I am so scatterbrained today! I have so many ideas swirling in my head, things I want to make, places to advertise, and the fact that I hate my ad that I currently use. This is all in conjunction with the fact that I need to work on my grocery game list, cleaning the house, laundry, cooking dinner, and other projects around the house. I guess I should make a list, but I am really not a good list maker/follower.
Can someone please make a device to suck all of the thoughts out of your head and put them in a planner and make you do them! That would be just great!
Okay, so coming this week on the blog! Pictures of some custom boards I have been working on! Grocery Game week 2! And other Ramblings from me!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Fabulous Finds Friday!
So, I decided to post some fabulous finds every Friday. I am going to start the first ones with pieces that are on Etsy, but pieces that I have also had the pleasure of seeing in person. Some of them I will have purchased, and some of them are from people that I have seen at craft shows.
My first fabulous find is Ruth of AlloverArt. I first 'met' Ruth because she started buying my wooden shapes, and then she contacted me to tell me that we were going to be at the same show in Holly Springs, NC.
Her pendants and artwork are just amazing!
Ruth, tell us a little about Allover Art:
I started painting when I took a general visual arts class in high school. The class covered a wide variety of mediums, but I fell in love with painting, specifically oil painting. After high school I studied Art History in college and painted as a hobby. I never took any other actual art classes. My senior year in college I had in internship at "The Art Newspaper" in NYC. After college, in 2005 began work at a gemstone company, where I spent the majority of my day behind a desk. I still painted on occasion in my spare time. In November of 2007 a co-worker saw a painting of mine that I had given to my sister and asked if I would paint a portrait of his cat and dog for him to give to his wife for Christmas. After I completed that painting the entrepreneur/artist bug bit me hard and I started researching how I could run my own art business. In February of 2008 I quite my desk job and created Allover Art! I paint because I love it! I love to create something unique that brings joy to other people.
Tell us a bit about you!
I'm a former NC high school state swimming champion and record holder in the 50 and 100 freestyle. My senior year I was the state MVP. I'm pretty sure the records have since been broken, but it was nice while I held them. :) I went to Rutgers University in NJ on a swimming scholarship. From age 5 to 21 my life was pretty much dedicated to swimming.
My first fabulous find is Ruth of AlloverArt. I first 'met' Ruth because she started buying my wooden shapes, and then she contacted me to tell me that we were going to be at the same show in Holly Springs, NC.Her pendants and artwork are just amazing!
Ruth, tell us a little about Allover Art:
I started painting when I took a general visual arts class in high school. The class covered a wide variety of mediums, but I fell in love with painting, specifically oil painting. After high school I studied Art History in college and painted as a hobby. I never took any other actual art classes. My senior year in college I had in internship at "The Art Newspaper" in NYC. After college, in 2005 began work at a gemstone company, where I spent the majority of my day behind a desk. I still painted on occasion in my spare time. In November of 2007 a co-worker saw a painting of mine that I had given to my sister and asked if I would paint a portrait of his cat and dog for him to give to his wife for Christmas. After I completed that painting the entrepreneur/artist bug bit me hard and I started researching how I could run my own art business. In February of 2008 I quite my desk job and created Allover Art! I paint because I love it! I love to create something unique that brings joy to other people.
Tell us a bit about you!
I'm a former NC high school state swimming champion and record holder in the 50 and 100 freestyle. My senior year I was the state MVP. I'm pretty sure the records have since been broken, but it was nice while I held them. :) I went to Rutgers University in NJ on a swimming scholarship. From age 5 to 21 my life was pretty much dedicated to swimming.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
I am it! I got tagged!
AAAHHHH!!! I got tagged! http://monacodesigns.blogspot.com
tagged me and I thought this one might be fun, so I am playing along!
Your supposed to tell everyone 6 random things about yourself! HMMM - that might be everything!
first... here are the rules:
1. I hiked 600 miles on the Appalachian Trail in New England.
2. I have been a certified scuba diver since I was 12.
3. I love to garden, and have dreams to turn our 7 acres of land into a mini farm.
4. I am totally not a girly girl, but I went to modeling school and used to do runway modeling.
5. We don't have cable or satelite TV, and the only show that I miss is "Deadliest Catch".
6. My mother thinks I am the most organized person, and my husband thinks I am the most unorganized person. I am still trying to figure out which one I am fooling!
Okay - enough about me! Here is who I am tagging!
Ruth - Your it! http://alloverart-nc.blogspot.com
Meekiyu - Your it! http://meekiyua.blogspot.com
Amy - Your it! http://parkcitygirl.blogspot.com/
Zenabu - Your it! http://www.zenabuonline.com/
Tranquility Knots - Your it! http://sallyzblog.blogspot.com/
April - Your it! http://www.aprilsoriginals.blogspot.com/
tagged me and I thought this one might be fun, so I am playing along!
