Walk a mile with me so I can tell you what's going on.
These last few weeks have been the best of times and the worst of times. The fall launch was running late due to my traveling back and forth to my mom and dad's much of the summer.

But hey, I've been doing this a long time so I felt we could rally the troops as we crossed our "t's"and dotted our "i's" and pull it off. All the fabric and trim, over 4 miles worth, were ordered and in place this summer. Samples were made, edited and some made again just to make sure everything was just right. I found some fabulous photographers,
Molly and
Amanda, to work literally round the clock to get the pictures taken and formatted and rushed to my web designer.
Timi also worked round the clock to get the launch done.
Then the ordering began; yeah my favorite part. The reason we do it is for all of you and your kiddos.

Creating whimsical, functional, comfy fashion one piece at a time. Everything is made in Indiana so I can't blame customs. Well I sorta can. So the worst part is my cutting knife broke, just stopped working. Well you can imagine that you can't cut over 4 miles worth of fabric without some major appliance. Mine was my trusty knife. I actually can say I love her. She's been with me so long, so faithful and true. Any way because so much work has gone off shore no one stocks parts in the USA any more. Heck, you can't even buy a knife off the shelves because all of those have to be ordered and shipped in from Asia or South America with a 2-3 week lead time. So any way, where is all this going? The knife got some CPR and is up and running until the parts get in. I am finally going to be shipping fall orders out this week and next virtually round the clock until we get caught up and past this knife mayhem. After this glitch, all orders should be shipped in our usual less than a week time frame. All the blog prizes will be shipped by the end of next week.
Speaking of blog prizes, Nicole Kelly, you are a winner!

Please
email me your address and size and I'll get yours on the to ship list. Also, Schauss Family Happenings, you're a winner too! You know the drill. Please send me your info so we can spoil your little one as well.
Any way, what I really want to say is thanks for listening, thanks for your business, and thanks for your patience and understanding. Okay... just a few more abstract nouns: thanks for your faithfulness, love and support. But most of all, thank you for giving me an opportunity to continue to do what I love most: create kids clothes made with love in the USA. I can't end this without offering you a chance to win a blog prize from our Modern Prairie collection. So here goes, tell me what makes you smile when you're having a challenging day. Everyone has a chance to win, it's a random drawing, so good luck!
Thanks 1000 times for walking these miles with me.