"Tweet Tweet" by Michael Miller
"Zoology" by Michael Miller
:)
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I'm on a roll today!
My Michael Miller fabric came today! I of course got right to work, lol.
"Tweet Tweet" by Michael Miller
"Zoology" by Michael Miller
:)
"Tweet Tweet" by Michael Miller
"Zoology" by Michael Miller
:)
Restocking the Etsy Shop
Don't worry folks. I'm not posting this to sell things to ppl who read my blog. I'm mostly posting it because my life is incredibly boring right now, and this Etsy shop project is one of the only things going on in my life right now worthy of updating on, lol.So, I got some fabric in the mail yesterday and turned it into a pillow case right away. I call this one Daisies on Chocolate. It isn't my absolute favorite fabric, but I think it still came out cute.
I'm hoping some of my Michael Miller fabrics will start arriving very soon!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
I LOVE Michael Miller
But don't tell Brian ;-)
Actually, he's a fabric designer and I love love love his designs. Everything he does has this retro funky vibe to it, which is why I think I like them so much. There are about a million other designs that I'm in love with too...these are just a few examples.
Actually, he's a fabric designer and I love love love his designs. Everything he does has this retro funky vibe to it, which is why I think I like them so much. There are about a million other designs that I'm in love with too...these are just a few examples.
Etsy Shop Continued
I got an email this morning saying I had a purchase only to find out it was to my mother's account. Haha. I told her she didn't have to do that, but her response was "I know that....but I wanted them." LOL.
These are the two items I had in there:
Up, Up and Away Pillowcase:
A Vivid Dream Animal Print Pillowcase:
SO, even though I made a "sale," I still haven't figured out how successful this business will be, since I've only had two things on sale for two days and they were bought up by my own mother.
On the bright side, Etsy allows you to see who "hearts" your shop, or your individual items. Even though my shop was only running for two days, I already had someone who had added my shop as a favorite, and someone else who had added the Vivid Dream pillowcase as a fav. AND...it wasn't my mom on either occasion. Hopefully that is a good sign!
I am planning on adding new stock, but I'm still waiting for the fabric to come so I can make it. I ordered some super cute fabric over the past few days that should start arriving soon :-)
These are the two items I had in there:
Up, Up and Away Pillowcase:
A Vivid Dream Animal Print Pillowcase:
SO, even though I made a "sale," I still haven't figured out how successful this business will be, since I've only had two things on sale for two days and they were bought up by my own mother.
On the bright side, Etsy allows you to see who "hearts" your shop, or your individual items. Even though my shop was only running for two days, I already had someone who had added my shop as a favorite, and someone else who had added the Vivid Dream pillowcase as a fav. AND...it wasn't my mom on either occasion. Hopefully that is a good sign!
I am planning on adding new stock, but I'm still waiting for the fabric to come so I can make it. I ordered some super cute fabric over the past few days that should start arriving soon :-)
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Etsy Shop
So, I recently created my own Etsy shop. I mostly did it because it only cost 20 cents to list an item, and I figured I'd see how it all goes. I don't know if anyone will be interested, but if they are, I could make a little extra income here and there off of my pillow cases. Check it out and tell me what you guys think. Any suggestions? This is my first time doing something like this, so I'm open to any and all feedback.
At the moment, I only have one item for sale and a shitty banner I made in some free program I found online because don't know how to make banners, lol. Any advice on this would be more than welcome.
At the moment, I only have one item for sale and a shitty banner I made in some free program I found online because don't know how to make banners, lol. Any advice on this would be more than welcome.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I'm Still Alive
Ok, so as my friend Ben so gracefully pointed out, I haven't been updating my blog lately. Truth of the matter is that there hasn't been much to update. I'm on summer vacation now and have had lots of time off to be at home and be completely lazy. I've become addicted to this game called Farm Town on facebook and have been playing it in my free time.
Yea yea, I know what you're thinking... You spend your free time fake farming?....lame.
Oh well. I'm addicted, get over it.
In other news, Brian just found out that he will be getting to take a trip to Ireland at the end of the month. I'm SUPER crazy jealous! BUT, I know he's going to have a really good time, and I'm glad he's getting the chance to do it. It's also going to be the first time I've been away from him for this long (10 days).
However, I'm going to stop complaining about that right now seeing as Holly's husband is out to Iraq for like 8 months. 10 days is nothing.
I'm trying to get to the gym more often since I have a membership and may as well use it. I went to Zumba and 24 set last week. Zumba is a dance aerobic kind of class that really gets you moving. The problem is that the class is WAY crowded and you can't see the instructor well. I'd never done the moves before AND I couldn't see what she was doing. I'm sure I looked like a hot mess.
24 set is more strength and endurance with hand weights, barbells and steps. This class KILLED me, and I was sore for three days. BUT it was a great work out and I'm totally planning to go back.
Other than that not much as been going on. Brian and I went to see "Up" and I cried thru the whole thing. It's very cute and I absolutely recommend seeing it. He will officially be on summer vacation at the end of this week, so we are looking forward to seeing lots of other summer movies too :)
Yea yea, I know what you're thinking... You spend your free time fake farming?....lame.
Oh well. I'm addicted, get over it.
