Today is Tuesday and I didn't post on the weekend so I guess that puts me one post behind. I'm not going to beat myself up about it. I'll just try to catch up sometime this week.
My week didn't start out all that well. I believe that I have the makings of an abcessed tooth. I have to make yet another trip to my dentist tomorrow morning, during rush hour no less, so he can take a look at it. It's not too painful, although I have had a tooth ache of varying degrees of pain for the last several days. Nothing that an Ibuprofen wouldn't help! I have another appointment next week so he can start rebuilding my teeth - long story, very long story - so I hoped he would just give me some antibiotics that would hold me til I see him next week. No such luck - he has to see me in order to give me the meds. What's up with that? :)
Not too much new on the art front. I've been working in my journal and I think I've decided that I prefer the larger, prebound pages. I'm finding that I tend to forget about the blank borders I need to leave for binding and that might cause some problems down the road. As well a 5 x 7 journal page is not very big, so I have come to discover. The page I mentioned dividing up into quadrants (so I wouldn't have to fill a large space with journalling) is really not working all that well. I've redone one portion of it 3 times. Good Lord what the heck is going on with that? Anyway, I'll keep plugging along on the page but I think that I'll probably be switching to a larger format.
Gotta run.....Caio!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Happy New Year !
Good morning and Happy New Year !
I'm not much for New Year's resolutions, mostly because I never seem to keep them. However, I am prepared to go out on a limb and share 2 of my resolutions with you.
Resolution #1 is to work in my art Journal , as in having an entry, for every day of the month of January. That's a huge commitment for me so I'm excited to see if I can really do it. I have a real problem with putting words to the page so while I've committed to journalling every day, the content will be short, sweet and not necessarily wordz. I've gone to a smaller journal for 2012 and I'm not binding the pages until after the work is complete. I'm liking that so far! I've also sectioned off my first page so there is very little space to fill in for each day. I'm hoping because I don't have to fill a full page, that this will help me get past the fear of the blank page. Definitely a work in progress!
Resolution # 2 is to post to the blog on a more regular basis. I know, I know, I've said that before.....so now I'm saying it again! I've pretty much opted out of Live Journal, just not enough hours in the day! My goal is to post a minimum of twice weekly (for a minimum of 104 posts for 2012). I think I'll make an appointment with myself twice a week to do this. Perhaps Thursday and Sunday? Or Wednesday and Saturday? Anyway you get the picture. I was gifted with a killer daytimer so these appointments will get entered in "the book" which is pretty much what I use to manage my life.
I have some art from 2011 that I'll post next time. I know, I know - you've heard that before too!
So far this is a baby step on the path to achieving one of my goals for 2012. 1 post down and only 103 to go! Stay tuned.
Caio!
I'm not much for New Year's resolutions, mostly because I never seem to keep them. However, I am prepared to go out on a limb and share 2 of my resolutions with you.
Resolution #1 is to work in my art Journal , as in having an entry, for every day of the month of January. That's a huge commitment for me so I'm excited to see if I can really do it. I have a real problem with putting words to the page so while I've committed to journalling every day, the content will be short, sweet and not necessarily wordz. I've gone to a smaller journal for 2012 and I'm not binding the pages until after the work is complete. I'm liking that so far! I've also sectioned off my first page so there is very little space to fill in for each day. I'm hoping because I don't have to fill a full page, that this will help me get past the fear of the blank page. Definitely a work in progress!
Resolution # 2 is to post to the blog on a more regular basis. I know, I know, I've said that before.....so now I'm saying it again! I've pretty much opted out of Live Journal, just not enough hours in the day! My goal is to post a minimum of twice weekly (for a minimum of 104 posts for 2012). I think I'll make an appointment with myself twice a week to do this. Perhaps Thursday and Sunday? Or Wednesday and Saturday? Anyway you get the picture. I was gifted with a killer daytimer so these appointments will get entered in "the book" which is pretty much what I use to manage my life.
I have some art from 2011 that I'll post next time. I know, I know - you've heard that before too!
