sproutgirl74/jenifer lake

Friday, March 31, 2006

had one of those days.

ever had that kind of day where, you're exhausted b/c some kind of bug kept biting you the previous night and you couldn't figure out what it was but have welts to prove you're not crazy but still couldn't find the source of said annoyance and then become paranoid to turn out lights to have insect/bug/unidentified critter come back to bite...and putting your contacts in the next morning resulted in tears and frustration and a feeling like you scratched the crap outta your eyeball and now it hurts hurts hurts and your indigestion is just *off* (that's all i'll say about that) and your one and only mug you keep at work falls so slowly out of your hand and crashes into a million pieces on the floor when the only thing you really wanted right then was a hot cup of tea to set you right and you are running so late as it is you feel a sense of erraticness starting to come over you as you realize you have people waiting to meet with you and you are not set up and ready to teach your classes that day and you feel a wee bit overwhelmed as it is by huge art show you are putting on at your school where you teach and trying to get ready for the show you are selling your wares at on saturday, because, yes, you own a small business too, and come to find out the paper you needed to print your business cards, because again, yes, you haven't had time to actually get real business cards even though you are a year into business, so are still printing them out at home and cutting them on a paper cutter, well the paper you have gotten from the mr. is the wrong paper, but only have one night to print some before the show so simply must print on them and bite tongue...

but. do i crawl into my hole and shrivel up and cry cry cry & have a sappy jenifer meltdown (like i want to)? no. no. no. not me! i rally, i get back on that pony and continue to print on bad paper with one good eye and sore welts and drink my ginger tea to soothe my belly and decide to move to lovely tropical island soon.

yep, i had that kinda day yesterday.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

jen corace

jen corace, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74.

ooo -- one more thing (the thing i'm so excited about!!!) i bought this jen corace print off of tiny showcase tonight and i'm so very excited! i love love love her work and i always always always miss the tiny showcase print runs - so hoorah! i can't wait to get her!

busy bee

been caught up in getting ready for the noise pop show on saturday! making more necklaces tonight...searching for good bracelet theme pieces. making more vintage button rings too.

anyone else caught up in the darn 'lost' series? we downloaded it from itunes...oi! it keeps pervading my thoughts.

loretta lynn right now on the tunes, walk the line movie later as i search for fabulous imagery through stacks of folders and ripped out images and old books and all sorts of other places.

that's it.

except, i love the city i'm living in here in san francisco and feel so lucky to still be here. ;)

xxx.

Saturday, March 25, 2006

late night? it's early a.m.

it truly is a packaging marathon...slowest girl on the planet. i told you so.

Friday, March 24, 2006

toothpicks in eyelids...

well, not really but. it's late. the mr. is out "wrenchin" (that means working on vw busses) and i'm here packaging up packages. i've decided it's better for me to package up sprout studio orders once a week. it takes me literally *forever* to get my goodies all together. i'm the slowest slow poke packer of them all. you could say it's because i take such time and care with my treats for you (which i do) or that it takes thoughtful, insightful musings to pick just the right free lovely to go into your package (which it does)...or it might all stem back to the 'jenifer takes ages to eat a meal' phenomenon (which...i do.) and if you have ever in your life eaten one meal with me you know...now, this girl lovesssss to eat herself some food...but i just take forever! seriously, it's little bit of a humorous 'ha ha at jenifer at school' now where i teach b/c i'm so slow...anyway...what a tangent. i told you it was late and my eye balls needed propping open.

dare i tell you what i'm listening to right now? it's been a delve into the early 90's kinda night for me; huffamoose (any fans out there? obscure pennsylvania band? sonia?!) and now toad the wet sprocket. (joooo?!) sometime's it's nice to relive those early college/late high school rememberings again.

...& it's raining here in sf again (just like, '...& it rains in lindy's hotdog stand...' (ed?!) sorry, private joke with my virginia wonder peeps!)

one more package to go and then off to bed. perhaps an episode of 'lost' to take me into the la la dream land...

xxx.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

noise pop n' shop show!

so i'm doing the noise pop n shop show here in sf; saturday, april 1st, club six - 60, sixth st. 12-6pm. and ya know what? it's march 23rd and way closer to april than i was thinking - so i'll be busting out the goods this weekend and producing sprout studio treats like crazy! i also got the hugest shipment of glass pieces ever yesterday; i can now make glass piece reclaimed imagery jewelry FOREVER! heh hehee...

and right now at this very moment, the most hilarious scene is happening outside my office door; 3 little kindergartners have cornered the school counselor and are telling her all about their very dramatic problems (ie: "mr. e the assistant is forcing us to sit on the rug during reading time and that's not right" "we didn't get our goodie bags today and everrrrryyyy one else got there's" & it is freaking cracking me up to hear 5 yr. olds scream about their harrowing issues)

anyway...started a new scarf with beautiful ivory woolie alpaca yarn last night. yum. big fat seed stitch scarf. it's gonna be all for me! watched the movie 'me, you & everyone know' - highly recommended.

also, i was in the market for a yoga dvd around the holidays and i bought the seane corne one; she is wonderful. i love that yoga session! so if you're in the market, now you know! if you've got any other recommends for me, let me know.

3 beautiful little lemon triplets awaited me by my computer at school today; my principal left them for me (had formal observation today with 7th grade; 3 lemons = job well done!! hoorah!) -- it also means, spring is coming! and i'm very glad; i'm dying to get out hiking over in the north bay.

okay. that's all for now - i added loads of new interesting crafty type blogs down there in the links, so check them out if you feel so inclined!