Thursday, April 19, 2007

I might have gotten a little of my mojo back. I came home from work and started working on my Swap Bot stuff...I got all of my envelope organizers done. They turned out really cute. I was stressing out about the envelope part - I just didn't want to have to make a ton of envelopes out of really cute paper...So, while I was at work today - I found a really cute pack of fun note cards that had really great envelopes! They were blues and greens - ON CLEARANCE and right under my nose!! That's all it took - a little inspiration found in some envelopes at work! Who knew?? Well, I found some great stickers, got them personalized and found a great hot pink ribbon to tie around them. I got them packed up, and they are ready to go to Berlin and one to the UK...I only have one more swap to finish and then I'm going to take a break from it all...Of course I HAD to pick this one called ART DOLL. Didn't I write earlier about how I didn't inherit the 'art' gene? That all I can do is matchy-matchy-happy-color-theme things? Didn't I say that the only gene my family carried on was in my two sisters? Well, for some reason I thought that I could do this one. It is just sitting on my desk staring at me...waiting for me to finish her - it? I just made my own pattern of a happy little dancer and made her outline out of red felt...I am just waiting for that inspiration to keep going with her...I just want my sisters to finish her for me...I'll figure something out. I'll dig out the beads, the wire, the 'words', and we'll see how it all works out. If I get going maybe it'll all come together. I tried viewing 'art doll' on that website FLIKR to see if I could get inspiration...Nothing yet. I just will never learn and accept that I'm not an artist - I'm just a crafter. A happy crafter, a proud crafter, but just a crafter...

Work is going good. My boss reminds me everyday that it's just a job. You work hard, work hard while you are there and then you clock out and go home and play hard. It's funny because my job is usually my hobby. I see it as a game - a challenge. I want to see how much I can get done and how much I can get others to get done...If I can get all of the 'things/tasks' done then it leaves me more time to chat with the customers. There is this one lady that comes into our Copy Center. She owns some sort of bridal business and comes in to make her brochures and things. It's kinda fun trying to figure out how to get them the way she likes and to make them look good. We use the glossy paper, we use the legal size so she can fold it in half to make a nice little booklet...it's fun. The guys that work there (which, again are most of the population of the workplace) just don't get the crafty/craftsmanship of it all...She was glad that there was a lady in the house!! There was a gentleman that came in today that needed a GPS for his trip to TEXAS!! I told him how we use ours to get there to see my family...it was funny to chat with him. He was a retired navy man that was going to see an ole buddy that he was friends with in the military. They both were in communications - he was telling me about the Morse code he would send...How times change. It's really interesting to meet all of the people and what they do in the world (or what they did in the world)...

Well, my family is laughing at the fact that I'm typing sooooo fast and sooooo long. Logan can't believe that I'm my third paragraph...Lane is laughing at the keys tapping so fast...So, I can take a hint and I'll head on to bed and quit typing!!!

Well take the time to enjoy the people around you - the ones you know and the ones you don't. They could really surprise you and what they know and can tell you about...

ENJOY!