook :) Miss you much! YG
January 16th, 2008Oh my, I think I zoned out I was scrolling so long to get to the bottom of the comments! LOL
Hiya Karen,
January 16th, 2008really, you should join the blogging fun. We aren’t a *very* scary lot, only slightly so. :-) (And I even try really hard to keep the toilet talk to a minimum!)
Karen, You should be bloggin! Yeah! Kinda like the Bee Gees, bloggin - not dancin’!! Please, please, please, pretty please!!!
Karen, maybe I can talk you into it next week, WHEN I SEE YOU!!!
Keep working on her Monica!!
January 16th, 2008I agree that Karen needs a blog but I’m not sure my comment would convince her. LOL I want that book. No, wait - I need that book. I must order that book today!!!!! LOL
January 16th, 2008Karen! Get a blog already!!!
January 16th, 2008I agree. She needs a blog. More of her craftiness needs to be exposed.
(A blog-friend and I had a “Fat Quarter Challenge” last year. The challenge was to see how much of a fat quarter you could use in as many different projects as possible.)
January 16th, 2008Hey Karen! Don’t you know that everybody who is anybody in the quilting world has a blog! Designers, quilt shop owners, quilters, everybody who counts! You don’t want to be left out of the count I’m sure, so read my lips - get a blog!
January 16th, 2008First of all, I cannot believe Karen doesn’t have a blog! WHY NOT?? Tell her she NEEDS to have a blog - it makes your life complete, do it not? Yes, indeedy!!
January 16th, 2008Secondly, congrats on over 200-and-counting posts!! May HZ live FOREVER!!!
Karen… get thee to typepad and get blogging! Anyone with such an amazing fabric stash needs to dish!
…I looked at your studio pic, too Monica so the count would be even… ;o)
January 16th, 2008All right. I am in! Karen, get a blog! :)
January 16th, 2008Dear Karen,
I know you don’t know me but I was once a non-blogger like you. I had a Flickr account wherein I shared my crafting adventures and met many wonderful people who kept encouraging me to start a blog. So, I did–finally. It was terrifying at first and then I realized that what each of us has to say and share with others has just as much merit as anyone else. And so I write blog posts as often as possible which have netted me many friends and constant opportunities to learn and grow.
Sincerely,
January 16th, 2008June
Karen,
January 16th, 2008“I think you can, I think you can, I think you can ….this little engine that could knows you can “do it” be bold behold the blog.
While I do read Karen’s newsletter I would surely enjoy reading her blog - oh dear, she doesn’t have one?! Well, only one thing to do….get a blog! :-)
January 16th, 2008Get a blog!
The book looks awesome!
January 16th, 2008oh, Karen….look at all the fans, won’t you please start a blog?!?
January 16th, 2008Karen, Get thee to a bloggery!!
January 16th, 2008As the “other” Karen (whom has a blog) I think 67 messages of encouragement should be more than enough… although I’m sure there will be more!
January 16th, 2008I’m number 67! Sheesh I guess I will go buy the book, because it looks FABULOUS. Get a blog!
January 16th, 2008I know it is a big step Karen, and it feels like a huge comittment at first- but it is SO fun! And think of all the readers you’ll have right away!
January 16th, 2008BLOG! BLOG! BLOG!
If a loser like me can have a blog, then someone as important as the AUTHOR of an AWESOME BOOK should DEFINITELY have a blog! ;)
January 16th, 2008I would never, ever deign to tell someone else to get a blog–especially when they write such lovely books! Still…blogging is awfully fun…
January 16th, 2008No blog? KAREN!!! Think of all the fun we’re missing!
January 16th, 2008Karen, apparently you need to get a blog. And I need one of these fat quarter quilt books. I love fat quarter quilts!
January 16th, 2008I am reluctant to throw a stone at Karen, when I’m sitting in a glass house myself! :) I don’t have a blog either, and my daughter haunts me about it. BUT, I would love to read more about/by the talented Karen, and I would also love to win a fat quarter book!
January 16th, 2008I think Monica gets a commission from getting people to create blogs. I don’t have one, either, and she rags on me about it. I’m content to be a voyeur for now. Maybe when I get more focused…or when hell freezes over - whichever comes first.
January 16th, 2008Karen,
January 16th, 2008PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get a blog. We need immediate access to your creativity.
Thanks Sue
Get a blog Karen! Really. This is my first visit here because I’m in the process of creating MY blog. I am looking for other cool blogs to put in my list of cool blogs :) The Happy Zombie is now going on the cool blog list and who knows maybe I’ll be adding Karen’s soon LOL. Good luck.
