I give you permission to punch me in the face if I ever start a sentence with, "Well Martha Stewart says..."

I'm so excited to talk about what I'm up to right now!  Projects galore!  Wooo-eeeee. 

I just returned from Wal-Mart with two quarts of paint: deep onyx and boudoir.  I also have an overhead projector and some wise words from some wise women that are floating around in my head.  I'm trying to create a wall of inspiration.  That's all I'll say for now I guess because I'm not exactly sure what direction it's going to take but I will keep posting pictures!

I am finding myself b-lining it straight to the craft section of every store that I run into.  It's hilarious because crafting was something that either bored me or intimidated me.  Either way, I didn't do it.  And now it's all I want to do.  It's such a great release of creative energy.  Daaang it.  I just remembered that I was supposed to buy seasoning salt at Wal-Mart.  Oh well, that's what tomorrow is for I suppose.

I finally gathered some material to make my first dress!  I could have spent hours in that fabric store so I just grabbed something cute off the first shelf closest to the door.  I'm kind of in love with the pattern, but I'm kind of a sucker for romance so it's not a surprise.  My aunt (a sewing wizard) is coming over on Tuesday to help me cut out all the pieces necessary.  I really, really hope that I'm good at this, or that if I'm not good at it at least I will have the will power to continue until I get good.  I really want to make a cropped "blazer" from this yellow and grey striped material that I saw.  I fantasize about putting mis-matched buttons on it.  Haha. 

So that's basically what I'm working on right now.  I am doing another edit of my book as well.  But that's just fun.  I enjoy reading myself, not because I'm particularly scholarly; it's just interesting to visit thoughts that I had a year or less ago.

Sneak peak your heart out, here's what I'm obsessed with right now.

I call it, "Olive tree on clear paper".  I really connected with the trees' symbolism in the book "The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization".  Mm.. 2 nerd points for me.  I'm really excited about this though!  This is where the paint comes in.  And maybe a video set to music...

So good riiiight?!  It's just screaming tea party on a sail boat at sunset, I think.  Hopefully I don't butcher it.  My fingers are perma-crossed.  Please, feel free to do likewise.

Uh ya, that's my recently extracted wisdom tooth in my mouth.  You're going to think that's gross I'm pretty sure.  That's okay though.  I got big hopes for this little guy.  And I have a lot of appreciation for him because he caused me no pain.  I figured he deserved a chance to show himself to the world.  He's been hiding in the back of my mouth for 20 years, after all.  Maybe I'll dress him up in a tuxedo... No, I'm probably just going to make him into some kind of necklace.  Wish me luck!