That "C" Word

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2007-11-13T17:28:00.000-08:00

Got my hair cut this weekend! Donated the rest to Locks of Love. Love it!

'Tis the day!

2007-11-06T10:09:00.001-08:00

I start a new goal list. I am so ready to quit my day job. Unfortunately my bills tell me otherwise :(

I thought long and hard about it last night and came up with a few goals to start off with.
1. Print new business cards tonight.
2. Finish one small project each night - to start with.
3. Work on one bigger art quilt each night a week.
4. Stop overextending myself in outside activities.

Of course this all works around my daughter reading to me every night and our quality time. We have just been unorganized and I need to get priorities straight if I want success for BOTH of us. It's a hard balance.

Project tonight? Cuffs made from old records. I will post pics after! In my head they are awesome! :)

P.S. They rock!! I even made one for my daughter. Too cute!

Exhaustion...

2007-11-01T21:10:00.000-07:00

is setting in. This week has been non stop action. Every night we haven't returned home until 9pm or so. Things will slow down Saturday evening though. I am childless for an evening! Whatever will I do with myself. Sadly, I will probably stay in and clean and create. My friends have all tried to convince me otherwise but rarely do I get any "alone" time and I need to renew myself! I can't wait! It's been over a month.

Last night Sophie dressed as Queen Elizabeth. She was so cute! At one point someone said to her "Oh my goodness you are such a pretty princess!" My ever so humble daughter replied "I am NOT a princess. I am a QUEEN." She even added a little hand motion like she had a fan in her hand. She did a slight curtsy as a thank you for everyone who gave her candy. She's no queen - she's a diva. Too funny.

There is a trunk show coming up with my Etsy Dallas Team. It's December 8th. I want to join in but I'm scared! I have hardly any product and I am not so sure I will have the time to create a stash before then. I already have commissioned work that I am doing and to add the pressure of having enough to bring to my 1st trunk show is a little intimidating. I think I will hold off for the December 8th and work on stuff for one in the Spring. A friend and I will be going to support my other Etsy Dallas peeps and to get an idea of what to expect for Spring.

I have to get some sleep. Tomorrow night I will try to jazz up my lonely blog a bit. He looks naked.

Sweet dreams! OOoh! I have a new Crochet today mag and the newest Craft mag to tuck in with this weekend! Maybe I'll splurge on a nice bottle of wine to go with it...

I am a craft addict

2007-10-31T20:24:00.000-07:00

There, I've admitted it. My poor little apartment has crafty bits and pieces everywhere. It is organized chaos. I'm never searching for anything - that's a good thing right? Almost everything I see I think to myself "Oh! I could do that!". The problem is - I can't!! I start to try to sew something and my lines are all messy or I crochet a piece and I can't get the color switch right. I'm a self taught Crafty. Don't get me wrong - Quite often my concoction turns out quite pretty! Not exactly what I had in mind but unique and different. Sometimes not to pretty but we make and learn.

My project right now is for my potholder-less friend Charlie. She just redid her dining room set in a gorgeous black and when we had dinner at her place there were no potholders! So I am making her a lovely snotty green and soft aqua set of potholders and matching dish rags. I am doing aqua with a green skull and border. After 4 hours of frogging (rip-it rip-it) the poor little potholder I gave up at 2am. I can't seem to get the changing of the colors! I think I have an idea now and I will try again tomorrow night when I am a little more sane. They are so cute in my mind! Oh yes and her birthday was the 16th so I am a smidge late...