tickets to florida are $158 right now.........

a million (times 20) things to do......

to think about.....

and plan......

it would be nice to fly away.

berwyn

here they are!

back to berwyn in a print set.

available here

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i may be popping in and out of blogger today. a lot of work at home, some hot coffee and charlie boy to keep me company.

here's a little sneak peek...

every package of prints purchased from me, will have one or two of these little guys.

each card will be showcasing a quirky little quotation about myself.

this helps me in 2 ways:

my customers get to know more about me (the funny, non boring stuff).

i get to avoid a full 3-4 paragraphical artist biography.

*at least for a weeeeeee bit longer*

am i starting off the new year with procrastination?

well...

maybe.

but, i think the fact cards are clever, if i do say so myself.

what say you?

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cuddling up with piggles, and devouring some more of ursula hegi's fantastic book!

2010

revitalization

i'm beginning to understand and plan my own idea boards. the first one was pretty disastrous. then i started with simple colors first, and went from there.

below are the colors, textures, fonts, & "facts" that i will be using for packaging, banners, business cards, the fact card ~an amazing idea i got from a friend to display interesting things about myself~, as well as mailers.

one of my goals- eh, I dislike the word goal. How about, one of my decisions for 2010 is to be organized.

this a first step in the right direction! i have a very scatter brain way of organization, which works (those of you who are like me, you know where to find things when others think you're nuts! right?)

not only organization, but i wanted each print package to have the same flow. same kraft paper packaging, along with colors (and super cute buttons i'm excited to use...), patterns, etc. you get the idea.

i'd love to hear your feedback? any other color suggestions? packaging ideas? anything!

i'm all ears.

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I hope everyone has a great New Year's. 

I'll be eating the traditional Pork & Sauerkraut here in Pennsylvania.

As well as watching The Twilight Zone marathon.

This is a special post for me. It marks an entire year ~plus a day, that I have been shooting fine art photography.

Last Christmas, I shot most of the day with a lensbaby. The photos that were produced were markers of meaningful locations in my hometown. It was also the beginnings of a new photographer within myself.

I thought it would be great to share with you, dear friends, those photos from last Christmas and I also wanted to share {4 new photographs} that were made this Christmas.

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2009

~these special new prints (back to berwyn) will be available for purchase January 2010~

Starting today you can enter to win a free 8x8 print (of your choosing) at Rhianne's beautiful blog " for the easily distracted..."

The giveaway ends on December 24th, hurry over and enter to win!

*the winner's print will be shipped December 26th, thank you!*

{the snow dance}

so while the snow was falling:

i chased charlie around the back yard. what a cute little snow bunny he's become.

read 3 chapters of dorian gray.

fought over blog templates.

made some delicious banana bread.

snuck in a secret nap down by the fire.

It's pretty obvious I have blog commitment issues. I haven't found the right style or layout to fit my needs and the hours I've spent mulling over templates that anger me have been adding up lately!
How is it possible to search through 137 pages of templates and not find a single one that I could spend my life with?!
Hm.
Templates are a lot like guys. You find one that looks good on the outside, everything seems to be in check and when you go ahead and go to dinner, he is out of control and messy and totally deleted all of your favorite blogs I mean, friends.

And blog skins, really? There are 17 year olds designing these perfect little creations but I don't really think I have the time to convert into xml, nor do I want to sit around making my own widgets. 
Any recommendations?


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By the way, how many inches of snow did you get? I believe we're up to 9? :D

fluffy whiteness

It's snowing here, and it's so warm and peaceful in the house. 

This weekend I will finally be catching up on some reading...

and possible sledding :)

I actually picked up the picture of dorian gray as a gift to myself, but i may have to dig into that one today!

i hope everyone has a great weekend! whether it be in snow or sun :)

the list

i am a crazy, will leave 40 minutes early just to catch the previews, imdbing movie fool.

i love the cinema and have the overflowing DVD collection to prove it.

with the holiday season, my movie going has been at best twice this month. but there is a storm coming, with a outstanding list of new movies for us to feast on.

for myself, this includes:

the lovely bones * i am well aware of it's horrific reviews, and i am extremely fond

of the book. peter jackson, you sadden me.

brothers *saw it, loved it.

sherlock holmes * robert downey jr. 'nuff said? oh, throw some jude law in there. oh, more? Guy Ritchie is the director!

shutter island * probably the scariest book i've read this past summer. again, it's a win/win situation when you have Martin Scorsese directing, and Leo DiCaprio (who is easily surpassing my expections and more as an actor.)

legion * it seems that whenever God loses faith in humanity, He will thrust us into the unknown, expecting a fight back to the light. this time He sent Angels. i'm perfectly happy with Paul Bettany playing Michael the archangel.

the wolfman * Benicio Del Toro transforms in this epic remake of one of the most diverse tales of werewolves.

and in case you were a Russell Crowe interested fan, this just came in.

to say the least, i am very happy i have these movies to look forward to, knowing well that the weather is going to be gruesomely cold come january :)

how is your christmas shopping? is it obvious that i'm distracting myself from the stores by blogging about movies???

shhhhh. don't tell anyone...