i can't believe this week...

this week has been insane with orders... which is good... but also very stressful when one is trying to move...

today i had to go to the funeral of a dear friend... she was 34... a month to the day younger than me... and she had fought a battle with a very aggressive type of breast cancer for 2 years... the funeral was so sad and yet so uplifting at the same time... because of Mandy's faith... and her courage... i miss her already... i keep thinking about her hands... i'm not sure why... but i will always remember her hands... i don't remember a day that her nails weren't perfectly manicured... even when we were kids... she had perfect skin too... creamy and envy worthy... but most of all... i'll remember her smile... it was big and bright and lit up the whole room... so... here's to you Mandy!... i hope you're eating pancakes with your grandma right now...

tomorrow ... or rather this morning actually... we go to little rock to pick up a sofa... my best friend Kricia is giving us her old one... she loves this couch... it was the first big purchase in her marriage... but they needed a bigger one... so she's giving me the old one... it's beautiful and SOOOO comfy... i couldn't ask for a better friend that Kricia... she will never read this... so i can brag on her without her feeling weird... she is honestly one of the kindest most generous people i have ever met... and i KNOW God is going to reward her greatly for the heart that she has... i am so lucky to have her in my life... for the last 25 years...

i'm up at 5 am because the air was so dry again that my nose started bleeding... so i'm boiling water and waiting to go back to bed...

go check out www.whocutthecheese.blogspot.com to follow the cheese progress....

night ya'll!

New House!

well folks... we got approved for the new house... its not a new house... its an old house... built in the forties... and it has lots of windows and a dining room!!!
and cabinets galore in the kitchen... so many cabinets!! the better to put your art supplies in!...

its two bedrooms... and one i'll set up as our office and the other as our bedroom...

i'm gonna go take pictures of it tomorrow and put them on here...
simmy and fam are in the process of redoing it... painting... cleaning... refinishing stuff... it needs new siding and windows really bad... but that will happen soon enough

i'm featured on mama's little monkeys blog!!!

thanks mama!...

ya'll click it!

http://blog.mamaslittlemonkeys.com/2009/01/cpsia-endangered-artist-opheliamcphee.html

so i thought i would take the time to blog a little about what is going on... i've been in a weird place creatively lately... i feel like i could cry at any little thing... well i do cry at any little thing... like today for instance... i'm watching "man of the house"... you know that movie about the cheerleaders with tommy lee jones... horrid movie... anyway... i started crying cause they caught the bad guy... yeah... no reason to cry... but i was sobbing... hormones i guess... i've been trying most of the day to clean the studio... i've decided it will never happen... i will never have a clean studio again... there is so much felt on the floor... i don't know if a backhoe could get rid of it all... i have alot of new things to make... but i haven't had any sales lately... so i am wondering if i should spend the time to do it... or the time promoting... or maybe i need to get my butt in gear and do it all...

i have an eyetwitch... for like over a month now i've had this crazy eyetwitch... i want it to go away...

okay... top ten favorite etsy shops...

1) www.shineyourhineysoap.etsy.com ... patti makes fantastic soap... and she is gonna start doing bath gel and lotions too... her crocheted things are pretty awesome too

2) www.wainbowmudd.etsy.com ... not JUST cause i love the owner of this store... but really... i buy her little bobby pins and wear them all the time... i LOVE them... i want them all eventually

3) www.justbakin.etsy.com ... holy crap... can i just say that her snickerdoodles are enough to make you faint... so buttery... so yummy...

4) www.barbaralousboutique.etsy.com i haven't bought anything yet... but i want one of her pincushion rings realllly really bad....

5) www.paulparduephotography.etsy.com paul is amazing behind the lens... there is this one photograph that i can't wait to buy and put in my house...

6) www.AureliaandAnnalise.etsy.com i don't have a kid yet... but when i do... i will buy them out of shoes and hats...

7) www.mealymonster.etsy.com i've been a fan of mealy since the first day i came on etsy... i LURVE all of her creations

8) www.thisisalliknow.etsy.com this girls paintings are haunting and amazing... and i want to own at least one of them one day

9) www.anniessweatshop.etsy.com my lil weiner dog would love to wear all of her pretties

10) www.platipuses.etsy.com chris otherwise known as plats... well this girl knows fashion for the curvier fluffier girl...

these are just a few of my favorites... check em out... maybe they will be your favorite too!

top ten reasons to buy from etsy...

1) cause i'm on there
2) cause you are supporting artists in their craft rather than some man in a suit
3) you can really get whatcha want through the customs
4) prices are crazy good
5) the soap is better here
6) you can buy from the friends you make in chat
7) you know the things you buy are made with love and care
8) justbakin's snickerdoodles
9) the customer service is out of this world
10) you can buy unique things from all over the big wide world

headaches... carmel apples and WALL E

i've had a headache for the better part of a week... not sure why... and it's not a bad one... just a nagging one... annoying... like a fly in the room... one you can't quite kill

also i've become obessed with caramel apples... making them... eating them... smelling them... they have this bag of little carmel bits in the baking section... and i've even resorted to just eating the carmel without the apple... healthy i know... i've been slowly trying to give up sugar... actually that may be why i have the headache... cause i have been almost successfull at giving up soda... almost... i drank some on saturday... so the caramel apples are one of my last few sugary yum yums that i have allowed myself...

okay WALL E was boring... it was a touching love story... blah blah blah... but it bored me... i need dialog... i can't believe a three year old can sit through this movie!!!


please... post yer opinions on wall e

thursday night tv...

well thursday night tv seems to kinda slow down the creating process... my felt cutter and i get caught up in the office and my name is earl... i've been bad at blogging everyday...

i'm kinda grouchy at the moment... and gassy... we had chili dogs for dinner...

i have a meeting in the morning with my "real job"... i have to get up... get dressed... and be there for five whole minutes... uuuuggggg...

okay so i'm not feeling really bloggy... so here is a list

ten things that i hate about the holidays...

1) christmas day was the last time i saw my brother alive three years ago
2) how they put christmas trees out before halloween
3) that people are more wrapped up shopping than WHY we have christmas
4) the mail sucks this time of year
5) walmart is extremely crowded at all hours
6) i usually gain weight
7) mistletoe doesn't work
8) its cold
9) usually means the end of good tv for the year
10) i wont get to do the 20 dollar gift challenge with my husband this year...

i promise the next one won't be so grouchy...

VOTE FOR ME!!!!

well i just found out that i have been picked as one of 60 toymakers on Esty to be in the voting for best kids gift for the year... i just started three weeks ago... and this is a huge huge deal for me... i'm just in shock!

so please guys... go vote for my chocolate chunk cookies...

here is the link... and tell everyone you know to go vote for me... PLEASE!!!

http://www.etsy.com/voter_list.php?room_id=25

thanks everyone!!!