Another crew member!

~You sew girl!~



Want to meet yet another one of our wonderful Treasured Times Gals?


Name: Beth
Crafts: Quilting, Long arm quilting
Fancy Title: Director of Long Arm Quilting

Miss Beth is rather new to quilting, but that doesn't stop her from being wonderful at it! She has pieced together many wonderful, amazing quilts that I just envy! Also, she has learned the art of long arm quilting. Not just learned.... mastered? Yes, mastered! She is an awesome long arm quilter and does nearly all of our quilts here at Treasured Times! In other words, we just love Beth :) When she isn't quilting, however, she is a nurse, a wonderful mommy as well as grandmommy! She's just wonderful all the way around :)

So, world wide web, Beth, Beth, world wide web! Now you've met! :) I'm off to do some homework! Have a good day all.

We've been...

~Stitch your stress away~

Long-arm quilting

IroningStitchingand piecing our way to...
our very own quilt display! Yes, for the month of October Treasured Times Quilting and Gifts has a room at St. John's in which we will create a display to show off our products! Currently we are busily getting all of our projects finished, as you can see :)

So, when there are some more details about our display, I will tell you exactly where to find it and when you can see it! Have a nice night you guys, I'm heading off to bed! School starts at 8:40 tomorrow :)

Website!

~Dull women have neat sewing rooms~ (I'm not dull!!)

So, we have a development! I am guessing you already have an idea, you know, looking at the title of this post. Yes my friends, we are going to have a full-fledged Treasured Times Quilting and Gifts website!

You may be thinking... well... what am I looking at now?? This is merely a blog my friends! You can't shop on a blog, now, can you? However, a wonderful website from Yahoo with a shopping cart and lots of room for items certainly lets you!

And so, the website construction begins! Like our header?

Look familiar? :) Just because we are getting a new website doesn't mean we are abandoning the blog. Quite the opposite-- we are tying into the blog.

Remember my title as photo lady? Do you know what this website MEANS for the photo lady? It means that every. single. item. must be photographed. Lucky for me I have an assistant

You remember Presley, right? Well she's a good photo lady too!

And I SUPPOSE I can give you guys a sneak peak at some of our product photos

Pretty nifty, huh? This is only a very very very very small fraction of the photos we have taken and that need to be taken, however. Don't worry, this just means that I can keep posting product photos any time I need a filler on the blog. Well, there has to be some benefit for me if I am taking all the pics! :)

Alright all, I am signing out for now. Have a lovely afternoon!

Further introduction

~May your sorrows be patched and your joys quilted~

I have mentioned a few people in my last couple of posts who, I believe, need a better introduction than I have given them! As I said in my first introduction, the three of us(Nichole, Peggy, and myself) may be the nucleus of this business, but we are NOT NOT NOT the only people behind it! We have a lot of support and I'm going to get down to recognizing it!

Austin Bourassa

Crafts: scrapbooking, koi keeping, pond building

Austin is, as I said, my fiance(woo!), Peggy's son, and Nichole's brother. He may not be crafty in the same sense that we are(although he does occasionally scrapbook with me!), he is sure a builder and has all the know-how of the crafty world from his crafting ladies. He is a great idea man and has an AWESOME eye for color, which we often put to use. He is my personal best friend as well as my husband-to-be and we all appreciate his input in our quilty business! One day, boy, I will get you on a sewing machine!!!

Presley Myers

Crafts: Scrapbooking, organizing, Modge Podgeing

Presley Lynne is one of my oldest friends and when I became integrated into the Bourassa clan, so did she! She is a crafty lady too, though she isn't quite a fan of stitching(at all... yet!). Pres is very organized, very clean, but has a funky 60s-inspired style when she crafts. Her scrapbook pages, as well as any of her other crafts, have both of these elements in the end product. Meaning, they end up pretty cool :) To Treasured Times, she is a product tester, a scrapbooker, and I am seeing some sort of organization project in her future. Although these are her current positions, I am sure as time goes on, there will be more :)

I think I've got you caught up now! And as I mention more of our supporters (employees? :P), I will write more introductions!

Goodnight everyone!

Hello World!

~The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary.--Mary Kurtz~

Cheer! The first post!! By the by, I believe that quote :P

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I love starting new things. And although this blog post in and of itself is something new, this blog is but the beginning of our budding business. With this blog, I am introducing Treasured Times Quilting and Gifts to the world!

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So, you should probably know who you are dealing with, huh? :) Time for introductions!

Peggy Bourassa

Crafts: Scrapbooking, embroidery, knitting, general sewing, cross-stitch, and of course quilting!

Fancy title: Founder(CEO)

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Peggy is, as I said, our founder, the lady who truly started it all. She is a wonderful nurse as well as crafter. Trying to find her "niche" in the quilting store world, she came up with revolutionary idea to sell customized quilt kits in people's homes-- thus the idea of Treasured Times was born! She is the matriarch of our crafting family and is the most experienced. She is definitely our crafting teacher, and lucky for me, she is a patient, understanding, encouraging, and FUN one!

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Nichole Quilao

Crafts: Scrapbooking, embroidery, general sewing, quilting!

Fancy title: Production Manager

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Nichole is the daughter of Peggy and is, thus, a very avid crafter as well! Nichole has MS, and although disabled by it does not let it come in the way of her crafting. She is the clean-cut and challenging quilter-- she is the one to take on the complicated patterns without fear! In fact, she made the lovely trip-around-the-world quilt featured on our banner! Nichole is the creator of many, many of our gifts as well as all of our quilty prototypes. Needless to say, she's a busy lady!

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Tabitha Maust

Crafts: Scrapbooking, embroidery, cross-stitch, general sewing, knitting, photography, quilting!

Fancy title: Director of Marketing/ Photo Lady

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I am the blog writer, by the by! I have always loved to craft but did not get into quite the number of crafts until I met the Bourassa family. I am currently engaged to their son, so I am almost officially related! :P I have a deep love/addiction to crafting, especially quilting, but I am the least experienced and more a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda person. This means I don't always abide by the rules! Sometimes it produces WONDERFUL things, and other times, well, not so much! :P Oh well! I seem to always have fun doing it!

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So while we three are the main little trio in Treasured Times, by NO MEANS think that we are the only three that is supporting and working on this business. Although I will just introduce the three of us now, certain other key figures and friends will doubtlessly be introduced throughout this wonderful blog!

Now that you know who you're dealing with, I hope you first off, aren't scared away :P, and second, are just as excited as we are to see our business bloom! Have a nice night!