Still have orders and a major project due tomorrow night but I must sleep! The storms were crazy last night plus too much diet Coke π Still haven’t finished the matted project I did with Pam- have to do the paying jobs first!
My little buddy has gone
In other news, I have 3 projects appearing in the August issue of Crafts ‘n Things! So that was pretty exciting to see. Now I am finishing off orders for the Coast Guard Academy Parents’ Club and the Army Officer’s Wives’ Club of the Greater Washington Area, assorted matted graduation announcements and wedding presents.
Pam came over yesterday and we did a project together- it came out really cute and she was so excited about giving this to her friend. Will post tomorrow.
I have been adding some features and fiddling around with this blog but it’s slow going. Had some excellent suggestions from my friend Patty’s daughter Caitlin who married an English guy and lives and works in England. She writes such a fun blog- check it out. Thanks Cait! You are so kind…
Weed or flower? It’s all how you look at it…
So, at night, after I kiss her angelic little cheek, I come down here to my really messy, fun studio and see what trouble I can get into. I had sent proposals for what I KNOW is a really cool idea for a book in to two different publishers and was rejected by both (nicely, but still…). I’m not giving up yet… Also put myself out there with an idea for a regular feature in a craft magazine, so who knows… All they can say is no π The good news is the new product is coming along beautifully and can’t wait to be able to tell you all about it!
Today I planted. $168 worth of flowers from Lowes have been sitting in the back yard for a week and a half but it has been either raining or buggy or humid. Today was cloudy, about 74 and perfect. Trinity and I suited up- on went the gloves, bug stuff, comfy clothes and ponytails- and went out for a few hours to put them in. And now I think why did I wait. It was really fun. Of course I need a lot more…
In front of Giant every year, there’s a lady who sets up a flower stand and I usually visit her a couple of times. Now I have waited so long it’s buy one, get one free! So tomorrow Trinity and I will hit her stand and see what’s left. I think my favorite flower is the tuberous begonia- they flower continually and require minimal maintenance- what’s not to love? The photo above is something I saw on the way down the driveway to get the mail- have no idea what it is but love all the wacky strands popping out everywhere…
Royalties baby!
On Sunday, Trinity, Maryanne and I were on our way to Lowe’s to buy some flowers. I called Dawn and put Trinity on speaker. While they were talking, Chris beeped Dawn. Somehow she hooked up a 3 way call so that she, Chris and Trinity all got to talk together on their 6th anniversary between Iraq, Cape Cod and VA!
Forgot to put in a plug for this great fabric store I went to the other day. It’s called Web Fabrics located in Purcellville, VA. It’s quite large, is very well organized and carries all the latest stuff… very fun to see. It almost makes me want to sew more. Pretty funny because my machine is a 1951 Singer that only does a straight stitch. But it’s about my speed.
Tomorrow we are headed out to plant the flowers. Trinity can’t wait. My back can…
Cupcakes, anyone?
I am working away- this has turned out to be one of my busiest months ever! Today I mailed out an emergency gift order to my friend Charlene at Ft. Bragg, the last batch of wedding invitations have been finished, did three sets of graduation announcements, and am more than halfway done with an order for 600 magnets. Tonight I am finishing up some single orders. I am framing our NY house neighbors’ 50th wedding invitation as a surprise. As we were driving up to check on our rental property in upstate NY last weekend, we stopped at 11:30 PM for gas. Much to our dismay, the RV would not start. So we spent the night in front of the gas pumps listening to announcements telling us to turn off our vehicles while pumping gas, while we slept in our bed! We rented a car to get the rest of the way and our neighbors welcomed us into their home, since we had no RV to sleep in the next night. I also found some beautiful faux lemons in the thrift store- that’s Toni’s latest favorite thing to collect and think she will love them.
So life is good.
Handmade wedding invitations
Tonight I am working on 70 custom wedding invitations which are due this weekend. The bride really liked a design that involved a pocket envelope so I am cutting them all myself since they are not a standard size. All I can say is, thank goodness for my Logan mat cutter! I set the paper up in a assembly line process to cut, score and fold them all into envelopes and they are coming out perfectly square! Now I have to figure out a way to punch a circle in one corner consistently so an initial logo may be seen from the inside. Matching up everything has proved quite tricky but I am persevering…
I would ask all of you to keep our military serving overseas (especially my son Chris, Trinity’s dad) in your thoughts and prayers this Memorial Day weekend. The sacrifices they and their families endure for our freedom is truly above and beyond.
Special congrats to my friend who became a grandmother a few days ago! Love you Kimmie π
Have a safe and relaxing long weekend!
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