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I think this is pretty awesome.

It's short - only two minutes of your time.....

please spread the word and this video if you feel it's important.

i do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqof641pWys&feature=channel_page

motivation

do you ever just get stuck? Sometimes it's hard for me to get moving and stay moving. I've had a couple week hiatus with my purses and it's not because I don't have something to do. In fact, I have enough completed to get them up on etsy. For some reason I'm dragging my feet at the final stretch. I just need to take the pictures and put them up. Simple enough, right? It should be.

I'm not so sure that it's simply laziness. I think it may have more to do with my perfectionism and fear that they're not just right. I really don't want to sell anything that's not 100% fantastic. Does anyone else feel this way about their art? I guess I'd better just get over it and put them online.

On another note, does anyone know anything about the field of cardiac sonography? Some of you may know that I've run into some problems with going back to school this year (grrr, georgia state), and if I want to get my degree in speech language pathology, i'll have to wait til fall 2010. This means I won't be done til I'm 33. Arrrrgghhhhhh. That number does not seem to have anything to do with me. Wow, thirties. Just around the corner. Geez.

Anyhow, so, I'm considering some other options. SLP isn't out (in fact, the more I volunteer at the hospital, the more I enjoy it) - I just want to see what else is out there. If you know of another field that you think I may enjoy, please suggest it.

beautiful things

I want to share Avie Designs with you. Avie does gorgeous stationary, wedding invitations, baby announcements, bookplates (a GREAT gift idea), return address labels, calling cards (think biz cards for yourself or your side business) and lots of other cool graphic designy things. For those of you who don't know, I work a few hours a week for Avie, which is great fun and always inspiring. So, check out the Avie store here on etsy: http://www.avie.etsy.com/. Here's a few pictures to whet your appetite:

the willow wedding suite

dots and stripes bookplates

mums calling cards

Also, my flowers are blooming like crazy right now, so I thought I'd share a few pictures. I've been waiting for these guys to bloom for weeks!