i have a growth.

Posted by Unknown at 5:50 PM 1 comments  

renee of loveoneworldzero has this little project up that she saw at javajem and i decided to partake in the fun times.



1. DSC07895 - burning man 2007 - Amanda's beautiful tattooed back, 2. Camino al más alla, 3. On a hill far away, 4. Jounieh, Lebanon; door detail, 5. I, 6. Diet Coke with Lime, 7. The Secret of Terror Castle, 8. A good breakfast, 9. Buho, Owl, Assiolo, Hibou, Uil, 10. dVan, 11. YOU create FANTASY, 12. Cristmas present or pirate?

them is the rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page of results, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name

Posted by Unknown at 8:03 PM 0 comments  

through midnight sunday night i am having a sale in my etsy shop! buy two sets of notecards, get one of equal or lesser value free!!!

stop on by today and check it out!!!

Posted by Unknown at 7:49 AM 0 comments  

Today marks the first day of my vacation, which we are calling a stay-cation. So far I have spent the day working on organizing my studio so I can actually do work (son) in it. Which I happen to think is a stellar idea. However, the in between part of the messy and the organized is just dreadful. I have been sorting through what I figure is approximately 20 inches of paper, sheet by sheet, and finding some to get rid of! Normally I like to throw nothing away, but when I find myself with no place to put the things I want to buy, I want to cry. Because I love to spend monies. I am taking a break after giving a vomitrocious dog of mine a bath and enjoying my back porch for a few while the dogs sun themselves. Really I am not taking a break so much as I am playing supervisor to make sure that neither bath hating dogs has reason to punish the whole family with bath time.

So far, so good.

Posted by Unknown at 2:56 PM 0 comments  

my parents had us kids probably a little younger than they would have liked, if i had to guess. but that certainly didn't stop them from being incredible parents.

i have heard that people have criticized the way they chose to raise us, but i guarantee you that my sister and brother and i are all much stronger people than some kids who were coddled all the while as they were growing.

my mom is an incredible artist, a master gardener, a generous and loving woman, and i think somehow she has more hours in the day than i do. i admire her, i appreciate her, and today {and everyday}, i honor her.

happy mother's day, momma.

Posted by Unknown at 9:29 AM 1 comments  

um, yeah. this year continues to ZIP past in such an obnoxious fashion, only stopping to stick it's tongue out at me before it runs off again.

i keep saying it's gonna be christmas before i know it! which, i need to start planning our third annual stocking stuffer sale now so i don't have to spend two sleepless weeks preparing for it! and since my old bff is no longer my friend *at all*, evidently, i have no one to help me prep!

on another note, my new bff and i are celebrating our 2 month anniversary. although it seems like it should be our 6 year anniversary.

lots of love to the boy under the stairs!

Posted by Unknown at 9:02 PM 0 comments  

man, oh, man.
i am feeling so super fortunate right now. i just completed a pretty nice sized order for one of my top two clients. then, the very next day, my other top client called and asked to place an order. then, two days later, the first client contacted me to place another order for next month.

i feel so blessed to have these two gals. i need to go buy them both a thank you gift this weekend.

there is nothing quite like someone appreciating your work so much they continue to come back and order more.

thanking my lucky stars today.

Posted by Unknown at 5:42 PM 2 comments