Toooo Hotttt....

So - I haven't posted in a while. I've been trying to get motivated - but it's been unbelievably hot in my house. I did go vintage shopping yesterday with my sister. Found some great vintage dresses soon to be posted in www.beanblossomvintage.etsy.com - I also have a sale going on in that shop right now - any dress is %15 off - even if it's already on sale. :)

On the jewelry front - I've been acquiring a bunch of new leather working tools - and I can't wait to use them. I can now make personalized leather bracelets stamped with designs and letters. :)

I've also been considering making and investment on some more design stamps for metal. I'm so excited to try them. I've found a ton at http://www.beaducation.com

I also subscribe to another etsy seller's newsletter - piddix. She is great - she has the most amazing insight on all things selling and handmade. I love reading her letters. The most recent had a great link to a tutorial on making rings out of shrink plastic. You can also find that here: http://www.planetjune.com/blog/shrink-plastic-ring-tutorial/

I'm going to get off my ass and start working now that my boy has left to go work out. :)

Your daily bitch: "I'm spending money I don't have, on things I don't need, to impress people I don't like."

Have a good day!

Cincinnati Trip

So... my friend Nate asked me to go to Cincinnati with him to a college friends party and an IKEA shoppping experience the next day... and how could I say no really... so more procrastination on my part. It was interested - I was able to see his old college campus - Cincinnati Christian - and an awesome view of the city. The keg was done early in the night and I decided I was done drinking after eating bbq and watching the red wings lose. We hung out outside which was nice. Then... (que the scary music) I wanted to go to sleep. I feel like an old person because people were still up playing beer pong and I was really sleepy. So I stared wondering where I was going to sleep - because this house was a typical college fratty boy house. I ended up in a room right off of the bathroom, on a mattress thrown on the floor, next to an old filing cabinet and a trash can. Thank God I bought my pillow, because all I had to cover up with was my jacket and nates towel he had brought for the morning shower. It was fun to get away for a while - and Nate's hilarious so it was a good time. And I'm now in love with IKEA and just finished putting together my new clothing rack a little bit ago. I worked on a few new hand stamped designs tonight, drilled holes in my new poker chips for key chains, and went through some Dave Matthews, Sister Hazel, 311, etc. lyrics for new hand stamped metal pendants and bracelets and possibly some leather designs. I can't wait to take pictures and post them. I'll also be posting pictures from my little trip on facebook and flickr soon. :) I'm also planning on visiting the talbot street art fair tomorrow. But - it's almost 3 a.m. .... so I should probably try to get some sleep.

Your Daily Bitch for today: Everyone has the right to be stupid. Don't abuse it.

Couldn't Be Better...

I had all these plans for yesterday... I had just bought the supplies to start making bottle lamps, I had a custom order necklace to metal stamp, I just bought new leather blanks and dye, I mean I could really go on forever about what I COULD have done yesterday. Instead a good ol' friend from high school called and asked if I wanted to get lunch and go shopping - so of course I did that. So I met up with Sarah (yes, another Sarah - in high school, two Sarah's seemed almost the equivalent of twin sisters to boys -and of course we loved it) and we got lunch at Mongolian BBQ - Just like we used to back in the day. We caught up, talked about all the girls who are prego, married, or both that we used to go to school with. Got sad, told ourselves we didn't want any of those things, and moved on. We went shopping at the mall and spent money we didn't have - but I found the most awesome pair of brown heels with cheeta heels that were - get this - 79$.... marked down to $19. It seriously made my week. After the guilt started setting in from our shopping spree - we decided it would be best to drown our sorrows by the "sea" - we went to Rick's Boatyard for a few drinks and some fried calamari. YUM. Sarah got wasted face and I had to drive her home. :) We sat around and drank some more, and Dirk came over for a while. It was a really good day. And today I can't wait to get my ass in gear and get ready for my date with Natalie. We're going to Cabaret on the Canal downtown and listening to some sweet symphony music and sippin on some wine and pretending we have class. Not sure when I'm supposed to get all this work in.... SOOOO Many projects and not enough time to do them. ESPECIALLY since I'm pretty sure I'm going to Cincinnati with friends this weekend to go to IKEA. Sarah's shopping > Sarah's money. :(

Your Daily Bitch for Today: A Normal Person Is Just One You Don't Know Real Well.

Wake Up Slow...

Well I was excited when I woke up "early" this morning because of an unwelcomed text message... however I've spent the whole morning playing on the internet and bugging my little sister who was still trying to sleep. Now I have to make us breakfast and get started on todays work ... I'm hoping to get some fabric dyed for my sundress ideas and find the items needed to start making my glass bottle lamps. :) Wish me luck. A daily bitch for today: "Do not try to out-bitch this bitch. You will not win."

Oh Procrastination...

So here I am - I should be working on adding new items to my vintage shop on etsy... beanblossomvintage.etsy.com - but instead I'm playing with this new blog, eating cold pizza, and barely listening to True Hollywood Stories : Serial Killers. Kinda put me in a weird mood since it's been a marathon all freaking day. I still want to work on dying fabric for my sundress idea by the end of the day... but I have a ton of pictures to take of vintage stuff to do. Plus it's so humid I just want to sit and do nothing. Ugh. I leave you with a daily bitch from possibly the best calendar I've ever bought : "Overworked and Underlaid"

Here I Am

I've been fighting this whole blog idea for a long time now - and I've finally caved. I've found that a lot of etsy sellers write blogs - and I've always enjoyed reading them, so hopefully someone will enjoy reading mine. I plan on writing about my new product ideas for my etsy shop, how my new jewelry designs are doing, and my basic bitches about unemployed life. I also think it might help that I have an outlet for all of my thoughts and what nots - so as not to overload my boyfriend-ish guy every day. :)