Super huge THANKS everyone for all your kind words. So far things are looking good…all tests are negative. We just have one last hurdle tomorrow, which we are certainly not looking forward to, but once it’s done, we have high hopes that we can stop worrying about lymphoma! It would be wonderful to know just what made my mister so sick, but if we never find out, but, he never gets it again that will be just FINE with me!!!

Meanwhile, spring is in full swing! The world is blooming and turning green. It’s hard not to feel hopeful and positive when everything is so lush and beautiful. I feel like an old mole coming out of her hole and blinking in the bright springy joyful sunshine after a long dark hibernation…. just like in Wind in the Willows, i think!

This photo is awful, trying to use a the macro setting while taking pictures out of the window was not very effective! But, i had to share a little of what has been a huge source of wonder and entertainment for us lately. The birdfeeder is a jumpin’ joint and all the birds in the area seem to be hanging out and getting plump with our free snacks. We have seen so many kinds of birds (and a rogue squirel or two) and beastie is completely enchanted. We are starting a bird journal to keep track of all the visitors we are getting. He says that the chickadees are his favorites, and i can’t argue…what’s not to love about those little black capped cuties!

On the creative front, there seems to be a whole lot of works in progress and not a whole ton of fun new stuff to show for it. Still focusing alot on embroidery… the grumpy looking little gnome i am working on is going to be part of patchwork curtains for my kitchen window. I don’t think i could love this cute embroidery pattern from Bad Bird any more than i do without squealing like a girly girl. Everyone needs gnome of their own, i think, and Andrea is the coolest for offering this insanely adorable pattern to the hopelessly gnome infatuated I’ve been putting off making those curtains for so long, but i am “into” it now that i have a idea of what i want them to be beyond just boring panels of fabric.

I have also tea dyed a ton of lace and doilies and vintage slips….i am getting up the nerve to actually EMBELLISH the slips now, i have one all layed out and i’m auditioning various arrangements of things before i take the plunge and actually SEW something on it. I’ve been away from my sewing machine so long i am kinda nervous! It’s been a long long dry spell and i am happy to say that i think it’s over. Neglected dollies, curtains, aprons and skirts are all clamouring for my immediate attention and i am happy to give it to them finally. After the surgery tomorrow i am just sure that the buttonbox spring can continue to blossom with no more scary interruptions!

I hope everyone is having a marvelous day…..

xoxoxo

Hello out there! (listens to echo, admires the tumbleweeds blowing around)

Yet again i’ve been absent for an inexcusable amount of time. The buttonbox has been rather bleak, to tell the truth, and i’ve really not much felt like talking about it all. But i fianlly have something delightful to blog about so here i am, telling you all about my wonderful visit with the Amazing Calamity Kim!

Lucky me! Kim has been up, spending time with her parents, who live not-too-terribly far from here. So, we decided that it was time for us to finally meet in real life. Even tho’ we’ve been talking pretty much every single day for nearly two years, we’ve never met in “real” life. Isn’t it funny how you can feel so close to a person who you’ve never “really” met? That’s how we’ve been, like sisters, holding each other up thru our various trials and tribulations, sharing triumphs and joys too. She has been a HUGELY important part of my life, so it was like magic to get to finally give her the hug i’ve been saving up for so long.

I consulted the INDESPENSIBLE Amy Sedaris masterwork on entertaining, “I Like You” to ensure that i would be the very best hostess i could be. Did looney things like getting u p a t 7:30 in the morning so i could make home made chicken stock for a Chicken, Mushroom, Spinach and Tortellini soup for our “Luncheon”….baked a loaf Italian Herb and Mozzarella beer bear, and of course, the infamous Black Bottom Cherry Tarts. (teeheee) Pulled myself together and tried to make my house presentable and was oh-so-nervous….what if Kim did not like me in real life? Oh, how i fretted. But we got along just as well in person as tho’ we’ve always been friends and everything went along wonderfully. Kim spoiled us with beautiful faerie wings (better photos of these are coming soon),and even wings for little Beastie too!