So far this is a baby step on the path to achieving one of my goals for 2012. 1 post down and only 103 to go! Stay tuned.
Caio!
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Very quiet
Not much excitement going on in my little corner of paradise. Christmas is looming - why am I always so surprised at how quickly it comes around again? We expect Christmas to be very low key again this year. No family here, just the two of us, and of course our family of friends. It's such a busy time of year.
Store stock is pretty much all caught up and delivered. I have a couple of more designs to deliver this week and then that's done for another year. Today I need to get caught up on some ATC's that are late and then of course start my own Christmas cards to send out. I'm also in a swap so need to come up with a fairly simple, but equally stunning :) card design to send out for the swap.
My journalling has been almost non existent for the last several weeks. However, I did sign up this month at Art Journalling Every Day so I need to get my stuff in gear and journal! I have a hard time with journalling. I can't seem to separate the "art" part from the "journalling" part. I'm hung up on the idea that the art has to match or support the journalling I'm going to do. I seem to spend a heck of a lot of time surfing the net and checking out all the fabulous journal pages but don't ever seem to be able to actually do a page. Very frustrating. I think my new plan is that I'm not even going to think about the journalling part - just focus on trying to do cool art? Guess we'll have to see.
Gotta run. I've done lots of cards but forgot to post before I delivered them so don't have anything ready to post right now. Hope to have some new stuff in the next little while.
Caio!
Store stock is pretty much all caught up and delivered. I have a couple of more designs to deliver this week and then that's done for another year. Today I need to get caught up on some ATC's that are late and then of course start my own Christmas cards to send out. I'm also in a swap so need to come up with a fairly simple, but equally stunning :) card design to send out for the swap.
My journalling has been almost non existent for the last several weeks. However, I did sign up this month at Art Journalling Every Day so I need to get my stuff in gear and journal! I have a hard time with journalling. I can't seem to separate the "art" part from the "journalling" part. I'm hung up on the idea that the art has to match or support the journalling I'm going to do. I seem to spend a heck of a lot of time surfing the net and checking out all the fabulous journal pages but don't ever seem to be able to actually do a page. Very frustrating. I think my new plan is that I'm not even going to think about the journalling part - just focus on trying to do cool art? Guess we'll have to see.
Gotta run. I've done lots of cards but forgot to post before I delivered them so don't have anything ready to post right now. Hope to have some new stuff in the next little while.
Caio!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
I follow Art Journal Every Day by Julie Fei Fan Balzer. Yesterday, I think, she posted an interview that she had done with Tricia from Altered Schoolmarm. Tricia did a mini tutorial on how she creates a journal page. The link to her blog is http://www.alteredschoolmarm.blogspot.com/ . I would encourage you to swing by and check out her blog. Her journal pages, IMHO, are to die for!
I love floating around and looking at all the blogs belonging to the wonderful artists in our midst. The styles are so varied and diverse - everything from whimsical to dark. So much talent and so generous for these people to share their art with us.
I love floating around and looking at all the blogs belonging to the wonderful artists in our midst. The styles are so varied and diverse - everything from whimsical to dark. So much talent and so generous for these people to share their art with us.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Organization ? Chaos!
I'm one of those people who can never keep her studio clean and tidy. No doubt about it - I'm a messy crafter. It isn't that I don't try, I have 2 long banquet tables that form a corner workstation in my studio as well as several rows of shelving on the wall above the work table. There should be ample room for storage, however my work table is always covered with stuff! I just always seem to be working in a space that is only 6 inches square. I move stuff from one pile to another and then stack the piles, and then rearrange the piles and then shuffle through the piles, and then sort the piles and then add to the piles and then knock the piles over onto the floor....well, you get the picture.
Some of the things I've done over the years have worked and I always seem to come back to them. Just recently, I thought I had finally found my organizational style. I spent hours re-arranging, re-packaging and re-labelling all my supplies. I moved things around and repurposed storage elements that I already had. At first it seemed to be working, but now? Not so much!
