Happy Kathy

I am back from my very amazing trip to Italy. My sister and I had a great time and I learned some great things while I was there. It was my first time to Venice and we had a tour guide of the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Church. It was so interesting to learn the history and makes me very motivated to learn more about it. I'm back into the swing of things sewing away! I am hoping to get some new fabrics in the shop soon, but it will have to wait until I catch up on all of my orders. I'm getting there. Here are a few photos from the trip!

Here it is, a brand new year! I'm excited for 2012 for a number of reasons. The first being that my wonderful, and extremely lovely sister is taking me with her to Italy at the end of January! In a mere 19 days! I am so flipping excited! Last time I went to Italy was in college, in 1998. So a very, very long time ago. We are going for nine nights, three in each of the following cities, Rome, Florence and Venice. When I did my study abroad in Rome all those years ago, I never managed to make it to Venice. The reasons are pretty stupid, but at the time I was very concerned about over spending and was on a very strict budget. And a trip to Venice was a lot of of extra dough that I didn't have to spend. But now in retrospect of course I see how ridiculous that was of me. Oh to go back in time with a smarter brain! But alas, that's what being young is all about. Now at least I feel like I will get a lot more out of a trip to Italy then I did back then. I certainly will not be