Loving this fall weather!

I'm loving this lovely mild weather...but my long-awaited fall has turned into a frenzy! 

How did that happen? It's me, maybe. 

Probably.

I seem to keep thinking up cool ideas with no time in between to relax between finishes.

At school, I've taken on several big projects that turned out to be more time consuming than I remembered. Or maybe I made them more time-intensive than they needed to be...
But it's so much fun...

Some I volunteered for myself, others are regular duties that I just have to 

squeeze in & get over it. 

I enjoy them all - I just didn't expect them to pile up like all the fall leaves in the driveway!

But now let's talk about the shop.

At Calico Mermaid, we have some amazing plans for the rest of 2014! 

We're especially excited about our guest teachers coming soon. 

Terry Waldron will be here in a couple of weeks.

I can open up two more seats if you'd like to join us. 

Call the shop soon if you want those spots!

559 793 2510

Lynne Pillus will be at Calico Mermaid teaching her amazing techniques on January 10!

Save the date!

We also have some great holiday plans - on Halloween, we'll have some 

special Trick or Treat Fun for you. 

After Thanksgiving, we'll have our traditional Shop Small Weekend. You won't want to miss it!

 In December, you can earn Crabby Cash again this year - and spend it like cash!

And just wait till you hear about our 12 Days of Splash Your Stocking! 

The Mermaids have 12 days of special deals just for you!

We'll also be hosting a FINtastic Mini Winter Retreat again this year:

January 3-4-5            8 a.m. - 10p.m. at Calico Mermaid     7 meals included

Fun - Games - Prizes - Food - Friends

Start the New Year off right with time for yourself to finish up all your projects ...

OR get a jump start on something wonderful for 2015!

Check our Newsletter for our most recent 

Class Calendars!

Mermaid's FINtastic Winter Mini Retreat

We had a great time at the mini retreat this weekend! We spent Saturday, Sunday, & Monday at the shop with our retreaty friends - eating - laughing - sewing - quilting.

Everyone is starting off the new year with a lot fewer unfinished projects & a bunch more friends!

Here are some of the projects they completed. Everyone is so talented.
I tried to take a lot of pictures, but everything was going so quickly & I messed up a lot of the shots....here are a few to show what a good time we had.

We even played some games & won some prizes. Guess who won the word search?

The Handi Quilter Avante stayed pretty busy all weekend. Rae Lynne quilted tops, Jenny quilted table runners, & Vicki quilted her beautiful jelly roll quilt.

Here's Shirley working hard!

Free Shipping Friday!

Just to say thanks for a great beginning, we're offering free shipping again this Friday!
We have thoroughly enjoyed this new adventure, and we're looking forward to all the excitement the new year will undoubtedly bring.
We hope you are reveling in the aftermath of an amazing Christmas, and are ready to kick off a terrific new year!