January in photos

This last week I've been really busy making a growth chart a dear friend asked me to make. More of this later in the week...but I'm super happy with how it turned out! I hope her and her husband are as well.

With that being said...I did not make a bag this week :-( I'm hoping to get 2 made this week but that's not looking good either. I'm sure I'll make up for it in the coming months as I start preparing for the big craft fair I'm doing in June.

And the next two weeks I really want to dedicate to getting the Chiklit's I-Spy quilt made as well as their rag dolls and to get a good chunk of their photobooks done as well. So it's looking like it's going to be quiet in the Etsy shop until after Valentine's Day now.

As for my photo-a-day project. I wasn't that thrilled with my outcome and I missed 2 days. But I have a handful of pictures I'm happy with. Still trying to get the hang of being creative about what pictures to take and actually taking them and then figuring out what pictures I have b/c I'm taking pictures with my iPhone as well as 2 diff. point and shoot cameras so getting all the pics together at the end of the day (or week as I've been trying) has been a bit of a bitch. I really need to pick 1 camera. My phone is easiest since it's pretty much always with me but it's not great quality. Maybe my request for the newest iPhone will help this issue out if DH grants my wish. Although I saw this beauty at Target over the weekend and I think I am in love....

And I'm totally a Cannon girl! I'd give up the new iPhone for this beauty! Perfect for me...I really want(ed) a DSLR camera in the near future but I'm in no hurry to have one b/c I simply just don't have the time to learn to use it to it's full functionality and what is the use of having such a great camera if I'm only going to be able to shoot in auto mode?! Besides the expense of all the fancy lenses. This Nikon 1 makes it all very simple so I wouldn't have to worry to much about doing all the research and learning. And it has some fancy (and cheaper) lenses of it's own. And the size is another perk! So we'll see....it's on my wish list. And actually DH owes it to me for a bet he lost the other night...but I won't hold him to it! I still have some more looking into things to do before I make such a big request.

This months favorites:


















Can't beat ending Jan. with 52 degree weather! Polar opposite of what last January was! Our poor Earth, I just hope she holds up for my Chiklits and their Chiklits and their Chiklits.... You'd think this mild weather would help my running motivation. NOPE! That's for another day...