PS: I’ll be thanking the Domestic Diva for sending me over.
January 16th, 2008Yes Im totally in & tell Karen to get with the program:)
January 16th, 2008LOL
Ang
Hi Karen,
Love the pics, but it just won’t do…you need a blog to go along with them. I hope to see one soon. By the way, the book looks great… I hope I get to see it up close to really examine those labels (hint,hint)!!
January 16th, 2008Karen: “get a blog!” lol
January 16th, 2008The saying of the day, “Karen, get a blog!”
January 16th, 2008c’mon Karen—get with it! Blog to your heart’s content. Huggy poo! come see me.
January 17th, 2008Karen, get a blog. It is the best thing you will ever do.
January 17th, 2008Oooooooooh, I”ve been wanting to get that book! And Karen, you should get a blog! I started mine just this month and it’s been so much fun!
January 17th, 2008I love fat quarters!
January 17th, 2008Karen, like, not having a blog is sooo nineties. Please get a blog. I promise to read it every day!
January 17th, 2008Holy comments, batman! I’m posting the 89th comment. Wowwee! So, anyway, YES,KAREN NEEDS A BLOG!!! I haven’t had the honor of meeting Karen, but I know she’s got talent oozing out of her, so I think her blog would be very charming! Haha, get it, “charm”ing! I crack myself up!
In other news, we got 3 inches of snow last night and it’s supposed to snow most of the day. They’re predicting 6-8 inches here. We’ll see. Packer Gameday is supposed to be FREEZING, like single digits and -degrees windchill. Brrr.
January 17th, 2008Oh, poo. I forgot to say, how totally cool about your labels in a book. :)
January 17th, 2008Karen, get a Blog. You know you want to! It will be a good thing. You’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner!!!! You set the pace so it’s enjoyable!!! Come on….phuuullleeeeaassseeee!!
January 17th, 2008karen- we need you to share your wonderful ideas with us in blogland!!
January 17th, 2008Jump in Karen! Get a blog and share in the fun and inspiration. With so many people commenting, the odds are against me wining a book, but I have followed links and seen the fun that is found in the book, so where can I find a store copy?
January 17th, 2008Karen, you Sooooo need a blog. And I probably need that book…
Love your *pretty* blog, Monica, and LOVE your workstation pics! Jealous, much?!?
January 17th, 2008Hey Karen!
Get a blog!
hee hee…
LOVE the look of that book!
Happy Blogaversary!
Leah xx
January 17th, 2008So Karen…wow…95 and counting of us want YOU to get a BLOG!!!!! So are ya gonna? Huh? are ya? are ya huh? come on puhleaze :)
O.k. I’m off to look at these studio pictures everyone is talkin’ about.
Love your blog by the way:)
January 17th, 2008Get off your hiney and get a blog girl! You probably just have oodles of spare time to blog right?… ;)
Monica - you and I now officially have a special bond. My sister and I are famous “MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA” whiners in our family. You crack me up!
January 17th, 2008I went to look for your blog and you really don’t have one. I’m shocked! C’mon Karen, GET A BLOG!
January 17th, 2008Karen! Get a blog! Hey was that a song, sung by the Silhouettes…
January 17th, 2008Sha na na na, sha na na na na,Sha na na na, sha na na na na,Sha na na na, sha na na na na,Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a BLOG Sha na na na, sha na na na na
Every morning about this time
she get me out of my bed
a-crying get a BLOG.
After breakfast, everyday,
she throws the HINTS my way
And never fails to say,
Get a BLOG Sha na na na, …Take a hint girl, get a blog! Love the looks of that book!
Wendy
Get a blog! I would LOVE to read what you come up with!
January 17th, 2008No blog! What’s that all about? Come on, Karen!
January 17th, 2008For Kqren, with apologies to Sha Na Na.
yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip….
get a BLOG, sha na na
get a blog, sha na na
yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip….ypu, yup, yup, yup, yup, yup…..
GET A BLOG
January 18th, 2008I’m with everyone else.
January 18th, 2008GET A BLOG!!! :o)
deb
Even I have a blog.
January 18th, 2008Come on Karen get with the program.
Yes, yes, yes, you should have a blog! What joy it was to click on the link and find that your quilt shop is in my very own neighborhood! Okay, my very own state. So it’s two hours away from my house. Close enough. What’s two hours when you’re talking about a quilt shop? Nothing, I tell you. Nothing.
January 18th, 2008Congrats on having your label published :)
January 18th, 2008Looks like a great book.