Part of the problem is that I have way toooo much "stuff". I have big stuff, little stuff, leftover stuff, coloured stuff, paper stuff, metal stuff. I really do love my "stuff" but it's taking over my life! I know I have some really great stuff, but I can't use it because I can't FIND my stuff!
I do have some stuff organized by drawers and that does seem to work well. I have loads of my rubber stamps organized by category in clear plastic shoeboxes. I have my punches stored in large plastic tray/baskets, granted not the best because it takes up a lot of flat storage room, but it works. My paper is held both some in sterilite drawers and in my cabinet. That works but again, paper in more than one place! That causes problems because my paper is then split in different locations and I don't know what I have.
This organizing and being organized is a quest for peace in a sea of chaos. I'm not sure I'm going to make it without capsizing!
Caio!
Some of the things I've done over the years have worked and I always seem to come back to them. Just recently, I thought I had finally found my organizational style. I spent hours re-arranging, re-packaging and re-labelling all my supplies. I moved things around and repurposed storage elements that I already had. At first it seemed to be working, but now? Not so much!
Part of the problem is that I have way toooo much "stuff". I have big stuff, little stuff, leftover stuff, coloured stuff, paper stuff, metal stuff. I really do love my "stuff" but it's taking over my life! I know I have some really great stuff, but I can't use it because I can't FIND my stuff!
I do have some stuff organized by drawers and that does seem to work well. I have loads of my rubber stamps organized by category in clear plastic shoeboxes. I have my punches stored in large plastic tray/baskets, granted not the best because it takes up a lot of flat storage room, but it works. My paper is held both some in sterilite drawers and in my cabinet. That works but again, paper in more than one place! That causes problems because my paper is then split in different locations and I don't know what I have.
This organizing and being organized is a quest for peace in a sea of chaos. I'm not sure I'm going to make it without capsizing!
Caio!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Christmas tag swap
I created this tag for a Christmas tag swap I've played in for the last few years. This tag was fun to make and I'm pleased with the results. I used 2 different colours of distress inks. The ink pads were smooshed - highly technical term "smooshed" - on a craft sheet. The smooshed ink was sprayed with water until the ink beaded. Tags were then moved around in one colour, dried and then smooshed in the second colour of ink and dried. Then tag was stamped with the various images and coloured. No two tags are exactly alike. Simple procedure with pretty nice results!Friday, October 21, 2011
Countdown
The countdown to Palm Springs has started! House has been rented and flight booked. All that remains is to rent a car which I'll arrange for much closer to the date. We've rented a different house this year, mostly because I dragged my feet and our first choice was already rented! That's not a bad thing though. This house has a bigger pool and a nicer pool area - should get sun most of the day so that's a definite bonus. Let's hope the house lives up to the pictures.
Can you believe that Christmas is just a little over 2 months away? The next couple of weeks are busy for me as I get my Christmas stock ready for the Fort Langley store. Then of course on to making up my personal Christmas cards and getting them ready to send.
Here's another christmas card.
Can you believe that Christmas is just a little over 2 months away? The next couple of weeks are busy for me as I get my Christmas stock ready for the Fort Langley store. Then of course on to making up my personal Christmas cards and getting them ready to send.
Here's another christmas card.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Just back from a quick trip to Ottawa to visit family. I was only there for 7 days, however, it was a good visit and very enjoyable. Returned on Thursday morning and back to work Friday. That was tough! I don't know where the time goes but it certainly does fly.
I have a birthday coming up so I treated myself to a facial and a massage on Saturday. It was heaven - sure wish I could do that more than two or three times a year ! Hmmm, I guess I'm never satisfied.
I was a very bad girl! I spent a bunch of money on craft supplies and new toys. That is not supposed to happen but I just could not help myself. I bought a Cricut Personal cutter. I've been eyeing the Cricut for months but just could not justify spending the money they wanted for it. I was in Michael's on Thursday and they had them on sale - regular $199, sale price $89. The price was so good I just couldn't help myself ! I haven't even taken it out of the box yet, but hope to do some playing this afternoon. I'm hoping that this is worthwhile - it appealed to me to be able to die cut sentiments for my cards and journals. Hopefully, I'll get lots of use out of it.