Buntings and beautiful dollies, vintage slips and a whimsical top…. her big red truck stuffed with books and fabrics and kinds of amazing stuff like some kind of magical crafty gypsy caravan. I was so nervous, happy and excited that i failed to take as many photos as i’d planned. But we had a grand day, and Kim is definitely one of the delightful people i have ever met. She came at the most perfect time…i have really been “lost” lately, and my world has been turned upside down…i’ve not been spending as much time being creative because i just have not had the energy. But Kim brought inspiration, color and much-needed joy back to me and i am so grateful that i can’t even express it. We had a fun day of visiting Belladonna’s and chatting over coffee at Cool Beans….even my mama hung out for most of the day! Later, we went to dinner at lovely old Zesto’s so that Kim could get “a taste of old Greece” and be amazed at he giant Ice Cream Cone In The Sky. Such fun! And even more fun, Kim decided to stay for a slumber party, and so i got to share my “nest room” too!

The rest of the evening was spent up in my craft room…a place that sadly, i have not been spending much of my time these days. But it was lovely to share it with Kim, and i pulled out one of my old projects-in-progress, the denim picnic quilt. This is an years-long ongoing process…i cut simple squares from all my fam’s worn-out or outgrown jeans to make blocks, then i have family and friends make simple drawings directly onto the squares that i then embroider over. One day i will piece it all together and it will be our picnic quilt…a sturdy blankie to spread out on the grass for lolling about on sunny days. I had stowed it away an not done any work on it for a LONG time, but i had Miz Calamity Kim do some drawings for me while she visited and embroidering her charming doodles has helped me occupy my self over the past few days of not-so-greatness. Color is medicine for the soul, i think, and friendship preserved with a few simple stitchings is nothing short of magic.

It was my lifeline to sanity as i sat in the waiting room, stitching a sweet cupcake with rainbow threads, trying to wrap my mind around new and unexpected words like Oncology, CT scan, and bone marrow biopsy and what meaning these words could have in my family’s life.

Kim could not have come at a better time…i needed her so much more then i knew i did.

The short version is that my Mister has been ill since mid-december. The doctor just kept throwing antibiotics and steroids at him, but whatever-it-it just wouldn’t go away. Steroids made the symptoms manageable, but it was kind of like putting a tiny bandage on a gunshot wound. We just have no idea what’s going on…at first we thought maybe Lyme disease, then maybe some kind of rheumatoid issue….but never any positive result to pin it down and treat his illness properly. So finally she’s referred him to specialists and yesterday was our trip to the Oncology center. Obviously the result was not what i was expecting . There will be more tests and hopefully we will know what is going on. Right now, i am in a fog, nothing seems real and i am so angry, and frightened. I can’t explain how i really feel in a coherent way. As scary as it all is, i am at least glad that he is on the road to getting some treatment, because we’ve just been in this limbo of awfulness since pre-Christmas. Hence my absence. Hence my totally lack of motivation to create. It’s hard to talk about it…i just have not wanted to put all this out there because to do so somehow makes it more real, maybe. I don’t know. I thought talking about my hysterectomy was as personal and as “real” as i could get with this blog, but THAT was easy compared to this. That pain seems like nothing compared to what i am feeling now. Why am i finally writing about it now? I am not really sure. It seems like i need to get it out but i just don’t know how.

So Kim was my faerie friend who brought me rainbows and hope and light at what could be one of the darker times of my life. She reminded me that a needle and thread can be the stitches that hold your heart together when you are sure it might shatter. That cupcake embroidery was the sweetest part of a bitter day. Being surrounded with her bright joyful creations is helping me hold onto some positivity and light. And her friendship is giving me wings.

Thank you, beautiful Kim. We love you, and can’t wait for your return.

Today is the day for the drawing…..i wrote all the names on slips of paper, folded them up teeny tiny and tossed ‘em like a tempest into a teacup….

Reached in and plucked out a name……. and the winner is……….

Laura from My Little Orange Kitchen! Please email me your mailing info and i shall get your goodies off to you.

Hope all is well in Bloglandia….big love to you all!

xoxox

Remember this? The tree embroidery that i started about a year ago?

I am thrilled to report that i am FINALLY DONE with it!

I am quite sure that thre are no fewer than one billion stitches  that make up the tree design, and if i had to calulate how many hours it took to get this thing done, i’d probably have a nervous breakdown. But DAMN it feels good to have FINISHED something. It a way, it’s kind of re-ignited my “mojo” and i feel like making things again. I have too many WIPS hanging around here, and getting the BIG one done feels like nothing short of miracle.  I’m getting back to my dollies…one Lady Wormwood for the most wonderfully patient girl i know, and a frosty snowflake skelly too, among other things. I dried out some orange peel in my oven to make the vanilla patchouli orange soap i’ve been planning, and  trying to figure out how to make my own flared bellydance pants so i no longer have to BUY them. I love ‘em, but man are they spendy. How can i call myself crafty if i don’t at least TRY to make my own, right?

