what a cutie!

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Originally uploaded by vreitz.

This is a photo of Mike taken on my new cell phone. We were watching the sun set at Virginia Kendell. I was blinded by the sun and unable to focus, so it's not a great picture, but not bad. :)

leap of faith

I submitted one of my purses for consignment at cut+paste.
I decided to try that site first because i read her blog a lot and like the stuff they sell.

I don't expect to hear back from them for a couple of weeks. I'm trying not to think about it until then! They say they won't write you back at all unless they are accepting you. Talk about nerve racking! :)

i want this, so why am i slacking?

i've been a slacker.
I was to have finished 4 purses and 3 gift bags by last Sunday.
It's now Tuesday and I have one purse done.

What a lazy-butt.

I've been working, they are all designed. Just too tired or preoccupied when I get home from work.
Also, I think I'm afraid of being rejected. If I don't try, I can't be rejected...

But i'm going to stop this poppycock and get it done this week. I plan to first submit the two purses I already made for the craft sale last Feb. We'll see how it goes!

life's not fair sometimes

I've added another goal: Learn Photoshop. I debated and debated whether to file this under Career or Creative, since I don't really plan to use it for my job. But ultimately, since I am taking the class at work and that's the only place I can use it, I decided to put it under Career Goals.

By the way, if anyone wants to contribute to the "my car got hit, culprit won't confess, $500 deductible" Fund, please let me know! I'm getting pretty frustrated trying to get my neighbor to admit she hit my car, so I'm going to file this under "life's not fair, kid" and just get the car fixed. Damn. $500 is half way to the computer I want so bad.

Learn Photoshop

UPDATE: I'm revising this goal a little, I wasn't making progress by taking classes at lunchtime, so I found an online course with classes once a week.

Goal: Take online classes once a week from About.com's free email class.

Tasks:
Week 1: Completed the first class July 26
Week 2: Completed the second class Aug 1

added more goals to Project Vicki

I've added two more goals to Project Vicki. Mike got me three yoga dvds for my birthday so I want to do yoga once a week. Maybe on Thursdays before choir?

Also I added a crafty goal. Make some purses and bags and see if one of the online consignment shops will sell them. That will give me a good idea if anyone likes my stuff enough to pay for it!

Goal: Make things to sell online

Goal: Make products to sell on commission at online stores like copacetique, cut+paste, & pink thread.

Tasks:
4 purses by May 15
3 gift bags by May 15
Take digital pictures by May 15
Choose a store and submit work May 16

Results:
Ok. I've missed this deadline by a mile.
June 23, I have made one bag.

July 18: Though I am not selling stuff on commission, I have four bags up for sale at Etsy.com So I consider this goal accomplished.

Goal: Yoga once a week

Goal: Do a 20 minute session with the DVD once a week

Results:
May 1 to 7: done 5/5 :)
May 8 to 14: done
May 15 to 21
May 22 to 28
May 29 to June 4

they say it's your birthday...

Today is my birthday! 28 big ones.

My annual ritual is to listen to the Beatles' "birthday" in the morning before I go to work. I've also started listening to Frente's "ordinary angels" because the first line is "you get the world for your birthday, baby."

I've received four postcards so far.

The first is from Jolene. It has a fortune sewed on to it that reads: Counting your time is not so important as making your time count.

The second one came from Singapore from Lynda. She sewed a pair of shorts and legs on a postcard. My words don't do it justice, it's cute!

The next one I got was from Benita in Wales. (for some reason her site won't load for me)

Amy from Oregon sent me a card with pictures of her applique projects. Very cute site!


You can see some of these postcards and the postcard I sent at Meukin's site.

That's all for now. Enjoy my birthday! ;)

postcard swap

UPDATE Several people emailed me so I'm sure they went out ok! Thanks.

Hey - If anyone is visiting because they got a postcard from me, please leave a comment or email me.
I sent the postcards out through the post office and I'm just not sure if they actually were sent! Someone please let me know.