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Technology steps in and helps with many of the details. BTW: Did you know the camera adds 10 pounds?

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Always be flexible is a motto I have learned to embrace, when one door closes another opens, when the greatest plans go awry.....and so forth.

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Even great photographers have color issues to deal with - challenges we can all relate to. I was very impressed with all the detail Gregory and Elena thought about.

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Now that the face of the quilt is wrinkle free (wouldn't that be nice if it were just as easy as that? LOL) - it is time to pin it to the wall. In steps Elena to get it just right - as right as right can be.

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Despite the frightful weather, I made it to San Jose just fine. However, my quilt had folds in it EVERYWHERE!

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Gregory Case, TQS Photo Man, prides himself on excellence when it comes to getting your quilt perfectly reflected in digital imagery. I needed the wedding quilt professionally documented, and decided to bring the camera along for the ride. Just what does it take to get a quilt photo ready? You will be amazed at the painstaking detail Gregory goes to - it's very impressive.

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When the kids were little we would go to China Town in San Francisco with our best friends every holiday season. We would eat at the Far East Restaurant to feast in a private booth. Then the kids would each receive $1.00 to shop. It is AMAZING what you can find for a buck in China Town. As the kids grew older and went off to college all over the map, this tradition dwindled away. We realized this year that EVERYONE would be in the area - so guess where we went? CHINA TOWN! We no longer fit into the little booth - but some things still hold true - yes, you can get something for a dollar - try an ornament and a Chinese back scratcher...........as an aside, when we were leaving the resturant my friend Karan noticed a young family with babies under foot in one of the booths - she told them about our tradition and they couldn't believe that their babies would one day look like our adult babies! What are your holiday traditions? We want to know.

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Many of you have asked - did I make Joey and Shelly a wedding quilt? Up to now the answer was no - the Chuppah was very intense and required tons of hand work. However, in the back ground I started a quilt that would serve as their wedding quilt. Not only was it embriodered with their names and wedding date but also the bible verse, "I am my beloved and my beloved is mine" in English - this verse was hand embroidered on the Chuppah in Hebrew. This quilt was REALLY difficult for me as it was totally out of the box.- it got VERY mixed reactions when people saw it in progress - and may I add not good reactions. As the top drew to conclusion I was 100% stumped regarding how to quilt it. So last July, I tucked it away not knowing what to do, very discouraged.

FASTFORWARD: At this years retreat I brought it out and asked for a HONEST take on it - Paula Reid and others LOVED it - when I shared my distress regarding how to quilt it - Paula said, "I know exactly - please let me do it". When the quilt was finished and arrived back home, I got goose bumps when I saw it. Paula choose a tree of life for the quilting design and honestly, she did a spectacular job! To date this is perhaps the best quilt both she and I have collaborated on. Before giving it to the kids, I took it to Gregory Case/ our TQS Photo Man's house to get it photographed. I have to say that the measures he takes is extraordinary and fortunately I had my video camera to document the process. Soon I will share the process he goes to when snapping the pix of your quilt. It was quite an amazing process.  (We had to shrink the pictures to fit on the internet and they are not up to his standards.)

Oh yes - the kids love the quilt!

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When Adair was a little girl she asked Santa for L.A. Gear tennis shoes - imagine her surprise when she opened her package from Santa and there were 2 - left feet shoes! I can only imagine which elf got in BIG trouble!!! Last night we were invited to my friends house for supper - we always exchange a gift and I couldn't recall what I got for my friend............then all of a sudden I remembered what it was - Ricky's Christmas CD (she had seen him preform in Livermore). THEN I realized that her CD is in KS under another families Christmas tree (that story we will just pass on) . So I came up with the idea to wrap up one of my CD's and give it to her - so here is what I found - Ricky's Heart and Soul CD - check out the inscription inside and the year - perhaps that is when we first met! Hey Ricky - you are pretty awesome too!

Do you have any funny present "situations" you would care to share?

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For all who saw Mary Fisher in season one - you will be excited to know that her efforts are continuing. I wanted to share this note I received and encourage you to support her project - she is an astonishing person with a huge heart coupled with incredible vision.

Happy Holidays, friends--