temp-tations

Hi Everyone – I will be showing a sneak peek of upcoming products for the 3/21 QVC airings.  Stay tuned, should be on the website by 3/15.  Please let me know after you watch this what you think! I will write more in a bit…

Sorry it has been forever since I last wrote – I have been so incredibly busy as I am sure all of you are as well! Well I am happy to say that I have finished most of my Christmas shopping and if I don’t physically have it, I at least have an idea or gift in mind…this is big for me, I am unfortunately that person who has the best intentions but then leaves everything to the last minute and has to pay just as much as the gift for the expedited shipping…maybe that should be one of my new years resolutions – stop delaying! Have not really been able to get into the Christmas spirit so I treated myself to a pedicure and had them paint a snowman on my big toes – that should channel some positive energy…Growing up you should have seen how crazy my dad was about wrapping gifts – we were only allowed to use 3 pieces of tape, one for each corner and the one in the middle – do you know how insanely hard that is yet still to this day I smile every time I make it with just 3 pieces..one year my brother in law wrapped his gift for my dad and proceeded to tape the entire outside of the box..hysterical – sorry Dad but it’s a little nuts! I have so many funny stories about the way we load our dishwasher, unload our dishwasher, use dental floss and don’t even get me started on the toilet paper situation- Dad was in the Army so we never wasted…anything – actually it is a great trait, one I hope to share with my kids some day.

So last minute temp-tations add to the calendar – very excited – 12/21 at 10am with Jill – should be great and the best part – you will receive everything you order that day by Christmas – lots of great items in that show.  After that hoping things will ease up a bit and I will get some quality family time – really need that right now – mom and I are working on a cookbook together, its going to be great!

This will probably be my last post for a bit but I wanted to say thank you for a wonderful year and for all of your support – I have some wonderful things to share with you in 2010 and as you welcome in that year, may it be filled with all the love your heart can hold. Blessings to you and your beautiful families…

Wow, what a day - thank you, thank you for all the thoughtful phone calls, emails and posts regarding my 5 year anniversary!  I must say that I am overwhelmed every time you tell me how you have welcomed me into your home.  For me, temp-tations has truly been the smile at the end of every day, a labor of love.  Each dish, each design is like a part of me.  I spend hours going over ideas, sketching, trying to decide what I think would look beautiful in your home and make you too, smile! 

So the big question – Tara what’s new? Well I am preparing for my big dinnerware TSV on November 5th, I cannot begin to tell you the amount of work that goes into this from my end and of course QVC’s…the production, the sets, every detail - it’s very exciting and bit nerve racking – I just want it to be perfect :) I am also launching a completer set (platter, vegetable bowl, sugar and creamer) and 18/10 matching flatware…104 pieces. It is going to be a blast and I will be kicking it off with my TV BFF and for those that watch me regularly you know who I mean…

Looking forward to heading home tomorrow, back to NY to visit my mom & dad – they are two of the most beautiful people in the world and I am truly blessed.  They just got a puppy – a schnoodle from a rescue, named Cody who has brought them so much joy.  My father is home with hospice battling end stage emphysema so any smiles these days are always welcomed.  He is my rock and truly my biggest fan – every daughter should be as lucky as to have a dad like mine…

Well I am clearly rambling a bit… thanks again for all the support and I look forward to hearing from you soon!