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Welcome To Kentucky!
Holly, Nita, Becky, Ina, and Betty arrived back at our campground just before lunchtime today. The Indiana Embroidery Conference was a great time for them to have fun, hang out, and talk with ma . . . keep reading
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The Snoring Woke Me Up!
7/20/2007
About 6am I was awakend by snoring. I looked over at Holly and smiled. It was the first time in over 25 years of marriage that she'd ever snored! On the other hand, there've been MANY ni . . . keep reading
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SOLD! (and Un-Sold!)
If you've been following our adventures, you'll remember that we listed our house for sale just before we published the last issue of Bobbin-Buzz. It sold in 8 days. Wow!&n . . . keep reading
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Summer's In Full Swing
July 7th 2007
Motorhomes, 5th wheels, trailers and even tent campers have been pulling in and out of here all morning! With the holiday falling on a Wednesday this year, I think the campgrounds are getting tw . . . keep reading
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House For Sale!
Our friend Carol Shroka has been a realtor for several years now. When we decided to list our house we called her and worked out the details. One thing we've always appreciated about Carol is that her . . . keep reading
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Grab A Cup And Relax With Bobbin-Buzz!
The first issue of Bobbin-Buzz was published in November of 2002. That's almost 250 issues now - one per week for 5 years. And every week it seems like there's more to talk about than the previo . . . keep reading
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Bobbin-Buzz From The Road
Today we're in a quiet little campground in the town of "Caledonia, Wisconsin". We're out of the house and the painters will start on it Monday getting it ready for sale. And so the adventure be . . . keep reading
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Just A Couple More Days...
Last week I told you about the "PODS" arriving in our driveway. Well it's almost full now and we'll be locking the door on in Monday morning for the last time for quite a while. They rent two . . . keep reading
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We're Almost There!
If you've been following along every week you know that Holly and I are going to be full-time RV'ers in a few days... ( You can read more about it in the issue of Bobbin-Buzz called "If Tomorrow Nev . . . keep reading
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24-Hour Contest
5/25/07 - 5/26/07
We Have A Winner! First - a little background on the 24-Hour contest... I saw the posting from yesterday about "having withdrawls" because the embroidery machine was in the shop. Got me to thinkin . . . keep reading
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If Tomorrow Never Comes
Since about two years ago our team members have all been working at their own homes and we've been interconnected with each other via phones and the web. The only thing still going on at our house . . . keep reading
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Top 10 List...
I've always enjoyed stand-up comics with clean jokes and satires and Letterman's "Top 10 Lists" have stayed the test of time. So I thought I would make my own Top-10-List of r . . . keep reading
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The Eagle Has Landed!
This would be "Part-1" of "The Eagle Has Landed"... We've helped our friend Nita launch her newest site and the details are available in the first article of this week's Bobbin-Buzz. We're ver . . . keep reading
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Bobbin-Buzz!
Some of our readers were asked to participate in a survey about 10 days ago. Thanks to all of you that answered and for your positive responses. The project is a "thumbs-up!" and we are pu . . . keep reading
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Adiós Texas!
4/20/2007
We've been visiting with Nita & CJ O'Keefe for a couple weeks now in Texas while our camper is having some work done on it in Florida. They're supposed to finish the work today but I'l . . . keep reading
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Computer Skills 4 Embroidery
We've been working like CRAZY while staying at Nita and CJ's houe in Texas! I've finished two videos and almost done with a couple other projects too. Holly has been digitizing and in between al . . . keep reading
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Machine Embroidery On The Move...
We're back in the Houston/Galveston area as of yesterday! Holly and I left the camper in Lakeland FL on Wednesday morning and headed for a visit with our friends Nita and CJ O'Keefe. We . . . keep reading
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A Different Vision
I decided it was time for some new glasses about a week ago. I have both astigmatism AND near-sigthedness. Since I couldn't read street signs until it was almost too late to make the turn it's . . . keep reading
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Almost Spring!
We're down to the last few days in Florida. Spring has almost arrived in Illinois and we will be packing up and travelling (albeit slowly) towards home in about a week. It's been a fun win . . . keep reading
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A New Computer... UGH!
Holly's computer was showing signs of croaking so we ordered a new computer and she went to work on making a fresh backup of all her data. The new computer arrived this week and she started on set . . . keep reading
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Moving Day!
I've made a couple small changes to the left-side menus. Basically I've moved the "MEMBERSHIP" menu UP to the top left side and made it simpler to understand the links on it. If you want to change y . . . keep reading
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Not Really A Photo...