I also scored some good craft stuff - mostly regular priced but I'm happy with it regardless. I am now hooked on Youtube craft haul videos so I went out and bought a new memory card for my camera so that I can post some of my hauls. Also want to post some other videos - maybe some of the supplies I'm purging? Stay tuned!
I keep forgetting to post art before I send it off, so will make more of an effort to update the blog with some eye candy. Maybe some blog candy as well?
Gotta run. Caio!
I have a birthday coming up so I treated myself to a facial and a massage on Saturday. It was heaven - sure wish I could do that more than two or three times a year ! Hmmm, I guess I'm never satisfied.
I was a very bad girl! I spent a bunch of money on craft supplies and new toys. That is not supposed to happen but I just could not help myself. I bought a Cricut Personal cutter. I've been eyeing the Cricut for months but just could not justify spending the money they wanted for it. I was in Michael's on Thursday and they had them on sale - regular $199, sale price $89. The price was so good I just couldn't help myself ! I haven't even taken it out of the box yet, but hope to do some playing this afternoon. I'm hoping that this is worthwhile - it appealed to me to be able to die cut sentiments for my cards and journals. Hopefully, I'll get lots of use out of it.
I also scored some good craft stuff - mostly regular priced but I'm happy with it regardless. I am now hooked on Youtube craft haul videos so I went out and bought a new memory card for my camera so that I can post some of my hauls. Also want to post some other videos - maybe some of the supplies I'm purging? Stay tuned!
I keep forgetting to post art before I send it off, so will make more of an effort to update the blog with some eye candy. Maybe some blog candy as well?
Gotta run. Caio!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
It's been a very busy couple of weeks and I've been away from the blog for too long!
Summer has finally arrived on the coast and everyone is enjoying the good weather because we all know it's not going to last much longer. We've has a lousy summer this year - not cold, not hot, not really all that rainy, just blah! The flowers have been lackluster with insipid colour and long gangley stems. Finally now that the summer sun has arrived they've perked up and are looking happy and robust.
Work, as usual has been crazy busy. I come home most nights exhausted and totally lacking in any ambition to do anything at all. I'm loving every minute, however it is definitely both emotionally and physically exhausting.
I'm starting into the 2nd busy season of the year for my business. I'm working on Christmas samples and the fall season kicks everything into high gear. Christmas is only 4 months away and time will fly between now and then. I'm also working on 2 travelling journals and 2 journals for my journal partner swap. I plan to make a run to Be Creative this afternoon and then will come back and hunker down to work in my journals. Tomorrow is sample day and then back into the craziness of work next week. Thank God for weekends!
Gotta run. Caio!
Summer has finally arrived on the coast and everyone is enjoying the good weather because we all know it's not going to last much longer. We've has a lousy summer this year - not cold, not hot, not really all that rainy, just blah! The flowers have been lackluster with insipid colour and long gangley stems. Finally now that the summer sun has arrived they've perked up and are looking happy and robust.
Work, as usual has been crazy busy. I come home most nights exhausted and totally lacking in any ambition to do anything at all. I'm loving every minute, however it is definitely both emotionally and physically exhausting.
I'm starting into the 2nd busy season of the year for my business. I'm working on Christmas samples and the fall season kicks everything into high gear. Christmas is only 4 months away and time will fly between now and then. I'm also working on 2 travelling journals and 2 journals for my journal partner swap. I plan to make a run to Be Creative this afternoon and then will come back and hunker down to work in my journals. Tomorrow is sample day and then back into the craziness of work next week. Thank God for weekends!
Gotta run. Caio!
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Ok - so this is going to be one of those rants I warned you about. You might want to leave now....or not.
What is up with the fascination with Casey Anthony? I am so sick and tired of listening to the media and seeing her stupid mug on tv every other minute of every single night and day. Enough already!
