Olive Grace Studios: Happy Mothers Day

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happy Mothers Day

To all you lovely moms Happy Mothers Day! I have to start out by saying its a BEAUTIFUL DAY! We (as in dad, Drew, and the puppies even the puppies) got mom a digital camera and I set her up with her own blog...although I am having technical difficulties when she writes her first post I will make sure that I write all about it and give you a formal invite to follow her on her blog! I think she will be a great blogger and especially when I haven't blogged about my happening she can fill you in on whats going on. PLUS I am sure she will share recipes and such. She is pretty excited I think I just feel bad the darn thing is giving us problems oh well I will figure it out! I was more excited to give her the camera she hasn't had one since Drew and I were little. Her and I have some up coming adventures in the next few weeks and my brother is going to be graduating in June for The Ohio State University!

So I thought I would share with you a little story... so before I was around my dad bought my mom on their first valentines day a dozen roses well lets just say mom didn't really appreciate them the way she should have soooo dad has not bought her or picked her flowers since... well today how cute is that!

Well I am off to finish the newsletter and get ready for our trip to Salt Lake City on Wednesday! I will try to blog all about it while we are there!

P.S. Like my friend said today "thanks all you Moms who brought us great friend into this world!" Debbie Chen http://handpecked.blogspot.com/

3 comments:

Donna said...: What a great idea for Mother's Day...and how sweet that you dad got her flowers again after all this time. Ain't love grand?; May 8, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Kori Turner (olive grace studios) said...: Sometimes! In this case yes...he picked them for her and i thought that was even sweeter; May 9, 2011 at 2:28 PM
hand pecked debb said...: aw thanks for the shout out Kori!; May 10, 2011 at 1:11 PM

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The Olive Grace Story

5 years has come and gone and oh how things have changed!

What is Olive Grace Studios ?
It is a sweet little quilt shop and a pattern and design company!

Who is behind Olive Grace Studios?

Me (Kori Turner-Goodhart) and the people that inspire me and the memory of people who I have loved and lost.

Since I was a little girl my mom and grandmas’ took me in and out of little quilt shops and surrounded me with fabric. I believe this is where the dream of opening a quilt shop all began. When I went away to college this enigma was put on the back burner. I received a B.F.A. in Interior Design from Savannah College of Art and Design and headed off to the corporate world of Interior Architecture. The path of climbing the corporate ladder was not for me and I looked back at the dream I had once envisioned. So I packed my apartment up in Washington D.C. and Dad moved me home to Fowler! I opened my little quilt shop in hopes of sharing my experiences through my pattern, hand picked sewing goods and gifts. Now I am designing and using the Olive Grace Studios brand as a path way to great things in the quilting industry.

Where is olive grace Studios, llc (an eccentric quilt shop)?

The little red school house at my parent’s home and my sewing studio in my home basement!

What is so ironic about my idea is that in the late 50’s the Dewitt sisters who’s family originally built my family’s home saved the schoolhouse from becoming a garage. The sister’s moved the one room schoolhouse to our property to become a retail space and McGuffy Reader Museum. They to had a big idea…Mable’s was to provide our community with music lessons and Evelyn’s was to have a quilt shop and classes. Although the sisters never opened their own shop I hope in some way I am making their dream come true too.