I'm sew just sayin'

April 28, 9:47 PMDC Knitting and Quilting ExaminerJessica Kratchman

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Let me begin this article with one of my husband’s most notorious (yet amusing) openers to a statement that he should probably consider keeping to himself but doesn't.  It goes like this:  I’m just sayin’…..

Here is how it works:  you can say almost anything you would like as long as you are only sayin’.  Don’t like a haircut?  Feel the need to get it off your chest?  It’s OK, you are only sayin!  It is actually our little family joke now.  So for this article I am going preface by saying that I am not trying to be mean, I am really only sayin’!

Heard of Nancy’s Notions?  Nancy has a series of books (click here!), catalogs, and products (click here!)-- none of which I had ever seriously looked at-- mainly because printed prominently on each of her products is a very strange, very awkward picture of Nancy with an artificial, contorted expression, attempting  to display her crafty product.  Now, I am just sayin’ but Nancy creeps the heck out of me.  This has nothing to do her appearance, my opinion of it, or any potential disabilities she may have; it has to do with the fact that I have never seen a non-celebrity spokesperson more enamored by their own image!   

I will admit that my mug is on the top of every one of my articles, but my picture is not a gigantic monument to myself.  Nancy-- seriously, your picture is everywhere, and you look like you're in pain.  My advice (as I so freely give): if you must be the center of attention, perhaps consider a photographer that can better work with your… umm… shall we say… look.  Because, really I’m just saying, but WOW!  I can’t get past it!  Up until recently I didn’t even know what kind of craft products you sold.

In all fairness though, I decided to give Nancy’s Notions a chance.  So, yesterday I got her catalog and with great effort, and some garlic strung around my neck, I got past the cover page adorned with Nancy’s photo.  And you know what?  There were actually some borderline adorable things available.  Why this lady puts her likeness on all her products, I’m not sure. But she doesn’t have half bad taste.  However Nancy—I would have been buying your products long ago had you actually just sold them and not yourself.  Sorry, but  I’m only sayin’!

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