Thanksgiving.
A day for family, friends, memories, good times, big meals, and more. This year, my family had Thanksgiving on Monday. It was the only day that we could all get together without work conflicts. Then today, I gathered for Thanksgiving part two: Turkeys Revenge. Well, more like Thanksgiving lunch, hot turkey sandwiches. It was delicious. :) Soon we will be gathering again with more family for some T-Day dinner of some sort.
I just wanted to take a minute to say how thankful I am. I'm thankful for my Sweetheart, my family, my friends, my health, my home. I'm thankful for the food I eat, the clean water I have, the heat in the winter and air in the summer. I'm thankful for my car and my job. I'm thankful for the ability to express myself creatively.
Hope for those of you celebrating have a Happy Thanksgiving.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Tiny Beginnings
I recently got a new phone. Its a smart phone. I feel like I've finally caught up with the rest of the world. So, I'm trying out this new ability to blog from anywhere. They will most likely be mini posts, but that's still pretty nifty.
Tonight I'm finishing up work on a guinea pig charm. Its behind on progress, but hopefully I will be able to finish it tonight. Not making excuses, but life happens and well... here I am.
Lately, I've also been going thru some sort of creativity lull. I don't know what the issue is, but I've been very lazy about creating, and creating is what I am.
Since I last updated, my sweetheart and I, but mostly him, have made a boat load of apple pies. Apparently a half a bushel of apples equals about 10 monster sized pies. Delicious ones. ;)
About a couple months ago, a new "baby" came into my life. I plan on sharing her with you all very soon. I'm very excited to introduce her!
This year has just blown by so quickly. November is already off and rolling. I was hoping to do more shows this year, but I'm not seeing it as an option right now. Unless I can pull it together and get some work done, build up mystock, and then maybe I can find a show its not too late to get into. We'll see.
As for now, its time to get back to work :)
Monday, October 3, 2011
Falling Short
When August had just begun, I said to myself, "Self... this year you are going to have a whole slew of new Halloween charms ready by September." Unfortunately, I must have been distracted when I was telling myself this. Its October 1st. I've got nothing. I have been completely involved in taking care of everything else that time slipped away from me so fast. Considering the circumstances, I am going to cut myself a little slack though. Its been a rough year. I was still hoping to have something new and exciting for this year. I do, but its only in my sketchbook.
So now, I think its a little late to really try and stock up. I could attempt it, but I'm just not sure I could really catch up. I'm afraid that I wont be able to do any shows before Halloween. I might just have to let it go this year and look into the following holiday seasons. We'll see.
... I started to write this on Saturday, but its Monday now ...
Today was a great day. My Sweetheart and I went apple picking. If there is one thing I have to do every year, its apple picking. The weather today was gorgeous. It was breezy, clear blue sky, no rain, 68 degrees beautiful. We had cider and cinnamon doughnuts, and did some wine tasting. Went home with a ton of apples and bunch of other things, including our 4 pound jar of honey. Today was a great day. :)
This week my goal is to focus. So many things have been distracting me. Too many things. Whats worse is that even with so many distractions, I can't even get those things done. I should make a list. I should write out things I want to have taken care of by Friday this week. Maybe I will do that tonight while I lay in bed. Contemplate what needs to get done. Its as if the tasks are piling up in my brain and causing lockup.
I hope to have some pictures soon. If I can get my act together. :) Keep your fingers crossed.
So now, I think its a little late to really try and stock up. I could attempt it, but I'm just not sure I could really catch up. I'm afraid that I wont be able to do any shows before Halloween. I might just have to let it go this year and look into the following holiday seasons. We'll see.
... I started to write this on Saturday, but its Monday now ...
Today was a great day. My Sweetheart and I went apple picking. If there is one thing I have to do every year, its apple picking. The weather today was gorgeous. It was breezy, clear blue sky, no rain, 68 degrees beautiful. We had cider and cinnamon doughnuts, and did some wine tasting. Went home with a ton of apples and bunch of other things, including our 4 pound jar of honey. Today was a great day. :)
This week my goal is to focus. So many things have been distracting me. Too many things. Whats worse is that even with so many distractions, I can't even get those things done. I should make a list. I should write out things I want to have taken care of by Friday this week. Maybe I will do that tonight while I lay in bed. Contemplate what needs to get done. Its as if the tasks are piling up in my brain and causing lockup.
I hope to have some pictures soon. If I can get my act together. :) Keep your fingers crossed.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Unloading
I'm going to take a few minutes to unload. I don't plan on doing this very often here.
Today was the last day our Borders had its doors open. Its meeting its end, much like the final chapter of a book. I can't help but feel a little sad tonight. Its hard to understand sometimes how a large company can meet its end like this. I know why Borders is, there are many reasons and I could list them, but I wont. It still baffles me though for a few moments every now and then. Over 11,000 people are losing their jobs all over the country. Not to forget the thousands before this when the company closed 1/3 of their stores a few months ago trying to get it together and save the business. So many jobs lost. Its a major disappointment.
My sweetheart brought home a few books with him tonight. Everything good was pretty much gone a few weeks ago. You could maybe find something good here and there if you picked thru enough stuff. Most likely though, it wasn't something you were looking for in the first place. A handful of good ones managed to squeak by.
