Crafts Fair Update

Well the crafts fair is inching closer and closer.  How many earrings and necklaces have I made, you ask.  The answer, between working odd hours with my jobs, job hunting, and getting this thing called sleep (I hear it's great), not much.  But much to my surprise the art gallery closed. Gasp!  Nothing bad happened, the owner just felt that it was time.  So all my pieces on display there are now back to me and my inventory for the crafts fair just bumped up.

In other news in relation to the crafts fair, I've gotten permission from Loren Sherman, who has made his own version of Gallifreyan alphabet for Doctor Who, to use said alphabet to make wire ornaments.  I am very excited about this.  For the fair itself I'm making ornaments for the Doctor's catchphrases (the 9th, 10th, and 11th Doctors).  This is mostly for people to see how the final product will look like and I will be taking commissions to translate names for the ornaments.  Perfect gift for your geeky friend!

Wish me luck! Prayers, always appreciated.

To The Crafts Show!

Well, I should not be surprised by this turn of events.  

My mother is helping set up a crafts fair to help raise funds for Family Advancement Ministry (FAM).  It's a good cause that promotes life by helping out families with physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Check them out.  Anyway, my mom is telling a relative via the phone about the fair and I suddenly here this:

"Of course, Olivia's gonna have a table."

I pause in my reading and look over to my mom who is still on the phone.  I then make a mental check list of what I have made and ready to go.  On hand, not much.  Most of my wares are currently in the art gallery getting brief glances and collecting dust.  Which means, drum roll please, I have to make stuff.  As soon as my mom gets off the phone she see me looking at her with a surprised expression.

"Thanks for the heads up."

"Oh, you have time."

Cue me going to my beads and begging my muse to hit me with some inspiration.

Bring it on, Crafts Fair.  Bring it on!!

To the Crafts Fair!!!!!

I Survived Christmas And What I Learned

As you may recall from a earlier post secular Christmas is not in my top ten favorites things in the world, but it's not in my top ten hate list. I actually enjoy Christmas Day for the actually reason of the holiday.

As I opened my gifts with my family, I realized that I really need my own place. Do not get me wrong I am grateful for my parents for letting me stay with them, rent-free, after my graduation from college (May 2010). Because of this I am able to spend the money I earn towards my loans which I cannot wait to pay off. But any person who has gone off to college then come home for the holidays knows the plight of readjusting to the rules of their parents. This has been my biggest challenge since graduation. But my current financially situation does not allow me the luxury of moving out.

This realization came to light with the aid of my parents via their gifts. How many people can say they got a microwave for Christmas? Very few I imagine.

On a completely separate note, my New Years resolution: lose weight. I know it's not original, but it's something that I have to do. I'm over weight but not obese (Thank God), but I need to lose about forty pounds to be in my ideal weight for my body type. I have started today; on the recommendations of a dear friend I've invested in those 'Shape-Ups' sneakers, and some hand-weights to hold. The sneakers were a bit weird to wear but when walking I could feel the difference from regular sneakers. We shall see as the year progresses.

I also hope with this oncoming year to pick a little German. My mother's family is ethnically German and I have always been interested in my German roots. I have started listening to Disney songs sung in German to pick up on the pronunciation. When studying French in High School I found that listening to songs (Broadway-esque style not pop) helped a great deal; reason being that in singing to syllables are elongated and over enunciated so you hear the word clearer. But I digress, I've always wanted to pick up some German if any; another reason in the story I'm writing (see earlier post) some of my main characters are German thus I need to know German so the characters can speak in their native tongue.

Until next post, God Bless!