sunny 80 degrees to raining buckets

The weather was unbelievably hot yesterday, and today... it poured rain all afternoon and evening. I took this perfect opportunity to stay inside and do a little cooking and crafting. I made more feather clips and headbands. I even listed two of them on my etsy! Unbelievable.

crybaby

Until this week, I think the last movie I saw was Twilight during Thanksgiving week. This week I have see Gran Torino and Bride Wars. By the end of Gran Torino, I was completely sobbing in my chair. My friends looked at me like I was crazy, but that was the saddest movie I have seen in forever. And, c'mon, Clint Eastwood is always amazing. That flick made me remember how much I love going to the cinema to enter some one's creative vision and world.

Bride Wars, on the other hand, was definitely cute... but not typically what I would venture out to see. My friend really wanted to see it, and I can't pass up another outing to the movie theatre. There I was, by the end of the movie, with glassy wet eyes. Why do the craziest of movie keep driving me to tears.

I am silly.

no background necessary

I thought and thought about what I just did not like about this blog. It had to be the background image, or lack there of. So, I spent the past hour watching 90210 while creating a simple background image for this blog. It was light brown with a crosshatch pattern in it and completely horrid once I saw it on the blog.

Alas, we continue to have no background image. Then it hit me: what this blog is missing is frequent posts.

In other news, I can't stop thinking about the most delicious salad I ate at The Living Room in La Jolla this afternoon.

late night starbucks run for internet

This lack of Internet is killing me. However, working under the green apron (Starbucks) has its perks-- free Internet.

I am all moved into the new house in Spring Valley. I just need a few more shelves and I can start getting back to creating! The whole reason I moved away was to hide out and create, but I haven't been able to do too much of that yet.

No time like the present...

angela.

you say goodbye. i say hello.

I have spent my whole life living in Oceanslime--err, I mean Oceanside. Except for the minor 4-year hiatus I took from that city when I went to college in Long Beach, it's been always Oceanside. My good friend James from college approached me a few weeks ago, told me he was moving for Orange County to San Diego, and asked me to move in with him, his wife Kyleen, and our buddy Pat. So, in less than two weeks, I am moving out of the house I grew up in to a house 50 miles south in Spring Valley.

I will be about 15 minutes from any artsy community in San Diego. Helllloooooo creativity central!

I haven't even began packing. I better get a move on...

angela.

I think I may have about one or two readers. I should have more--I will have more! I guess the fact that I haven't written in this blog in over three months is part of the problem. I haven't stopped crafting in that time though! I've been working on some jewelry. I have about 12 solid pieces of classy earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Slowly, I am getting them up on the store.

Speaking of the store, my cousin-in-law, Collette, bought one of my purses off me today. I was so excited to see an email from Etsy and PayPal about the order. She purchased one of my cutest beauties. It is a little springtime purse with turquoise sugar skulls and pinkish hearts.

Oh! And last week I finally sent the XL version of "i can count to pink" clutch to the wonderful Veronica. She asked me to custom design her a larger version of that clutch. It came out very roomy and cute. I hope she likes it.

Until tomorrow...

angela.

made a sale last week!

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So, I woke up one morning last week and checked my email (first thing I always do when I wake up), and to my surprise, I sold something! Sh33 in Las Vegas bought this beauty which I've been trying to sell since forever. It was also the most viewed item in my shop. I am so happy that handbag has a new home. She said she loved the inside lining which is this fun green bandaid fabric. I through in an extra goodie in her package. I made that felt heart bandaid brooch to the right for her.

I have become re-addicted to felt recently. I can't stop making little felt hairclips and brooches. I also made a series of wristlets last weekend which all have different felt applique shapes on the front. Felt is definately part of my future.