Blue with White Hearts

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This is the greeting card that's going in the package to the owner of Artizanns.

I was feeling a bit of low level depression yesterday, being the last official day of my week's vacation and all. I never did go out for a smoothie or lunch. Too much trouble. And I knew Steve and I would probably be getting take out for dinner, being Friday and all. Turns out he got out of work early so we took Reggi for a walk and picked up dinner on our way home. Two slices of pizza for me and a bunch of chicken wings for him. I should have put early in quotes because it was early for him & his ridiculously long days but he still put in well over 8 hours.

So I worked the day away in my studio, pretty happy about that. I'm making cards in batches and have been working on centers similar to the one above. I have a dozen or more of the stitched components done and have been stitching the beads onto the cardstock. I use different combinations of colors of cardstock and thread and have kind of been making do with the beads I have - some of which I've literally had since the 60s. (I've said it before, the only area where I'm a pack rat is my craft possessions. And see? They do eventually become useful again.)

All of a sudden I realized I could go to Let's Bead and buy more beads. Just like that. Now. None of this, I could go on my lunch hour tomorrow or this weekend. Now. And so I did.

I bought 10 tubes - it wasn't easy to decide which ones. Except guess what? I can always go back and buy more as I need them. They are only $1.50/tube. What fun!

The only problem is I'm unsure of pricing now. Adding beads is more work and more expense but I don't want to price myself out of customers. But I deserve a fair profit. Have to think on this some more.

Life is good.
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