That creature has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She is a total waste of skin, air and space and I'm so DONE with her. I am sick and tired of hearing what she did, where she went, what she ate, where she's going and where she's coming back from, what she's wearing....Enough. I could care less about her. With any luck at all she'll get run over by a truck or bitten by a snake - now that would be poetic justice - and die. Good riddance! Or maybe she'll just crawl back under whatever rock she crawled out from under and we can call it a day. Move on already!
I told you it would be a rant.....don't say you weren't warned !
What is up with the fascination with Casey Anthony? I am so sick and tired of listening to the media and seeing her stupid mug on tv every other minute of every single night and day. Enough already!
That creature has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. She is a total waste of skin, air and space and I'm so DONE with her. I am sick and tired of hearing what she did, where she went, what she ate, where she's going and where she's coming back from, what she's wearing....Enough. I could care less about her. With any luck at all she'll get run over by a truck or bitten by a snake - now that would be poetic justice - and die. Good riddance! Or maybe she'll just crawl back under whatever rock she crawled out from under and we can call it a day. Move on already!
I told you it would be a rant.....don't say you weren't warned !
Monday, August 01, 2011
Today is BC Day which means that all government workers get today off so it makes for a nice long weekend.
I've been busy on the home front. I dug out my garden at the front of my townhouse. There were a bunch of rhodos and azaleas that were way too big and overgrown. The roots were a bit of a challenge to remove on a couple of them but we managed, with the help of a friend at the end, to get everything out and the bed cleared. Turns out there were only 4 rhodoa and 3 azaleas but it was a veritable jungle in there. Everything was way too big and overgrown to be even remotely estetically pleasing. Just a big blob of green. I want colour !!
I sent my plant list into the strata and I'm waiting for thier approval to proceed with the planting. However, I did go ahead and buy a few things yesterday as the deal was way too good to resist. The local nursery has a huge sale on as it's getting near the end of the season here. I scored 3 roses for the price of 2 so that was a big saving of $25. WoooHooo! As the roses are in the plan I submitted to the strata and everyone around here has them, I can't see there being any problem with going ahead and planting them. Famous last words?
I had intended to do some overtime at work this weekend but changed my mind at the last minute. I have so much to do here at home I just decided that I needed to be here instead. And clearly I made the right choice! I made and delivered a bunch of wedding cards for the store - my guy is soooooo patient! I hope to get another batch finished today so DD can deliver tomorrow or Wednesday. I did the nursery trip and have some other artsy projects in the hopper so it's all good.
Friends are coming over today to help me ---- well actually, there is no "helping" involved -- he'll do all the work and we'll watch. They are such good friends - I don't know what I would do without them. DD and I try to do things but sometimes it's just beyond us. Sometimes it would be so nice to have a man around! My friend will replace my thermostat with a programmable one so hopefully we can save some money on heat. He's also installing a new smoke detector which I replaced after I had my place painted. We're a little intimidated with the smoke detector because it means turning off the power. We've been told that this might require the gas pilot lite to be relit afterwards....I'm not touching that with a ten foot pole. With my luck, I'd do something wrong and we'd all get blown to china! Best not to go down that road.
Well must run. I want to water my garden and then grab some breakfast. I'm hoping to be able to retreat to my studio for a little while and finish up some cards before the day gets away from me.
Caio!
I've been busy on the home front. I dug out my garden at the front of my townhouse. There were a bunch of rhodos and azaleas that were way too big and overgrown. The roots were a bit of a challenge to remove on a couple of them but we managed, with the help of a friend at the end, to get everything out and the bed cleared. Turns out there were only 4 rhodoa and 3 azaleas but it was a veritable jungle in there. Everything was way too big and overgrown to be even remotely estetically pleasing. Just a big blob of green. I want colour !!
I sent my plant list into the strata and I'm waiting for thier approval to proceed with the planting. However, I did go ahead and buy a few things yesterday as the deal was way too good to resist. The local nursery has a huge sale on as it's getting near the end of the season here. I scored 3 roses for the price of 2 so that was a big saving of $25. WoooHooo! As the roses are in the plan I submitted to the strata and everyone around here has them, I can't see there being any problem with going ahead and planting them. Famous last words?