Speaking of bellydance, yes, i am still obsessed!  Last week, i got bumped up to the intermediate level of my American Cabaret bellydance class, and to celebrate, i decided to finally get myself out to the tribal fusion class. This was a HUGE deal, as some of you may know, i am kind of agoraphobic and i am terrified of driving, especially at night and into areas outside my local comfort zone. However, one of my “resolutions” was to stop being a weenie and take up an Auntie Mame attitude…you know…”Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving….Live Live Live!”  So i gathered all my courage and did it, and loved it, and plan to keep on going. If i did it once i can do it again! Go me! I won’t be starving anymore!

Hoping you are all well and wonderful!

xoxoxoxo

I do wish that creativity was a nice, consistent flow for me! Alas…..It’s feast or famine. I am either so immersed in making things that i can’t mange to do anything else, or, on the flip side, the well seems dry and i just don’t have the will or energy that i need to make something worth telling you guys about. Hence my absence YET AGAIN. Le sigh. I can pretty much always make doll, but i prefer NOT to work on them when my head is not in the right space. I believe very strongly that my energy flows into my work, and if the energy’s bad, then how can good work come from that? Making dolls is a weird process for me and i refuse to do a half-way job of it. So i am trying to be patient with myself and keep the kindling dry and ready for when the next creative spark flares up and causes the bonfire that consumes me again I’ve also started the slow and painful task of organizing my craft room. Sometimes my best ideas come when i am sorting through my embarrassingly huge stash of stuff, so maybe cleaning will invite the Muse.

Meanwhile, my sorting process has caused me to decide that i need to thin my stash alittle. I have a huge collection of random bits and bobs that i have hoarded for ages, since a million years ago when i was doing mostly ATCs and collage work. I know that i won’t ever use it all so i’ve decided to share the stash. I am not sure how many of you guys do much paper craft and collage, but if you ARE interested in a big old collage ephemera bundle, i invite you to leave a comment by January 30. I shall then draw a name and send a huge pile of odds and ends to whoever the winner may be. There is all kinds of things here…map pages, book pages in foreign languages, weird game pieces, clip art, joss paper, fabric scraps, ribbon-bits, old photos….you get the idea. One could make a a thousand ATCs with this funky mix, i have no doubt. It’s obvious that i never will, so it’s time to stop hoarding and pass the fun along to someone who will actually use it!

Well, i am not dead

However, my poor Mac mini is (moment of silence) hence my loooooong absence, partnered with family illness and an assortment of other wacky little plagues.

We just got the new Mac yesterday and now we are trying to recover some of what we lost. So if you’ve emailed me and i have not responded, please please re-send! I am not ignoring anyone on purpose, i’ve just had minimal contact with the blog-world and i am trying to get back on track. I’ve lost all my email contacts and address book! Help a sister out if you are so inclined by emailing me your contact info so i can get back to the business of boring ya’ll with my babbling! I have not spent much time in the craftroom…the heat is still broken and it’s bloody cold up there! I have to plan in advance and get the space heater crankin’ so it’s bearable. i miss my sewing machine. I have poor abandoned dollies sitting in the cold wondering if i will ever return. One of them, in fact, is totally inspired by being frozen and i am going to have a drawing for her once she’s done, so stayed tuned!

I hope the holidaze were good to you all….ours was….interesting. One of the most challenging on record, i think. However, the good moments were blindingly marvelous and i’ve had so much time to ponder and think about what a wild ride 2007 was, which made it alittle easier for me to let go of some of the self-loathing i was feeling when i stop and realize that we’ve been thru an awful lot and i am not superwoman.  I think the computer breaking was almost a good thing. I’ve needed to take a break. I used the time off for other things i love that i’ve neglected in the frenzy of my constant stitching and babbling online.  And i got to read alot of books and practice bellydance more seriously with the awesome DVDs i got from Santa as well as my usual cabaret class (and hopefully a tribal class soon too, if i ever grow the spine to actually GO!)  I got to spend some wonderful time with my friends and re-connect with my life. I got to bake a ton of fabulous goodies and eat obscene amounts of chocolate and cheese (still having happy dreams of the smoked gouda cheeseball….mmmmmmmmm) I drank almost an entire bottle of horrible champagne with slices of oranges floating in it to distract from the horrific awfulness  on New Years and had the best time flopping around on the couch with my fam as the ball dropped and i realized that every single SECOND of happiness needs to be savored and cherished, no matter how small it may seem at the time.

