some things to share

 this little light of mine 8x10 $17.00

I have been a very bad blogger the last week.  
So much to do getting orders done and finding time to work on Halloween.  
I finally have some in the shop, see...

Also, I am very excited to say that tucker reece has joined Paper n Stitch community.

It is a place where buyers and sellers showcase the best in art, handmade and vintage. 

And 

we are in this months exhibition!

so head on over and check it out because there are a lot of great shops to see.

Lastly, Me in 3's which I snagged from Cole over at Letters from Coco
Feel free to share yours with me if you so feel the urge...

Three names I go by:  -Jennifer -Jenna -Ferfer

Three jobs I've had: -Visual Merchandiser -Merchandiser -Hair Stylist

Three places I've lived: -Los Angeles ca -Tacoma wa -Charlotte nc

Three favorite drinks: -Sodi's (no diet) -Freshly Brewed Iced Tea -Pomegranate Martini

Three TV shows I watch: -House -Castle -How I Met Your Mother... ha, they are all on Mondays!

Three places I've been: -Moscow, Russia  -Santorini, Greece -Vancouver, BC Canada

Three places I'd like to visit: -London -New York -Disneyland Paris

Three favorite old TV shows: -Friends -Sex in the City -Charmed

Three favorite dishes: -Chicken Marsala -Enchiladas -Shepard's Pie

Three makeup products I cannot live without: -bare minerals foundation -mascara -lip gloss

Three things I'm looking forward to:

-visiting my sister summer house in Greece

-the weather cooling down so I can ride my bike

-Disneyland Halloween Time :D

My inspiration today came from my fresh in mail, Pottery Barn Catalog

Enjoy...

lookie here.

Yesterday was a much more productive day for me after that annoying little allergy fest I encountered on Monday.  I was able to make large dents on all of my current projects, yay.  Sarah and Anjali's letters are made and ready for design, SOURCE is getting it's protective clear coats and all my wedding letter orders are made and just waiting for paint.  I am back on track!  Plus this afternoon, when Nick leaves for his weekly game with friends, I will take photos of all the wonderful prints I have, my room is the only room in the house with a white blank wall.  Another big day of being productive!  Last night, just before bedtime, I had a surge of creative energy and inspiration so stay turned for some new prints and tags in the weeks to come.

And... my biggest goal yet.  HALLOWEEN!  I have lots in the works, for example 'boo' letters, spooky banners, and scary prints.  Along with an owl and pumpkin accent decor.  This is my favorite holiday and I have been planning some great items to place in the shop this fall season.

Last night I was scouting the recently listed on Etsy and here's what I found...

 

MarsupialMenagerie

Note Trunck

Hope you enjoy your lovely Wednesday!

Productive Tuesday...

Last week I received a surprising Etsy convo from Roseanne of Weddingbells Magazine who informed me they wanted to include my little love letters in an upcoming shoot for their inspiration page of their Spring + Summer 2011 issue slated to hit stands in December.  Huh? What... you... um, what?... excitement set in and then panic!  See, the thing was she needed them by this friday and she is in Canada.  So I rushed to produce what you see above and I had to do a little different ampersand then you are use to seeing on my little love letters for technical reasons (on their part).   I am really happy how they turned out, hopefully Weddingbells will be too.  Wait, I'm not done... Panic, also because of the orders that could come from this exposure, can I physically keep up with the possible high demand of  orders?  Then I decided, hell yeah! This is what I have been working for, I'm on it... heehee...

So, on the agenda today is finishing up the SOURCE letters that should have been in the mail last week, they are for a customer in Amsterdam.  I also need to work continue work on 2 little girls letters Sarah and Anjali, an ampersand... plus a 6 inch love letter set and a lowercase love letter set.  Will I get all of it done, no.  Will I make major steps towards completion? absolutely!

As for tucker reece,  I would like to get the birds listed (for Cole :D) and then get photographs of the prints I had made up which consist of All You Need Is Love (above), Follow Your Bliss, You Are My Sunshine all made into 11 x 14 prints.  Then I had those as well as some of the Alice in Wonderland designs made into 4 x 6 prints.  In addition, I made some new graphics I don't have pictures for in 5 x 7's.  I anxiously want to get them listed in the shop.  Luckily, my allergies have seemed to subside (fingers crossed) so 'productive' is the key word for the day!

Lots to do, no time to waste, Hope everyone (if anyone) who reads this has a lovely and productive Tuesday as well! ...Hells Kitchen tonight, go Holly!!!

 inspiration for the day...

 

Large Vintage Wood Type Exclamation Points

by Monki Vintage 

 

Umbrella Hand Carved Rubber Stamp 

by Eat Pray Create

MIRROR MIRROR - Limited edition unframed print 

by Louloudo

is anyone listening?

photo by Etsy shop LM Photography

I love having a blog.  I do.  You wouldn't know it by the few and inconsistent postings but I actually love having this form of creative outlet.  My gradual rise in sales have been... challenging for me.  Don't get me wrong, completely welcomed but I haven't found my groove yet with being a self-employed artist.  So... I find the blog (next to house work) seems to be the first to be neglected.  Also, I will have to admit that I have had a hard time coming up with post ideas.  So here is my current idea and we will see how it goes...

I am going to start using this as my (for lack of a better ord) diary.  I am going to send these random thoughts into the great void in hopes that I will find at least one person that finds insight or commonality in my rantings or unsolicited opinions.  For instance, Big Brother!  I am the only person I know that watches it.  I reluctantly began watching after the forth or so week because of the lack of television to watch and got inevitably hooked.  I find myself ranting to Nickolas about it and he just gives me that "stop talking to me about this pointless crap" look and I would love to just have one person say "Yes Jenna, Rachel and Brendon are unbelievably annoying and yet I still can't help rooting for them", or "Can you believe Enzo is pulling that crap with Matt when Matt is the one doing all the work" and "but I don't care because Matt is a douce"... blah blah blah.  I still plan to post things I love, things that inspire me and lots of Disneyland (once the darn summer is over and we can go back again in peace and coolness) along with the anything else I have that I feel the need to share...

So yesterday Nick and I decided to rearrange our room.  We have been wanting to for a while and finally decided to just do it, now that I am willing to take apart my beautiful headboard.  I really loved my headboard but it doesn't work with the change and I love the room more... and by room I mean space!  The unfortunate result however was the layer of dust from this dust filled town that caused my allergies to attack me something fierce!  I have been down all day because of it, I am completely frustrated because I have so much work to get done and really couldn't afford to take this day off, but as any of you who have allergies know... not much you can do when snot is pouring from your nose.  I thought I could add some new items to the shop, add some new little love letters photos to flickr and facebook and maybe create some new graphics.  But I have instead spent all my time on this post...heeheehee.  I think I shall curl up in bed instead and hope that tomorrow will find me allergy free!  I will share some sneak peeks on whats to come in the shop

flying birds, yum letters and stars...

coming soon!