Scissor Quirk

Hello, Board.

Ahhh...I've had a few moments at home this week, with some sun shining through the basement windows (sooo happy our basement has lotsa light!), so I hastily snapped some shots of my favorite spot in my 'studio': the inspiration board.

Aka, the place I stick every odd little thing I love to bits:

We opted not to paint any walls bright colors in here (yet) since moving in the fall, because I tend to get sick of things like that quickly...so I bring all the color I want into my space via everything else. lol. My space still is a bit disorganized and usually full of temporary things - like the pile of mixed  cd's burnt in highschool waiting to be uploaded into itunes since the move (gasp - did I just age myself?), the Aldo box waiting to be returned (who accidentally ordered size 5 shoes? me), the free beige chair waiting for a paint job (teal!), and the typewriter waiting to have it's ink put in still. :)

There are some school projects scattered in there, too...
Can you spot them?

The board ended up collecting a lot of knitted things and found vintage needlepoints, notes from the mister, and one of those cool moustache-and-nose disguises that now keeps showing up in my drawings...he he.

Things are always bright, shifting, and at various degress of 'done', here...and it makes for an inspiring (albeit squishy place) when I have to stay up til 2 working on homework I don't necessarily love...lol.

Spot anything that inspires/intrigues you?

I love that the time change means the sun is out when I leave school at almost 7, now...yay! Spring is almost here, I'm getting impatient!! :)

Revived.

Yay! I'm happy to say, my basil is sprouting & growing like crazy!

You may remember me mentioning that my window-sill garden got a little fried in our hot sun last month (you can still see the last two dry-as-hay herbs behind the basil, above). lol. I was so sad! No joke. And then the flowers were done blooming. The sunflower died. Some herbs were sacrificed to the sun gods. It looked sad for a few weeks until I finally replanted things and trimmed and watered and rearranged.

The basil (which I had thought to be oregano, at first) managed to survive all along. I planted a few more seeds at the bottom after some of the underneath leaves died and they sprouted up again right away!

Now I'm careful to remember to water everyday and close the blinds a bit so they're not frying all day when it's super hot! Still working on my green thumb. :)

How's your garden doing?

I hope it survives our weekend of kayak-camping without water! lol.

This Week...

What part of my desk usually looks like when I'm scrapbooking.

Has not been as crafty as I like, so far.

I went to go for a bike ride I was so looking forward to and found a flat tire.
I've been fighting off a cold mister husband had last week & it's on it's way out.
I'm pretending I don't want the new apartment we have in mind, so we get it.

It looks like we may be moving on October 1s t -lots of time!

I'm thinking about our booth design for the One of A Kind Show.
Freaking out about all the things I need to make before this big show.

I'm wondering what kind of school supplies I need to get.
I'm really really wanting a PS3 controller of my own.

I have 14 scenes to finish at work by Friday.
My reward is thrift shopping - it's been so long!

I'm remembering that Minigo is my favorite yogurt. Really.
If I have to eat more ginger or soup, I may go crazy.

I really want to finish crocheting all my granny squares - 180 of em!

Feeling nostalgic - we gave our notice to move out of this apartment and it's bittersweet - we love it here. Happy to have one more month than we thought walking the beaches, taking as many pictures as we can, enjoying the hood.

I need to finish altering that pile of clothes that's on my desk.

What are you up to, this week?

This is the near-chaos of my desk area, right now (minus the coffee, which has long since been gone). lol. It feels a little crazy when I'm working on it, but I always find it really pretty and inspiring laying in wait like this, too.

That geranium...

Is still making me smile. :)

And the rest of the garden's yet-to-bloom have finally popped up over the last fews weeks or so, too! Well, garden being: Cilantro, Dill, and Coriander. They still have a bit of growing to do, and that's about it in my garden, for now. lol.  But I'm super-excited about every little growth spurt, and I've been good about keeping my green thumb about me and watering it every day.

That's the hardest part, isn't it?

I wish flowers could bloom all year!
But I guess that would take the sweetness out of it, wouldn't it?

Right Now, I Am...

- Back at work full-time for the next two months
and remembering how good it feels to be challenged with something new.

- All signed up for classes in the fall
and super-excited to go school-supply shopping!

- Yearning to make another vintage-inspired dress
now that I finished sewing one with my vintage pattern last week.

- It's almost July, and I'm excited...
cuz it means new projects and apartment hunting!

- I'm completely feeling Susie's 'Memoirs of a Freelancer' post
cuz there is work coming from all angles in one fell swoop, right now

- Loving the squish-everything-in-before-camping excitement
can't wait to get away this weekend!

How's your week been?

I feel like I've been a little quiet this week, but that's cuz it's been crazy-pants over here, lately! Whew! Good crazy-pants, though. :)

<p>- Back at work full-time for the next two weeks <br /><em>and remembering how good it feels to be challenged with something new.</em></p>
<p><em>- </em>Yearning to make another vintage-inspired dress <br /><em>now that I finished sewing one with my vintage pattern last week.</em></p>
<p><em>- </em>It's almost July and I'm excited<em><br />and that means apartment hunting!</em></p>
<p>- Playing this song on repeat over and over <em><br />found it on itunes tonight and it's lovely.<br /></em></p>