Oh my gosh. I'm kicking myself for that brilliant idea of having you write your comments on my last post in the form of a poem. Over 140 poems!! Never in a million years would I have anticipated that. Now I feel like a jerk for just picking 3 winners.
I laughed, I cried, I scratched my head in confusion. It was all there. But here are the 3 winners I picked (please don't hate me if you're not on the list!):
1st place goes to Jennifer who's poem hit a soft spot in my heart and made me cry:
Because my womb
has been barren
I started sewing again
to beat the gloom.
Your fabric store
held my heart
and I loaded my cart.
Some fabric has not left my stash
For I can not part.
Fabritopia lit a spark
and stole my cash.
Thank you for your encouraging words
and super fun patterns
I'm alive again
and sewing...
~jennifer xoxo
Joey and I always wanted 5 kids. We never imagined it would take so much effort and pain (procedures, drugs, and 10 miscarriages) to get here. It can be so easy to wallow in grief and I admire Jennifer for keeping busy and optimistic and enjoying other people's children even when her heart is aching for one of her own. Crying again here so I'll just move along...
2nd place goes to Tom:
I'm one of "those guys" that sews.
Of course none of "the guys" at work knows.
My daughter says, "My daddy made it!" full of pride,
I on the other hand, sometimes want to hide!
"You made that?" They say with a raised brow,
I say, "Sure did!", They say, "Holy Cow!"
Beautiful fabrics adorn my shelves,
If only I had more time, Where are those elves?
Jennifer Paganelli, Tanya Whelan and Heather Bailey to name a few,
They are my heroes, since I found you!
Keep up the good work Jona, and many more years to come!
I will keep buying your fabrics as long as my machines hum!
You have to be impressed with a guy who loves to sew (I know I am)! Not only does Tom sew but he's amazing at it and even made a beautiful Easter bag for his wife (with a zipper in it!). His daughter is the best dressed girl in his town I'm sure.
3rd place goes to Mary R.:
Leonard's sewing shop closed months before
And now Jona's own shop would open it's doors
She had fabric and patterns and really good pics
But like Harry Potter would they "order in Phoenix"
She announced on her blog that "It was alive"
and took her web fabric store for a test drive
Jona had talent and style but did she have sanity
For starting a shop in this poor economy
Ask Schnelly or Diamond or even Marmalade
The prospect for profit had become retrograde
But she proved that is was far more than rhetoric
Jona was offering fresh fun fabulous fabric
The deed was done, all set in motion
But I'd still like to know where she got the notions
Her Laces and Trims and Fabric delights
Dots and stripes, whet one's appetite ...
Jona knows many of the "stitch and famous"
not just crafty mama and Paula Prass
But Jennifer Paganelli's sis boom is in the room
With "Flower Power" and Laura Gunn's "Lantern Bloom"
She's got Anna Tatum in the "House"
And Anna Marie Horner in her corner
There's Heather Bailey in the "Garden"
And Patty Young on the "Mezzanine", I beg your pardon
Oh, and Mary Engelbreit's "Jolly Fabric" or Tanya's "French Hatbox"
Would make a lovely dress for Lucy and her golden locks
Jona says she's getting Pillow and Maxfield's "Whimsy"
Just in time for her Happy First Anniversary
I needn't worry about my over forty presbyobia
The fabric choices are big and wonderful at Fabritopia
If you don't like the rhyme I'm makin'
You asked for it, Fabric Girl, "Kwitchyerbellyakin"
I think Mary's poem is amazing but mostly I think Mary is stalking me because she mentioned the names of my pets, my sewing machine shop owner, and even knows the quote from a cross stitching on my wall ("Kwitchyerbellyakin"). In fact I have reason to believe Mary has been in my house and I've watched enough made for tv movies to know that you never upset a stalker (oh and she gets extra points for using the word "presbyobia" which I need to google).
Jemellia gets an honorable mention for using the word "nipple" in a poem (or maybe she should get the booby prize, *snicker*) and Scott's use of the word "gastric" was nice although I don't know why he didn't rhyme it with "elastic".
I'm so sorry I can't give out more prizes but with that kind of poetic talent my shelves would be emptied! Thank you all SO MUCH for playing along. I'm completely floored by all those poems and by the sweet words from so many of you! Have a wonderful weekend!!