Inspire

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Good morning!

It seems like Sundays are the best days to blog for me since I could spend a good hour thinking about inspiration and crafts and making lists. This morning my neighbors are stomping around being obnoxious; I'm snuggling with my pup and making things all morning. I promised myself not to slack off on crafting today since I've felt really down and unmotivated recently.

I'm feeling so much better the past few days, though! Here is something to help you get inspired for a productive Sunday:

Go to Flickr and use it as a search tool like you would google.com.

Just search for things that you love or find inspiring

and start feeling much more productive and more adorable!

here are some searches I do almost everytime I feel lacking and need a pick-me-up:

1. craft room:

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2. pumpkin harvest:

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3. cute robots:

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4. wood carving:

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5. vintage housewares:

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6. cute vintage fabric:

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What inspires you? What things do you think about when you are getting crafty? Make a list of ways to keep yourself creative and inspired for when you are feeling drab and overworked. Make a special music playlist on your ipod or computer for when you work, music that makes you happy and productive.

November Rain

(art source)

Good morning everyone! It's finally November!

I can't believe how fast autumn came this year!

At work I won the costume contest for our Halloween potluck! I dressed as Peter Pan and it came out quite adorable if I do say so myself. I don't have any good pictures yet, but when I do I'll post one. Did everyone have a great Halloween?

Today since it is rainy and cold out I'm going to clean the apartment

and do a lot of crafting. Here are some inspirations for today. I hope everyone has an amazing Sunday!

1. Getting ready to make and wrap presents

this forest wrapping is so so so cute!

(lovely job by Lupin!)

2. Cozy bookstores I could spend hours reading and exploring

(flickr source)

3. I love adorable autumn outfits! I think everyone looks 10 times better in the autumn.

(bloomingleopold)

4. knitting is so much fun and it's even more fun when it's cold out

(photo source: anikarenina on flickr)

5. warm blankets to wrap up in

(photo source)

6. I love beards! Now anyone can have one! How adorable!

(artist: imadeyouabeard on etsy)

7. I could seriously live in this dress:

(dress at Modcloth)

8. yummy coffee creme brulee

(artist: stickygooeychef on flickr)

9. A cute take on decorating pumpkins! These are totally adorable and perfect in many ways!

(artist: yarn and snacks on flickr)

10. This artwork is amazing; the colors, the rainy day print, the illustration work...love love love

(artist: smallandround on flickr)

11. Here is an amazing song and video by one of my all time favorite bands, Kings of Convenience. I like how this person used their song! I first found out about them in 2003 and after all this time they never fail to impress me. Have a lovely and productive Sunday!

mmm cold weather

Hi cupcakes!

Today I worked on my day off, watched Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and played country story on facebook. I'm totally obsessed! They just added halloween decorations, too!

Tonight I'm working on some Etsy stuff. Envelopes for orders, knitting, and then going to bed early. The cold weather makes me cozy and want to sleep.

My goals for this week:

-straighten my craft room

-finish 2 projects

-start some of the autumn projects from the craft class (why did i get so behind??)

-do laundry

-send out orders and swapbot packages

-decorate more mailing envelopes and tags

-finish my Halloween costume

-have a great Halloween!

Have a great evening!

Soooo Busy!

Hi everyone!

I'm sorry I have been so busy. I went ho

me for a week to visit with my dad. My grandma was put into the hospital, but is home now and is doing better from what I hear!

I'm working on crafting and doing swap-bot packages; but the internet has been ignored lately! Ugh! I'm trying to be better. Really!

Today I went to Maymont Park with Stephen:

While I was home my dad bought me a Blackberry for my very early birthday present!! This is so awesome!! It's so much easier to be connected and more responsive for Etsy/blog/facebook/emails etc.

I'm very excited about everything that is happening and so so so ECSTATIC that it's autumn!

Kings dominion unfortunately got cancelled since it was so rainy. However, I am getting my costume together and will hopefully be carving pumpkins this weekend.

I'm sad more people I hang out with aren't as excited by autumn as I am. We really could have so much fun! I have amazing recipes and ideas for a potluck.

Here is a sneak at one of my new etsy items!

