YAY!

My pattern review is up at Sew Mama Sew! Please go out and read it and let me know what you think of the dress!

quilts

old red barn co. is giving away a quilt in honor of her 200th blog post. click on over and check it out.

creative

while in the fabric store i had an epiphany about some new accessories i could make with this fabulous fabric that i found. i got 2 of the 6 items completed, you can see them on my etsy shop. (it's the link over there --> ). i also painted a 3 pc. acrylic canvas set for our living room. that task can finally be crossed off the list, it only took like 8 months - but it's done now and that's what's important. i love it, and will post pictures soon.

capture

i got my new camera today - i am the proud owner of a nikon d80 digital SLR. So far i have taking some great pictures and can't wait to get outside and really start to play with it. i know it's probably not that interesting, but here's a picture of my shoes that i thought turned out quite nicely for the newbie that i am :)

accomplish

i have finished it - i made my first amy butler dress and it turned out fabulous. that woman can design. i'm not 100% sure i like the colors, but it seems to be photographing well. the review will be published sometime after march 10th. thank you beth and kristin for letting me write the review for their website, sew mama sew. i hope you enjoy it!

ache

so today makes it 14 days straight with a headache. i had a brief break in ache friday when i got adjusted, but it was back less than 8 hours later. perhaps i should hire a chiropractor to live with me and just constantly adjust my spine. i've hear acupuncture works too, but i don't know if i'm ready to try it. anyone out there ever had it? thoughts?
i'm also on hold for designing my clients web site. i need him to play with what i have done so he can yay or nay everything that's built. if anyone has ever built a website before, then you know that it's easy to build from a template, but once they are built it sucks to go back and change everything. come on dude... work with me here.
i made another custom wallet and i heart it immensely. its on my etsy shop if you want to take a look at it.

tough

this was one of the toughest weeks of my life - and it's not even over yet (please let tomorrow be easy!) job changes: am i running from this job, or am i going to the new one? what is keeping me here? what am i giving up? what am i gaining? sigh. all questions i couldn't answer on my own, and that no one could help me answer either. in the long run i think i made the right decision, but boy am i exhausted.
my 5 year plan is still intact, but it would have been slightly helped by making a different decision, but the slightly wasn't enough to sway me. what i'm passionate about is design and technology. this would have been more technical, but still documenting up the bum... which is still not my forte.
settle on a decision and don't look back.