Update!

I can't wait till my IT Dept. returns from another wonderful trip-aka daughter, Lauren! Those of you that know me well know I'm not the best with technolgy and that is putting it nicely. I can't get anymore pictues to post and I can't tell you the number of requests I've had via phone and email that they are unable to post a comment. Hang tight, they return late tonight! She will check my progress on our boutique items very first thing. In between doing real estate this weekend I've stitched almost all the exteriors of the "Elite Totes" for our boutiques plus done a little design work on a new pattern. Because of my love for Mackenzie-Childs I'm doing a thistle wall hanging.
No more postings till I get the picture part solved!

I'm BACK!

I'mmm bbaaaacckkk.....

Bet you're surprised I've re-surfaced. So much has gone on I don't know where to start. First things first though. We've moved back to Scottsdale and I am now working hard along side my daughter in our Kenzie Mac & Co. business. We intend to grow it for real this time, after all, lil mac is now three so we have so much more time to get things done-LOL! We(Lauren!) just re-vamped the www.kenziemac.com website and blog www.kenziemacandco.blogspot.com we have numerous boutiques scheduled for this fall. We will be posting the schedule on the website.

Boutique prep...50 purses cut and ready to sew...


Our first pattern is the "Elite Tote". A modified version has already been out locally but we have finally tweaked it to satisfaction. All that is left to do is the photography and then printing. I lost sleep over this one. I had fallen in love with upholstery webbing a few years back and my mind worked overtime with ideas to use it on. I was experimenting with it by painting, washing, bleaching, stamping, etc. I was just about finished with the pattern design when shopping one day low and behold, there was a purse so close to my design I couldn't believe it. It was at a store that not only sold the purses but also had classes so I signed up so I could get the pattern and could then compare it to mine. It is such a simple/basic design but I was thrilled when my measurements and curve were different and my approach to the sewing assembly was much different as well. I am a "freak" about copyright and I have purchased numerous purse and apron patterns so I can make sure mine are different. I go out of my way to change something I think look close to other patterns. I have now made well over 50 of these bags and they are great sellers at The French Bee (Kierland) when made out of high-end designer fabric.

Lauren altered the Elite Tote pattern and made this extra long bag out of laminated fabric for our recent trip to Myrtle Beach.

In addition to working on our business, we've had some great trips and lots of fun and have settled nicely into our new home in a neighborhood we are much familiar with.

Here's to loads of creativity, accomplishing daily goals and blogging a few times a week!!

Mackenzie is a happy traveler in one of the dresses that I made for her.