Friday 10/29 - Paisley Flair Launch Day

The day started with a flurry of activity as Prisca and Amanda arrived to do the final stitch outs of the new Paisley Flair design collection! There was so much excitement in the air you could almost feel it! Santi was able to make her Paisley Butterfly to add to the collection after working most of the night on it. Prisca stitched it out with out a single problem, we are all so excited about it...

It's almost 8pm and Liese, her husband Dylan and the kids are there. Liese is working hard to get the designs uploaded and the webpage finished. She says she won't give up until it's done! It's difficult being the mother of 2 and holding down a full time job as most of us know and Liese is handling it pretty well even though she has a new one on the way. Her workload is heavier than normal with Cara traveling right now but she's getting it all done. She has created the color charts and keep in mind that there are 2 color variations to this collection so her work is doubled here.

Next comes converting all of the files to all of the different formats and hoop sizes and making sure that each zip file is correct and has the color charts in them. Then there is building the webpage and making sure that all of the links are correct and working. The amount of work involved in launching one new set is unbelieveable and to think of how many design sets have been launched in the last week or so and how many there are still to come!

Liese got a dinner break and now she's off to grab some clothes for Declan. Declan will be staying the night with Oma and Opa tonight. Peter is going to go do some errands tomorrow and Declan wants to go with him s it will be easier for him to spend the night. Peter is wonderful with Declan while Zoe is Oma's girl! Declan has just discovered Liese left for a few minutes to go get him some clothes and he's not too happy that she left. Zoe on the other hand is asleep in Oma's arms.

Liese is about done uploading the new page and from what I see here it looks beautiful :) I have to give her a lot of credit for sticking with it today to get these uploaded and ready for us to enjoy. It's been an experience being here watching what goes on around here to get those designs sets up on the Internet. I didin't think it was an easy job but I had no idea that it took as long as it did!