Tuesday, May 15, 2007

around the apartment

(originally blogged on typepad, 04-30-2007)

whenever joe goes out of town, i always have these strange urges to photograph our apartment.
not that taking photos of your living quarters is odd, but the urges that i have to do so are odd.
anyway, these are photos from our bedroom.

nothing too exciting, but soon we'll be adding a couple prints above the nightstands, so i'm pretty excited about that. these are the prints. i want both of them, one for my side (not shown in the bedroom photo) and one for his side.

i can't wait to order them!

my side is on the left, if you're looking at the bed.
i sleep with my head near the foot of the bed.
but when i make the bed, like i did today, i put my pillow by the window.
i would say that joe's side of the bed is on the right, but we actually don't sleep together all that often.
don't worry though, nothing is wrong...everyone i tell automatically assumes that there is something terribly wrong with our relationship, but that's not the case at all.
we just sleep better separately. (we meaning i.)
we do still make an attempt to sleep in the same bedroom once in awhile, but one of us always ends up in a different room by morning.
one of our friends is even jealous about our sleeping habits.
i'm jealous of their sleeping habits...i wish i could sleep well in the same room as joe!

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on the wall there is a shelf with one of the projects i made in my design class.
(oh, how i miss design school. *sigh*)
anyway, we had to come up with a design to be repeated in a series of 4 to 16 boxes or something like that.
this is the pattern i came up with.
each colored piece was cut out of coloraid paper with an xacto knife and then glued to bristol and then onto an illustration board.
i wish i would have used acid free glue, but i didn't.
it's coming up in some spots, but that's okay.
Designschool

today was nice outside.
i met up with my friend amy at a bar and had a couple of beers and some food.
now i'm at home wondering what i should do next...
maybe package a couple of orders?
i don't know, we'll see...

vinyl plays on rainy days

(originally blogged on typepad- 04-25-2007)

today i'm listening to records. i haven't listened to them in so long, i forgot about all the good ones that i have. it's raining out so i thought that it would be a good day to play some vinyl- it really sets the mood on a day like this, you know?

Recordplayer_2

no prints yet because i don't have all of my supplies. the UPS person should come today, but i'm still waiting on one order after this one. and i still haven't decided on the first print. why is this so difficult? hmph.

speaking of printing, i think i'm going to start using my real name when i sign the prints. i've gone by erin scissorhands for almost 4 years now. my real name is erin lang norris. it used to be erin lang, but then i got married and couldn't win the never ending "i want to keep my name and only my name" argument, even though i tried for many months. so, now i am erin lang norris and yeah- i get chuck norris jokes daily. and yes- it is highly annoying but i try to take it with a grain of salt. i really miss just being erin lang. i've always liked my name a lot, almost in love with it actually. i just liked the way it sounded. and the way it looked when it was written out. but now it's just another name to me. i'm going to leave it at that before i go into a very long rant about name change and why women should not have to change their name.


ANYWAY, short post today because i'm going to my parents house now to use my new (handmade) laundry soap.

organizing my workspace

(originally blogged on typepad, april 22, 2007)

hello again.

i finally (and i do stress, FINALLY!) organized my desk.

these drawers from ikea helped immensely!

before i was shoving things in boxes--not a good way to organize.
Desk_2
today is a beautiful day outside.

joe and i got up early and made our usual weekend breakfast- 2 fried eggs, 2 pieces of toast, and 3 pieces of bacon each. i'm always in charge of the bacon and toast. he fries the eggs because it's such a nerve wracking task for me...pathetic, i know.

then we went out and played tennis. this is something we've been looking forward to for many months!

now joe is at his parents and i'm about to get ready to go to work.

but before i head out, i want to share this with you guys:

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these beautiful cards are all hand carved and printed by kristin from
moontea artwork.

i bought them for a great price while browsing her etsy shop. if you have a minute, you should check it out. visit her lovely blog to find the shop link!

