Back and forth.

I can't ever seem to find the time to really work on my little shop the way I want to these days. I love it but everything else just feels like it's taking so much of my time. Between school and work it's been harder to do anything... I think i'm going to revamp my shop. Maybe just sit down and not do an order for a bit.

-Linda

Looks like it's that time of year again!!!

Just what the title of this post says!

And yes, I am back from hiatus and in full swing! Wedding season is coming hard and fast, yeah I know it's not even June yet, but hey, a bride wants what she wants when she wants it and how she wants it! (Did that makes sense!?)

I adore making wedding accessories for these demanding brides and had the pleasure to even make a less traditional red one (which I completely loved... oh the 24kt Gold and Crystal work on it was fabulous!)

I haven't got to really post anything to my blog in a long time but that'll change soon. In the mean time here are some pictures (courtesy of Whitney Owen Designs) of a beautiful bride that I made that gorgeous red veil for her bengali wedding, red silk flower and freshwater pearl hair pins, plus a nifty birdcage veil.

If you know a bride that's looking to have a veil made, send them my way!!! I love making them <3

Love, Peace, Chicken Grease, and Tofu Please!

-Linda

Help my Friends WIN an Ultimate Wedding Contest!

Hey guys!

I was wondering if you could possibly give my friends a vote on the Ultimate Wedding Contest site by Crate & Barrel.

This is the link to their entry:
http://ultimateweddingcontest.com/entries/28558

They're such lovely wonderful people and the bride is actually a good friend of mine. She's from India and a lot of people wonder, "Why is that important to a wedding?" Well, it's because the traditions of a wedding from India and any part of Asia is completely different from an American or "Western" tradition. It's much more elaborate and involved. Her soon to be hubby is from America and they both want to be able to do something that really reflects where they come from and show where they are now on their special day so that each person may see that no matter how different you may be love will always keep you together. If they win this Ultimate Wedding Contest they will have won $100,000 for their wedding and have a great A-List wedding planner to make their perfect day even more perfect and be able to express how their different worlds intertwine. So, please help them out with a vote!

Thanks guys!
-Linda

PS.
And if you could send this to some of your friends too to get the word out that would be much appreciated!

Sisters and thoughts of sparkles and fluffy white things

It's occurred to me that I wish I had a sister. Or a bestfriend that's like a sister. Maybe it's one of those girl things where I wish I had someone really close that I could laugh with, argue with, yell with, and basically everything and still care about eachother through and through that's female and like me.

I've also been in a terrible wedding mode lately. Staring at rings and dresses and basically everything. Watching things like "Say yes to the dress" and reading things about different venues all over the USA.

I don't think that Charles is ever going to propose to me... :(
I've been waiting so long for him to pop the question to me. This summer will be our 5 year anniversary and later this spring we will have known eachother for 6 years. He keeps telling me it'll happen, but I'm to a point now that I don't think it will. It makes me a bit upset and that I don't want to be in a relationship if it's not going anywhere. Some of my friends have suggested that maybe I should pop the question to him, but I'm not like that. There are just some things that are far more romantic and meaningful to me when it's done like tradition.

He said tomorrow we can go ring shopping, but we've done that plenty of times. Maybe he just doesn't want to.

Piccies

You guys probably think I'm super silly for just now thinking of this but seriously... It just now came to me like months later. LOL

Charles and I got a new camera to take on vacations and all with us because all I have are the huge bulky pro cameras and studio lights and crap at home. Not very portable.

Well, I want to start putting up at least 1 thing I see each time I make a post. Since I have this tiny cam that's all easy to bring with me all over the place now. :)

Love, Peace, and Tofu Please!
-Linda

Ear Cuffs! and then some! O_O

Hi all!!!

Well, been a while since I've made a post! I'm going to start making ear cuffs for my shop :D

I think this will be fun for everyone that's told me they love my work but don't have pierced ears! (Plus a less painful alternative to those pinchy clip-ons!) I'll have designs up some time before the weekend. Might just be sketches to start out with and then the actual thing.

Anyways, right now I'm getting ready for the school year to start up for the spring semester AGAIN. I honestly can't wait because I'm taking 15 hrs this semester and I haven't been a full time student for a while just because I've been worrying about work and health insurance forever! I'll finally be finishing something and then moving on with my Architecture degree. YAY!!!

Last week was a fun week. We went to New Mexico for a snowboarding trip, plus Charles' birthday with his family. Shawn came with us and that was strange...ish, but still fun. It was just because it was like a family trip and he ended up being kind of a third wheel... cause he's not technically considered family... and didn't stop talking about Beth... Yeah, a lot of us know, he's obsessed with her, but he complained about how she was his girlfriend and then ditched him within a 24 hr period. To me it was no big surprise. Honestly, all of us have been telling him to ditch her and stay far away for about 3 yrs now. So, I don't think any of us really will shed a tear for his sob story.

I also hurt my tailbone, right knee, ankle, elbow, wrist and shoulder! Charles told me at least I hurt it in a cool way. HAHAHAHA!!! This I must agree with because it's a fun story to tell people when they ask me. I know, I'm a dork. But what happened was I was coming down a slope and then caught bad ice. It totally sent me flying. Now, as I fly through the air all I can think of is, "Oh crap... This is going to hurt so bad..." and yes, it did hurt like hell because I didn't just smack the ice. I BOUNCED OFF MY BUTT!!! and then flew down about 3 more yards and smacked the ice. I never knew it was really possible for someone to bounce off of their rear end since I had only seen it in cartoons, but it totally is. LOL Cause it happened to me!

I started growing my own herbs at home. Hopefully they start to sprout in about a week or so and I can show them off and be like mmmm freshness!!! :D

If it goes well and I prove not to have a black thumb then I might start growing some veggies at home. 2010 has proven to be exciting so far and quite expensive so I'm trying to cut down anywhere I can and if growing my own produce that I usually buy with exception to Shitake Mushrooms will help me save and give me some yummy fresh things to munch on then so be it! I'm very excited about finally growing my own fresh things because I haven't had a garden in a looong time. In fact, my back patio area, instead of being flower filled is barren due to neglect on my part, but I blame work! (and icey cold weather that has forced me indoors.)

I think that might be it for now, I'll probably think of more things to put in here later on today.

Love, Peace, and Tofu Please!
-Linda

Cutting Blood

A lot of times I write in here when I need to vent, and boy... do I need to vent and it's been A WHILE!

The other day my mother and I went to the hospital to visit my little brother. Well, he had the sweetest friend there with him, she brought him dinner and everything. Simply a sweetheart and a nurturer by nature!

That night I learned how 2-faced my own little brother is. Once she left he changed into an entirelyt different person. Was he the boy that I grew up with and knew to be goofy and silly with his family as his backbone? Nope. He was selfish, 2-faced, and manipulative. He even said to my face he didn't consider me his sister, I've done nothing to him EVER. AND he said to our own mother's face that he thinks it's perfectly fine to back talk her because he does it all the time.

What kind of son and brother is that? To me that's no one.

So, this holiday season, and I hope he reads my blog here and there, that he knows, he's no longer welcomed in any of our homes. If he shows up, the doors will slam in his face.

He'll also receive a rude awakening when he realizes that he won't be able to afford classes next semester because my parents are cutting him off completely.

My step-dad said something the other night that was really good. He said, "sometimes tough love is the hardest kind to give" and I completely agree. the boy doesn't know who really loves him. He has so many fairweather friends he's so blind. He thinks they care about him through and through but they don't. They're there fofr him on the surface, while his family would be with him no matter what and no matter where.

But now, we have all disowned him. He's just such a disappointment to us all.