What is everyone going to be for Halloween??

computadora

I haven't updated in quite a few days. My computer is slowly dying. It is 6 years old and I'm slowly saving for a new one! I feel ... uninspired to do things since my computer started going downhill. The sound card doesn't even work anymore!

Here is my computer love interest:



Today I got some new items for my vintage burymeinleaves section. I'm really thrilled to be filling up my shop. I've been working so hard, my dreams are slowly turning into reality. My main goal is to have a filled shop that I am proud of owning. I also want to get my accounting under control so that it's organized.

goals for October:
- Save $300 for new computer
- List at least 15 new items in etsy
- Start/keep up with an actual accounting notebook
- Finish my sewing projects I started and have not finished yet
- Get Halloween costume together asap
- Begin new craft ideas!
- Learn how to crochet correctly. I have learned the concept of crochet, but have very uneven stitches :(
- Get new cardigan, glove-ittens, dress shoes, and tennis shoes
-unclutter my craft studio


I've got a lot on my plate right now, but I am excited about this autumn/winter season!
I have not kept up in the autumn craft class and look forward to doing more projects from it soon. This week I am hopefully seeing my sister and nephew! I want to be able to update my blog everyday and have definite plans to do so, however this computer issue is really really getting to me!

finally October!

"fall leaf"




Happy October 1st everyone! It's my favorite month in my favorite time of year!

Things I'm looking forward to this month:
-seeing my sister/nephew/brother in law in a few weeks
-going to kings dominion's halloween event!
-pumpking carving party
-pumpkin potluck
-the haunted hayride/trail/house at the berry farm!
-halloween costumes
-halloween parties
-cool weather
-baking baking baking
-eggnog
-new glove-ittens and cardigan!
-more of the autumn craft class

Today I'm going to make a pumpkin pie, run some errands, and attempt (ATTEMPT) to crochet....knitters...what is this one hook doodad? these people are crazy! (just kidding :) it's just funny that crocheters think knitting is hard and vice versa)

pumpkin latte? more like GROSSS!

Don't these LOOK good?
They sure tasted terrible!
Maybe it was the recipe I used? Maybe it's because I don't have a whisk? Whatever the reason, I tried to make my own pumpkin lattes 2 times today only failing! :( I think I'll have to leave the deliciousness up to starbucks. They just know what they are doing or maybe they sprinkle magic on top instead of nutmeg?

I'm really glad that the sun decided to come out today! Even though I felt lazy I did a huge blog makeover; well to me it was huge haha! Also I did an etsy update and a lot of work for the autumn craft class. I'm DRAINED!

rainy days can be fun!

"rainboots"

I just wanted to say that I love craftzine blog. When I feel tired or uninspired it's so fun to go there for inspiration or amazing recipes or just a simple project to get your craftiness flowing!


Hope everyone is enjoying their rainy (or not so rainy) day!

Here are my favorite shoes for autumn, I probably should have bought 3 pairs! I really want a pair of those plaid rainboots though. SO so SO cute!

Waiting for October

Hi lovelies!
So this past week has been a flood of inspiration! Between the cooler weather, the pumpkin lattes, and the autumn craft class my brain has been flooding! Thursday I finally spent time starting to organize my craft room! my sewing table is much easier to navigate and with a few piles of things to go through, I'm almost complete! A clean work space is also very inspiring! I have tons of new items coming to my etsy shop soon along with a new photo layout (buried in leaves! get it?) :) I'm so very excited.


Here is a sneak at a new product for my shop that will be listed soon!


I finally finished my 2010 planner here are some photos before I bound it with book rings:



Also here are some sneak peaks at my unfinished autumn craft class projects! I finally got around to starting them. This morning before work I cut out the stuff for my owl and decided on a phrase for my text pillow (which for now is a suprise!):




Another great thing going on is Swapbot! I love all the swaps I'm in right now (all autumn themes of course!) and I love that I come home to a package every now and again that has complete surprises in it. I seriously recommend swapbot if you are a mail lover like myself.

