four out of five books

four out of the five books are in the shoppe now.

jotjoy

at the cut 'n' curl

i love these new shower curtains!

through march 9th, there is free shipping and $5 off certain items through this link.

be a baller, shower caller with twenty-inch blades on your impala.

a cup of holiday cheer

free shipping and $5 off each of my products in my society6 shop.

the promotion is NOT automatically available in my store and only available through this link to my society6 shop.

promotion expires december 8, 2013 at midnight pacific time. *offer excludes framed art prints, stretched canvases and throw pillows with insert.


stay warm and cozy.

outside the window

shadowboxer sees a sale in my etsy shop outside the window.





*10 percent off total with a mininum of $25 purchase through dec. 31, 2013. code :: 10PERCENTOFF
(please take note that it can only be used during checkout.)

'flies dried

this afternoon, i spent time in the studio making tiny collages on tags. i feel that i am really in the artistic process when i don't have an agenda, but i am creating for the sake of creating. after these butterflies dried, these tiny collages morphed into sets of gift tags which are now in the shoppe.

big plans, man, big plans

i needed a road map for the next twelve months. no big promises, but small baby steps towards each one. having a pocketjournal in my purse is creative ammunition to the workday. if you don't have one, you can get one here.

focus

she does have ink, but doesn't have the annoying watermarks (or the site) on her in real life.

a pair of buttons

1) i haven't pushed fabric under the needle in a while. everything else, yes. fabric, no. after work yesterday, i made myself a work apron for a book class that i will be teaching in the fall.
2) oh, and her fraternal twinkie is in the shoppe.
3) this week, i watched julie delpy's 2 days in new york which followed up her 2 days in paris. i still think that she just might trump woody allen in her directing and writing. adorable.
4) if you are wanting to grow your hair out, a full moon cut in the sign of leo is the date to circle. yes, that is august 1st. august will have two full moons with a blue moon at the end of the month.
5) it is hard to believe that we are kissing friday again.what are you doing this last weekend of july?

on a happy note

get your nose out of the depressing news and stick it into a sketchbook.

my on a happy note pocket journals are now in the shoppe. they are perfect for the everyday and to garner the everysmile.

get one (or two!) while the gettin' is good.

box of chocolates

life really is like a box of chocolates. you keep going and you are gonna find a sale.

{through july 4}

add a jot of joy

today is a first day of halfsummer break before the second summer session starts up. the list to do is long and the first on the list is studio cleanup.

packaging up this order from jotjoy earlier was so much fun and will serve as the carrot in front of the cart to unpile the workcounters.

get busy

now in the shoppe.

heart beglittered

magpie awakening

baubles by the chronic utilitarian on etsy

my inner magpie has been surfacing over the past two months. shiny needs to come home with me. also, anything girly. so, shiny and girly things with utility are the agenda. when one is on overdrive survival mode, it seems that shiny and girly doesn't matter.

i primed my bedroom yesterday and have the paint ready to go for today. even with the primer coat on, the room looks like a different room. i swear that i could feel the orange pulse for the few nights that i slept in there. it was a super color for a studio, but it needed to be simple as a bedroom. i still don't know where everything will go, but will figure that out tomorrow morning when the paint is completely dry.

this magpie awakening is truly a foreshadowing of a fantastic year ahead.

bowl of glittered snowflakes

now on to decorating. do you need a bowlful of glittered snowflakes?

and let it begin

these are here.

it is hard to believe that what we are smelling is december.

sometime before tomorrow morning, i have to assemble my daughter's twenty-four advent daily pressies. i have them all gathered, but just need to package them up and number them.

what is even harder for me to believe is that i posted every freaking day in november! craycray, i know. after the first week, i was wondering why i pushed myself. i had to work my mind around wanting comments or feedback, but focus on putting my thoughts out there. that was the payoff.

if you have read my blog at all this month, thank you.

token love

just did the drawing.

(katrina won the gift certificate.)

oh, and these vintage monopoly playing tokens are in the shoppe.

jotjoy

1) i wish we could get an extra hour every Sunday. wouldn't that be insanely wonderful?

2) no, your eyes are not deceiving you. yes, i am trying to blog every day in november, which is national blog posting month.

3) i spent all weekend cleaning my studio and i can actually work in it again. don't faint, but we ate at our dining table last night.

4) yesterday, i finished my new etsy header and my new shop name, jotjoy. (the above image is a fragment of the mindmap that i created to find my new name.)

5) in honor of all four yippityyippers, i am doing a drawing for a $20 gift certificate to jotjoy next monday morning. all you have to do is bookmark my blog (and/or join my blog with your google friend connect) and leave a comment to any of this week's posts (from today through sunday) to have your name put into the kitty. *meow*

fossil love

i am forcing myself to center my thoughts each day to iron out ideas in my little notebooks. if you are so inclined to join me, you can find one here, here, or here. (for blogreaders, the shipping is on me. i will adjust after purchase.)

free tea is the perfect companion to the center&iron, which is quite similar to the bend&snap.