Your supposed to tell everyone 6 random things about yourself! HMMM - that might be everything!
first... here are the rules:
- Link to the person who tagged you
- Post the rules on your blog
- Write six random things about yourself
- Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them
- Let each person know they've been tagged
1. I hiked 600 miles on the Appalachian Trail in New England.
2. I have been a certified scuba diver since I was 12.
3. I love to garden, and have dreams to turn our 7 acres of land into a mini farm.
4. I am totally not a girly girl, but I went to modeling school and used to do runway modeling.
5. We don't have cable or satelite TV, and the only show that I miss is "Deadliest Catch".
6. My mother thinks I am the most organized person, and my husband thinks I am the most unorganized person. I am still trying to figure out which one I am fooling!
Okay - enough about me! Here is who I am tagging!
Ruth - Your it! http://alloverart-nc.blogspot.com
Meekiyu - Your it! http://meekiyua.blogspot.com
Amy - Your it! http://parkcitygirl.blogspot.com/
Zenabu - Your it! http://www.zenabuonline.com/
Tranquility Knots - Your it! http://sallyzblog.blogspot.com/
April - Your it! http://www.aprilsoriginals.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Groceries Everywhere! What's for dinner?
Thanks for all of the comments!
1st - I love the suggestion of making a weekly menu and only buying what you need for the week! That is exactly how I was grocery shopping before, but I was never very good at coordinating that menu with the store specials and coupons that I got. So, my new method is to take advantage of those store specials and coupons, and then plan my meals around what is in the house.
2nd - Did you save $78 bucks using coupons?!! - I saved $78 bucks by combining the store specials and coupons. I didn't do the work though - that credit goes to Grocery Game!
So, yesterday, after looking at the 18 cans of soup that I just bought - I was trying to think what in the world I am going todo with all of this soup?!! So, I googled Campbell's soup and found their great website http://campbellskitchen.com/ . I was able to search the receipes they have for the kinds of soup that I bought and got some great reciepe ideas!
But, tonight I am not making one of those, I am going to make baked chicken and rice with the cream of mushroom soup and chicken that I bought, and have the steamed broccoli that I got. We are also going to have some butter beans that I cooked during the Christmas holiday from our freezer. YUMMY!
Later this week I am going to try taco soup from the Campbell's website!
1st - I love the suggestion of making a weekly menu and only buying what you need for the week! That is exactly how I was grocery shopping before, but I was never very good at coordinating that menu with the store specials and coupons that I got. So, my new method is to take advantage of those store specials and coupons, and then plan my meals around what is in the house.
2nd - Did you save $78 bucks using coupons?!! - I saved $78 bucks by combining the store specials and coupons. I didn't do the work though - that credit goes to Grocery Game!
So, yesterday, after looking at the 18 cans of soup that I just bought - I was trying to think what in the world I am going todo with all of this soup?!! So, I googled Campbell's soup and found their great website http://campbellskitchen.com/ . I was able to search the receipes they have for the kinds of soup that I bought and got some great reciepe ideas!
But, tonight I am not making one of those, I am going to make baked chicken and rice with the cream of mushroom soup and chicken that I bought, and have the steamed broccoli that I got. We are also going to have some butter beans that I cooked during the Christmas holiday from our freezer. YUMMY!
Later this week I am going to try taco soup from the Campbell's website!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Results from this week's grocery game
Drum Roll Please.....
So, just got back from grocery shopping - Not so bad today since I didn't have children with me who would normally be running in the isles and begging me for treats.
So I spent $143.17 and Saved $78.30! Wow! I didn't expect that much for my first week! But in a nutshell I saved 35%. I did buy a lot of soups that I have NO idea what I am going todo with, but perhaps it will motivate me to pull out my cookbooks and try something new, but other than that I didn't buy anything that we would not use. I will most likely have to go back to the store and spend about another $15 or $20 on some additional fresh veggies and possibly some more juice for my son, but overall I got a lot.
Here are a couple pictures. The first is my coupon organizer and the coupons I used today clipped to my grocery game list. The second is the table full of the groceries that I bought. Some of the highlights of my trip were - A pack of 4 NY strip steaks, and two pounds of large cooked shrimp (41-70 per pound).
So, just got back from grocery shopping - Not so bad today since I didn't have children with me who would normally be running in the isles and begging me for treats.
So I spent $143.17 and Saved $78.30! Wow! I didn't expect that much for my first week! But in a nutshell I saved 35%. I did buy a lot of soups that I have NO idea what I am going todo with, but perhaps it will motivate me to pull out my cookbooks and try something new, but other than that I didn't buy anything that we would not use. I will most likely have to go back to the store and spend about another $15 or $20 on some additional fresh veggies and possibly some more juice for my son, but overall I got a lot.
Here are a couple pictures. The first is my coupon organizer and the coupons I used today clipped to my grocery game list. The second is the table full of the groceries that I bought. Some of the highlights of my trip were - A pack of 4 NY strip steaks, and two pounds of large cooked shrimp (41-70 per pound).
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