Designing a Brand

I finally found the miraculous inspiration to come up with a brand, logo, whatnot,  and then apply it to my network of sites. For some reason, lilac had been calling to me all week as I contemplated what to do. It used to be my teen-aged favorite color  (early childhood was yellow) but since college…

My Camera Sucks

Fuzzy fuzzy fuzzy. Here I thought it was me. That when I was image crunching I was completely destroying the quality of the photo. But time and again the crunched image looked as bad as the originals. Then I thought I wasn’t getting the camera app setting right. So I futzed and tweated, and nothing…

Leprechaun Surprises

I think its the Irish in me that has made this project so much fun. My mother is half Irish … well Northern Irish – so I should be adding some orange to these arrangements – which I’m obviously  not. Through my father I’m Scot-Irish – which were really Scots that left Scotland to settled in…

The 2016 Valentine Collection was a Success

I started this venture with the promise of marketing for the upcoming Valentine season. My goal was to have 5 centerpieces created by February 1st. This would provide enough time for buying customers to have the centerpiece shipped to them. I didn’t quite make my own deadline, but I came close enough to be satisfied and…

Today I sold my second arrangement

Today I sold my second arrangement of handmade paper flowers. This arrangement was a custom order from a friend of mine seeking a Valentine’s Day gift for his wife. It’s still odd calling her his wife even though they’ve been married for a few years, because she was his girlfriend for alot longer.   Custom…