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Hello everyone,

How are you fairing with our supposed Spring?? For us here in the West Chester area, spring has had its ups and downs!! One day it is 50 degrees and sunny, the next day it is snowing and cold. The weather is so confusing; I don’t ever know how to dress in the morning! 

But we all know spring will be here soon, so we just have to be patient. Well I have never been good at being patient! My Mother would yell at me all the time to be patient—“Angela, you need to be patient; patience is a virtue!!” Now please remember that my nickname since I was a chubby cheeked baby has always been Angel, so I only got “Angela” when she was really mad at me. Hehe

Well while we are waiting for Spring to truly arrive, we do have our Quacker Factory Garden Party show to look forward too!! On Monday, April 1^st from 1 – 3 PM ET, Patrick Hoy, Carolyn Gracie, our fabulous models, and I will join a LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE for two hours of FUN and FASHION! Our Garden Party was so wonderful last year we were able to design some new items for you that will go along perfectly with our theme!! And some very fashionable walk shorts that you have been anxiously waiting for!!! You will be seeing some returning customer favorite items as well as some great new pieces to add to your wardrobe! I would like to take this opportunity to thank in advance Mary Eckenrode from Cheryl’s for providing our audience with some yummy flower cookies, and we’d also like to thank Phillip Watson from Cottage Farms for helping us to decorate our set for the show!! I CAN NOT WAIT for this show!!! 

A few side notes – our fabulous artists, John and Diane, who have worked with Quacker Factory for years and years, look into the world around them for inspiration when creating our beautiful Quacker designs. John has a gorgeous garden where he sits and is inspired. Here are a few photos of his garden:

So lovely, John—thanks for sharing with us!!! Last year during our show, we shared our photos from the gardens of Jeanne Bice, Patrick Hoy and myself. This year our show is SO packed with goodies, we will not be able to share these photos during the show, so I thought I would share them again with you here:

This is an “after” photo from my garden. We worked our butts off to get this up to snuff for the Garden Party show, but I was very proud of this once it was done. And I can’t wait for everything to grow in this year! I’ll have to get you all an updated photo once it all grows in!

Here are some lovely photos from Patrick’s AMAZING English garden—can I just say WOW!

And here is a photo from Jeanne’s garden in Florida:

More photos from Jeanne’s house can be found on QuackerFactory.com. 

Join us on Monday for our Garden Party show and chat with Patrick live right here on our Quacker Factory blog. Patrick has something very special to share with you! We will be featuring three new floral designs that we want you to vote on! The design with the most votes will be purchased by QVC and will be featured in next year’s Garden Party show!! You get the chance to tell us what design YOU want!! We will also have a new feature – “Behind the Seams” – here on our Quacker Factory blog showing you how your favorite floral design is progressing, from conception, to creation, to on air presentation! HOW EXCITING!!!! You can sign up on QuackerFactory.com to receive an email alert when a new “Behind the Seams” installment is posted.

Well, I hope that you all will be inspired to create your own lovely bouquets in and around your home. If you have a “brown” thumb, where you kill all living plants, then you can always grab a bouquet that Quacker Factory had embroidered onto a lovely tee shirt for you like our Hydrangea Snowball Scoop Neck T-shirt (A223883) or Embroidered Floral Heart 3/4 Sleeve T-shirt (A221767). And stay tuned on April 1^st from 1 – 3 PM ET for some NEW great fashions from the Quacker Factory!

Until next time - Quack, Quack for now!

Angel

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