so i'm cooking up a new project. i have a notebook that i bring around with me, but it doesn't do all that i dream a notebook should do. i always have inspiration for new journals or new cards or new projects, so my new project is a project book!



it's roomy inside, too. with a place to do a sketch and a place to write the specifics, it's all you little crafties could dream of!



and, since this is my first one and is kinda rough around the edges, i'm giving it away!

and, since there are only three of you who read my blog, that means your odds to win that baby are incredible!

just leave me a comment and tell me what new project you are inspired about for a chance to win!

Posted by Unknown at 7:22 AM 10 comments  

this today was kind of a doozy. not complaining. i have so much to be grateful for.

i started my day by getting rear ended on my way to my thursday morning networking group. it was a minor little fender bender. no one was hurt. the poor other gal was really upset, but i did my best to convince her it was going to be ok.

my mom told me the biopsy they did on her hand came back as a form of skin cancer. they will be operating on it tomorrow to remove it. she said it's nothing to be worried about. so i'm obviously thankful it's not worse.

and now, i just got back from the dentist from getting one of my cavities filled. it was no big deal, except for the part where they have this newfangled piece of rubber or something that they put over your mouth "to keep things dry" (?) and i almost thought i was going to have a panic attack. twice.

but now i'm home with my dogs and just trying to unwind and relax a bit.

and ultimately i am grateful for a day that was mostly just weird.

oh! i got this in the mail today that i bought from la loca!

Posted by Unknown at 4:17 PM 2 comments  

i saw this on her website the other day.

and i have to say, i think it's so amazingly stupid, and stupidly amazing. i love it. my husband said it makes him sick to his stomach. i kind of love that, too.

at any rate, if you value your time, probably don't watch it. but if you, like me, like to be amused by ridiculous videos that make no sense, well then, please, do enjoy.

Posted by Unknown at 12:55 PM 0 comments  

counting crows.

i am sad and happy today. an amazingly incredible woman and dear friend from my networking group passed away yesterday afternoon. she was diagnosed with cancer last year, and yesterday she quietly made her peace with this life here on earth.

she is one of the most dignified, graceful and compassionate people i will even know, and i am so sad for her family to be without her. and yet i am happy. happy for her, and happy for them, knowing that she is no longer suffering (although to see her you would never, ever have know what a fight she was putting up.)

all of us gals in this group do not think we would have it in us to fight that fight like she did, and we will all always remember her for that.

she will be so sorely missed and never forgotten.

Posted by Unknown at 4:20 PM 2 comments  

nicely stated, leona helmsley.

on that note, i met with my accountant today. and just like the last four meetings with tax preparers/accountants, i left feeling totally discouraged and depressed. just when i think i have a handle on my tax situation, i am off in the numbers department by at least $500. and that, my friends, turns me into a big, fat baby. i didn't cry this time at her table, but man, it was close.

and on *that* note, i find myself at the point where i have to decide if continuing on this crafty journey is right for me, financially, that is.

wish me luck!

Posted by Unknown at 8:25 PM 2 comments  

i have not been hiding out so much lately, it's just that i have been so busy i can hardly keep my head on straight. i am certainly not complaining; it's just been a whirlwind!

between taking all kinds of awesome custom orders for various old and new clients, taking the little doggie to the vet, and working 40 hours a week at my day job, i find myself kind of tired some days lately.

zelda is doing fine from her trip to the vet, but the poor girl has to be a conehead for 8 days! she's been a great sport about it; she just doesn't love it. can you blame her?



i was working on my to do list and it looked something like this:

make 10 custom cards for mary
make 30 custom cards for networking group
make 3 custom birthday cards
make 50 custom wedding cards, thank you notes, response cards, and direction cards for val's wedding
make 40 custom skully santa cards for holly
make k. grezz's receipt book
make renee more sample promo cards to send out
make pirate sketch book
make skully santa cards for etsy shop
make an "idea book" for etsy shop
make custom chandelier stationery for gemini5757
make proofs for september cards for realtor clients
make promo stuff for k. grezz
make 100 note cards for anne

i think that's it? i'm totally sure it's not! but that is ok.

i am busy, work keeps coming, and it is good.

Posted by Unknown at 9:29 PM 3 comments  

as no one will notice, because lucky for me, no one reads this, i haven't posted much here lately.

i would have been blahgging, and that's just not good for anyone. i have either been busy with orders {awesome!} or not inspired. boo. i had one set of two weeks that i was so busy i hardly saw my husband as i had i think 5 or 6 orders, and while it would have been wise to take photos of the hard work i had been doing, i was just too busy to even think straight.

so, am i here today, to say that i *still* want to take more photos and blog more often.

this week i am working on some assortment card packs for some gals in my networking group, and i hereby vow to take photos of the at least the finished product, if not some photos of the trip along the way!

if you are out there, feel free to encourage me!

Posted by Unknown at 5:27 PM 2 comments