I should win the book, my last name is Snyder & I’m fat (I hope Dr. Phil isn’t reading this, cause he’d probably want to chat)!
January 18th, 2008Oh dear… Karen, you *must* get a blog!
January 18th, 2008I think it is safe to say you now NEED a blog because all of us are sitting around waiting for it and you would be sad if are kids don’t get fed because we were waiting around. So go get that blog so my kids can eat:) And so I have more fun stuff to look at while they are sleeping.
January 18th, 2008Karen,
January 18th, 2008I need another favorite blog to keep track of, so make it YOURS!!
Karen, I don’t know you and I just found THIS blog today. I frankly don’t care if you ever get a blog, but I’d sure like to win one of these freakin books…..*L*
January 18th, 2008Karen, by all means, get a blog so I have one more to read that makes me feel bad about how lame MY blog is! Seriuously though, I’d love to read it!
January 18th, 2008Karen: You don’t have a blog? Where have you been? EVERYBODY who is ANYBODY has a blog. Course, that is except me. I’m going to be setting mine up soon. That’s the ticket……
January 18th, 2008Karen, please get a blog, I have oggled your studio picture so many times, I need more from you. Please!
January 18th, 2008Ummm…well…I must admit that I myself do not have a blog, but oh how I do enjoy reading all of the crafty blogs and feasting on the eye candy while I’m feeding my baby at night to get him to sleep! Karen, please get a blog and inspire those of us who haven’t yet found the courage and time and energy to start a blog! (Unless, of course, the very thought of adding one more thing to your to-do list makes you want to pull your hair out. In that case we’ll all just be thankful that you’ve written books!)
~Jill~
January 18th, 2008Blog it up Karen! Take the plunge!
January 19th, 2008Hi Monica,
just discovered your beautiful blog today.
Congrats!
Hi Karen, fulfill your friend her wish, please…
Hello from Hamburg
January 19th, 2008:-Tally-:
Hello Karen - I don’t know you but please get a blog. Quliting blogs are my favorite and I can’t get enough. I’m sure your blog will be wonderful. Pretty please.
January 19th, 2008Get a blog, get a life, both four letter words. Life was simpler when I didn’t have a blog making me feel guilty for ignoring it also. But those with so much talent, Karen, (I’m not worthy) should get a blog.
January 19th, 2008Karen you need a blog! I’d visit your blog everyday and maybe even comment. It’s not hard and it is lots of fun. Love to see your new book.
January 19th, 2008-Marlene
Karen —- Get a Blog!!! I would really love to win the book, it looks like a really cool book :)))
January 19th, 2008Alright Karen, even I have joined the blogolution and I don’t have anything to say that ANYONE would be interested in.
If I can do it, you can do it. I repeat, YOU CAN DO IT!
January 19th, 2008Karen, Yes, yes…you NEED a blog…it’s sooo easy…please consider giving it a go.
January 20th, 2008I want to see more of her studio - get a blog, girl!!
January 20th, 2008Everyone needs a blog! :-)
January 20th, 2008Blog, Karen, Blog! It is very addicting!
January 20th, 2008This is the one hundred and twenty-seventh person to tell you to “get a blog” - it’s the modern way!
January 20th, 2008Happy blogawhatever Monica!
January 21st, 2008I read Karen’s newsletter but she seriously needs to get a blog.
Just found my way over here!! It sure would be nice to have another blog to visit in the morning with my cup of coffee. Please Karen, make my day!!! pam
January 21st, 2008okay–get a blog karen (even tho’ i’m too chicken to start one when i really want too) love reading them and obsessing over the gorgeous stuff. love sewing too!! happy new year!
January 21st, 2008Alright, Karen! Get a blog already! It’s not rocket surgery - I mean - jeez! If you can write a book you can write a blog! It’s even easier thank quilting. ;)
January 21st, 2008I stumbled upon your blog from a link on MaggieBSmocks & have enjoyed at least 2 hours of wandering through your musings. Delightful descriptions & wonderful photos. Someday I hope to have my own blog as well but in the meantime….KAREN, GET A BLOG!! LOL
January 21st, 2008C’mon Karen, if you can write a book, you can write a blog! And if it’s anything as cute as that book, it’ll be awesome!
January 21st, 2008Blog Karen Blog! Then we can know where to find all of your great pictures and patterns and books! PUH LEEEEZE!!! :)
January 21st, 2008Get a blog Karen! It’s easy…! I would love to read more from you! Love Jess
January 21st, 2008A talented woman like you needs a blog!! ;-0 I’d love to see more of your creations and ideas.
January 21st, 2008