Guess who I met today?

GAVIN ROSSDALE!!!

My New Studio!

I got my studio all fixed up in time for my Insider photo shoot. And I love, love, LOVE how it came out. I played a little with the arrangement of furniture, and ended up taking out a chair, and I think it’s perfect. See those bags on the bulletin board? I hope to get those (except for the DARE one, that’s mine!) listed on etsy by the time my article gets published. See what happens when I set TIMELINES to things I want to get done? THEY HAPPEN, WHO WOULDA THUNK IT?

I have so much storage! I started neatly folding all of my fabric and wrapping the different prints around cardboard, and I think that helped fit more fabric into the bins I already have for them. I still have a little that doesn’t fit, but I guess that means I’ll just have to get my sewing machine fixed and start making stuff again, huh?

And I love that I can peek out into my back yard while I’m sewing. (Dune likes sitting on the drafting table and the desk and looking outside, so when I’m not using it, the sewing machine lives on the craft hutch. I sew at the desk otherwise though.)

So, what do you think of my space?

All moved!

Things are starting to settle down now that we’re in the new building. Everyone is in SUCH a better mood, it’s hilarious. The studios are still in the old building, so it can be a little awkward at times, but for the most part it’s great. And the views, wow! Look at this!

You can see a lot when you’re 17 floors up.

I also have a purple accent wall, but we’re not allowed to hang anything up yet, so it’s not very interesting. I have to get cracking this weekend on making my fake radio plaques to house my photos and autographs, since we can’t tape to the walls like we could in the old building.  I need to invest in some crappy records and some silver spray paint.  I’m not a fan of the gold.  Noooo thank you.

Vintage Photos on Ebay

Since John signed up for the army, I’ve been thinking about putting a little grouping of army photos on a wall in my house. There would be one of my grandfather, John in uniform (whenever I get one), his uncle Larry, and whoever else is in my family that was in the military. But I also thought it would be neat to find old photos online and include them too, just to make the section bigger. Here are some that I’ve found and want. Only $5 each!

Man and Woman Army – Foggy

Army Soldier, Man in Suit, Woman

Soviet tank crew uniform army Russia

Aren’t they charming? I was thinking of sprinkling them on the outside, and keeping the people who are in my family on the inside. Thoughts?

Things I heart on etsy

Aw, sadness. The code to show you the thumbnails of the items I like won’t work. And I can’t figure out why. Maybe wordpress is like livejournal in that it doesn’t support javascript or flash?

Well, here is what it would have looked like:

And now the links:

Sushi Plush [x] Sushi Bracelet [x] Sweater [x] Plush Mouse [x]

Camera Necklace [x] Sewing Necklace [x] Sewing Girl Print [x] Imagine Print [x]

Owl Girl Print [x] Birds Print [x] Beatles/Panda Love Print [x] Peace Print [x]

Couple Print [x] Earth Nurse Print [x] Pin Cushion Girl Print [x] Crafty Hero Print [x]

Twitter Follower Quilt

It looks amazing outside…

… and I am stuck at work.  What’s worse, is that I am not even that busy.  As of right now, I only have one more thing to do today.  And I’m about half way done with it.  The emails are slow.

The streaks on the pics above are from the dirty Midtown Plaza window.  It’s not raining or anything.  Once my lunch break was over, I realized it would have been better spent by taking a walk, instead of catching up on my blogs in my office.

An office which is really dreary now since we’re moving later in the week. It’s not even my office. It’s the one next to mine. I had to move out of mine so the movers could transport my desk. *sigh*  I now work at a plywood table that makes me feel like I’m going to get a splinter at any moment.

Once good thing about the move is all the stuff they’re finding. I posted about the cool scrapbooking stuff they found a few days ago, and today I saw this darling little table by the dumpster where the sales cubicles used to be. I don’t know what I’m going to do with it, but it’s coming home with me today.  John will be so pleased.  (lol)

Today is a literal *headdesk* kind of day. :-/ Luckily, there isn’t much on TV tonight, so my evening should prove to be much more productive than my day.

