Autumn Ray Threads

welcome : Very Jane.

I am so glad you are visiting our website from our Very Jane deal feature today. I hope you snagged one of the bargain deals on our Amy Butler Reversible Headbands ..  and just a little tip- if you loved the Amy Butler Fabric from the headbands make sure you check out Very Jane on May 03 to purchase more Amy Butler handmade items sold by Autumn Ray Threads.

You can also visit our ETSY store here.

Listed below is a little sneak peak of what you will find...

The Auty Top

Matching Mother/Daughter Auty Top

Girl Auty Dress Matching Sets

Boy's Bow Ties

Make sure you visit us on Facebook and Instagram (@AutumnRayThreads)

(We post most of our newest items there first)...

 (Chevron Tees will be online next week)

 

 

 

 

It's Spring Time.

Well, I just realized I haven't updated since Fall- so again, I am behind on the blogging part of the website - boo for me.

Good News - IT IS SPRING TIME  The Chattanooga Market is open for River Market !

We will be at Chattanooga River Market this Saturday March 30 (by the Tennessee Aquarium) from 10a-5pm. We are completely stocked with Amy Butler goodies including a few new items from last year. 

We also have a brand new location at Knitting Mill Antiques- middle of the store in the crossover beside the restrooms. (Spot those Amy Butler & Chevron Pocket Tees) - Yep, they are new and fabulous.

Just added : The Lily Apron- Ready to Ship 

We have a busy Spring/Summer Schedule coming up and will make sure to update where you can find Autumn Ray- in the meantime here are a few of our online social media and store locations.

Find us on Instagram using @AutumnRayThreads

Autumn Ray Threads on Etsy

 

Autumn Ray Threads on Facebook

 

Click any of the link above to find us 24/7 !

 

Hope to see you soon.

 

 

Fall Schedule : Autumn Ray Threads

I was sitting on the porch last night .. air was super crisp & it hit me-

IT'S FALL YA'LL !

October, hands down, is my favorite month of all 12. Plus it's my birthday month which makes it super special.

After realizing it's fall I realized my hands were going to be busy-busy to create for Autumn Ray Threads' scheduled Fall/Winter Markets.

I love fall/winter shows. The weather is perfect, people are just more friendly and being outside with the breeze couldn't be better. (and Starbucks brings back the Caramel Salted Mocha) 

We will be @  The Chattanooga Market each Sunday until the end 2012.

This  year I am super excited The Chattanooga Market will host/manage Signal Mountain's Fall Hodgepodge event. This will be the 1st year for Autumn Ray Threads to particpate- our set up will be outside.

Friday October 5 10a-5pm / Saturday October 6 10a-5pm

One of my most suprising & unexpected success shows last year- by the talented girls at Monark Events.

Old Florida Holiday & Winter Market

Saturday November 24 5p-9p / 30a (Florida)

Last up- and this one is juried show and we will not know if accepted until October 15 (my birthday) **

Nashvillians- we are hoping to make it this year. Fingers Crossed !

 

Of course, if you can not make any live markets Autumn Ray Threads is available through the ETSY store.

Autumn Ray Threads on ETSY

Hope to see you guys around. Have a great fall ! 

shop on....

Thank you to everyone who has stopped by Autumn Ray Threads during the past 2 weeks at The Chattanooga Market. Each year I am completely blown away by you guys who continue to love what I create and bring each week. 

Amy Butler Lark A-Line Skirt

I will be absent from the market this week (May 5)- but will be back for Mother's Day Chattanooga Market on May 13.  If you would like to place an order with Autumn Ray Threads on etsy enjoy 20% off your entire purchase by using coupon code : MARKET20 at checkout.

... and I couldn't resist adding TyRay's pic- he has become quit the poser.

Boy's Tiny Elephant on Ivory Bow Tie

... & Autumn says she never sees herself on the blog- 

thanks for going to GIRLS NIGHT with me- all of us girls had a blast with you.

 

have a great week, brandy.

the best part of sewing...

One of most favorite things about sewing is : the people who love what I make. I have the best customers in the world- who also have the most adorable children in the world. Over the last 3 years I have sewn items for people who literally live right next door to me all the way to moms in Australia & one little girl in Paris (seriously-  the child lives in Paris, France and she's wearing good ole' Ringgold, Georgia hand made dresses) 

Last year during Oktoberfest at Chattanooga Market I met the sweetest couple ever. Seriously, they were so cute together and I just instantly clicked with them. Rachel and Justin live in Murfreesboro, have the cutest little boy and one on the way. Here is a little write-up Rachel wrote and Justin photographed. 

Over Easter Justin sent the most beautiful pictures of Rachel wearing her Jennifer Paganelli Auty Top.

