Limbo

It's late. After midnight. And still struggling what to write about. One of the few times I don't have other pressing work to do (meaning I can focus on my fledgling home business venture instead), and I can't think of what to add to my blog. Or maybe it's more like thinking of too much to add. Craft spaces, cool indie art items, craft fairs, fabric, home business, home business in economically shaky times, fresh ideas (where are they??), start a second blog, but on clean eating and lifestyle (and maybe I should start doing it)... no wonder i needed the Advil. Or maybe I should be designing more fabric ideas. Or maybe I can get inspired if I just web surf awhile. Or maybe I just sit at the computer for an hour, typing in random thoughts until one hits home........Nope, I still got nothin'.......and still nothin'. I'll just leave you with a cool photo from design*sponge. My mom's birthday is May 31st (although she would insist it's may 32nd), and she always loved horses, so this seems fitting. Beautiful, colorful, spirited horses.

And speaking of...

Karen over at Venezie Bags will be holding a giveaway! She is highlighting craft spaces, and giving away items that will help you maximize, optimize and organize your craft corner in your home. I'll be including one of my decorative craft boxes to be one of the prizes. It's a sturdy mdf material, hand-painted by me with a bold floral graphic in shades of deep aqua and sagey green that came from my own teeny brain. Here's what it looks like:




I know she is including several other items into one big prize, so check it out on her blog. Click here to visit and read up a little more on how you can enter.

Hate the sin, Love the sinner

I covet. I covet a lot. Looking at fabulous, bright, bold, sunny, playful, gusto- and personality-filled fabrics makes me covet. I see them and I want to eat them like cheesecake--just bite into them and allow the goodness to saunter its way down to my happy place. The only thing I covet more than that is the ability to sew. Wish I had it. Want to learn it. It is one of the activities I have queued up my list of things in which to indulge some day. I'm almost--ALMOST-- as happy rolling around in pretty fabrics as I am getting pampered at a spa. Almost.

So imagine how much fun I have looking at this blog and etsy shop: Venezie Bags. Cute stuff, that really looks quality & made with loving stitches. Items that hit my "covet" switch on. Someday, I'll learn to sew; but until then, Venezie Bags is on my list of places to covet. http://veneziebags.blogspot.com/

Thinking Out Loud

Well, I guess I missed the chance to write a touching Mother's Day tribute on Mother's Day, huh? Hate to be so clichè, but "better late than never". Usually, anyway. But then to write a tribute ON Mom's Day would have been clichè as well. Hmm.....sorry, just thinking out loud.

So I have been a Mom for almost 4 years now. It has been the quickest four years of my life...other than college. College went by fast, too. But in college I wasn't responsible for another person, especially a tiny one. There is SO MUCH that I have forgotten about the first few months of motherhood. I get a little melancholy when i see tiny little onesies: Was my baby ever really that small? I barely remember what holding her felt like; now she's stands as high as my waist, and I have to grunt to lift her. And now I have to negotiate how many books to read before bedtime. And so much of my vocabulary starts with the letter P--Poo, Pee, Potty, Please all usually is crammed into the same sentence. And you never realize how many types of vegetables are green until you try to make your little one eat any of them. When she was a baby, any mush would do. Before I had a child I used to roll my eyes at toddlers on "leashes" until I had to travel alone several times with my toddler cross country and it was the only way I could guarantee she wouldn't get separated from me in the swarm of holiday travelers at the airport.

I miss how tiny and small she was, that she could fit in the crook of my arm: It went by so fast, that I almost long for it all over again. I'm pretty sure that's how God makes sure we continue to make more babies, is that we forget all the things that happen in the early months. There are so many things that go by in a blur. And I don't think I've taken enough photos and video. And my baby scrapbook still only has 3 newborn photos in it; maybe I should be catching up on my scrapbooking instead of painting chairs. Or blogging. : ) .... Just thinking out loud.

UNIQUE LA Craft Fair

Unique LA Craft Fair ROCKS. Here is a link to their blog to see what kind of things go on there: click here The extra perk is celebrity sightings (well, it IS L.A.!)
There is such a wide array of talent and quality items. I'm already jonesin' for the Holiday 2009 UNIQUE LA show.

Keep Craftin'!

Before and Afters

Design*Sponge always showcases some great before and after projects--the last few have been really eye-catching and fun.
Go browse and get inspired at: http://www.designspongeonline.com/category/before-and-after

Happy Weekend!