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Hey, everyone! Who's participating in the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival at http://www.donttryit.com/bloggy_giveaways/ this week? It's probably going to be a big list, as usual, and I'd love to have a list running here of all the people who are planning to take part! My first post is here: http://www.andtherestishistory.com/ If you're looking for some good traffic, I've always been pleased wi… Continue

I've been taking to carrying a sketch pad and pencil around the house just in case an idea hits, and it's paying off. Last night I quickly sketched up an idea I had been thinking about from time to time for the last couple of weeks, set it aside and then came back to it this morning and put it into Illustrator. It wasn't long before I had a really cool notecard design sitting up there on the screen. Now, all I need is a little more discipline and I'll have a huge lineup of designs. Oh, and on t… Continue

You know, I don't think I've put this much mental energy and work into something since, well, I started teaching. And that work? It's energizing, in a way. I'm excited. I'm loving the challenge. Today, I loaded most of the rest of my designs into the website and got a shipment of blank circle labels, so I took some time to design a few up, and I love them. I've been playing with using some old 18th… Continue

Because I nitpick too much over these things, I know I'll be making more changes, but the basic design is done for my website. I'm pretty dang happy about it, though! It's based on Wordpress and is running the Market theme, which really looks like it works well. I've still got to upload items to the shop, but I'm getting there! Tomorrow will be a little slower because we've got a playdate tomorrow morning--and this time I'd better remember to bring my busi… Continue