my etsy shop is slowly coming back to life

cacti

these will be posted in my shop soon - a series of 5 fabric cactus necklaces. I might want to find a model for them to show how they complete an outfit.

walk

Hank wanted this panda,

and I want this building. Ever since I moved to my neighborhood in July I've lusted after it. I would live upstairs and have my little handmade shop downstairs. It used to be abandoned, but now someone is fixing it up and putting in what seems to be a daycare - with a mini barn!

Hank enjoys his mid afternoon strolls in the city.

loving this

why i love breaks from school

I have time to spend making things that are sell-able,

time to embroider and hang out with my favorite dog

time to cook - homemade turkey burgers with gruyère

cactus necklace

something i'm working on for

my machine hates when i topstitch - the feed halts and then lurches.

happy 2010!

I live alone - officially now. I am recently single and like i suspect everyone has been doing, pondering what will make 2010 different than 2009. Of course the main changes will come by themselves - new classes and new people will filter in, new inspirations for new projects will casually pop into my mind (probably while I should be doing homework), and now that I can no longer spend time with my partner in crime, new ways to pass the day will present themselves.

But what about the changes we feel compelled to make ourselves in celebration of a new year? I try to avoid the dreaded New Years Resolution but there is something about this new year and my recent situation that makes me really want to find ways to better myself.

I think it's important to not set yourself up to fail. Ideally, my resolutions would be to go to the gym, cook at home, read the paper everyday, read more books, and draw in my sketchbook at least once a day. I can't handle all of those.

So my resolution for 2010 - treat myself better.

Today that means make myself the kind of meal that I would have only made for someone else.