Little tiny excitment!

Little and fun and exciting, I just got my MiniCards in the mail from MOO.com. They're about the same length as regular business cards but only half the width. You can use provided images or your own photography on the cards. 100 cards come in a pack and each card can have a different image on the back.

I used ten of my own photos and then on the reverse I listed my company, blog site and email address. Simple, fun and so exciting!

Blog and ye shall receive

A week or two ago I did a project about color and designing with color. I saved my pink blog for last because I just adore the color, but I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't make a definitive decision about what to post. Basically, I just rambled on about pink.

Then these flowers arrived. My mom knows how much I love the color!

A serious obsession not necessarily based in reason

In my profile on the right I state, "I love to be at home and I get excited about the little things in life." By little things I mean Sharpies. Right behind the living beings in my life, husband, dogs, siblings, parents, etc., comes Sharpies. Sadly, I'd be more excited if Thomas walked in the house with a 24 pack or Sharpies than if he arrived with a pair of diamond earrings.

So, I need to jot some notes down this morning and there wasn't one close at hand. By close at hand I mean don't make me lift something to get to a Sharpie. For a change of pace, I went into my office to get a fresh marker in a new color. I'd been using the same colors for a few weeks now. I stood at my desk trying to select just one color even thinking to myself, "You just need one pen to write something down, pick one!"

Choosing only one was just not an option, I went for an entire palette.

Mind control will not work with me! No, sir!

Project in Process - Adirondack Chairs

Not the most challenging project I've ever done, but fun nonetheless. I have four plain pine chairs, and I thought it would be best to stain them before the (admittiedly pathetic) winter comes. A nice coat of sealant will keep them in good condition.

Before I started staining the chairs I grabbed some sandpaper, because when pine gets wet the woodgrain rises and roughens. To keep the chairs feeling nice I sanded the grain of the chair arms back to smooth. Next I laid out plastic and gathered my supplies including the chairs. It shouldn't take more than a gallon of stain to finish all four chairs. I chose a tinted sealant in hopes if mimicing the color of our ipe deckwood. I found an old plastic container and a decent paintbrush, decanted some sealant and got started. I figured that beginning with the chairs upsidedown I could later fix any drips or blemishes.

I didn't realize how many nooks and crannies adirondack chairs contain. Just when I thought I had finished the underside, I would spot a bare patch on the side of a slat. The project is going to take me longer than I originally anticpated, but that's alright because I like how it's looking!

I will post final photos when I get them all done.

But I don't feel old

Why is it that I didn't, with any ounce of my being, consider going out to the bar before 10 pm. And now? Here it is 9:38 and I've served dinner and hostessed a full evening of food, drinks and fun and I'm going to bed!