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I made a new blog here just for my one•little•m shop related things. It's going to be a sort of sketch book for me to use and to reference for my projects. I think it'll be fun. Help support my creative endeavor by following me there!

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You Have To Love A Good Weird Conversation!

I love those really odd, but very interesting weird conversations that come up every once in a while. Especially at things like holiday parties where you don't expect them... and more especially the weird conversations that come up between people you know, but not really that personally yet where this odd type of conversation just really makes you want to know them and hang out with them more.

The Vineyard staff Christmas party was this past Friday evening. It was held at our pastor Jeff's home where they served a nice sit down dinner for about 16 people or so. Really lovely. After dinner, Terra (the worship pastor's wife), Maureen (another staff member's wife) and I were sitting in the corner having one such really odd conversation, haha! it was great.

Maureen told us about a farm that's near their home, where a story about the fate of 2 horses would unfold. One of them apparently had slipped in mud and broke it's leg. Now I don't know much about horse care, but apparently it's really expensive to have a horse with a broken leg taken care of and kept off the leg because of the sheer mass of the animal. Thus, they had to put the horse down. She proceeded to tell us about what happens to dead horse bodies, ha. You can't just bury them.. it would take forever to dig such a hole. The horse buryer suggested to slice up the animal in order to more easily have it fit into the hole so it's legs wouldn't be sticking out of the ground! ...but the owners wouldn't have that, I mean this was like a beloved pet to them.. so they had to order a backhoe to dig a hole.

The other horse in the story apparently had some sickness and died, and had an autopsy to find the cause of death. Audy (Maureen's husband) happened to be walking around the barn behind their home one day, to find the horse on a table being disassembled! He got upset that his kids might wander back there and be scarred for life. I would be!

So as we were talking and listening to the details of Maureen's story, Josh (Terra's husband) comes up to our conversation and asks, "So what are we ladies talking about? hair? periods? purses?" haha ...

Get this one..

I designed this ad for one of our clients, mygofer.com. I just realized the absurdity that exists here. Do you see it?

"Buy online... and receive a mystery gift card.... when you pick up your order at the store..." Then in the fine print it says "No purchase necessary."

How much of a lie is this?! You ARE buying something to get that mystery gift card. What a lie. Is this what I do? Lie to people? No, I just design people's lies, ha, isn't that terrible? Yes, it is.

one•little•m

I started an online shop for my creative efforts! Check it out at www.onelittlem.etsy.com.

So far I only have 5 items for sale, but I'm very motivated to be constantly thinking about new work. My current focus is on adding more Art Prints, since it seems that would have a wider range of interest, at least amongst the people I know. I'm working very hard on this shop: pricing, new work, setting up, etc.. so I hope you will check it regularly.

I've also started a facebook fan page for one•little•m. If you're a facebooker you might be interested to join so you can see my updates.. although I have considered starting a blog for that too. We'll see!

Merry Christmas From The Meeks!

Now I'm A Wedding Dressmaker

Wow.. a girl from church asked if I could make her wedding dress today. She sent me a picture of a dress she likes, style-wise. It's really cute.. almost makes me really want to do it! I hope she's willing to pay, because that's a ton of time and materials costs (and probably traveling costs too, for decent fabrics *shaking fist at Chattanooga's fabric selection*)..

Yay for me if I get this gig, though. Very interesting portfolio piece.. and we could use the income! I'm actually kind of flattered to have people ask me to generate the most expensive, most lovely dress they ever hope to wear in their life. Wow. Does that make me nervous about such a project? Not really. After all I made my own better than how I had envisioned.

Maybe dressmaking is my rocket science of the creative world....

It Snowed!

It snowed this morning!.. something we see rarely in TN. But man, if it weren't a Saturday, the kids would so be off school (and there isn't even any snow on the streets, ha.)

TN doesn't know what real snow is ;)

See our little Indiana Jones hanging at the top right corner of the window? And our garlics that have decided to sprout.

Note: Living On A Budget

We've been living on a budget for about a month now, and I've realized a somewhat unexpected difference in our lives. Since money is not budgeted for previously "convenient" items like cable, eating out, frozen yogurt, running the heat all the time, and weekly trips to McKay! haha... I personally feel that we now experience a certain quality to things that we missed out on before.

We cook more home made meals and snacks (and are able to because we PLAN for them, what a novel idea!). Not having cable allows us more time to spend on our hobbies, playing games, and having conversations. We spend more time snuggling without the heat blaring. And Jon found a ton of new (old) reading materials after raiding his parents' basement over the holiday. Gosh. We can totally live without those "convenient" money-suckers.

Suckas!

:•)

Little Black.

I finished it! It's also quite comfy. I added satin buttons to the shoulders, and the back V's down a little bit. Now I just need some stockings and a few more layers so I can wear it in this chilly weather. Oh, it also cost me about $15 to make. Beat that retail!