ANYWAY….2008. A new mac and a head stuffed full of ideas about what i want to do and things i want to learn and try.  I have resolved myself to being less of a weenie about alot of things. And mostly to keep up with you guys in blog world better than i have been. I miss you! Now, i plan to spend some time trying to get ’round to some of your blogs and see what you’ve been up to and how you are doing! It’s great to be back!!!!

xoxoxoxo

Did you all think i was never ever going to blog again? Sorry no such luck! I’ve just been taking my down time very seriously and trying to power through the holidays with my good cheer intact. We’ve had some bumpy moments, but overall, we are still pretty joyful here in the buttonbox. I warn you now, this is gonna be long rambly post that no doubt will wind and wander into pointlessness at any turn!

We finished this one rather massive project finally…it took alot longer than i originally thought it would, as these sorts of things often do! Using the tute from Allsort’s blog for her super cute red and white advent calender, we made a red and green “secular countdown” version. Both my mister and i worked on this project together and i think it turned out to be really cute! Beastie is loving opening each little felt envelope to find his daily treat, too.

Alas, xmas is not really my best holiday, so my other mantle decor is alittle, well, awful! I insist on trying to collect Rankin Bass Rudolph stuff and my dream is to have the entire mantle covered with misfit toys someday! Raven was home this past weekend, so we fianlly go the tree up and decorated…it’s beginning to look lot like Christmas!

There is no real rhyme or reason or GOD FORBID, a THEME to it…many of the ornaments are heirlooms, others are just silly little things we’ve added on along the way, as well as the more pedestrian “filler” stuff. I am still convinced that the tree topper (which we got for our very first holiday together all those long years ago) is some form of device that my mister installed to contact UFOs to come and take him back to his people…swing down, sweet chariot, stop and let me ride..we are ready to make the Mothership Connection, baby!

Proof that we are pretty dang geeky around here!

Years ago, My Paper Crane had posted about this really cool holiday wreath she’d made with origami peace cranes. At the time, my oldest son was REALLY into origami (the kid is the McGyver of paperfolding) He loved the idea, so we made one of our own….it’s gotten a wee bit crushed and croggled over the years, but it’s still one of my favorite decorations, and a wonderful memory of the two of us crafting together! I miss him when he is not here, and he is REALLY on my mind alot right now because he’s having surgery tomorrow to correct his “impressively” deviated septum. He’ll be Raven the Red Nosed Emo, the poor thing. I’ll be so glad when it’s all over so he can breath and i can stop worrying!

Along with decorating, we also baked a pie while he was here….tart apple, ala Calamity Kim. Yum! Looks so pretty hanging out on my grandma’s beautiful vintage organza holiday apron…i still remember seeing her wear that at our family xmas gatherings, she was so soft spoken and ladylike, and always had a hankie in that little pocket….her hair was always arranged in the most spectacularly beautiful pin curls and finger waves….she was a real southern beauty.
The pie was pretty dang good too…i hope grandmama is looking down at me and smiling right now as i try sooooo hard to create some fusion of old and new traditions for my family. It’s true we are pretty non-traditional people…it’s caused a bit of family friction, unfortunately. But we love our family, and we are amazingly stable and happy. That has to count for something even if we are not doing the church thing. It really blows my mind that you can be happily married, gainfully employed, have happy healthy kids, choose to be a stay-at-home-mom rather than put your kids in daycare, etc etc etc…but still have a negative image to people who should know and love you best, just because you are alittle “different” or choose not to be part of any form of organized religion! I don’t get it. I am all about living and letting live, minding my business, and loving people for who they are rather than who i WANT them to be. Alas, not everyone feels the way i do. It’s sad.

ANYWAY, that is all i have to say about THAT!!!!

(cue Nightmare Before Christmas Music)

Meanwhile, Halloweentown has indeed been making Christmas…..i had no choice but to press the pause button on the other dolly i was working on to make this girl because it was ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT…sometimes my muse can be VERY pushy.

You may think that too much holiday joy can’t be lethal…but you’d be dead wrong!

Holly Humbug was never very fond of the holidays, but one year, she somehow found herself caught up in the joy of the season. Maybe it was too much eggnog that caused her tragic tumble into the holly bushes but the poor poor girl suffered too many punctures to ever celebrate again in this lifetime! Good thing they have great undead holiday parties too!

