My New Niece!

No words are needed--too cute for words! One hand poking out of the baby burrito wrap to say "Hi world". :-) 

Pretty Kitty!

Just a picture to show my pretty kitty on my new bedding, because her eyes match it so well! 

In which I make The Storque!

My Neapolitan Sundae Journal is featured today in Etsy's Storque article on back to school. 

WOOHOO!!

Why my blog is boring and other little tidbits....

Once, someone lambasted my blog for being "boring".  Goodness gracious, I didn't know I was in the running for a Pulitzer here... The reason I probably appear "boring" is that my personal life is just that, personal.  While I am sure some people love that their lives appear fascinating, it's sort of an invasion of privacy to be sharing the juicy bits of someone else's life at the same time you share yours. Especially without their consent. While, "OMG I ate lunch with so and so today" "and my wife/hubby/bf/gf did blah blah blah" might make fascinating blog copy, "so and so" is entitled to their privacy and you should never post about them without their consent. Over and over again, in the Etsy fora , Twitter, and blogs, I see the sad reality that very few respect the right of others to have any sort of privacy.  Imagine being the spouse or otherwise personally known to a flappy lipped teller of tales. Eesh! 

Ok, enough of the lecture. Just something I've been thinking about, especially since I read a few things that could potentially endanger the one being talked about.

Please admire my new studio office space shown above, also known as "the corner of my bedroom". My studio space now takes up one wall of my bedroom, running right under a large window. This corner is the only part fit for viewing (the rest would scare you!), so that's all I'm showing for now. This writing desk has lived a long and useful life. Made from real wood, it was bought at a yard sale 15 years ago for $4.00! First it was white and served as a bedroom dressing table. Then it was red and became a sofa table. Then it was cream and became my sister's desk. And now it is a lovely blue, sitting just to the side of curtains done in Marimekko's "Havanna" fabric in turquoise--really a palish sort of turquoise. My room/studio is being done (bit by bit) in sort of a Havana/Florida/Caribbean sort of theme. So far, I love my little corner, because I cannot see the packing boxes from there! Out of sight, out of mind, eh? And as you can see, I have the necessities, water bottle, coffee cup, and laptop!