It's Friday which means I'm 100% alone, by myself, going solo at the ole office. Yup! I'm the only one that works Fridays but that's fine by me. There usually is no 'real' work to do, I'm merely here to answer questions, answer phones and be a body if someone comes by to pay a bill, etc. My bosses are cool with me bringing in my own stuff to work on. So, yes, it's Friday and I'm getting paid an hourly rate to sit and solder. You can't beat that with a stick. Plus, I got another raise that went into effect on my last paycheque so now I'm at $9ph. Not the best wage on the planet but there are, of course, still the perks I talked about before. You know, coffee, lunch ummmm getting paid to solder!! I'm working on new products for my shop. I also plan to do some late summer cleanout of my craft stuff. Over the years I've hoarded a bunch of things with the intentions of trying to art forms. Some of them stuck but most of them just GOT stuck in boxes. If you're looking for some new craft items/supplies be on the lookout in my etsy shop soon. Also if any of you are looking for something specific, just let me know and I'll see if I can accomodate the request.
In other news, I've been a busy little beaver (note to self:find the oregon shirt that says "proud to be the beaver state"...buy said shirt) as of late. The Yuba-Sutter Fair was last Wednesday through Sunday so I was busy photographing that. I have to photograph the sponsor signs with people around them, the pageants, livestock, exhibits, corndogs...you get the idea. It's not a high paying gig by any means but I get into the fair for free, usually get a bunch of free food and get some experience/exposure. Last year my photos made it onto the cover of the AT&T Yellow Pages! I'M ON THE PHONEBOOK! I AM SOMEBODY!!! (50 points for Gryffindor if you get that reference.)
Here are a few of the better photos
Fair Brat Ahoy!




You can see a few more over at my flickr. I took well over 1500 photos. I have, by no mean, even begun to really truly edit them. It's gonna take a while.
Other than that, life has been fine. My car is still dead but Jamie has a motorcycle and a jeep so I've been driving the jeep. Her best friend is getting married on September 6th and I'm doing the photography so I'm gathering ideas for that as well. If you see any really awesome wedding pics, definitely show me, I need some ideas. I've only done one wedding in my life.
Well, back to the soldering gun.Have a nice weekend lovelies!

2nd Verse different than the 1st!

After seeing the awesomeness of Kim's papers I decided to doodle around in photoshop and see what I could manage on my own. It's pretty fun stuff!

What do you think of what I've come up with so far?

The first one is my personal fave. :)

Flickr Friday Faves!

1. love target, 2. Bosie and his mod target wear, 3. Vampire Season, 4. En t'attendant..., 5. Paris Old Metro Signboard, 6. Winter Wonderland, 7. Soft hale in the heart of Amsterdam, 8. Sticky fingers, 9. Peg Pops, 10. her happy place, 11. owly, 12. snails and my pet owl, 13. Owly Goodness, 14. The famous Fly Mushroom, 15. making some time, 16. puccho (japanese candy) cupcakes!!!, 17. Ho-ho-hoots, 18. Glasgow Cathedral - Radiant, 19. brother and sister., 20. *CaPTuReD FaiRy* oRiGiNaL aLTeReD aRt PaPeR DoLL CoLLaGe JaR, 21. Pirate's Creek, 22. Pinky Skull locket, 23. Sweet Stash locket, 24. A is for Alex, K is for Karma, 25. SCP_31, 26. I'm Just A Girl hoop earrings, 27. pauley_perrette_03, 28. Son je est mon autre, 29. Cheese Shop, 30. Leonard & I, 31. Zonk *Red Velvet May Kit*, 32. Heart Shadow, 33. Untitled, 34. hasselblad summer rain, 35. old*studio, 36. ♥~Sweet Kawaii Cameos~♥

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Vespa-pa-pa-pa!

If you're looking for some hot new scrapping papers, go check out Kim's Etsy Pow Papers! All your lasses and lads will look ace with these! She designed and printed them herself because she's rad like that! NOW GO!

workin' class hero

HELLO LOVES!

