7 on Sunday

Owls! I love owls. Not so much the realistic looking owls, but the cuter ones. I love them so much in fact I named my business after them...Pink Owl Crafts and Designs. So my 7 on Sunday this week is all about owls, mostly owl products I would love to own.

1. This stamp set by Hero Arts

found at scrapbook.com

2. This fabric

found in a google search

3. This reusable bag would be so awesome to have:

found here

4. I'm not a big necklace kind of girl, but I would so wear this pendant:

found here

5. This hat! I would so wear this hat while doing the Walking School Bus.

found here

6. No clue what I would make with this fabric, but it is cute:

found here

7. This pendant. Maybe I'm becoming a necklace girl.

found here

So not only do I have an obsession with owls, I also have an obsession with etsy.com, where most of these were found. I love etsy. All handmade stuff. Thinking I will be doing lots of Christmas shopping from etsy this year.

What I'm doing at Midnight!

photo by ricstigh found on photobucket

At midnight tonight I will be checking in volunteers at the Mid-Missouri Race for the Cure. Because MU has a night game tonight and because the race route is areas in which people will be tailgating before and after the game there will be volunteers out all night picking up trash. I will be spending my time checking in these volunteers and other volunteers who are getting stuff ready.

I'm excited about doing this. Even though sleep sounds good and it may be raining on us, I'm more than happy to donate a little of my time to such a worthy cause. Good luck to all those that are running/walking tomorrow!

Going Ons

So I last updated this in June, hard to believe it's been that long. Our summer was insanely busy to say the least. We spent all but 2 weeks of our summer at the baseball fields. I love baseball so it wasn't all that bad, but wow! We are still spending at least 3 days a week at the baseball fields.

I have some very exciting stuff getting ready to happen with Pink Owl. I have been working like crazy on cards. Hard to believe it's almost the holiday season! I'm so excited about all the different ideas, now if I could just find an extra 24 hours in each day.

I just finished designing my business cards and am in the process of printing them as I type this. That is if my printer decides it wants to work correctly. UGH! They are pretty simple but I LOVE them.

Speaking of simple, part of the delay in updating this was because I was spending my time thinking about my style and how I wanted to brand my company. It's been exciting and is still an ongoing process, but I am having a blast. I was struggling when I would sit down to create and finally decided that the reason I was struggling was because I was trying to create something that was not me. I was trying to create something that was way to cluttered and complex for my style. Once I started really exploring what I loved and what inspired me creating has been so much easier.

Just a few things I've created recently:

These are 3x3 cards. Will be in my Etsy shop by Tuesday.

Made this for a girl in Dart's class. Love finding new ways to incorporate the money into the design. Behind the money is a black ribbon so it will still be pretty to look at even after she spends the money.

Will be back tomorrow to share more. Need to take a nap as I'm volunteering at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure tonight from midnight to at least 3am. Will be checking in other volunteers that are coming to clean the race area after all the MU tailgaters are gone.

Make it Monday

Right now my make it Monday list is a lot of "finish....." Trying to get some of these projects I have started finished up so I can move on to new stuff. Problem is I keep coming up with stuff I want to do so I stop to make one and then get all excited and want to make more. So my plan for this week is finish a project make one of a new idea, repeat, repeat, repeat. I have been a little better about sketching or writing down my ideas instead of making one right away.

This weeks list of Make it:
Finish snowman cards I started
Make more Halloween cards(so many ideas for those)
Design business cards(I've decided I'm making them myself, not getting them printed, at least for now)
Finish monster cards started
Finish Halloween tags started
Make Thank You card for a friend
Start sketching some ideas for Christmas cards

And because it's been a few posts since I've posted a picture:

This little guy was a crowd favorite at the Omaha Zoo when we were there this summer. People were throwing food into the fish and some of the monkey's. He climbed down to the log he is on and would toss his arm up in the air and wait for someone to throw him a piece of bread, eat it and then arm back up waiting for more. I think Audrey could have spent the rest of the day watching them. He's being used in a Christmas gift!

7 on Sunday

My best friend and I are slowly growing apart.

Lots of creating done this weekend and I can't wait to show it off.

So I want to start doing a recurring thing on Sunday called 7 on Sunday. Will vary as to what it is, could be 7 things I find inspiring, 7 things on my wish list, or 7 totally random thoughts.

This week will be random.

1. Had a busy weekend that involved Dart tail gating at the MU game, going to a birthday party, Dart going to the MU game(and what a great game it was), me having a PTA meeting at Olive Garden and baseball practice.

2. Tomorrow we start the Walking School Bus. Kids and I are very excited. Even though we don't live close to our school we are still joining. Looking forward to the exercise early in the morning.

3. Lots of ideas rolling around in my head regarding Pink Owl Crafts. Working on business cards, packaging ideas and so much more.

4. So happy that football now counts. Although I think Detroit was robbed today and I was cheering for the Bears.

5. Getting very excited for fall and the cooler temps and the smells. Already burning my pumpkin candle. Now if the gas station would hurry up and get pumpkin spice cappuccinos back.

6. Although I am not blowing my nose near as much as I was a few days ago, my ribs are hurting like crazy from coughing. Really ready for allergy season to be over.

7. Finally got all caught up on HGTV's Design Star thanks to Hulu.com. Although I really wanted Casey to win it all, was very glad Emily ended up winning. She really made me think about my style and why I'm drawn to the things that inspire me. Since I've put more thought into this I have found that creating is so much easier. Now to just catch up on Project Runway. I'm way behind so no spoilers please.

Back tomorrow with Make it Monday. 

My new best friend

image found in google search

at least for the time being this is my best friend. Allergies and a cold all at once have knocked me down. Hope to be back up soon.

4 Simple Goals

So I'm borrowing this idea from Elsie. Simply make 4 simple goals to complete before 2011. I need something to get me moving and a little more focused on some of my bigger goals for 2010. 

1. Water: quite simply drink more of it. Lots more of it.

2. Create: I have lists and lists of projects to finish and projects to do. I would love to finish the year with the ones that are currently on my list to finish done. I have so many projects started, but not finished and I want them done. Some of them are Christmas gifts that are a year or so in the making. I also want to complete 10 projects on my to do list. Oh and get lots done for my etsy shop. All of this should keep me out of trouble for a while.

3. Photos: Get all of my summer pictures edited and printed. Edit all fall pictures. Clean up external hard drive. My external hard drive is a mess. By mess I mean lots of pictures saved twice, pictures on there that need to be deleted because they are horrible. I really want to get them cleaned up and edited so I can get them printed.

4. Read: I have rediscovered my love of reading, and with it a new love, non-fiction. I am picky about my non-fiction though. I am currently reading Craft, Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby into a Business and loving it. I have been working hard at updating my goodreads list and getting rid of my written lists of books to read. I love that you can print lists of what you want to read. I want to knock off 6 more books on my list before the end of the year.

My brother's girlfriends sister, Carsten and Audrey waiting on my brother's cross country race to start. Carsten is one of Audrey's favorite people as she gave Audrey her HUGE Barbie house and a ton of Barbie stuff that she was done with. It's at my mom's house so Audrey has lots of Barbie stuff to play with there. Audrey had played with the Barbie house at the 4th of July party we went to at their house and loved it, a few days later my brother came home with all the stuff.