First day of school and it's time for ART!

Wow wow wow. I have a first grader. I know - everyone has a first grader but mine is still a baby. He didn't need me to walk him in today either. And a fourth grader! Sheesh - aren't fourth graders old?

Anyhoo, now it's time for LadyBirds and License Plates! Here's my newest love... She Loves To Fly and it Shows

Today I'm packing up some wholesale orders, and anxiously awaiting the arrival of Lisa on Wednesday to take over this part of the job. She calls my house "The Factory" in (un)intentional reference to Warhol? hee hee

I just decided to do a book. One of those little tiny books that you see at the register on the way out of Barnes and Noble. While we were in Seattle I thought of it, and copied down the names of all the little book publishers. So now, I plan to do one thing a day toward getting a little book made. I can just see it - Ladybirds on the left page, saying on the right..

So, today's thing is....(drumroll)... spend fifteen minutes working on a proposal to send to the tiny little people working on the tiny little books. Ready....GO!

Whirlwind and a half!

Oh my gracious! Not a lot of art for the past two days...at the last second my mom needed company in Boston at a party she was going to at the Museum of Science. Here's the short version: my brother Bradley was killed in a bicycle accident 25 years ago, and my parents gave his insurance money to the Museum of Science, where he had enjoyed volunteering in the Planetarium. The money was set up for an internship program, and we all kind of forgot about it. I guess they have brought on some new organizerish people at the MOS, 'cause my mom got an invitation for a party to celebrate the end of the interns' summer at the museum. Turns out the internship program has turned into an enormously successful thing, with over 250 interns each year from colleges all over the country. The interns have gone on to do some amazing things, especially the astro physics major Dani, who turned her internship into a full time position at the Museum's Planetarium. Did I mention she's smart?

So I flew up yesterday, waking up at 4:30 am, and got stuck at the airport for the return. Airtran blamed it on the weather in Philly, but I blame it on Airtran. They aaalmost cancelled the return flight, which would have meant me being stranded in Boston at 11:30 at night. I would have had to buy a ticket on another airline, 'cause Airtran said that all they'd do is put me on a Monday flight, their first available. I'm not loving Airtran right now!

Today was family, and horse camp for Olivia, and packing up a couple of Etsy orders, and some wholesale orders, and sending them off. One to Australia, and one to England, too!

unbefreakinlievable

I knew it was coming...didn't think it would hit me, but ohmygosh I just sold my 1000th thing on Etsy. Pretty much to the day it's been one year since I started listing. Let's see... before Etsy (after my scrapbooking career) I was a meandering, wandering artistwannabe, and now I've actually got a purpose to my art, and I know that I've truly touched people (still can't get over that one), and I'm just so thankful and BLESSED!!

I'm Back!

Oh my goodness, vacation is over! And Washington was amazing - best vacation ever! I journey journaled with Olivia the whole time...what's journey journaling, you ask? Well, look here to find out! This is where Elizabeth and I share some of our favorite journey journaling stories. Good stuff.