I had intended to do some overtime at work this weekend but changed my mind at the last minute. I have so much to do here at home I just decided that I needed to be here instead. And clearly I made the right choice! I made and delivered a bunch of wedding cards for the store - my guy is soooooo patient! I hope to get another batch finished today so DD can deliver tomorrow or Wednesday. I did the nursery trip and have some other artsy projects in the hopper so it's all good.
Friends are coming over today to help me ---- well actually, there is no "helping" involved -- he'll do all the work and we'll watch. They are such good friends - I don't know what I would do without them. DD and I try to do things but sometimes it's just beyond us. Sometimes it would be so nice to have a man around! My friend will replace my thermostat with a programmable one so hopefully we can save some money on heat. He's also installing a new smoke detector which I replaced after I had my place painted. We're a little intimidated with the smoke detector because it means turning off the power. We've been told that this might require the gas pilot lite to be relit afterwards....I'm not touching that with a ten foot pole. With my luck, I'd do something wrong and we'd all get blown to china! Best not to go down that road.
Well must run. I want to water my garden and then grab some breakfast. I'm hoping to be able to retreat to my studio for a little while and finish up some cards before the day gets away from me.
Caio!
Monday, July 25, 2011
I was finally able to finish the journal spread in my own travelling journal and get it out to the next player. It was a bit of a struggle, but I was reasonably happy with it so it's all good. I've just received the next journal in line. It's a quirky little book with different sizes of pages. Not sure what I'm going to do but it should be interesting.I've also managed to create a journal page in one of my journals. Teesha Moore's art is my inspiration and I tried to follow her style. I'm really pleased with this one and it was fun to do. I think I may do more of these type pages. Enjoy!
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
I'm really frustrated. I'm participating in a travelling journal swap and I seem to have hit a great big, nasty cement wall which is blocking my creativity. I have enough "stuff" to open a good sized store, yet the well seems to have gone dry when it comes to finishing the page.
I have my background done and have tons of ideas flying around in my head but I can't get anything down on paper. Theme? I have no blessed idea. I'm just totally blank. I don't know what it is but it's making me crazy ! I don't know where to start, I don't know how to finish and I sure don't know how to cover the distance in between those two points!
I love the idea of art journalling but I can't seem to get out of the box enough to be able to be spontaneous. This little voice inside me keeps saying "oh, that's stupid" or "what's the point of doing that"? And I guess deep down inside I really don't know how to put the art and the word together.
I need to finish these journal pages tonight ...and I will. I just don't want to send someone a bunch of crap of which I'll be ashamed to admit that I created. Frustrating, very frustrating !
I have my background done and have tons of ideas flying around in my head but I can't get anything down on paper. Theme? I have no blessed idea. I'm just totally blank. I don't know what it is but it's making me crazy ! I don't know where to start, I don't know how to finish and I sure don't know how to cover the distance in between those two points!
I love the idea of art journalling but I can't seem to get out of the box enough to be able to be spontaneous. This little voice inside me keeps saying "oh, that's stupid" or "what's the point of doing that"? And I guess deep down inside I really don't know how to put the art and the word together.
I need to finish these journal pages tonight ...and I will. I just don't want to send someone a bunch of crap of which I'll be ashamed to admit that I created. Frustrating, very frustrating !
Friday, July 01, 2011
Pleasantly surprised to say the least. I think I might have to spend a little more time working on this!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Hello again
The past couple of weeks have been hectic. Work is good but full of the usual challenges and then some. A challenging employee moved on to a new job only to be replaced by one that's almost as challenging to supervise. Makes it difficult to get any work done.
The surgeon is finally happy with the results of the second jaw surgery. Thursday I had the 2 plates and 4 screws in my jaw removed so I'm off work for a few day. I also went to see my ortho guy who advised that the braces come off at the end of August and then the retainer goes on. Finally after 6 years, progress. Woohoo.
