still wobbling after gobbling

The best part about the four day weekend is I get to sit in my newly cleaned and arranged craft room. Today I put on my Christmas records (yes, vinyl) and finished a wedding album for my friend Gema. I also created a bracelet out of buttons. I looked through some of my creative magazines and I may try to paint again, too.
     Now, for some news: I have applied to be part of the design team for Creative Memories. I filled out the questionaire - which was easy since I like to answer questions- and sent some photos of my work.   The only bad thing about it is that since I give so much of my stuff away as gifts, I didn't have a lot of pictures of good work to show. So, I hope they will consider that. I would really love to make new creations out of the new products!
     Also, I have been asked to write for an employee newsletter. My assignment was very vague: 1000 word cliffhanger. So, I created a character named Lolli Serafini who is only working part-time until she wins the lottery or someone buys one of her paintings for a load of money. 
     I will find out Wednesday if either or both of these things work out for me, but for now, I will continue to piddle in my glue and buttons and beads and paper...
                             

my button bracelet

the spine decoration I made for the wedding album



page one of the album... a space for a great pic and a little chipboard box for journaling

Off I go...

I don't know about you, but for me, creativity can only come in spurts. It's because I work 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday, and that work stuff is really getting in the way of my leisure time.
Leisure time is important for creativity, isn't it? We need time to sit and wonder and "canoodle".
So, I only got two and half things done this week: two more pages to a short story I'm writing, a sign to hold up at the Dallas 3-day Breast Cancer Walk (says "my friend Sherry is helping boobies one step at a time") and a trophy for an ugly tie contest we had at work for fun. I didn't win.
I hope to be able to do a few more projects next week. I reeeaaaalllllyyy need to clean and organize my craft room. So far I bought a new bookshelf, but haven't put it together yet. So that's good.
I'm off to Dallas this weekend to see friends and to cheer on the 3-day walkers. I'll be taking a small notebook with me just in case some creative idea manifests itself, I can capture it!

a picture of the "Ugly Tie" trophy

In the beginning...

I love when Fridays come around. Not because the weekend is here and I can party like it's 1999, but because I'm free from my 8-5. I don't have to wake up any specific time to do the thing I enjoy most: creating.
I'm a night person by nature - I love the nightlife, I get to boogie in my craft room. Mornings tend to irk me; they're always so early.