buttons, holidays, xmen

I haven't accomplished much outside of working a LOT of hours at my day job this week so far. Last night Chad and I made lots of buttons and prepped a ton of images to make mirrors and magnets when the supplies come in this week. I have Friday off so I'm hoping to spend some of the day with the gocco and button machine.

I was looking at this forum thread on etsy by meringueshop yesterday and it really got me thinking about the upcoming holiday season. Last year's holiday season on etsy was fantastic but it could have been better if I had been more organized and efficent with keeping my shop stocked with inventory. This thread along with a few other holiday related threads on the etsy forums have given me some good ideas/inspiration on how to get my shop ready for the upcoming months. It's crazy how fast it's come again!

Okay well I'll leave you with this xmen pin set. It makes me happy. I know that it's the obvious choice, but I really love Wolverine. He's superawesome.

self induced sleep deprivation & the ultimate duel

I've been getting back to my bad habit of weird sleep patterns. I haven't slept for more than about 3 hours at a time lately and it's beginning to wear on me. My agenda for tomorrow night is a good night's sleep! Tonight I fell asleep when my kiddos did and woke up around midnight to start working on some things. I ended up making some buttons, listing some items in my shop and getting orders ready to ship. I feel like I accomplish a lot more in the quiet hours of the night. I just wish I didn't have to get up at 6am every morning!

I made another batman vs. superman pin set tonight because I dig them the most and think they would make for the ultimate duel. I really like both of these superheroes so I have no idea who I'd choose to win in an actual duel. When I was in Texas last week I watched Batman Begins with my brother-in-law. It was amazing! I loved Christian Bale in the role and I think he's my favorite Batman yet. And Tom Welling (Smallville) makes a pretty awesome Superman.
















Well, enough about superheroes, I guess I should get some sleep. This weekend I plan to gut my basement and set up a dedicated studio space. I'm super excited and hope I can accomplish lots. I'll take pictures when I've got it all sorted out. I'm very excited to finally have a sort of organized space for space oddities!

geekery? check.

Star Trek? Got it. LOTR? Check! I love giving new life to damaged comics, thrift store sci-fi novels, any bit of awesome geekery I can get my hands on. I've recently added some fun STAR TREK pinback buttons to my etsy shop along with a Lord of the Rings inspired card and matchbox magnet - both made with text from Fellowship of the Ring. Check it out and look for lots of other superheroes and legends hanging out in my store (right HERE!)