Holly is the first of two “holiday edition” little dead dollies i’m working on. I’ll get her listed on Etsy soon. Meanwhile, she has a frozen little sister who is demanding my attention, as well as a rather cob-webby looking absinthe sipper in the works for a certain VERY PATIENT knittin’ mad Hattress! I better get back to my stitching.

I hope everyone is enjoying the season! I’ve missed “Bloglandia” so much, and Big Daddy promised that the Buttonbox will be all pretty-fied and nice again by the first of the year. I have alot of catching up to do!

Huge hugs to you all!!!!

xoxoxox

Poor neglected blog!!! oh, i do miss you!

But, i must admit, things have been getting progressively calmer and and better behind the scenes of my “buttonbox”. Still working my way thru the big burnout i’ve experienced from the hardcore crafting i’d been doing. I’ve really needed to stop and think about my creativity and what i do with it. While preparing for the Halloween open house, and for Mutation, i was incredibly focused, and working constantly on the “business” end of my crafting. Which is NOT my favorite end. When i started making things, i never imagned it as a biz! I made things for the sheer love of creation, with no thought of selling. Then it kind of grew into a blog, and then into craft fairs and etsy shop. And i am grateful and happy that it did! I love blogging and the craft community. And i almost cry with the wonder and joy that overcomes me anytime anyone loves what i’ve made enough to purchase it. But, The “BUSINESS” side does not come easily to me. I find myself judging the worth of my creativity based on some monetary value rather than the happiness i felt while i was MAKING, feeling as if i ‘d somehow failed for each piece that doesn’t sell. That is a crappy feeling and it’s not “ME”. I am an “artist” NOT a factory!!!!!

So after the smoke cleared from Mutation, i saw what a disaster the REST of my life had become! My house, a mess. There was so much laundry piled up to mountainous heights that i could not even see the top….Halloween decorations lingered until after Thanksgiving. My family had probably forgotten what i even LOOKED like since i spent so much time upstairs in the craft room doing my thing. I was exhausted. I really really needed to just STOP for a while. And that’s where we are at this point. i am taking more time for my life outside of craft room…for things like this……

….and i am starting to feel more at peace, calmer, better rested….less frantic and nervous and overwhelmed. I am slowly getting my household back under control, all those little things that build up to massive proportions when you neglect them can be alittle scary when you look at the big picture! I have alot more cleaning and de-cluttering to accomplish, but it feels good to be in the process. Things like snuggling with my beastie while reading Peter Pan, spontaneously baking a loaf of banana bread just because, playing with the puppy, Stopping to take notice of how lovely the fall leaves look and smell, watching silly TV with Raven and big daddy…..i’d really really missed all that! And i am savoring it like never before. And in quiet moments i am still creating….A dolly for Miss Christa over on GypsyJunk, my poor neglected tree skirt embroidery. Taking it slow, enjoying each stitch as it comes.

The most remarkable thing of all is that for the first time in who-knows-how-long i feel the first stirring of Holiday Spirit. Some of you may already know that i am not the most holly-jolly holiday kinda gal, and once Halloween passes, i am pretty much in Grinch mode as i hunker down, waiting for spring to come and perk me up again. Amazingly, i am finding myself anticipating the holidays, dreaming of cookie-baking and trying to find imaginative NON-mass produced gifts for the kids in our family. I really want to put the tree up, but we will wait til Raven is home again before we start decorating. In the mean time, i am have been inspired to make Beastie’s first-ever advent calender, thanks to a seed planted by Calamity Kim. I’d already been mulling it over, but yesterday i stumbled over this cuteness and i knew i just had to make it. I like the simplicity of it, it’s TOTALLY do-able in a no-stress kind of way for me. Hopefully i will start on it this afternoon, and i am really looking forward to it!!! I don’t know what kindled this holiday happiness in me, but i have a sneaky suspicion that i caught it off all you guys like a case of cooties!!! What did ya’ll DO to me??

Ahhh well, even Halloweentown can do Christmas sometimes, right?

Anyway, i hear my life calling…… i have laundry to fold, books to read, and a puppy who really really wants to play fetch! Better get to it!

Wishing you all a wonderful Monday!!!

xoxoxo

Well, my blog is still in a state. I am very un-thrilled with it right now, and did not wanna post again til it looked like something, BUT, with my 9th wedding anniversary this week as well as Thanksgiving, who knows when it’ll be done. I just can’t stay away any longer, tho’! Please please bear with me..i promise it won’t be this ugly and messy for much longer!!!

