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Bad Dreams are Made of This...


If anyone ever wants to recruit me to join a terrorist organization or a fight club, they should hit me with it at approximately twenty seconds after I wake up in the morning. I'm in such a bad mood in the morning that my first thought is almost always, "I should go buy a gun." I think this phenomenon of morning rage is caused by some bizarre dreams that I always have after waking up 4 hours prior to feed my entitled cats. (And the second I typed that sentence, my youngest cat started crying right next to my chair.)

*spends 5 minutes cuddling her*

Now, I know what you're thinking? Why would a would-be-terrorist take any time out of her day to cuddle a cat? Well, she's not just any cat. She's enormous and when you pick her up, she feels more like a chimp that a cat, and since chimps are close to humans via that radical thing called 'evolution,' I can pretend I have a devoted child who wants to cheer me up. And claw me by accident.

Ah, parenthood.

Well, I'm feeling a little better now. My desire to fire a shotgun has faded away. Have a great day everyone! (Or else....)

~Lori

Still time to enter my giveaway.

Nightmares and Vision The Fork by strange fascination..
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How to Put a Button on Your Blog

This video uses the Handmade Highway badge as an example. Enjoy! The video looks crazy when I embed it. Just click here to watch it. I talk you through the whole thing.

Lori :-)
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Spring Pendant Giveaway from Risky Beads!

It's been a looooooooong time since I did a giveaway, so I thought I'd do one today. This Modern Spring pendant is representative of some new pieces I've made.


The pendant is 40mm x 30mm and it hangs from 18" (46 cm) of the softest brown leather you'll ever way. It closes with a lobster clasp and I can add an extender if you need one or shorten it if need be!

How to Enter:
Simply visit my shop and comment below with:
*a link to your favorite piece
*your email address

Extra Entries:
*blog about my giveaway with a link to this post on your blog and comment below with the link and your email address
*Tweet this post and comment back with a link to your tweet

Limit of 3 entries per person (shop visit, blog, tweet). Giveaway will close next Tuesday, April 20th and winner will be selected by random draw. This Giveaway is open to everyone.

Have fun!

~Lori
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Glee and the Handmade Seller


I was watching Glee today as my DVR recorded it, which turned out to be a good thing since I forgot it was coming back this week. That show does a great job of putting a teenage mindset on everything that's happening. Relationships begin and end in 24 hours with extreme fanfare and angst (and musical numbers, No Fair!); alliances and enemies are made and destroyed every 15 min. It made me realize that I often have that feeling about my shop. Make a sale and the world is perfect; go a couple days without a sale, and I'm revamping my entire life, questioning my choice of safety schools that I never needed, and re-pondering the whole Coke/Pepsi thing. It's like living in a fishbowl; you swim and swim and swim, always forgetting that you spend half your time in a castle regardless of where you go.

Oooh, look, a sale! What was I saying?

Keep Calm and Carry On plaque courtesy of Whimsical Xpressions.
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Rebranding-I think I'm happy with it....

I made myself sit and stare at my new branding for about a week before I broke down and got business cards, etc. I think I'm happy with it now. I sent off for these new products from Vistaprint today. I'm excited to see how they turn out because graphic design is not my forte!

Business cards: (I went for the glossy finish this time. Woo hoo!)

Return address label:


Postcards:

Well, here's hoping they look okay when they get here. My track record is about 50/50 on that when I do it myself. Do you like?

~Lori
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A birthday gift for a sweet little guy....

I'm excited because I'm going to see a good friend of mine for dinner tonight. His name is Henry, and he's 3. I spent ten years of my life working with children 0-5, and I really miss it sometimes, so my nieces and my friend's children get to make up for that. :) He's a picture of Henry from about 6 mos. ago. Fair warning, he's a little heart breaker! (Look at those eyelashes. What a cutey pie!)

I buy handmade 98% of the time and have gotten some great gifts for kids on Etsy. Here's what Henry is getting this year:




Crayons come from Ivy Lane Designs on Etsy.

And a huge pad of paper!

Oh, childhood. You own me.

~Lori
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Things I Wonder About - a linguistic pet peeve...


I've been wondering about this for awhile.  When did 'waiting in line' become 'waiting ON line?'  I get the heebie jeebies every time someone says 'on line.'  As I write this and look at it on the screen, I realize that maybe it's a morphed expression since we're all 'online' all the time.  But as far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as 'waiting on line.'  For that act to be possible, a line would have to be something I could get on top of...like a kitchen table or a soap box or Ashton Kutcher.  And it's not.  You don't wait 'on line,' @#%%, you wait 'in line' because you're in the line, you're a part of it just like everyone else.  A line is something you get 'in' like a hot mess or Harvard, or if it's a really good day, Ashton Kutcher.  ::ahem::

So today I was 'in line' at the bank and several traffic lights. I am now 'online' and done sharing for today.  Thanks for playing!

Image from Dumb Fruck by JAmesAP.
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