I've also spent a lot of time lately thinking about family and friends. I'm not perfect (no one is), but I really feel I have let some people go that I truly miss along with letting a few people down who have walked away from me. I know you other crafty gals and guys know that it's hard to balance being productive creatively with having hangouts with friends who don't like knitting/sewing/gluing/etc. I've truly gotten to a point in my life where my dreams are becoming realities and I've found myself with only a handful of people to share it with. If you are having issues like this, my best advise that has been working for me, is to open up. I have made phone calls and went to hang out with new people lately and had such a great time, I forgot what it was like to walk away from my crafting to go just be with people! What a great thing!

Anyway, I hope that all of you are doing really well! What is everyone's favorite music for autumn? I have a long list going, but right now I am really enjoying Antony and the Johnsons (who I saw and met in DC last winter) and Kings of Convenience!

p.s. antony is such a sweet, lovely man!

<3
heidi

Oh so busy!

Hi everyone!
Sorry for the lack of update, I've been super busy as usual! I really want to make a great blog, and I have put it on my goal list to make sure I keep up with it.

On Sunday, Stephen and I went to Maymont (a local park that is ridiculously beautiful) we had a picnic, played frisbee, and I worked on some crafty projects! I'm working on putting my 2010 planner together from the kit from RVA! It's so much fun to get organized! All I have to do now is finish a few pages and whip out a cropadile!


This is Science my "new" bike and Stephen's bike, Chocolate!




This is Maymont hilly and gorgeous!



The pile of paper for my planner (I'm so glad I have a sticker maker for turning whatever piece of paper I desire into an adhesive decoration!)




Here is a cutie!


Also yesterday the Autumn crafts class started!! I'm so excited and inspired! Mine is not complete yet. I am making a book for my grandma for Christmas! It's the ABC's of Family!


I'm also getting my autumn fun schedule together! It's almost done! Autumn is my favorite time of all time forever, so every year I make a schedule for October of fun things to do! This year will be the best, I just know it. I've also (as usual) got 15 billion ideas for a costume!
I'm off to work! Have a cute day!

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Cause Your Legs Grow

Good afternoon! I'm having such a great day so far! To begin with, for those of you who don't know me in person, I quit my second job. So now instead of working 7 days a week, I work 5 like a normal girl! Today was my first Sunday off in at least 2 years (with exception if I was sick or out of town on sundays). I woke up late (for me! 630am!), and Stephen and I got our laundry and biked to the laundry mat! I should post pictures of my "new" bike, Science; her baskets and carrying abilities are amazing! After laundry we came home and made breakfast burritos, read the sunday paper, and watched law and order for a bit. Then I went to the gym with my friend Shannon at 11am. I was really glad it was crowded today; I love when it is just close to empty. Now I am doing a bunch of Swapbot stuff and working on new etsy items. I have been making a lot of new things for my shop and have had no time to complete them. I'm really looking forward to having Thursdays to myself to do as much crafting as I want.


In Project Runway news, I'm so glad Mitchell got cut! He was never "in."

I haven't finished editting any photos to put in here, so until next time, check out the title link because fred flare is my favorite store besides modcloth!

HOW CUTE!

Hi there! I'm so busy knitting and making things for my etsy shop updates along with working 7 days a week, I just haven't had time to swing by here to make an update or read my favorites! Yesterday my boyfriend, Stephen, surprised me with these cute gifts from RickRack Vintage on etsy!! (title is the link photos taken by seller not me, check it out!!)









I was longing for these items, along with everything else in the shop, for a few weeks. What a cute and amazing surprise mail gift! I absolutely love anything and all things pyrex and I ADORE faux bois (fad or not, it's a trend that will live on forever in my heart regardless of if it's hot in a year or not!). Their designs and high quality make me so happy! Tonight is the next project runway so i'll be up late in anticipation. Also in the land of internet, I "rejoined" swap-bot! I was on there for a long time almost when they first started, then I completely forgot that I had an account! It's gotten 10 times easier to navigate plus the layout with the little envelope is really cute. **********I need help!******* Being new to blogspot, still, I have yet to figure out how to post links! I tried typing the the http:// that did not work. I tried the "link" option in this layout doodad, and THAT did not work... What am I doing incorrectly?? Completely clueless haha! I will do a better update soon with mail updates/etsy updates/self portrait updates/ autumn plan updates/ fashion updates!!! Have a great evening all!

it's a sunshine day!