Happy Monday!

Hope your weekend was a good one. Ours was fantastic. I didn’t get any work done on the craft room per say but I did get it moving along. How can that be? Well, I found an awesome posting on craigslist for 3 white bookshelves for $50 and snatched them up. It might have taken 3 trips, but it was totally worth it. And my photography appointment for the Insider is the 21st, so I gotta start cracking!

Sunday I caught up on dishes, did some minor cleaning, and then John and I went exercising. He is doing everything he can to get ready for boot camp, and is bringing me along for the ride. (kinda) He really just wants me to exercise more because I never do. The the weather was beautiful, even if it was a bit cold.

I have a little Easter village that I am waaay too proud of, and I set it up as the centerpiece of our dining room table.  When I called my family to wish them a happy Easter, I told my mom how I didn’t see any new houses in my Walgreens this year.  She couldn’t believe that, because she had seen a bunch at hers.  And then I thought about it, and last year I didn’t find any houses either; just the fountain and the tree!  Could it be that WNY Walgreens don’t SELL my Easter village houses?  The horror!  But, my mom saved the day.  She went to Walgreens, took a bunch of pics with her camera phone and sent them my way.  I picked out 9 (!) new houses that will be joining my village next time she comes to visit.  Thanks, Mom!

The little take-out boxes are what served as our Easter baskets.  We are trying not to eat a lot of sweets, and these filled up quite quickly, which was nice.

Dinner turned out really well. I got out the nice china and everything actually was cooked all around the same time! I’m usually terrible when it comes to that. I end up having to reheats sides or something, but not yesterday!

While we were eating, the kitties were gazing at our food eagerly. I ended up caving. Both Dune and Twilight got some Easter dinner too. They’re so spoiled. They even had little china plates, just like Mommy and Daddy.

So… I’ve been gone.

Life has been hectic.  First off, John joined the army.  (!!)  I’m an army wife now.

He is leaving for boot camp on May 6th, and will go to Officer Cadet School (OCS) after that.  He’ll be gone for about a year!    I’ll be able to see him on weekends when he’s in OCS, but I can’t see him at all during boot camp.  He can’t get email or even use a cell phone!  Just snail mail.  But at least that’s something. The above photo is of him before he got his hair cut, and after his meeting with the Army Officer board. Such a difference!  Look at him try not to smile, lol.

We’ve been trying to spend as much time as we can together, which is part of the reason I’ve been gone. It’s going to be so weird being alone after 8 years of being together ALL THE TIME. The most time we’ve ever spent apart is a week, and that was only because my grandfather died and I was away helping my parents pack up his house. So this will be a shock to our systems, I’m sure. But it will be ok. I’m sure we’ll be fine. We’ll just have to keep in touch.

In other news, it snowed on Monday! Not cool, Mother Nature, not cool. My poor Easter egg tree looked so weird with snow on the eggs. But what did I expect; it’s western NY. Of course it’s snowing around Easter.

And finally, we’re moving into a new building at work, so everyone in the office is packing. My boss and the promotions people were cleaning up the basement and they found all kinds of scrapbooking stuff. They, of course, thought to give it to me! Thanks guys! I was AMAZED at all the stuff they found. How random is this collection, right?  (Scanner, printer, and phone not included in found collection.)

I guess they were items donated for a past auction? I’m not sure. The saddest part about the whole thing though was the $100 worth of gift certificates that expired in 2005. Such a waste!

Aaaand… that’s pretty much it.  I’m going to be featured in the Rochester Insider sometime this month, so I’ve been working on getting my craft room fixed up. Hopefully it’ll be done by the time the photographer calls me to make an appointment. I would love for my pic to be taken in there!

I probably won’t be posting much until John leaves, so I’ll see you guys later!