Sight Seeing

Sometimes I fill my morning with such a flurry of projects that I can’t seem to focus on what needs to be done.
I needed to clear my mind. I took a quick break and went sight seeing through Etsy this afternoon.

I’m a nerd. I have many interests but as a shopper I am drawn to something unique, and amusing. The following items were not only charming but I couldn’t help but linger on the page daydreaming.
Perfect remedy for my flustered mind.

mmm-cheeseburger ring from papermache’s shop

handy external hard drive from 8BitMemory’s shop

toasty ring from abeadonawire’s shop

cuddly stump from SteffBomb’s shop

ramen buddy from sleepyrobot13’s shop

budgie shakers from modernfx’s shop

Back to work.

Oh Love

I have been busy knitting new projects as well as getting in some more photos of my current etsy stockpile. But I had some downtime to enjoy some good humor via Natalie Dee.

She’s hilarious.

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Be Brave…

In times of struggle a person has a choice, to runaway and put the struggle on hold, or face the fight and be brave. Being brave is hard.

At one time I wanted to be a filmmaker. I was in school. I made films. It was hard. I walked away from all of that worse for the wear. At a time in the world when nothing is certain I had felt that it was better to walk away.

I had a classmate, Rachel, who was a year ahead of me. I remember going to her big screening. I was humbled by her short film. It was full of heart and weeks after seeing it I could not stop boasting about how good it was to my friends.
My senior year I was lucky to have her help on my short animated film. She was so kind and helpful. Remembering that spurred me to look her up.

As luck would have it she is quite prolific on youtube. One video specifically cheered my heart. I hadn’t realized how much I lost when I turned my back on filmmaking until I watched her short candid video about her new years resolutions (that she painted on her nails).
I cannot wipe the smile off my face.

She is so brave. She may not know it but even now after all this time I look up to her.

If you could use a pick me up go on and check out her video!

Saturday Cookies

This weekend I will be working up some banner ideas for both my blog and my etsy shop and I have some Valentine’s gifts to create for my parents.
Considering this was a week of big bills, shop updates, and dog related stress (TMI) I am going to set a block of time aside to make some chocolate chip cookies.

Its long overdue. I will take some delicious photos once they are underway until then enjoy these!

Woo Ho Woo Ho Ho

My store is officially updated with new goods!

Click on the picture above to see the real thing!

I Hate You Johnny

Valentine’s is so close that I find that my thoughts wander. The urge to watch a great love stories is palpable. Give me the dark comfort of a classic black and white film and I am in heaven.

GILDA (1946)

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Here is an excerpt of my favorite scene:

GILDA
You do hate me, don’t you?

JOHNNY
You have no idea how much.

GILDA
Hate is a very exciting emotion.
Haven’t you noticed?
Very exciting…

GILDA
I hate you too, Johnny.
I hate you so much,
I think I’m going to die from it.

**I have some Etsy related tasks to get done today. So I will be updating later this afternoon. **

Guess Who Needed a Re-shoot

I had about 120 photos, for 5 little knit purses, only about 30 were good.

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The bulk of the photos needed more light, or better exposure, because the more time I spent making adjustments in photoshop the more problematic the photos.
So today I am reshoot three purses. I had a pair of bags that looked exactly the same. There was no telling one from the other even though their sizes were different. I need to establish some scale maybe adding a ruler to the pictures will do the trick.

My new deadline for my store is this Friday, all five bags will be up on Etsy.

Pressing Matters

Last night, after a final round of sewing and pressing, my small knit purses were completed.
I took over a 100 photos. Today I will have to go through all of those and pare down the group to the best shots. I also have to work out what the descriptions should say. So I will be updating later today after they’ve all been added to the store.

For now here is a better glimpse:

Work Work Work

A day of sewing is about to commence. Word of advice, don’t sleep in or shirk duties when you have a deadline. Especially at the start of a new week.

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My little purses will be completed tonight and hopefully uploaded onto Etsy this Tuesday.
Bad habits and poor choices are so easy to make, why in a list of rules…do I personally account for many of the do-nots, well not today. I have work to complete.
I always feel take charge after reading Seth’s blog.

Creating a Mess

Two years ago I taught myself to knit. Learning to knit was a challenge.
Starting out everything I made was ugly and ridled with holes. Never before had my own ignorance been so clearly evident. I took up knitting during what would be a stressful and very humiliating year.
Those few dropped stitches were the least of my problems.
It is only with the passage of time that I have found comfort in my knitting.

This year I’ve decided to give myself a little challenge, I am going to paint. Being quite crafty I have bins of paints longing to be used. I have tubes of watercolor, oil crayons, wells of cheap watercolor, gaudy discounted acrylic paints, and a few tubs of decent acrylic paints from Dick Blick’s.
I figure there is no harm in learning something new. I look forward to a year filled with paint mishaps.