Finally thanksgiving
We finished hosting our first thanksgiving just a little while ago. I planned to take a photo of the spread, but I totally forgot. So…I took some post-meal post-cleanup photos.
Our cow terrarium centerpiece, and the fridge crammed with leftovers. I’m fighting the urge to jam another piece of pumpkin pie down my throat. So tempting…
I’m getting a flu shot next year
First off, happy thanksgiving. I was supposed to host it for the very first time this year, but I got the flu for the third time this season. Gah. Looks like we’ll be celebrating on Sunday instead. Whimper. *End whiny transmission*
Good news…Derek and I finished our stained glass windows. We took a class at MacNider, and it was a ton of work, but it was fun. I definitely have a new appreciation for all that goes into making them. Here they are…mine is on the left and Derek’s is on the right.
The edges actually are straight…had a bit of a problem with lens distortion. Once the weatherproofing is dry I’ll take some better photos with light filtering through them.
Redesign
Big thanks to the hubby for working his magic and updating the look of the site for me. You definitely deserve the AWESOME glass I bought you the other day (I need to take a pic and post it–a fantastically hilarious find from the Village Store). It is literally a huge glass with the word AWESOME printed on it in black letters.
You may have noticed a new column at the right. Those are my Tumblr posts…where I post interesting photos, video and other bits of inspiration I find online.
Post-sale analysis
Rundown of my Saturday…
- Woke up
- Fed a bunny
- Fed a Rua
- Finished up the odds and ends for the art sale
- Set up for the art sale
- Finally got around to buying a winter coat
- Fed a Rua
- Checked out a huge house a couple of friends are thinking of buying
- Ran back to the coffee shop just in time to finish setting up for the art sale
- Drank hot cider with whipped cream (it’s pumpkin pie in a mug, I swear!)
- Sold some cards
- Cleaned up after the sale
- Ate amazing home-cooked food at my mum’s house
- Fed a bunny
- Fell asleep before SNL even came on
Conclusions made…
- Small ticket items (under $10) sell much better than big ticket items at art sales. Keep on making those small ticket items.
- I pretty much sold out of the first aid series of cards, while hardly any sold of the block printing or typewriter series. This was really surprising to me. I would have thought that crowd would have been too icked out by cards featuring illustrations of people with injuries. I’ll need to make more of those for next time.
- Profits would have been better had I not bought items from the other people there. Oops. But everything was so pretty and well made!
Democracy, the flu and artsy-fartsy stuff
Rocking the second day of the flu, I’m so glad I opted to vote early. If you haven’t voted yet, get your butt out of the house and vote. Seriously. It’s important.
Unrelated, but I’ve actually got everything ready early for the big art sale this weekend at CoffeeCat. Crazy! Thank goodness it’s not like when I had a photo show at the library and lost extremely valuable mat cutting time due to an epic flu. Super stressful since I was cutting mats up until the time I was supposed to be hanging them.
But this time, all my cards are ready, I’ve got everything together for my display, and Derek and I came up with pricing (always the hardest part for me). Whew. Wish me luck, and stop by and say hi if you’re in the area.
A day of images at home…
Outdated-looking drawer in the kitchen of our rental. I liked the way the morning light was filtering in through the blinds.
I got this great Fiesta ware pitcher as part of a gift from my parents for high school graduation. I now use it to store cooking utensils on the stove.
Part of our vintage ceramic and teak lamp. It still needs a huge vintage shade to match it, but for now we’re using a fairly nondescript one from Target.
There wasn’t room on the book case for some film books I inherited, so they’re on display on the lone open shelf on a vintage cabinet we recently found. Next to them is an old air pressure gauge Derek found at his aunt and uncle’s consignment shop.
And finally: A hint of things to come. Out of difficult times comes creativity. I plan to put it to good use as I prepare for an art sale at my friend’s coffee shop next month.
Getting in the Halloween spirit
Last night I came up with an idea I really wish I would have thought of earlier. A handful of blocks away from our house is a former nursing home that is currently sitting empty. It would have made a great haunted house! Done properly, I think it could have ranked up there with one that is done every year at the Glore Psychiatric Museum (which is housed in an old psychiatric hospital) in St. Joseph, MO. Spooky!
365 days
I can hardly believe it’s been a year already. It has seemed like a long time, yet seems to have passed in a heartbeat. I’m looking forward to seeing what the next year will bring.
Etsy, etc
I’ve been doing a lot of thrifting lately, and I finally pushed myself to get some things added to my Etsy site.
Take a peek here to see what’s in the shop. I’m hoping to list mostly mid-century finds and anything that’s a bit kitschy. I have a few more things to photograph and add, so please check back soon.
Thanks, Dustin, for the comment about Pancake. It’s been way too quiet in our place since she’s been gone. Crazy how such a little thing can have such a big impact. Big hugs to you guys, too.
The rest of the day’s going to be spent doing what I can to finish up a design job for the Mason City Downtown Association. I’m hoping to wrap this thing up soon. It’ll be good to see the booklet in its completed form. Tell me to get started and quit stalling.
A day of Tumblr posts
I don’t know how else to write about today, so I’ll just repost my Tumblr posts for the day.
10:38 am
Our sweet little pet rat Pancake had to be put to sleep today. Poor little girl. Miss you.
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2:12 pm
Demotivational poster I made in Adobe Illustrator.
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2:29 pm
PET PEEVE: People coming to me with personal photos wanting them scanned, repaired, printed off, etc. I’m not a photo processing shop!
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4:17 pm
Despite my brain feeling like this today, I was surprisingly productive. It helps to get through the crap times by being busy. [via FFFFOUND!]
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4:23 pm
The Decemberists O Valencia! is strangely comforting to me, wafting out of my headphones on repeat.
I’m not looking forward to leaving work, for about the first time ever, when I have to turn off said headphones and make my way to the vet’s office to pick up my dear ratty.
Home is going to feel a bit quieter without her.
Recent tumblr posts
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What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany’s at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No. I go for the chandelier; it’s priceless. As I’m taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It’s her father’s business. She’s Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning the cops come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Mexico but I go to Canada. I don’t trust her. Besides, I love the cold. Thirty years later I get a postcard. I have a son. And he’s the Chief of Police. This is where the story gets interesting: I tell Tiffany to meet me in Paris by the Trocadero. She’s been waiting for me all these years. She’s never taken another lover. I don’t care. I don’t show up. I go to Berlin. That’s where I stashed the chandelier.
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britches:
(via pwnator) AWE-SUMMM. “My name is Pam.”
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The 8 Best Recurring Arrested Development Jokes
stalk:twothirty:ohryan:They got this spot on.
Eight counts of awesome.(via: sufjanssteven: A Coodle Doodle Doo! jimmyjosh: Coo Coo Ca Cha!)
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This made me laugh… Mareike Auer Sweet Carrot Print [via Velocity Art And Design] -
lysol:Sometimes I wish DSLRs looked like this…
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I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.
Audrey Hepburn (via racheldorn) (via blondielove) (via aminamania) (via becausewhy) (via unicornology) (via sundaymorning) -
SomeRightsReserved : Digital Downloads & Stuff
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Poppy and Guinness [via Disapproving Rabbits] -
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unicornology:scout:rainn wilson and selma blair - baby it’s cold outside it’s so heartwarming. love it.
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rabbi:Baby Pete (via mccraylori)
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lomo:Magic Helvetica Sharpie!
