Thankful to have a job...

Went to Hobby Lobby tonight, among a lot of other places, and was talking to the cashier for a minute or two. She lost her job several months ago and is now working 3 part time jobs to make ends meet. Three part time jobs! She seemed like such a nice woman and I felt terrible for her. I certainly don't take my job for granted and I know it could be gone in a flash. I'd be in dire straits if that happened. My savings consists of..um..let me think for a minute....oh yes, that would be...... $0.00. I guess that's something to start worrying about, not much of a cushion is it? If I could sell all my pets for a good price, I'd be okay for awhile. : )  But I don't think that would happen. 
 So today, I'm grateful to be working, glad that I'm able to work and happy that tomorrow is payday!
 Laura  

No Title Today

Halloween is almost upon us but I've been in Christmas land for months. Working in a flower shop means doing things in advance, way in advance sometimes, like artificial arrangements. I make the majority of artificial arrangement where I work. I'm not sure why, other people are just as able as I am, but it seems to be where I always end up. It's not that I dislike it so much as I don't always like feeling the whole responsibility. Christmas can involve a lot of artificial and when that's nearly done, I do fresh with everyone else. I'm proud of the work I do and I sometimes wish I could do bigger and better. This is a small town and not exactly  a "well to do area" so I'm happy with what I get to create. Having someone pick out something I make is a good feeling. I'm working on some Christmas decorations at home as much as I can with having no work space to speak of. That's a whole other story. : (   I met a sweet lady the other day who had purchased some of my Halloween things and she was a boost to my ego. I'll take that. : )  When I see how talented other people are, it almost makes me want to give up! The ideas out there are incredible and usually beyond my abilities, but I keep chugging along. My room is a disaster at all times and I don't accomplish much, but what I do finish, makes me happy. That's going to have to do for now!

Julie takes pity on me...

Ahhh, finally I may not be writing to myself?  Julie is a wonderful, talented, traveling girl. And I think she must have felt a bit bad that I had not one single follower. Thanks Julie. : )
   Day off today and should have stayed home and cleaned but I find that not the least bit fun. Went to an "estate sale" that was very disappointing to say the least. Not one thing that I even found interesting and every single item seemed very overpriced. I ended up at Westmoreland Antiques and spent at least two hours poking around there. From overheard conversations, I take it that a lot of dealers go there to purchase items? Who knew. Not I. I'm no dealer, I don't even have a clue what's worth something and what's not. I don't care either. I just buy things that make me smile. I also pick things because I see what other people do with them, since I don't seem to have one original idea of my own. That's okay too.
 I got 3 pretty blue canning jars, a folding yardstick, a Little Ben clock (that I've been wanting forever), a little bag of old cotton threads on wooden spools for 1.00 (needed something to put in my pretty blue canning jar), and my favorite thing, an old hymnal for 2.00. The book is filled with music pages and I want to use it to make Christmas ornaments with. I was pretty excited to find it because all the sheet music I saw was prety expensive and this has 900 pages for 2 bucks! I also got a nice old white platter (roast chicken size) and a little white dish perfect for a soap dish. Now I just need to get a decent camera and a clean spot in my house to take pictures. Hmmm, this could take awhile.

Sold some little things!

Just a few of my little Halloween decorations have sold and it's pretty fun to see someone pick up something you made and feel like it's worth purchasing. I got some very sweet graphics at http://www.lisasalteredart.com/ and she was nice enough to help me out with any and all questions I had. I wish I had a better camera, but I think I'll try and take some pics anyway...just so I have something on here besides the written word. I wish I had photoshop as well, but from what I can tell, it's pretty difficult if you're not computer savvy. (Which I most certainly am not)  I did download free Picnik which seems pretty easy and fun to start out with. Hope to have some pictures next time...

My second post...still to myself. Sigh....

Trying to make some little crafts that I might be able to sell. Halloween things for now and we'll see how it goes. Christmas is more my thing. I work at Chester's Flowers in Utica NY and I like my job a lot. I'm allowed room for creativity and I know that a lot of people don't get that in the workplace so I feel lucky. I do believe that was a run on sentence..big time. I'm going to give a 20 minute little presentation to a group of ladies in November. Still trying to think of something that will keep their interest and be fun and last 20 minutes. Oh if I only had followers...: )  They would help me. 

My First Post...to myself!

I'm writing to myself I suppose. That's okay, one has to start somewhere.

  I spend too much time scouring the web, finding so many great ideas! 
I found one blog one day and it went from there. I read several every day and I get so much inspiration from all the wonderfully artistic and creative people out there. I thank every single one of them. Sometimes I get a tiny idea or a whole slew of them, sometimes I just get to share lovely views of others homes, their families and their creations. I've been able to see pictures of places I'll most likely never see and I feel like I almost know some of the posters from all the terrific stories. I find a LOT of humor on here as well!!
  It's easy to imagine being friends with a lot of the women I admire. For now, I took the first step by starting a blog. I'm trying to crawl into the 21st century. Slowly, very.