I just had to show off this cartoon of Holly! We had a cartoonist make sketches of us a couple weeks ago while in one of the Orlando attractions. We told him what Holly does for a living and he ca . . . keep reading
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Convert Photo To Embroidery
Feb 17th, 2007
Just as I'm finishing up putting out this issue of Bobbin-Buzz, Holly is browsing through photo's of Pearl, looking for the one she wants to digitize. I think we have a couple thousand pictures of her . . . keep reading
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Ya-Hoo! Where Are You?
Bobbin-Buzz 1-27-2007
Maybe you haven't noticed, but something's wrong with Yahoo! Here's the message posted at the top of every Yahoo group right now... "We are currently experiencing a Groups email backlog. Messages . . . keep reading
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New Disease "IDHABU" Discovered!
Bobbin-Buzz 1/20/2007
You can read the details about "IDHABU" in the article below! Protect yourself today! All kidding aside... we've come up with another idea to help our customers enjoy their hobby more. Read . . . keep reading
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Bobbin-Buzz 1/13/07
After another week of digitizing, sewing out, building webpages we sometimes forget to take time to re-charge the batteries. Today's one of those days for me. Hope you take a bit of time too. Once B . . . keep reading
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Bobbin-Buzz On The Road
Holly and I left the Houston/Galveston area yesterday morning just ahead of some pretty bad storms... We pulled in for the night in Slidell, Louisianna and will be up and off again this morning, hop . . . keep reading
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Bobbin-Buzz: Dec 23rd, 2006
Time is REALLY running short. I'm guessing most of you don't have too much spare time today so this will be a VERY short issue of Bobbin-Buzz! Holly and I are spending the next few days . . . keep reading
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One More Thing For Your List...
12-15-06
The time is flying by and 2006 is almost over. You probably don't have another minute to spare, just like me. But there's one more thing I made time to do this morning... My phone rang.&nb . . . keep reading
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Bobbin-Buzz: Up All Nite!
Normally Bobbin-Buzz is much longer than today's issue but today I'm cutting it short for a good reason... I will send a "Speical Edition" announcement out tonite at midnite with a link to "The . . . keep reading
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Let's Get Together!
ArtisticThreadWorks is not just a great place to get designs. It's a great place to join in the fun of the embroidery community. Or maybe I should say "Communities"! Because there are many "sub- . . . keep reading
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A Whole New World
The World of Machine Embroidery is ever-changing and evolving. So are the online services to that world. And that's where ATW comes into the picture. We've been offering new and exciting concepts to . . . keep reading
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Learning OnLine
I'm in a seminar this weekend in Palm Beach Florida, so this part of Bobbin-Buzz will be pretty short, but I want to comment on something a little outside the normal channel today. Several . . . keep reading
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Am I Rude?
Yesterday afternoon I picked up a phone call... ...and was treated to a sales-pitch from a person selling how-to-run-your-business information. For a mere $150 they would send me a looseleaf bin . . . keep reading
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Reader's Choice Coming To ATW
It's been a very busy week here at ATW! Holly is digitizing like crazy to get ready for winter! Right now she is working on designs for release in December. The digitizing is almost done n . . . keep reading
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Who ARE These People!?
I can see by the numbers that a LOT of new members and guests have been visiting ATW since August. Welcome to all of you! (Or as they say in Dixie "Welcome all-Y'all!") Maybe you' . . . keep reading
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Is It Really Just October?
Nice Timing Holly! Holly has been in Phoenix since Tuesday and will be home on Sunday. Coincidentally, the mid-west has been hit by record cold weather since Wednesday! Nice timing Holly . . . keep reading
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Weekly Design News, Updates and More
Usually I have the Bobbin-Buzz put to bed by Saturday noon at the latest and quite often it's done by Friday afternoon. This week and today have been pretty hectic so I am running LATE... AC . . . keep reading
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DigitizersWorld Opens!
It's Opening Day At DigitizersWorld! You're invited to come to www.DigitizersWorld.com for a look at our newest website! Read more about it below and on the site itself. . . . keep reading
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Take The Time Again
Holly and I have had a couple long conversations about work schedules over the last few days. It seems we are putting in a few too many hours to be healthy. Fortunately, most of those extra hou . . . keep reading
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Embroidery Fun - Computers NOT!
When computers were first available to the public in the 1980's and I bought a Commodore-64 I thought they were fun! As time went by the computer became more of a vehicle to take me where I want t . . . keep reading
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Another Week Of Insanity!
(Hang in there - Friday's coming AGAIN!) Okay - so it's another week of insanity here but we keep it from showing as much as possible. Kind of like watching a duck swim... looks calm on the surfac . . . keep reading
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Catching Up From The Boondocks!
I have been in Vermont for the last 3 days visiting my dad. It's beautiful here but my goodness is it remote! My dad has a home on the shores of a small lake nestled in the rolling mountains about 1 . . . keep reading
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