Beyond my obvious reasons for sadness, I'm angry. Yeah, I'm pretty irritated. We have been applying for jobs all over the place. Aside from the lack of them in general, I have a separate gripe. And that is, personality tests. I hate them. I think they are a ridiculous waste. We haven't encountered many of them yet, but we did just fill one out a few days ago. It was so ridiculous. They say to fill it out how you feel, and not to put too much thought into it, or answer how they think you want them to answer. After 30 minutes it took to fill it out, a few days later we receive the "thanks but no thanks" email. Whatever happened to interviews? First interview, second interview, talking face to face, getting to know someone. Most times you could fill out an app, and hand in a resume, and that was all it took. I just don't see how it can be determined what a person is like based on what seems like the same 15 questions asked 5 different ways over the course of 12 pages. Infuriating. I was hired into Borders by word of mouth mainly. A friend dropped my name, I filled out a paper application, got called for an interview, then a second interview, and was hired. Shortly after my hire, they changed their process to computer apps and personality/psych tests. Honestly, I think it was as hit and miss for employee hires as much as paper apps. Maybe more miss than hit in fact. There were a small handful of good employees that came from the computer apps, but then there were also, quite a few people that were terrible workers, unmotivated, lazy, and just belligerent. So much for the personality tests.
Anyway, I haven't been a very busy bee for the shop lately. My job has been taking a lot of my energy. I also need to clean my work space. Its a big cluttered. I might have a few inches to work on at the moment. I really wanted to have a bunch of Halloween charms made by now. I've really fallen behind. However, I don't have any craft shows lined up (not even sure if it will be a possibility to do any right now). I still wanted to make some. Not that there isn't time to get a few new ones cranked out. I also have been kicking around a new idea that I really want to get moving on. I've just been hesitating on it. I need to promise myself to get this space clean so I can do some work. :p I did manage to finish a new skirt over the weekend. Its plain black. I will have to post some pictures later. :)
Until then, here's a shot of my wild flowers. :)
Today was the last day our Borders had its doors open. Its meeting its end, much like the final chapter of a book. I can't help but feel a little sad tonight. Its hard to understand sometimes how a large company can meet its end like this. I know why Borders is, there are many reasons and I could list them, but I wont. It still baffles me though for a few moments every now and then. Over 11,000 people are losing their jobs all over the country. Not to forget the thousands before this when the company closed 1/3 of their stores a few months ago trying to get it together and save the business. So many jobs lost. Its a major disappointment.
My sweetheart brought home a few books with him tonight. Everything good was pretty much gone a few weeks ago. You could maybe find something good here and there if you picked thru enough stuff. Most likely though, it wasn't something you were looking for in the first place. A handful of good ones managed to squeak by.
Beyond my obvious reasons for sadness, I'm angry. Yeah, I'm pretty irritated. We have been applying for jobs all over the place. Aside from the lack of them in general, I have a separate gripe. And that is, personality tests. I hate them. I think they are a ridiculous waste. We haven't encountered many of them yet, but we did just fill one out a few days ago. It was so ridiculous. They say to fill it out how you feel, and not to put too much thought into it, or answer how they think you want them to answer. After 30 minutes it took to fill it out, a few days later we receive the "thanks but no thanks" email. Whatever happened to interviews? First interview, second interview, talking face to face, getting to know someone. Most times you could fill out an app, and hand in a resume, and that was all it took. I just don't see how it can be determined what a person is like based on what seems like the same 15 questions asked 5 different ways over the course of 12 pages. Infuriating. I was hired into Borders by word of mouth mainly. A friend dropped my name, I filled out a paper application, got called for an interview, then a second interview, and was hired. Shortly after my hire, they changed their process to computer apps and personality/psych tests. Honestly, I think it was as hit and miss for employee hires as much as paper apps. Maybe more miss than hit in fact. There were a small handful of good employees that came from the computer apps, but then there were also, quite a few people that were terrible workers, unmotivated, lazy, and just belligerent. So much for the personality tests.
Anyway, I haven't been a very busy bee for the shop lately. My job has been taking a lot of my energy. I also need to clean my work space. Its a big cluttered. I might have a few inches to work on at the moment. I really wanted to have a bunch of Halloween charms made by now. I've really fallen behind. However, I don't have any craft shows lined up (not even sure if it will be a possibility to do any right now). I still wanted to make some. Not that there isn't time to get a few new ones cranked out. I also have been kicking around a new idea that I really want to get moving on. I've just been hesitating on it. I need to promise myself to get this space clean so I can do some work. :p I did manage to finish a new skirt over the weekend. Its plain black. I will have to post some pictures later. :)
Until then, here's a shot of my wild flowers. :)
Thursday, September 8, 2011
I'll just put this here...
I'm giving out a 20% OFF COUPON to everyone!
It will be good thru the tonight till some time in the evening EST on the 9th.
Just enter BIRTHDAYPRESENT during checkout for the discount!
It will be good thru the tonight till some time in the evening EST on the 9th.
Just enter BIRTHDAYPRESENT during checkout for the discount!
Monday, August 1, 2011
Sugar Skull Sale!
Sugar skulls in the shop are on sale now! :)
If there is one you've been eyeballing, grab it before it disappears! :)
If there is one you've been eyeballing, grab it before it disappears! :)
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