Just Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

 At River Market last year I met a sweet friend who bought 2 American Girl doll dresses for her best friends daughter. Bella was pre-mature and so tiny regular baby clothes would not even fit. The next week I met Bella at Chattanooga Market wearing her American Girl Dress- I ended up making her 3 more to wear throughout the summer.

One year later- she is in a regular size Auty Dress on the beach. 

Presh ! 

... and then the famous Harper Kate. She is my hands down cutest go-to model ! I was amazed by the pictures my cousin, Sarah Holland Photography, snapped of her over a year ago- 

sew.... of course when she requested a special Amy Butler Orange Bow Tie for her new dog Whiskers.. I got to sewing.. 

and props to Heather for snapping this magazine worthy photo:)

Very Rarely do my own kids make it in the blog actually wearing Autumn Ray Threads- here is Tyler Ray sporting the Bow Tie  for our Mommy/Son date Sunday.

... and then my all time fave Mommy/Daughter Auty Top customers. I met these lovely ladies in Savannah over Labor Day - they were so excited about their Autys they had dad do a impromptu photo shoot in the hotel... love it !

 

Chattanooga Market start this Sunday- April 22. See you there  !

b. 

Easter Sale- ALine Skirts- {3} great prints.

Before leaving for Disney this week I was able to have the wonderful Splenda Melinda model a few ALine Skirts. She is such a beautiful young lady- thanks 'M' for coming out on such short notice.

Here are just a few of my favorites:

ALine Skirt / Amy Butler Sky Wallflower- Sale $17.

ALine Skirt/ Yellow Daffodil - Sale $17.

ALine Skirts / Bali Gate Grass / Sale $17.

The above three prints only : Amy Butler Sky Wallflower , Amy Butler Bali Gate Grass and Yellow Daffodil are ON SALE in the Autumn Ray Threads etsy shop for ONLY $17.

Sizes available are S,M,L and XL - there is a limited QTY of each print.

THERE ARE TO BE NO FURTHER DISCOUNT CODES USED ON THIS PURCHASE.

Bali Gate Grass, Sky Wallflower and Yellow Daffodil.

 

I hope each of you have a Happy Easter- and don't forget Autumn Ray Threads @ Knitting Mill is open Saturday 10am-6pm , and everything is 25% OFF. Closed Sunday.

 

See everyone when we get back from Disney....

 

b.

wordless wednesday

so, it's a blogging trend on Wednesday to post your favorite pictures from the past week on your blog on Wednesday... 

Tyler Ray- love my weekends with this little guy !

Knitting Mill Antiques.

(reminder.. Autumn Ray Threads will be 25% off starting Saturaday @ 10am)

 

do you know how hard it is for ME to stay wordless- b.

 

worst set up ever.

Thanks to everyone who came out to Chattanooga River Market Saturday.

We hope everyone loves-loves their Auty Tops & Dresses. 

Starting today when you post a picture wearing or using anything made by Autumn Ray Threads to our facebook page I will send you a 50% off one item coupon to be used in the Etsy Shop or Chattanooga Market locations.

(one of our fave customers from Rosemary Beach, FL)

I would love to go on-and-on about what a beautiful day it was @ River Market - but it's just not going to happen. It is the hardest market to set up and break down (way harder than Sunday). There is no pull-in which means you are lugging the entire set up from your car to location ... BACK AND FORTH. Luckily I had a little helper who needed some spending money for the weekend :)

Autumn.

... and I was pleasantly surprised when my sister & mom showed up after the Chi-Omega Pancake breakfast , which later proved to be a pure miracle from all that's holy.

After unloading the entire Sequoia which included 5 hanging mannequins, 3 child mannequins, 2 chairs, 3 grids, 3 dress form mannequins, 1 huge rolling Rubbermaid box and (1) 10x10 tent- we were ready for set-up.

I've set up at least 100 times- there is a pattern and order. Imagine my OCD Pattern Panic Attack when I opened the tent and realized I had dropped screws when washing the cover last week. I wish I had a picture of what happened but at the time I would have most likely thrown my iPhone in the river I was so frustrated. Let me give you the best visual of what the tent looked like after COLLAPSING on my poor mother.

this is a little dramatic- but you get the point.

After a quick trip to Wal-Mart- Mom & Rachel totally saved the day ... and we moved right along. 

.. and by request we started adding the Autumn Ray Threads tags to the Key Wristlets, which are also available now in the Autumn Ray Threads ETSY shop. I love how they turned out.

 

We are skipping Chattanooga River Market this Saturday (03/24). I will be working Autumn Ray Threads @ Knitting Mill Antiques. The 25% off sale starts this Saturday @ 10am !

have a happy week- b.

oh.. and Yes, my mother was unharmed by the collapsing of tent.. love you Mom !