Hello everyone! I have been told that I need to use correct grammar in my blog. I just want to say sorry from the start! I am a grammar nerd, with the exception of simple mistakes, I am usually the one correcting other people. Since my job requires typing and the program is in auto caps lock, I usually don't think much when I type anymore. I am going to make a giant effort to make this better!

I'm trying to put more crafts in my Etsy shop right now. I've been working hard and slowly towards making life better each day; it is really progressing! The past few days here and there I have slowly started to organize my craft room "studio." I made tags for the plastic drawers and some designated areas. It will be much better once I can figure out where I need/want things to go. Right now, it is all random and at least the felt scraps are all in one drawer!

The other news, in case you haven't heard, I started a flickr account under "heidi pumpkin pie." I had been meaning to do this, and just never did; so now was the time.

Another goal of mine is to start taking photos specifically for my blog entries; I'm still learning, but I know that I personally like to see blogs with tons of photos and visual stimulations. I don't want mine to be lacking in something I look for from others.

As much as this is a promotional tool for myself, it is much more to me than that, it is a connection.


Tonight is the new season of project runway, now moved to Lifetime! I'm very jazzed! Is anyone else watching?
I'm still confused as to why Bravo would drop this show; it was so very very very very very very cont. good!

the sick day

oh wow! where to start? so, today i woke up sick which was a huge bummer. i'm not feeling very hot right now an it's more than 12 hours later. the first thing i should tell you is that my boyfriend is a trash to treasure elf. i have elf powers over the weather and the future, while he can say we need something or really want something, and the alley gods give it to us. so this morning, stephen wakes me up and says, "I have craft trash to treasure for you!" this is exciting because there is no telling what it is. last time it was plastic storage drawers for my craft room that came in sets of 3 on 3 different dog walks! this morning it was this:

tons of yarn/needles/thread/a how to knit book. i'm assuming someone wanted to learn how to knit and gave up? this is what i have seen many people do. they buy all the means to do something then set out to do it, fail and give up. or succeed and don't have time for it in the end. it's sad, but their misfortune is my luck! the story with stephen and treasures in the alleyway trash is so weird, i don't know where to begin. he never digs in the trash or goes looking for things. when he walks nehi, things just are there. when he needed computer chair poof! when we needed an outside table supplies to make one appeared! when i needed organization in my craft room poof! magic plastic bins! we needed a dish drainer poof! one that somehow magically fit perfectly in our sink! i needed paper cutting scissors that were sharp and decent/ poof! martha stewart scissors that are worth 30 bucks and someone had thrown them out! digital camera from early 2000, sunglasses, a bracelet, speakers, speaker stand, bookshelf...it's seriously insane. i told him to make a blog, which he has yet to do, but he does have an album on facebook. if you are interested in seeing it let me know. everytime it happens it's shocking! i spent most of the day watching true crime/murder stories and law and order. i have an obsession with crime stories; people are CRAZY. then this evening stephen made us dinner. it was lemon butter broccoli, garlic red new potatos mashed, and lemon baked salmon. now i don't normall eat meat. i have been a vegetarian for years, but i decided that i would try to eat salmon again and see what happens(i'd be glad to discuss this in detail via email if confusing or debate in need!). it was truly delicious. i doubt i'll eat "real meat" anytime soon after this many years of pretty much no meat.


anyway. tonight is our movie date night which is popcorn and netflix. tonight I Love You, Man with Paul Rudd, whom i will one day marry! (sorry stephen!)


i will hopefully sneak some knitting in! i've also found really great places to get yarn lately =] have a good evening! i hope that i will be back to work tomorrow!

hooray! i love mail!

i love getting things in the mail!

today i just received my order from www.modcloth.com






2 amazing necklaces!! they are so impressive in person, and i got one of the last Shere Khan necklaces they had for now!

Today i'm looking at fabrics on etsy and daydreaming of ginghams and calicos, faux bois, joel dewberry, and vintage florals and patchworks. AHHH must win the lottery.

just a fact: to win the lottery one must play the lottery =]

p.s. i feel sick today and very sleepy. i think it's time for lentil soup!

p.p.s. lookout for new bury me in leaves items over next week. i'm editting photos, just haven't gotten them up yet! more vintage wares, and more earrings, new zipper pouches and some cute things that are surprises!