Time to celebrate!

My birthday's coming up next week! Yay! Feel free to send me innappropriate cards and lavish gifts.

Watch out for a sale coming at my Etsy shop on Monday.

Growth

My seeds are growing! I'm so excited! Can you tell?
In other gardening news, I bought an apple mint the day I ran into Dave at the garden center, and I've planted it in the same bed as my roses. Mints are supposed to help keep pesky bugs away from your garden. Good to know! I planted it in a pot in the earth to keep it from spreading, as I hear that's what mints like to do. Apple mint leaves also make a good tea, so I'm told. I shall have to try it this summer! I'll keep you folks posted. I also bought sand to mix in with the earth that my aloe vera are planted in. Ever since I split and re-potted it it's been unhappy, and I think it's because the soil was too rich. The soil is now about 50% potting soil, 50% sand. We'll see how they fare.
My advice for you tonight is: plant something edible this weekend! Even a little herb in a pot on your porch. It's rewarding, I promise you.

Save Polaroid!

I was dismayed to hear a few months ago that Polaroid will soon cease making instant film! Quel horreur! I have 3 Polaroid cameras, having given one to a friend, and I think they're the niftiest thing! The one I use most is an old-school black Polaroid Sun600, and everyone's impressed when that beast comes out. I can't imagine a world without Polaroid! If you are interested or concerned, please check out the Save Polaroid website. They have many resources, as well as links to petitions you may sign if you feel so inclined.

Etsy finds to consider:

A cute Save Polaroid pin

A framed Polaroid photo of a man looking at a Polaroid photo

A sweet Polaroid illustration

Etsy update

A quick note for now as it seems to have gotten late tonight without my notice!
I've listed the cute little blossom earrings that were in the last photo of my workspace. Upcoming pieces include a few more "Yes We Can" bracelets, LOLcat earrings and a few glass animal etc earrings. Stay tuned!
In the meanwhile, I think these earrings by CBT's Closet on Etsy are fantastic! I kind of want them, in a random sort of way (me being Canadian and completely not into or up to date with politics...).
That's all for tonight!

PS: I was looking at aphorisms tonight, so I will leave you with this...
"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things."
-Woody Allen

Inspired

I still find Will.i.am's song "Yes We Can" inspiring. He uses Obama's New Hampshire speech and makes a song out of it. Check the video out on YouTube if you haven't yet. It makes me tingly. I'm not one for politics, but it's certainly a well written speech and a sweet ass song. In my humble opinion.

Recognition

I ran into a friend from high school that I haven't seen in about 5 years in the garden center today. His name is Dave. I recognized him instantly, but when we started talking and I was looking at him up close, it was like I didn't know him at all. I've found that before, even with people I know very well. It's like when you say a word too many times and you start to wonder if it's really a word after all, because it just sounds like sounds and syllables. At least that happens to me. Sometimes I have to go look up the word to make sure it exists. I did it yesterday, in fact, with the word "measure."
Maybe I'm just peculiar. Does this happen to you?

Workspace

This is where I am currently making jewelery. It could use a few improvements. Having it at a level that I don't have to hunch over would be a start. As for organization, I got a much-needed new bead case a couple days ago which I happily decorated with stickers the other night (Woo, the girl knows how to party!). I also took a picture of the latest pieces I've made: they're really sweet flower earrings. Unfortunately I'm having trouble taking good pictures of them. As usual. If anyone has any tips on how to take pictures of such things and is feeling generous, please pass them along! I have an Olympus digital camera, and I've tried the macro setting and some different backgrounds, but some beads are still super tricky to photograph! If it's a really sunny day it's sometimes easier when I don't use the flash, but I can't always wait for those days :)

Eat your Greens

Today I potted and planted. I potted a basil plant and a chocolate mint plant which smells divine. Chocolate mint is apparently a good garnish for ice cream and desserts: as if the name "chocolate mint" wasn't reason enough to buy it. I planted some "Parmex" carrots and sunflower seeds in peat pots. The carrots are round and chubby like radishes, or they will be if they grow... I also planted an English Daisy outside, just because they're so cute. They look like buttons.
I love growing things, especially when the plants are useful in some way, like their juice heals cuts or they make a tasty salad. The only problem is that once I get the plant and watch it grow, I hate to cut it. I often don't make much use of them, I just show them off and coo at them.