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in other news, my first print will not be released on the 27th as i had hoped. but i am still hoping to get one out by the end of april! (update: so it's now may...nothing, yet)

i am having such a hard time deciding WHAT my first print will be of. i have so many ideas, but i'm just really indecisive. do i want something really simple? one color or two? what color should it even be? perhaps it will be a limited edition? i don't know! making my head spin.

anyway, as i said before, it's almost time for work. so i'll be on my way now.

thanks so much for stopping by!

Thursday, May 03, 2007

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i'm moving back home...to here...to blogger.

please bear with me until i unpack.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

hey, guess what?
i have something to show you.
don't get TOO excited, though! nothing spectacular...yet. :)
(it's my new home over at typepad!)

Monday, April 16, 2007

monday.

hello there!
what's new? not much here. i do have a few new things to show you, though...

a necklace, from the 1ofmykind shop.a new tea cozy that i made for myself:

a new bag from ikea. i think it was $4.95.


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lately i've been clipping magazine pages like crazy. i think i've gotten rid of about 15 catalogs and magazines so far, after gutting them of course.
i'm binding myself a giant inspiration journal right now.
originally i was going to use this scissors journal, but it just isn't as big as i'd like. so now i'm using that journal for my screen printing inspiration sketch book.

speaking of screen printing, i've started my new blog over on typepad, but it's being really weird for me. the images and words are floating around, not lining up at all. they were at first, and then they went a little wonky somehow. i tried editing the html but that didn't seem to help anything.
***update! i got it to work! somehow the text wrapping option was turned on. whew!***

okay, off to draw ideas.
take care!

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

for breakfast-
ham, cheese and strawberries.
reminded me of the breakfasts we had while on our honeymoon in aruba.
in my mailbox a couple days ago-
a sweet tag that i purchased from bugheart's shop.
she has the best packaging.

from crate and barrel-
2 dishtowels.
i am crazy for the print on this first towel.
i think i will buy more, wouldn't it make a great set of outdoor pillows?
or a nice bag, too?

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i got my lotta jansdotter book the other day- amazing in so many ways.
i can't wait to start sewing some bags and curtains!
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obsessing:
this pitcher
this fabric
these flats
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not a whole lot happening lately.
but there will be next week!
make sure to visit sometime around the 19th,
new things to come.
i. can't. wait.

okay, for now i have to package some orders and then get ready for work.
have a great day!

Thursday, April 05, 2007

finally.

i finally hung the prints that i've been collecting!
i don't have frames so i just used binder clips and tacks.
see my flickr for more details!

joe has tomorrow off, which is exciting because he rarely gets weekdays off.
i really want to go to ikea for this, this and this.
i've never been to ikea, and while i wouldn't ever buy furniture from there, their accessories are nice to look at :)
shoot. actually, maybe i should stay away from there because i just found more things that i want. bad bad bad.

what a pain in the ass

i just spent about an hour typing a post with tons of photos.
and blogger ate it.
just add it to the list of annoyances, i suppose.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

yellow yellow, oh so mello.

tonight i decided that i should make some new greeting cards, since it's been awhile.
available.
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i was also invited to join a swap.
it sounds like fun!
if you want to join, you have to hurry...i think the deadline is april 6.

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do any of you watch "deadliest catch" on the discovery channel? i don't really like watching much tv, but the discovery channel usually has good shows.

Monday, April 02, 2007

no title today.

so i decided to "touch up" a journal that i thought was finished.
and then it turned into this:
which i'm not too fond of.
it's a custom order, too. so, yeah...
i'm shipping it out today.
ugh i don't want to look at it any longer!
i keep double guessing myself.
she told me that she wanted:
an anatomical heart block print.
the colors black, red and pink.
shiny or sparkly. well, the paint is metallic so that's the shiny part.
and girly, yet adult...don't know how i did in that category.
hmph.
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yesterday i bought some great things from some stores, i will post photos later on today.
how was your weekend?

Friday, March 30, 2007

breakfast+newest creation

here's the newest-
5"x6.75"
on bristol
available soon.
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today i ate crusty toast with jam
and freshly ground coffee.

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i really like this bedspread, even though it's back ordered right now.
it would make a good addition to our living room.