Oh the people you meet.....

We left the kids behind and spent a fun day shopping and eating in Portland.  Some of the places I visited in the Pearl District last time are gone now but this fun Chinese import shop called Cargo made up for it.  It was kind of spendy but it's in a high rent district so that's to be expected I guess.  We did leave with some fun stuff and brought the kids back a few days later since we knew they would have a blast here.

Rejuvenation is a must-visit store.  It has original old house parts in the back (which is how it got started) and reproduction parts and furniture in the front.  This is such a dreamy place.

This wedding dress made me swoon.  That's all.

Joey found a terrific yarn shop and the gals couldn't have been nicer (we have a crabby store locally and it really irks us).  Yarn Garden had an amazing selection (3 large rooms!) and they ship.

I couldn't wait to take Joey to Bolt and my heart dropped when I saw a "closed" sign in the door.  Well then we looked in the window and saw none other than Elinor Peace Bailey and Laura Gunn in there shopping!  So I banged on the window and yelled "Laura!!  Let me in!!" (because I'm pushy that way apparently). 

It was so much fun to catch up with them a little bit and yes, Laura is working on another collection (Yay!).  I left with a yard of some luscious Liberty of London fabric and I can't wait to play with it.

I hope everyone is having a great week! It's very warm here (over 110!) but we are hoping for rain. Keep on sewing!!