I don't want summer to end.

Make It Work!

Yesterday was a friend's birthday so I spent most of the day making this for him.

He's always on about getting a tattoo of Tim Gunn and I saw this several months ago and thought of him. After realizing it was his birthday I decided to whip this up to mail to him.

I miss having any-time access to this blog. I have to wait until I'm using someone else's computer. I even left a post on the forum and no one offered me any help so I guess I'm SOL til I get a new computer.

"Luckily" I never having anything to post these days. I miss endless days of crafting and watching Doctor Who and Northern Exposure.

Gift Guide Ads! (aka I hate spot color ads!)

Blogspot still won't work on my home computer, so it's been a while since I've had a chance to update. Currently working on ads for the Christmas Gift Guide. Spot color drives me nuts.

Color Quiz

Your Existing Situation
"Creative and emotional, looking for ways to further expand those qualities. Looking for a partner who enjoys the same activities. Seeking adventure and new and unusual activities."

Your Stress Sources

"Has high standards and wants to make friends with those who have equally high standards; however, she has been unsuccessful in building these types of relationships. she is feeling under appreciated and her self-esteem is damaged because of it. she is uncomfortable with the situation and wishes to escape, but refuses to make compromises or lower her standards. Puts off resolving her problems because she afraid of the conflicts it may cause. In order to feel secure, she needs to feel appreciated by others so they will do what she asks of them and respect her opinions"

Your Restrained Characteristics

Feels unhappy and isolated because she is unable to succeed in finding the cooperation and understanding she desires.
"Feels trapped in a helpless situation and is desperately seeking relief. she is able to find pleasure and happiness in sexual activity, as long as there is not a lot of conflict or emotional difficulty."
Current events leave her feeling forced into compromise in order to avoid being cut off from affection or future cooperation.

Your Desired Objective

"Wants interesting and exciting things to happen in her life. she is able to make others like her, because of her genuine concern for them. she is charming and open and makes friends easily. she can have an over-active imagination, which leads her to fantasize and daydream."

Your Actual Problem

"Impressed by unique and one of a kind things, and by people with exceptional personalities. Tries to takes the characteristics she likes in other people and apply it to herself as well as coming across as a unique individual."

Your Actual Problem #2

"Feeling tension and stress brought on by situations which are out of her control, leaves her feeling helpless, anxious, and in adequate. she tries to escape into a fantasy world where things go her way and her desires are easier to reach."
Color Quiz

Keith Bell Wins At Life!

I work at a desk right next from the cartoonist for the newspaper, who also happens to be an ex-instructor of mine from college. We've always gotten along really well and, not to toot my own horn, I've always been one of his favorite students. We recently had a conversation about a monkey trophy which turned into an inside joke. I looked for an actual monkey trophy for him, but the only one I can find costs too much for me right now, so I drew him this lastnight and left it on his desk.

He was really excited about it today and hung it on his wall next to a bunch of prints of his from the paper. My artwork pales in comparison to his, but it's still really awesome.

Fake Coupons

I haven't really felt like posting my work-work lately... mostly most of it has not been posting worthy, but here is a "coupon" I made today. Work is such a drag lately!

Productive Day At Work

Searching the internet at work for yarn pictures for ideas for an ad. Came up with a whole lot of great stuff I can't use, but is fun to look at!

Alas these images remind me of how undproductive I'm being in my own crafting life. I have about a month to secure my booth for the craft fair and about the same amount of time to produce ALL of my inventory. I just want to curl up like the kitten in the last picture!

For the rest of the week I need to focus on making 16 calaveras. (That's just this week's task)

Daily Drawings: Note To Self

Left myself a note before bed so I wouldn't forget what I needed to take to work.
Tuna - for the third day in a row because I don't really know what to eat with my diabetes yet.
Whole Wheat Crackers - To eat with my tuna cos I'm not really supposed to have bread
The rest of the Guinness Cake - so it won't rot in my kitchen
3 bottles of water - because my place of employment only sells sodas. The two I put in the fridge got stolen. WTF co-workers?!

Sun Sign. Moon Sign.

SUN SIGN - PISCESAlso unassuming, the Pisces zodiac signs and meanings deal with acquiring vast amounts of knowledge, but you would never know it. They keep an extremely low profile compared to others in the zodiac. They are honest, unselfish, trustworthy and often have quiet dispositions. They can be overcautious and sometimes gullible. These qualities can cause the Pisces to be taken advantage of, which is unfortunate as this sign is beautifully gentle, and generous. In the end, however, the Pisces is often the victor of ill circumstance because of his/her intense determination. They become passionately devoted to a cause – particularly if they are championing for friends or family.