Then I went to my regular dentist to have a cleaning and to discuss the remainder of my treatment plan. Turns out I will probably need 2 crowns and 12 veneers, all adding up to a cost of almost $ 20,000 out of my pocket. Now that was not so good news. Have no idea how I'm going to pay for it - investments, line of credit or installments? Your guess is as good as mine. Very up and down week. Needless to say I've been cranky, cranky, cranky!
On the art front, I've been busy. Father's day, Weddings etc. I've also joined a travelling art journal group, signed up for a couple of online classes and am still in a partner journal and ATC exchange. I find I never have enough time for art, or maybe more to the point, I don't manage my time well enough to get much accomplished on the art front. Whatever....
The past couple of weeks have been hectic. Work is good but full of the usual challenges and then some. A challenging employee moved on to a new job only to be replaced by one that's almost as challenging to supervise. Makes it difficult to get any work done.
The surgeon is finally happy with the results of the second jaw surgery. Thursday I had the 2 plates and 4 screws in my jaw removed so I'm off work for a few day. I also went to see my ortho guy who advised that the braces come off at the end of August and then the retainer goes on. Finally after 6 years, progress. Woohoo.
Then I went to my regular dentist to have a cleaning and to discuss the remainder of my treatment plan. Turns out I will probably need 2 crowns and 12 veneers, all adding up to a cost of almost $ 20,000 out of my pocket. Now that was not so good news. Have no idea how I'm going to pay for it - investments, line of credit or installments? Your guess is as good as mine. Very up and down week. Needless to say I've been cranky, cranky, cranky!
On the art front, I've been busy. Father's day, Weddings etc. I've also joined a travelling art journal group, signed up for a couple of online classes and am still in a partner journal and ATC exchange. I find I never have enough time for art, or maybe more to the point, I don't manage my time well enough to get much accomplished on the art front. Whatever....
Monday, May 30, 2011
OMG ! It's been more than a month since I last posted. Time has sure flown.
Ok - so I'm re-committing to be more active in my blog. Less tv and more blog!
Quick update on what's been going on in my little corner of paradise. Work has been crazy busy - I have 2 new employees who are keeping me busy. My job has been rewritten so keeping my fingers crossed that I'll get a nice promotion. I've joined a travelling journal project on Facebook - sounds like fun. I'm also taking Pam Carriker's on-line journal class, can't for the life of me remember the complete title - Journal 365 or something like that.
I can't seem to get my head around working in my journal. I don't understand why I'm so intimidated by the act of writing in the journal. I'm ok with doing the art but when it comes to adding text, I'm totally blocked. What's up with that? Well, that problem should be dealt with in another post.
Must run as I'm back-logged with wedding and fathers day cards for the store. So what else is new?
Ok - so I'm re-committing to be more active in my blog. Less tv and more blog!
Quick update on what's been going on in my little corner of paradise. Work has been crazy busy - I have 2 new employees who are keeping me busy. My job has been rewritten so keeping my fingers crossed that I'll get a nice promotion. I've joined a travelling journal project on Facebook - sounds like fun. I'm also taking Pam Carriker's on-line journal class, can't for the life of me remember the complete title - Journal 365 or something like that.
I can't seem to get my head around working in my journal. I don't understand why I'm so intimidated by the act of writing in the journal. I'm ok with doing the art but when it comes to adding text, I'm totally blocked. What's up with that? Well, that problem should be dealt with in another post.
Must run as I'm back-logged with wedding and fathers day cards for the store. So what else is new?
Monday, April 25, 2011
Well so much for updating my blog more frequently! That just did not happen!
Work has been extremely busy since I returned from vacation and all I want to do lately is eat and sleep. Not a lot of energy for much else. This is also a very busy time of year for my cards as weddings and birthdays, as well as the special occasion cards, sell well.
Anyway - here are a couple of samples of mother's day cards for your viewing pleasure.
Work has been extremely busy since I returned from vacation and all I want to do lately is eat and sleep. Not a lot of energy for much else. This is also a very busy time of year for my cards as weddings and birthdays, as well as the special occasion cards, sell well.
Anyway - here are a couple of samples of mother's day cards for your viewing pleasure.
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