This is what July 3rd looked like in our backyard...
A good old fashioned water fight...
A good old fashioned water fight...
to let you know that all is well in my neck of the woods. I was forced to cut all ties with you my friends through the internet when my hard drive crashed in my computer. The folks at the Apple store took care of me and got me up and running again, but not having backed up any email addresses and bookmarked website addresses, was really not a smart thing to do. So if you haven't heard from me in awhile, it's not that I don't love you anymore, which I do, it's just that I can't remember your info!!!
Luckily most of my projects were backed off onto a secondary hard drive, but I had no access to it, so all order filling came to a screeching halt! Along with product development and personal projects, too. Needless to say, I was a little antsy to get it back on my desk. Finding all those fonts I had picked up over time will still continue to haunt me on a project by project basis, that's for sure!
in the good old summertime, strolling thru the shady lanes, with my baby mine...do you remember that song? We used to sing it at the country school I went to as a child. We had, red hardback songbooks, the cloth covered kind, that corresponded to a huge set of records. We were each allowed to pick a song and then we got to find the page number and tell the other kids so they could look it up in their books. Then we got to find the record and put it on the record player...aaaahhhhh, the good old days, when life was simpler.
has a new blog! Ch-ch-check it out! Chippy paint background, vintage this and that, gorgeous!!! I loved the website the minute I saw it and now I know why, this super-chick had a hand in the design!
she's starting to fade a bit in color, Vampire Doggie! Park her on the neighbors brick edging (one of her favorite spots) in the bright Spring afternoon sun and her batteries will be recharged in no time! Now if I could muster up the energy to take her for a walk every night, we could both work on our "Muffin Tops!"
That is always a great question, isn't it? We ususally create wherever we can. Sometimes it's the kitchen table, the island, a dining room table that doesn't get much use otherwise unless it's a special occasion. Sometimes we are lucky to carve out our own space, an extra bedroom, a room designated buy the builder as a home office or we really take over that unused dining room and set up serious shop. I am lucky enough to have part of the basement, okay, a good part of the basement that is all mine. That's where I create. That's where I bring the treasures I discover at thrift stores, antiques stores, garage sales, estate sales, Target, you name it and I've been there. But I know alot of you are there too. Either a day ahead of me or a redlight behind me, we all know the thrill of the hunt. What am I hunting for, not sure, but I'll know when I see it, am I right? I know you get it, because we are alot alike. Here is a peek at what my studio used to look like after all those treasure hunts. As Teresa would say, " GAAAA! " I know, I know! And yes that is an elliptical machine, and no, no one uses it because they can't get to it for the piles of "treasures" around it.
And thankfully, Jo Packham gets it. She conceived and continues to produce the Where Women Create series of magazines and travels the contry peeking into the lives and drawers of women who create. Lucky girl, and she knows it, too, doesn't take it for granted, realizes all her hard work pays off for all involved. She is a fantastically gorgeous person who travels with Paula Jansen, an incredible photographer, who is nicer than nice, I definitely can't wait to talk to either of them again.
When you get an email from Jo, asking if she and Paula could come and photograph your studio for the magazine, what do you say? Well, after you come to, you get up off the floor, get back into your computer chair and you respond, something like, "I would be honored to have you as a guest in my studio, what year were you thinking of coming?" Then she responds back, "We will be in the area in ten or so days, will that work for you?" After you again come to lying on the floor, pull yourself back into your computer chair, your mind spinning, and respond, "That would be fantastic, can't wait to meet you!" you go to your patio door and scream at the top of your lungs, gather yourself, call your bestest friends, get some paint and some garbage bags and get busy!!! Many late nights, pain pills for screaming muscles (up and down basement stairs, like, a 1,000 times), and 7 bandaids for paper cuts, a major furniture construction project by your husband, who hates the finished product because it turned out to be much more complicated than we both thought, but I absolutely LOVE, later, you have a magical place that looks like this...
is always a fun thing to do. Especially when it's Charlotte and Kim who is plotting the surprise! Last year you all remember when Pam was having her back issues and was totally out of commision for awhile? Well, the girls decided she needed a get well card, the fattest get well card ever! So they invited a bunch of friends to gather their supplies and create a double sided piece of happiness wrapped with a hug to bind together into a book for sweet Pam to read in bed. It turned out so thick and looks so comfy soft, she may have even used it as a pillow when the meds kicked in, I would have! Then Somerset Life got wind and decided to do a story on it and the result is a sweet little feature in this issue of the magazine. You've got to check it out!!! Here are my pages that I sent in, hopefully is made Pam smile and drool not as much. (pain meds, ya know!) Oh, I better be nice to Pam, I hope someday I'll be able to sit and look through it and see what everyone created. Thanks Charlotte & Kim, for inviting me to play along!
Well, you take two clear garbage bags, two rolls of iridescent film wrap and a crapload of clear packing tape. And a lot of imagination. Jacob has a presentation in his classroom tomorrow.
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