Journal from Operation Paper Cut

I have been longing for a journal from Erin at Operation Paper Cut and I finally got one. It is super cute and the quality is fabulous. The illustration is my favorite part. I love the little Robot with the hearts! Thanks for making good stuff Erin.

And it was nice that it came oh so lovingly wrapped with a little extra cute card.

Fabulous Swap

Shona from LALA dex press and I finally got around to swapping some hand made goodness. All her cards are so cute, and I especially like the Happy Birthday Little Doggy. My husband's 30th is next weekend. Maybe he will get that one. It is always so hard for me to give them away. Isn't that terrible? I just want to hoard all the precious cards I have from so many crafty gals. Maybe this is the first step in my recovery! ; )

Anyway, thanks Shona. They are wonderful!

Rainy Day

The weather is a bit dreadful today, or at least I think so. It is 'spitty', not raining. I think I would like it better if it would just RAIN! I am trying to get motivated to move on out to my little studio, but I just want to drink coffee and play on the internet. I fired the tiles that the clients at the ARC made. I think they turned out well. I hope they are as excited as I am about them. I am going to put little saw tooth hangers on the back of them this weekend.


St. Patrick's Day with my brother and father at Dog and Duck was an experience. It is one of my more favorite pubs in Austin, but everybody and their mom's were there, literally, except my mom. ;) We followed the festivities with dinner and then I did some more celebrating with friends later. There was a middle-aged man (or actually more than middle aged) that ran onto the patio at Billy's (another pub) with nothing but a thong and a green hat shouting "happy St. Patrick's Day" It was so funny. But as I sat there dumbfounded by the experience, I couldn't grab my camera quick enough, otherwise I could share with you that image! You know you want to see it!
Notice how my father makes a ridiculous face in my photo. Thanks dad . . .
Newest Moleskine addition. Check it our at my etsy shop!

Craft Fundraiser for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Hi crafty friends!

I am helping a friend of mine that works with adults with developmental disabilities come up with craft projects that her clients can sell to raise funds for their art program. So far, I have thought of bird baths created from terra cotta pots that the clients can paint and decorate, bottle cap magnets, and toad abodes (essentially a clay pot turned upside down and decorated). We are trying to do Spring like things because that is when they will be selling them. Perhaps we could also help them decorate some greeting cards to sell.

Do any of you have any great ideas. I need to keep it relatively simple as I don't know the abilities of the individuals and I believe we only have 2 hours to complete the projects. Maybe more, but I am not certain.

Any ideas would be greatly appeciated!!!! THANKS!

New Ceramics

Before firing. . .
After! Like little jewels.
Maybe I am obsessed, but I can't resist including pics of my 4-legged children. These 2 normally steer clear of one another, but it was chilly, so they were snugglin'!

Sicky-poo. . .

It has been cold and rainy here. I have to say I have been feeling sympathy for anyone who lives in the Pacific Northwest. A beautiful place, yes, but a very rainy one. Not sure I could do it. Anyone have any pointers on surviving with all that rain?

Today is pretty, but since I have been sick haven't felt much like a walk or anything. The dogs are feeling a little cooped up. The most exciting part of our day is the mailman (which I am generally excited about, I love mail!) but I don't like when it is the ONLY exciting part of my day. Bleck!

This is to remind me of the beautiful Spring days that are surely ahead! Funny thing is, these are rain lillys, which need rain to bloom. Oh well!
These are the last cards I worked on. This was before Christmas. Doh! Okay, butt in gear for real, once I feel better.
This is Finley's impression of me for the last 4 days. He is such a comedian!

P.S. Notice this post follows one from exactly a week ago. Go on with your bloggin self! haha!

Winter in Texas

The snow days were novel for the first 1 or 2, since we shut down everything in Texas when there is any sort of frozen precipitation. Now, however, I think we all have cabin fever and are ready to get back to life. I have been terribly lazy. I think this weather sort of lends itself to that. Watching movies, loafing around, and so on. I did get some new house magnets started, but that is about all I have done in the last 3 days. Tomorrow I am going to attempt to go to work. We'll see how that goes. I hope I don't run into something or someone. The city ran out of de-icing agent for the roads. That is funny and frightening at the same time. We aren't used to having more than a day of this icy weather. I took several pictures and videos. Included in this set are the flowers that were pretty just a few days ago, and a dog toy that is frozen to our deck. Finley was completely confused and entertained by this! Pretty cute watching him paw at it to no avail. And then there is Lola in her Pirate shirt. It says A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME. Pretty darn cute and so fitting!