LEGOLAND: Discovery Center Atlanta

Tyler has really taken an interest in Legos over the past few weeks. We bought a few sets at Target, he can sit & play with them for hours at a time. When I learned LEGOLAND was opening in Atlanta at Phipps Plaza this weekend - we planned the trip.

I was a little worried after on-line ticket sales SOLD OUT and hearing about long lines @ Grand Opening on Saturday. The kids, me and Rachel woke up at 630AM to be the first in line. 

success.

Even if you aren't 1st in line there are the nifty LEGO pods for the kids to play in while you wait. Tyler could have never entered and still had a ball-- there were 1000s of LEGOs in this pod.

I can not say enough about the staff at Legoland- so great, comparable to Disney. The first 'stop' is a movie room (holding room) about 50 people hold at a time. There were 2 complete LEGO statues and (1) little LEGO guy moving his feet through a tube. Kids thought this was pretty cool- but after about 2 minutes they were ready to move on. We were held for maybe 5-7 minutes.

The next room showed how LEGOs were made- there are a few interactive gadgets but the best part was the FREE commemorative LEGOLAND lego.

The ride was next. Kingdom Quest. This was a little less than impressive to me-  but Tyler liked it because of course he got to shoot a laser gun. I would have liked to see a little more actual LEGO statues and exhibits throughout the ride- for the most part is was a movie with LEGO characters. (I didn't get any actual photos from this part) This was taken from their website.

I LOVED LOVED the next section. It was the entire city of Atlanta built in LEGOs. My favorites were :

The Georgia Dome / Atlanta Falcons

Turner Field / Atlanta Braves

The Georgia Aquarium.

... all built completely from LEGOs. They also had Fox Theatre, Westin, The Capitol, The Varsity, Stone Mountain and TNN (TBS). Pretty Cool - and it went from day to night with fireworks during the night where the LEGO buildings glowed. Nice Job for sure.

Then for the FUN PART.... one big room of LEGOs plus a cafeteria (where with an annual membership you get 20% off all food). Tyler loved this part. 

Merlin's Apprentice Ride- which actually flies.

my sister @ the Master Builder's Academy.

Tyler with his Animal Kingdom from the LEGO pits.

HUGE Construction Play Area, Race Track where you build your own cars and karaoke for kids.

Plus a 4D Theatre with a REALLY cool movie... get ready though, you will get wet.

We all had so much fun. Tickets were $20 for adults and $15 for children. Well worth the money- so much in fact we bought the Annual Pass and Tyler is already asking me when are we going back- he says "maybe Friday".... Good thing we bought 600 LEGOs to bring home- hopefully that will keep him occupied becuase Mommy is busy this weekend with :

YES, we will be at Saturday River Market this weekend. Sneak Peek coming later this week :)

Chattanooga River Market: Tennessee Aquarium 10a-5p / March 24.

 

omg- wtg ???

oh my goodness (OMG)... where to go (WTG). I have to admit I am becoming a little overwhelmed with all the social media places to promote a small, hand crafted business. Everytime I turn around someone is asking:

"Are you on... facebook, twitter, etsy, artfire, pinterest, tophatter, DYi, wordpress, Google+ ?? ...." 

I have no idea what I'm even on anymore. So to simplify I am just sticking to (3)

Etsy- Facebook and Pinterest. I have to admit I don't get Pinterest. I'm trying but just not getting it. 

.... and my blog, I LOVE to blog- I used to do it everyday-- so I'm starting again (as in starting today)

Last month I added tons of new stuff to Autumn Ray Threads @ Knitting Mill. It was a great month for us- thanks to everyone who shopped the new items. Over the weekend I snapped a few pictures of booth to show what items are available- (and might just be going 30% off through the rest of March, hint)

Notice the matching Auty Dress, Auty Top and American Girl Dress ?? These are constructed using our newest Amy Butler fabric added to the Fabric Collection. Treasure Box in Ocean #8.

Paired with Amy Butler Lime Full Moon- but it looks fantastic w/ Amy Butler Tangerine Full Moon too !

Penny Tunics have been great this year- they work right into Spring.... and even though the Joel Dewberry Aviary Auty Top was from the Fall/Winter Fabric Collection, we just sold one of these last week. It's still one of my all time faves ! Joel Dewberry Aviary #12.

 

After walking by these NAVY POLKA DOT PILLOWS for the past month- I knew when they went 30% off right where I would put them. The weater has been so nice in Chattanooga this week, almost the 80s, I have really got my $11.25 worth !

 

have a great rest of the week- b.