Let's Go Back To Bed

(art and ghosts)

oh, I am sleepy, sleeperson today...

the big question is, will I make sense today????? My guess is no, but really I never claim to make perfect sense all the time, right?

So originally bubs was supposed to have the day off today and we were going to get to actually spend the day together, run some errands etc.

But upon looking at his work schedule he realized that they didn't schedule anyone that does what he does for Tuesday....when he pointed that out to them, well....they quicky told him he had to come it.

poor guy.

And poor me too, because i miss him, and I am dangerously close to be out of many supplies...I have no blocks left and two custom orders for them...eeek.

thank you all so much for showing some love to my new Lil Shoppe (to quote my friend Tara), I swear, even though I have been doing etsy for almost a year now, when I switch over to my new shop to add stuff etc, if feels all brand new again, it is wonderful to rediscover the joy in something, even if it is something so small, right?

On that same similar note, Aimee who hosts the creative challenge this week came up with the idea (with a teeny bit of help from me) to have the theme for this week be "What I wanted to be When I grew Up"...which I think is just wonderful.

When I was small all I could think about was dancing, and theater, and dancing, and theater...you see I was dancing by age 3, by age 9 I was dancing 5 days a week in solo classes, it was all I could think about, but then something happened to me in my early tween years, you guessed it, it was the demon puberty.

I got curvy, very curvy and as my instructors always told me, you never see curvy ballerinas.

With that my heart was shattered into a million pieces, I spent the rest of my time being devoted to all things artsy, mainly acting and writing. Long story short I did ended up going to school for acting as well as working professionally in theater for many several years during my 20's, which is something that shaped who I am and my style of work today.

ALl of this is being said, because it was the inspiration for the collage I am showing today, which is tentatively titled "Stage Beauty", it is the piece that I worked on all day/night yesterday and it is my piece for the creative challenge this week. I have not posted it in my shop yet, but soon.

ok now it's on to a few "shout outs" first, a huge thank you goes out to Lou, from ArtandGhosts, if you have not seen her shop, you have to, you have to heart it, you have to shop it, you have to love it.

She sent me.....Picnic At Hanging Rock, one of my all time favorite movies...EVER....but with that she sent me a lovely print just as a thank you for being her mentor. In reality I think she is mentoring me, because she is asking all the right questions, and in answering them, I am learning too, I think that is what is so great about helping people, here's hoping I actually get chosen to be a "real" mentor on etsy...as I am just a scab mentor now, luckily Lou doesn't mind.

Also, got to say a big I love you to Gillian, who was wonderful enough to ask me to design her banner and avatar for her etsy shop which in and of itself is a huge compliment because her shop and her work is so awe inspiring that, well you just need to see it for yourself, as there are no words to describe it.

ok that's all for now, tomorrow is celebrity letter day...I believe I am writing to a dead celebrity this week....

I know for a fact that at least one of you will be VERY excited about this.

until tomorrow.

xoxoxo