A Forest Frolic

One Sad Pup & Shop Works

Someone tell me why this pup decided to use the restroom all through the house yesterday!?!  Not once, but TWICE!!  Too cold?  Was he mad at me for something?  Who knows? 

He goes out around 4:30am, 8:00am, and then every couple of hours afterward throughout the day...not seeing how he feels like he needs to relieve himself in the house.  I took him out and basically begged him to 'go potty' in the morning for like 5 minutes...he refused.  I let him in the house to put the girls on the bus and came back a few minutes later.  I opened the door to a lovely surprise, yay! ;)  So I got mad at him and put him in his playpen in the basement. 

When I let him out a bit later, he looked like this...

...so I cuddled with him and said I was sorry.  Does he not look so sad?

But, here's the kicker...he DID IT AGAIN, later on in the day, literally an hour after I had taken him out!!  Why?  Someone please, tell me why!  I need a doggy whisperer, tee hee. 

Oh, and did I mention that this was all after the house had just been cleaned (of course that's when he would chose to do this).  So, in the last 2 days, my house has been mopped 3 times.  Now, that's one shiny floor!

In better news, I've been working diligently on some Christmas and Holiday things for the shop.  Here are a few cupcake toppers in the making...

Now, off to photograph and post them (hopefully today)...

Jamie :)

Be Nice People...Come on!

I've seen a couple of shocking things in the last couple of weeks.  I usually try to keep it pretty upbeat here, but I feel like venting, so I will.

Last week I was working on some business ideas at Panera Bread and there were a couple of ladies with 3 little sweet boys, having some breakfast.  One of the boys (who I learned afterward was only 8 months old), kept shrieking.  Not crying, but just a happy little squeel to say, 'hey, I'm here too...don't forget me!' I thought it was cute...maybe because I'm a mother of three, who at one point had a baby who did this anytime we sat down at a restaurant to eat.

This older man stood up, looked at the baby, and told him to 'SHUT UP,' then grabbed his belongings and moved to the other side of the restaurant.  Can you believe the nerve of some people!?!  I can't understand what would give this man even the idea that it's okay to talk to a baby this way.  I, of course went over the sweet baby and mother and tried to make a joke to try and calm her nerves...poor thing.

Then today...right now, actually...I'm at Starbucks taking an online photoshop class (and now blogging ;) and this young lady with her mother coughed a few times.  An older lady who just came and sat down, turned around and spoke to me.  I took my headphones off to prompt her to repeat what she said and she asked if I was sick.  I said, 'Uum, I don't think so,' with a smile.  Then she turns to the young girl behind me and asked her if she was sick.  The mother said she just went to the doctor, and she is fine...just a cough, not contagious.  The lady then proceeded to raise her voice at the girl, telling her that she should not be in public if she was sick.  'Why don't you stay home,' she said, 'I just had surgery and I can get sick really easy!' 

Rediculous!!  I'm thinking, if you just had surgery, maybe you should stay home, if you are that concerned with catching something.  I'm not saying if you're sick, you should go tramping around town spreading germs, but sheesh people...come on!!

Moral to the story...keep your rude thoughts to yourself!  I'm all for speaking up when necessary, or when a child's life is in danger, etc.  But, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.  Apparently some people's mothers didn't teach them that ;)

Oh, and if you are rude...in public...and I catch you...I will blog about you...

p.s. no one was harmed in the making of this blog post, except those who were the victims of rude people ;)  Love...truly love...even if it's just a smile.  I smiled at this lady as she left...hoping to brighten her grumpy day.  Hope it worked!

Jamie :)

October 1st & 2nd Art Journal

Is it really October already?  It just seems like the days are flying by.  This is why I get started on Christmas gift shopping, card making, and crafting so early.  But even with me 'being on top of it,' I still feel the holiday rush come December...do you feel the same way?  I've been thinking Christmas lately for sure, but I just started decorating the house for Halloween...crazy girl ;) 

Even with this early holiday madness, I've been sure to take some creative time-outs for my art journal...

I used Claudine Hellmuth studio acrylic paint, The Crafter's Workshop templates, Smash tape, and some Tim Holtz stamps for these pages.

A vintage doily with distress ink, Echo Park 'Life is Good' paper, and stitches from my sewing machine...

 

...and an inspiring quote from Thoreau to finish it off...

I love sharing with you the techniques or products I use, so if you ever wonder about something I've posted about, please ask...I'm happy to let you in on my 'secrets.' 

Sometimes I'll get e-mails with people cautiously asking about how I made this-or-that for my shop, or here on the blog, and I happily reply.  If you do ask a question in the comments though, I will reply there too, so other's can get in on the convo.

Ta-ta for now,

Jamie :)

Refreshed

[Cosmo Cricket - Snorkel]

Hope you are feeling refreshed too,

Jamie :)

Mmmm

[Liv.e Designs & Echo Park]

...in my tummy (my fav cocktail from Mozambique last week) !  I sure could use one of these today ;)  How about you?

Jamie :)