I'm thinking of taking on a second job for a short time. I hate the idea of having to be one of those two jobs and a paying hobby to pay the bills type of folks but it will help. I mean, I'm not destitute but I'm tired of living hand-to-mouth. My boss works a side job as security/maintenance at concerts. She's been doing it for a couple of years now and said she could pretty much get me on no problem because they always need people. I actually may start as soon as next Friday. Crazy! A couple hundred extra bucks a month would be pretty nice. It'll get my little credit cards gone and then I'll just worry about the normal recurring monthly bills. You know, rent, food, utilities etc. yay!

With that out of the way, on to something a little more fun!
I did a scrapbook page for my love of photobooths!


I'm in love with those letter stickers (both of them!)

I also decided to do a little painting. I'm currently addicted to ravens/crows and dark eerie imagery. I don't really paint much, it's not really my thing but every so often I get a wild hair and pick up the brushes. What do you think?

Flickr Faves

1. Oia Doors, No. 2, 2. Can we trade this bike for a horse!, 3. Nobody told me there'd be days like this!, 4. universal islands of adventure - edited, 5. june 2nd., 6. tattoo, 7. brushes, 8. a pride., 9. get extra close., 10. subtle hints from seven year olds, 11. shalpha*curtain, 12. today I turn 24..., 13. plushies made, 14. on the corner of jefferson & hauser, 15. happy birthday to my BFF and partner in crime (and/or crimefighting), 16. kawaii charms ♥, 17. BeBo in the sushi hat!, 18. buttons, 19. Space Kids, 20. Untitled, 21. Today5, 22. Kind of first wedding..., 23. *KiTTyLaND*, 24. you & me, 25. ALOHA!, 26. May, 27. this clown is gay, 28. exploring the park, 29. Pug, 30. belief 20, 31. 8-bit pop, 32. lejos, 33. foolishness, 34. Tea, Scones, and Marmalade, 35. Peter Pan, 36. typical.

missing you

I am missing little things today.
Things like:

Fall/Winter transition weather
Cider Festivals
The Holiday Season
Winter coats
Mittens
Scarves
Puppy sweaters
Fires in the fireplace

Is it obvious that I'm ready for summer to be over? I've never been much for warm weather.

Busy busy beaver!

I have pretty much accepted my status as "worst blogger on the planet". What?! You mean once a month isn't often enough.

Blargh.
Anyway. I finally managed to get some of my recent layouts and projects photographed and edited so that I can SHARE!
So, here you go!
That's a little mini book I made. I've been totally obsessed with mini books but haven't been able to decide which images to put IN the books. So I just have a bunch of blank cute minis lying around.
Here is another I made...same situation:


I also managed to throw in some regular scrapbook pages, too.
I did one for my dad who passed away in 2002. (I miss you Daddy!)

My lovely friend Jessica. This was from our trip to Portland in 2006. Man I miss that city!
Samantha


Rae

Ros
Freak
That's actually pretty prolific for me. I'm a slow scrapper. I'm still finding my style.
Tonight Jamie works until 11pm. I'd like to tell you I'll be doing something productive but the truth is, I'll likely be watching 2 1/2 Men then Family Guy while vegging out in the living room drinking Dr. Pepper. Mmmmmm Dr. Pepper!

I've been inspired to write lately, too. In fact I'm thinking a zine is in the works! It's been too long.

Yesterday I shopped for clothes. Didn't have a ton of luck. Got some knee length shorts, a black ruffle shirt and an orange v-neck. Ate some Round table, took some bathroom photos of my new hairs!

See:
Today I clean and organise and declutter and dust and all that jazz.
Tomorrow I create.

It's official

I'm no longer a 20something. I'm the big THREE OH! 30! I don't feel a dang bit of difference so either I still feel young or always felt old. I'm gonna go with the former.Forever 21, baby!

I worked my actual bday (tuesday) but went out to dinner and ice cream with Jamie afterward. I had a grilled chicken sandwich with fries and salad. I'm a pretty simple girl. For dessert it was Marble Slab Ice Cream. I chose strawberry with fresh strawberries and bits of oreo cookie mixed in. YUM!
Thursday was spent hanging out with friends for weekly "family dinner night". We ate hot dogs and drank. I had wicked horrible cramps so felt like poo, sadly.
Yesterday morning I had my hair coloured and cut. It was actually the VERY first time I've had my hair coloured professionally.
I just had some streaks put it. It wasn't quite what I wanted but I guess it's okay. What do you think?