In other news, Brian just found out that he will be getting to take a trip to Ireland at the end of the month. I'm SUPER crazy jealous! BUT, I know he's going to have a really good time, and I'm glad he's getting the chance to do it. It's also going to be the first time I've been away from him for this long (10 days).
However, I'm going to stop complaining about that right now seeing as Holly's husband is out to Iraq for like 8 months. 10 days is nothing.
I'm trying to get to the gym more often since I have a membership and may as well use it. I went to Zumba and 24 set last week. Zumba is a dance aerobic kind of class that really gets you moving. The problem is that the class is WAY crowded and you can't see the instructor well. I'd never done the moves before AND I couldn't see what she was doing. I'm sure I looked like a hot mess.
24 set is more strength and endurance with hand weights, barbells and steps. This class KILLED me, and I was sore for three days. BUT it was a great work out and I'm totally planning to go back.
Other than that not much as been going on. Brian and I went to see "Up" and I cried thru the whole thing. It's very cute and I absolutely recommend seeing it. He will officially be on summer vacation at the end of this week, so we are looking forward to seeing lots of other summer movies too :)
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Technology Sucks
Technology SO has not been my friend lately. Last Friday, my laptop took a total dump on me and started freezing up. Once it froze it never unfroze, and the only way to stop it was to force it off. I ran two antivirus programs (which was an endeavor in itself since the computer kept freezing) and found no viruses at all.
Now what?
So, I did a system restore to a date before the problem...still nothing.
Now I'm completely lost.
After whining to one of my friends who is good with computers, he had me try a few more things. Still no luck.
Yesterday, I gave HP a call, and they figured it was probably a borked installation from one of the many programs on a computer that auto updates and agreed it was best to just wipe the whole damn thing clean and start fresh. I would have done this before, but my laptop did not come with the operating disc, and I didn't think I could.
Anyway, he walked me thru the whole process and now my laptop is all fresh and clean reset back to the original factory settings.
Within this whole process, my internet went down completely on Tuesday and has been spotty ever since. They took two days just to get out here and just told me the cable outside is bad and will take another two days to replace it. Thank god for the auto save feature here on blogger.
Within THAT whole process my speaker cables got severed. I have a pull out tray that my desktop computer sits on and somehow the cord got tangled in the track and severed when the tray was pulled out.
*side story*
I had to pull out the tray because when I was working on reports for work, the "A" key went nuts and started filling up the report with the letter A. I had to pull out the computer and unplug the keyboard entirely to make it stop.
*end side story*
Anyway, me being the ninja that I am decided I was going to try to fix this on my own because unfortunately it was the cable that runs from inside the speaker to the computer, and couldn't just be replaced. Since I grew up with a dad as an electrical engineer, I remembered the many times he fixed wires without the proper tools and used his method (scissors and teeth) to strip the insulation on the outer and inner wires, rewire them, reinsulate them with electrical tape, and tape the whole thing up. AND
drumroll please....................
They work.
Yea, I'm that awesome.
Anyway...needless to say, technology has not been my friend lately. All I can say is that I'm glad that all of this happened AFTER school has finished and not during the middle of the semester. At the moment, my speakers and laptop are fixed...I just have to wait for ATT to fix the net.
2/3 problems fixed ain't bad considering where I was at a couple days ago.
Now what?
So, I did a system restore to a date before the problem...still nothing.
Now I'm completely lost.
After whining to one of my friends who is good with computers, he had me try a few more things. Still no luck.
Yesterday, I gave HP a call, and they figured it was probably a borked installation from one of the many programs on a computer that auto updates and agreed it was best to just wipe the whole damn thing clean and start fresh. I would have done this before, but my laptop did not come with the operating disc, and I didn't think I could.
Anyway, he walked me thru the whole process and now my laptop is all fresh and clean reset back to the original factory settings.
Within this whole process, my internet went down completely on Tuesday and has been spotty ever since. They took two days just to get out here and just told me the cable outside is bad and will take another two days to replace it. Thank god for the auto save feature here on blogger.
Within THAT whole process my speaker cables got severed. I have a pull out tray that my desktop computer sits on and somehow the cord got tangled in the track and severed when the tray was pulled out.
*side story*
I had to pull out the tray because when I was working on reports for work, the "A" key went nuts and started filling up the report with the letter A. I had to pull out the computer and unplug the keyboard entirely to make it stop.
*end side story*
Anyway, me being the ninja that I am decided I was going to try to fix this on my own because unfortunately it was the cable that runs from inside the speaker to the computer, and couldn't just be replaced. Since I grew up with a dad as an electrical engineer, I remembered the many times he fixed wires without the proper tools and used his method (scissors and teeth) to strip the insulation on the outer and inner wires, rewire them, reinsulate them with electrical tape, and tape the whole thing up. AND
drumroll please....................
They work.
Yea, I'm that awesome.
Anyway...needless to say, technology has not been my friend lately. All I can say is that I'm glad that all of this happened AFTER school has finished and not during the middle of the semester. At the moment, my speakers and laptop are fixed...I just have to wait for ATT to fix the net.
2/3 problems fixed ain't bad considering where I was at a couple days ago.
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