Sneak Peak at Valentine's Day Cards

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My intention is to post 25 Valentine's Day cards in my shop this weekend. The stitching is all done so I've been working on beading most of the pieces. God, I love beads. Paper, beads and thread are my addictions, in order if I had to choose. Which I don't. :-)

I have planned out the craft shows in which I'd like to participate this year. And in the spirit of the Laws of Attraction, I've already posted them on my Shows page. I've already applied to the new ones or have confirmed I'm on their mailing list for when applications are ready. I'm down to 11 shows, from 15 in 2008 - but 3 are out of town and 5 are big shows. Two are outdoor shows. I was researching a tent online yesterday. I have picked the brains of a bunch of vendor friends who do outdoor shows, to learn from their experience, since the quality/$ of tents can vary wildly. But I think I'll have to just stop overthinking this and buy one.

Last year I decided that I wanted to raise the height of my tables so I ordered some of the bed riser things yesterday. I had been concerned about my tablecloths because Mom very kindly sewed them to custom-fit my tables and if I raise the height of the tables, they'd be too short. Smarty-pants Mom, it turns out, saved the tablecloth fabric we cut off! So we're going to fiddle with it to see if we can make it work. I can always buy new cloths and start over, if need be. (Neither one of us wants to go that route if we don't have to. We combined 2 tablecloths into one so they fit perfectly and it was a bear to do. Times 2 tables.)

I'm happy to report that feeling like myself again has carried through to the day job - I felt like I was more productive yesterday than I have been in a long time. I like to think I'm always productive, I just mean it felt good yesterday.

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