Mutation was a great success…i had a fantastic weekend from which i am STILL recovering! I can’t handle that much fun, it seems! We arrived in Savannah on friday afternoon and relaxed at the Darlings house for a bit, then we went out for a truly decadent Moroccan dinner at The Casbah….it’s like being inside a big tent in the desert!

It was too dark to get good photos, alas, but it was so beautiful in there! You sit at low tables on big piles of gorgeous opulent cushions. We chose to eat our food traditionally, which means no utensils other than your own ten fingers! The server comes around with a beautiful silver basin and pours warm water over your hands, and rosewater at the end of the meal. All the while, there are lovely bellydancers swirling around, pulling people up to dance. Both Eric and Charlie took a turn, and i would have, too, had i been a little drunker and not wearing huge stompy Doc Martens. Sobriety and boots are not really conducive to bellydancing in public, you know!

With bellies full, we returned to the Darling’s house to relax around the fire and do the last minute stuff i did not manage to get finished before we left SC. Pricing, ugh. My least favorite thing!

Charlie took tons of AMAZING photos of my goods with his awesome camera, and i hope i get copies soon. Much wine was consumed in my attempt to wind down…i was so nervous and excited for the show that i just could not settle down enough for bedtime! As usual, i laughed until i was literally crying thanks to Charlie’s antics, and horrible Brenda Dickson youtube parodies. I warn you…DO NOT click that link unless you are prepared for some truly low-brow humor…it’s not for everyone! Suffice to say, Brenda became our mascot for the weekend (hangs head in shame)

Finally i forced myself to go to bed, and it seemed like i had only JUST closed my eyes before Eric was waking us up with pancakes and bacon and, thank god, coffee!!!! We got ready and off we went to DAY ONE of Mutation!

Setting up was a breeze with so much wonderful help from my mama and my wonderful Sweat Shoppe Faerie Design Team!

Here is Eric, Display and Support Division…

And Charlie….Photography and Mama Tour Guide Division…a truly CLASS ACT!

Once we got my table all put together, i though it looked great! My photos are dark because of being under the tent, but here we go…

So that my mom got a chance ot have some fun and not just be stuck chained to the table all day, Charlie took her sight-seeing all over Savannah. They had a great time while Eric and i managed the Buttonbox. Lots of people came by and i got so much wonderful positive response to my work that i was glowing like a firefly. the vibe was great and the other vendors were amazing. There was great music, plenty of good coffee and wonderful little cupcakes from Back In the Day Bakery….

All too soon, 5 o’clock rolled around and it was time to break it all down. By this time i was utterly exhausted. Back to the darlings for yummy dinner and a short rest. We’d planned to see Beowulf that night, and truth be told, i was WAY too worn out for any further excitement…but i did not wanna be a killjoy, so off we went. Unfortunately the next 3-d showing was at 10:15…i knew i’d never make it. I think i got through the first 30 minutes before i faded away. How embarrassing to fall asleep during a movie. I suppose i am getting old! Needless to say, i pretty promptly went to bed once we got home!

The next morn, we went out for breakfast then back for day two of the fair. There were much fewer people vending, but the vibe was still great and we had another wonderful day!

The table was a good bit emptier, but we managed i won’t make ya’ll suffer through any more , so here is a link to the whole set if you want to see more. By the end of the day, i was beyond beat…

…but totally happy! I really love doing craft fairs, in spite of the exhaustion and stress! Once i am THERE and doing it, i am so happy to be there. I really need to think about applying to more than just one a year…but no matter what, my heart will always belong to Mutation!

The day ended way to soon and we had to leave Savannah, which always makes me so sad. I miss my bffs so much! Thank you SO MUCH, Darlings, for being amazing and helping me do this. There are no word for my love for ya’ll!!!!!!

Anyway, once i got home i was useless. All the late nights prepping and the debauchery once i got there have really caught up with me and i am still feeling alittle frazzled and beat. I need to get back to craftin’, as i have some obligations that i DESPERATELY need to fulfill. Hopefully i will be back up to speed after Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, i am trying to catch up on all the blogs i’ve missed and get the rest of my inventory listed in the Etsy Shop. I got a handful of stuff up, and plan to get the rest up tonight if you’d like to take a peek

I hope you are ALL having a fabulous week, and that your Thanksgiving is wonderful. Please know that i am incredibly thankful for all of YOU who read my boring babbling and bellyaching and support my creativity. The craft community is so amazing and i am beyond happy to be part of it! What a wonderful world it is! CHEERS to you all, peep gang!

xoxoxoxoxox