MOON SIGN - SNOW MOON
Much like your brothers and sisters of the Wolf Moon tribe, you are no stranger to hard work. Many of you had incredibly challenging childhoods, and have overcome insurmountable odds. These circumstances can make you see the world as a harsh place, sometimes you may even be critical or jaded about people and the world. This does not make you blind to beauty, however and you appreciate physical beauty - particularly in nature. Flowers, trees, animals will all sing sweetly to you and carry you to other worlds where you can escape. Your life lesson is about escaping into these natural worlds more often & letting go of the cold hard facts of reality.

Tell me about it, stud.

My friend Halle sent me a switchblade comb in the mail. I can't even describe how excited I was when I saw it.
Immediately went into greaser mode. This picture got a lot of attention...positive attention. I was trying to be silly, but apparently this is a good look for me. The funniest part about the whole ordeal is how shocked people seemed to be by my appearance...

Craftastrophe

I feel like it's been months since I've been able to sit down and craft. While that's not entirely true, it's somewhat accurate. I started my job in July and since then I haven't really had a whole lot of time, or energy, to sit down and sew.

I have something like 20 orders to fill, or at least 20 or so items to make, plus I have goodness knows how much to get done for the county fair and for the arts and crafts fair I'm selling at in October. Deadline for the fair is the end of September, and I'm only submitting a few things, but I will need to restock completely on merchandise for the arts and crafts thing in October which will take me pretty much the whole month of September if not longer.

NOW my boss is thinking about trying to get me to work full-time a loooot sooner than she had originally planned. When-oh-when will I fit all of this into my life? Why can't I make enough from sewing to quit my job?!

CUPCAKES!

Doesn't really require a clever title. They're CUPCAKES.
Strawberry and cream cheese. Pink cupcakes with blue wrappers. Blue frosting with pink sprinkles.

Happy happy.

Dear, Self

Sometimes the truth hurts.

If only the greatest people I know didn't live so far away

In case you can't read it, it states as follows:

BEST FRIEND APPLICATION
Reasons for me the be your BEST FRIEND

1. I love you!
2. I always want you 'round
3. I have a pool!
4. And a rollercoaster!
5. And fabric stores!
6. I am nice! And fun!
7. I will drawr you pikshurs!
8. I will take care of you forevah!
9. Bears & Pears Belong together!
10. LOVE YOU!

Pear is one of the loveliest people I know, and we've never even met. I can't count how many times she has cheered me up and made me feel like a very important person. People like this need to be physically in my life forever. <3

Hello!

Hello, there, boys and girls! It's late and I'm exhausted and I would love nothing more than to just collapse into my bed and fall fast asleep, but that's not going to happen. My oh-so-humble abode looks like it was hit by a tornado and I can't seem to find my bed :/ I wish I lived a normal life where I could just crash on the couch when everything is too piled up to deal with, but... I don't.

Hugs and Kisses.

Two of Us...

I opted to buy these dishes today. I've wanted them a little while and they're on sale so I figured I should buy them before they're gone.

I bought a pitcher, two bowls, and two plates. One for me and one for...you...whoever you are. I'm thinking about maybe getting more if they're still there on payday, but I kind of like the idea of just a set for two. If only there was another person to share them with.

FUCK YOU SMITH SELF SERVICE!

The other day on the way home from work I saw this spray painted on a train.

I have never been so upset with anyone or anything that I thought “Shit, get me some spray paint and find me a train! I AM SO PISSED I GOTTA WRITE THIS ON A TRAIN!”

I wonder where this happened. I wonder what Smith Self Service did to this person to make them so terribly upset.

Catstache

Since we have to give her extra attention now that she has her "condition", I brought Lucy in here to hang out while I clean.

First she batted around some sparkly pom-poms that came in a package the other day.
Then we played "monster in a red plastic bag".
Then she got on my bed to take a nap.

I tried to get her to wear a mustache, but she ate it instead.

Not-So-Daily Drawings 8-8-10

Is there a such thing as CRAFTERNITY LEAVE?

It's high school all over again. Why should the pregnant girls get special treatment? Pregnant women in the workplace get to take time off for pregnancy, but why don't the rest of us get some sort of special leave for things that are just as important to us?

I don't make babies. I make plushies.

I really think there needs to be a such thing as "crafternity leave", so I can take off a month and a half to sew inventory for Art In The Park in October!