Tasseled Mobile

When my daughter was here for the summer, we had to come up with a creative way to give her her own space. Our 1bed/bath condo is not exactly roomy, if you know what I mean. (And I mean if you turn around and stretch out your arms you will punch someone.) (Not really.) (Well, maybe.)

Instead of a solid room divider, which I was afraid would make our small space feel even smaller, I decided to create a paper mobile set with medium-heavy sheets in great designs. I hung them over a bookcase we floated in the middle of the living room to create a bedroom wall for her.

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The great thing about having them each hang individually, is I have total control over how close they are to each other and how long they hang from the celling. The sturdy packaging string is knotted onto clear pushpins directly into the celling. And the tassels make me smile every time I look at them. I keep the fan on just to see them all dance together.

I love them so much, I decided to make a few extra for the store. You can see the color schemes below. I hope you love them as much as me!

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I Made You Some Earrings

Would you like to see them? Or maybe buy some? I tried to keep them inexpensive because I know things are tight for everyone right now. This way you could have a little something pretty and I can pay a little pretty electric bill. Win win! (Thanks for making the store, Joe!)

I made two pairs of each kind. After that, they are gone, baby, gone.

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Two Things

1. Quick interview with me re: United States of Tara season 3. They used a photo Tony took of me.

2. Quick recap of boring stuff for my personal records, GO. My health is poop. The maybe-you-have-fibromyalgia along with your other 10-gallon bucket of other diagnoses has turned out to be pretty much, yeah, you have that. I couldn’t open my jaw for about 5 days and it was really painful for about 2 weeks. My headaches are nuts. I feel my ovaries 24/7 with some hours making me want to poke my eyes out. I have pain all over no matter what position I’m in, which has been going on for years, but this flare up has been outstanding as far as high on the pain chart goes. I’m frustrated I can’t do all the things I’d like to do. I’m not as helpful with Gma as I want to be. And I have a healthy dose of shame and regret that my current condition is taking any of Joe’s concentration and energy away from Gma Jean. Bahblahblah. Notes to self = Approach as of April 1, 2011 – incorporate yoga, acupuncture and massage. Perhaps increase Lamictal and/or Trazedone or possibly add something else back in to the cocktail. Vicodin does pretty much nothing and acetaminophen works about as well with less risk. Heating pad is my constant companion. Let’s just keep moving forward because A, what other choice is there? and B, when you reach 77 different diagnoses, which surely I have at this point, they all kind of run together, the names become meaningless, you decide labels don’t matter, it’s all about how you feel and quality of life, and you qualify for a party, right? Since your frequent buyer punchcard is full?

Tony, The Photographer

I spent some time with the boys over the weekend and as per usual, I got the camera out. It’s possible Tyler had had enough.

Tony tried a different tack. He took the camera and tried his shutter-finger for a few. He kept the camera down by his side while we walked and just started snapping shots as we passed people, trying to look all nonchalant. There turned out to be a few good ones, but he totally got caught once. He did succeed in taking what turned out to be a pretty good photo of me, though.

Issue 2 Creative Humans

Hey Friends! Issue 1 is out the gate and can be purchased here at Magcloud.

Issue 2 is coming up and we’re looking for submissions! The deadline is May 15th. We don’t have a specific theme because we really want people to submit what they are loving at the moment. I can tell you that some areas we are looking for include –

– Step-by-step or How-Tos in an unusual area i.e. how to pick the perfect flower
– A Day with (someone)
– Intimate Time with My city/neighborhood/house/kitchen etc.

But, go with whatever you’re loving right now! Your excitement and passion are what make a great story.

Excitement in the Air

Things are getting pretty exciting over here, my friends. I’ll post the details very soon. Until then, know this – the trashcan by my desk is filled with wadded up paper containing rejected ideas and my chocolate reserve is almost depleted. But my calendar is chock-full of fantastic things and interesting people for months to come!

Life is pretty awesome when you go along for the ride.
xo