Almost abducted by aliens...

Me, reading Sir Walter Scott. Not an uncommon occupation these days - though unfortunately not always in such scenic settings!

 ~Wow, as I sat down to write this I glanced at my blogs last post and realized it has really been four months since I dropped off the face of the blogosphere! Crazy, it seems like an age ago, time flew by so quick I scarcely realized how fast it was passing!

~I wasn't diagnosed with a mysterious illness, whisked off to Timbuktu on the dream undercover writing commission, or even abducted by aliens. Nothing that interesting. But I did start college rather suddenly - and that particular diagnosis does eat up an abnormally large amount of time!

~Though I won't have as much time to post as before, I hope that now I've got past the first hurdle I will be able to keep this blog somewhat updated! The focus may change somewhat, its always been a place for me to post about the things that I find interesting, and the thoughts that inspire me, so that will be the same. But be prepared for more "I wonder why there is a character named 'Starbuck' in Melville's 'Moby Dick', and does it have any connection to the coffee house of the same name?" sorts of thoughts, and less Etsy updates. *sniff. I do love Etsy so, but haven't the time to browse its wonderland-ish pages with as much vigor these days. Lists of "favorites" discovered at two in the morning under the undeniably strong effects of caffeine would be interesting to say the least!

Cheerio for tonight! Hopefully I'll have something more substantial up sooner than later!

Notebook Covers?

...I've been busy organizing my cupboards and filing away old books in preparation for the next year of studies! This year Jay and I are going to be focusing on some college prep stuff, in other words, really really thick books. I am slightly intimidated, to say the least, but I think I will survive. ...Anyhow, on to the interesting part of this post! I like to use pretty things, flowery things, unique things. And I don't like the generic or "part of the crowd" mentality. None of this helps when it comes to picking folders for a new year of school. I could just use plain white binders, but there not pretty. And you will see me stuffed in a closet, tied hand and foot, before you catch me sporting my precious papers in most of the stores other selections today. (Latest musical groups, cutesy lip balm advertisements, and terribly drawn cartoons) Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating. Luckily I didn't have to choose between extremes, this year I designed my own covers and filled in the back and spine with scrapbook paper of my choice. ...What do you think? As you can see, I've been busy. I created all of these on my favorite free design website, Scrapblog. Now all that is left is for me to print them! If anyone has a project like this I would highly recommend they check Scrapblog out - all you need is time! (Which is understandably often scarce.)