Last night I went to Chris and Heather's for a bit more grilling (tri-tip! NOM! NOM!) and gifts. They bought me an adorable bracelet watch with a pink skull and crossbones, nail decals, a chuck taylor shoe keychain with skulls and some adorable earrings! I also got a few drink chips for the next time I make it to the bar! WOot!

Tonight I'm meeting Jamie after work (6pm) and we're heading to Sacramento to do some clothes shopping!

I'll leave you with a few random photos to look at.
my Converse Sailor Jerry shoes! I love me some Sailor Jerry!!!

The downtown fountain.

The Michael's bathroom.

Sweet thrift store finds! Two lovely abalone shells!

1 Hour Mini Book

I DID IT!
I gathered all my items, layed them out, set my alarm to go off on my cell phone one hour later then got crackin!
Here is what I wound up with:


I opted out on the book page since I don't have any books in the house to tear a page from. All my "scrap" books are in a box in storage. Oh well. I still kinda like it and I had 6 minutes of the hour to spare! Yaya!

dreaming puppy and other delights

Jäger is lying at my feet barking and whining in her sleep. Poor little girl is having a dream. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that she has an 8am appointment tomorrow for the trim shop at the SPCA. And I don't mean she's getting a hair cut. Awwww. She's gonna be coming home all loppy-headed and wondering what in the heckfire I did to her. I feel bad already.
Isn't she so cute jumping all wild! She likes to run from the end of the hallway you see on the left and jump across the ottoman and onto the couch. She tends to start he jump too early, however, and nearly biffs it into the couch everytime. Haha!

I'm currently in the process (okay obviously I'm not actually working on it I'm blogging.) of printing photos and embellishments so that I can set my 1 hour timer and start the 1 Hour Mini Project from Leigh-Ann over at Freckled Nest! You should give it a go, too!
I'll post all about it once I'm done.

Other recent news in list form:
##My boss gave me $100 cash to get myself a birthday present. I'm being good an buying clothes with it.

##It's Friday and I have the next two days off! Hooray!!

##I found the most amazing Scrapbooking items at the Dollar Tree. Seriously! I'm talking chipboard books and full chipboard alphabet sets.

##I organised all of my scrapbook paper. I cut all the scraggly edges off, put all the full 12x12s together etc.

##My stuff is done printing! YAY! off to start my mini!

secret...

I'm jealous of those artist who can practically sh*t on a canvas and sell it for $100. I want to be one, too. (not that I would actually sh#t on a canvas but you get the point.)

colour me giddy!

Thanks to an early bday present I am now the excited owner of one of these cool babies

Worst blogger EVAR

I'm sorry I've been so absent as of late. I've actually just been exhausted mentally. I'm working for an office that does taxes and bookkeeping/payroll. Tax season just ended on the 15th so it will be easy sailing from here on out. Honestly, though, I stare at a computer all day and have internet access for emails and what not at work but I don't have access to my creative stuffs that are on my home compy. Then, once I get home, I'm so bored of the comp that I have no enegy to bother with the net. *oh boo hoo me, I get to surf the web at work* save it, I know I'm a whiny baby. *pffft*
I have uploaded some of my recent creative ventures to flickr so that I could post them here though.
So without further ado:
I've been catching up on my This Is Me Journal and here are some of the results:
















You can see more on my Flickr page.


I also spent a nice afternoon going for a drive over to Sutter to take a few pics. I wound up not really feeling the photo taking but managed to snap off a couple of nice graffiti shots. I love the colours in this one:

One of my "29 before I turn 30" (!!!) goals was to finish an entire scrapbook. Shutup! I Started late in this hobby. Anyway, I've been working on my 8*8 book and have just three more pages to complete! WOOO! Here are some peeks at what I added to it lately. Again, you can see more on my Flickr page.

I'm at work now and really need to get back