And I thought yesterday was a great day!

Well, today was even better? Why? Because when I checked my email this morning I had a message from Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made (one of my fav blogs), saying I HAD WON a giveaway!!! And just what was that giveaway, you ask? Only the Martha Stewart Faux Bois FLOR rug that I have been coveting FOR MONTHS!!! I'm SO EXCITED!! I have to clean up the front living room so I can put it in there.

Also, I just found out about the most amazing furniture company via Young House Love. It's Custom Sofa Design, and it is UH-MAZE-ING!! The pieces are identical to Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, Crate & Barrel, Room & Board, etc., but for LESS THAN HALF the price!!! Can you tell I'm excited? I'm saving up for two couches, two chairs, and an ottoman. The cost of all of them will probably equal one sofa from Pottery Barn. SRSLY. In case you're wondering (which you probably aren't), I want the Voltaire Sofa, Cameron Sofa, Metropole Chair, and Hattiras chair and ottoman. I want the Trinity Chair, too, but I'll have to find somewhere to put it first!

Anyway, enough blathering for tonight. I have to get up early and drive far ass away to my mom's church.

Holler on your dollar. Peace in the East. And in the Sudan.

Woot!

Yesterday was a great day! Not only because I got to hang out with my friend Heidi and her sweet, adorable, precious twins, but also because I sold two prints and another was featured in a Treasury! Sweet

Anyway, here's a shot:


Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

O.M.Geezy

I'm back from New Jersey! (In case you didn't know, I went to Jersey for 8 days with my friend Heidi and her freaking adorable twins to visit her family.) It was a nice vacay, and I got to go into Manhattan twice! It was fun, especially because I'd never been there before. Now I'm back, and the real work begins!!

I've got a deadline--10 necklaces and as many earrings as my fat little fingers can make for a party this Saturday at Talloni of Greenville, a local shoe boutique where my wares are peddled. Plus, I'm donating a necklace for a charitable silent auction (that I still have to make), have a special choir rehearsal on Saturday from 10-12, am singing for a wedding in two weeks, and still need to find a "real" job for next school year!!! Eeeeeek!!

But I guess it's a good kind of crazy--the kind where I get paid. Always nice. I'm working on some new designs that I'm really excited about and some bridal jewelry for Mia Alexander Salon & Spa. Well, I'm actually watching Celebrity Fit Club right now, so....I should probably get to work on making baubles!!

Before I go, please keep my blog friend Shan from Design Gal & Her Handyman in your thoughts--she has recently been dealing with some tough things--her grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer and now her cat Kiki has also been diagnosed with cancer. Head over and give her some blog love.

Out.

REAL TALK: I'm famous

Not really, but apparently I'm front-page news in G-Vegas! I woke up this morning to a voicemail from my sweet mother-in-law, letting me know my visage was gracing the front page of the Greenville News. 1. I didn't realize it was going to run on the front page! Eeek! 2. I look a) fat and b) fat, but I guess them's the breaks!

Also, I have explosive diarrhea. I SAID REAL TALK, PEOPLE. This is what you get. So let's just say I'm not going to make it to church today. Not that they would want me there anyway; apparently there's a stomach bug going around.

Oh, here's the link to the story if you're so inclined: http://bit.ly/93CpbB

I'll be in the bathroom if anyone needs me.

Christ on a cracker

Ugh.....there is a reason I don't go out anymore. It's because I'm OLD, and I can't drink like I used to. It's 2:30 in the afternoon, and I just now feel well enough to get out of bed.

One of my best friends from college and her boyfriend came down from Philly for the weekend and we went out last night. I'm dumb, and was drinking as though I had actually eaten enough food to call a meal. WRONG. It's Friday, and I'm trying to be a good Catholic, so I fasted and didn't have any meat. Add alcohol into that mix and you get one drunk ass (me). I did eat one full meal, only like an idiot it was at lunchtime. Was I thinking ahead? No. Do I regret it? YES.

We had an awesome time, and I'm so glad we went out, but I am never drinking that much again. Stupid stupid stupid.

When we got home last night, I threw up in the sink. Yes, the sink. Then I threw up again this morning. The whole bathroom smells like vomit and I can't go in there without feeling like I want to hurl.

Yes, I am 27. I am not in college anymore.

There, I said it.

I'm going to put on a gas mask and rubber gloves so I can clean the sink and then hopefully take a shower without throwing up.

Hope everyone's having a better Saturday than me!

muchas gracias!

...to Bonnie of Going Home to Roost for featuring my Quiet Bird print! Click here to read the feature on shopping locally in my hometown, Greenville, SC.

Thanks for the love!

I'll be making lovely things all weekend for a jewelry party next week and for a local boutique (Talloni of Greenville, if you're wondering) where I've started consigning my jewelry (yay!). I will have a short break from creating because I'll be spending my Saturday afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese's for our 5-year-old niece's birthday party, then going to my mom's in NC for a quick visit before coming home to chain myself to my desk in the craft room.

I hope everyone has an AMAZING weekend!

I rocked it

I'm not trying to brag, but I had a job interview today and I'm pretty sure I did AWESOME!! It's for a teaching position in Spartanburg County (about 45 minutes away). I LOVE the school's philosophy, vision, and overall essence, but I don't love the drive. On one hand, it'll be very quiet at 6:30 in the morning, when I'm driving there, but on the other, I'LL BE DRIVING THERE AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING! I know lots of people commute for their jobs, so if I get it I'll just suck it up and deal. Plus, my friend Jessica said that her mom liked teaching so far from home because it gave her time to decompress on the way home.

Honestly, if they had offered me the job today I would have taken it! There are no school jobs in Greenville County (unless you're a high school coach), so I'm just excited that I had an interview! Plus, I didn't even apply for the job--they found my application on the state website and contacted me for the interview.

I've been uber-busy making wedding jewelry for some of my friends, plus I've got a jewelry party next Wednesday and I'm now selling in a local boutique, so I've got a lot on my plate! My Etsy shops are on the back burner for right now, but I will update them after next week is over and I can breathe easy again!

I'll have pics of the bridesmaids'/bridal jewelry next week. I hope everyone is having a great Thursday afternoon!

I'm off to the craft room!