Archive for January, 2008
Busy Bee
I have been busy! Orders from TNNA have shipped and I am now printing the new charts for shipment off to a distributor! I updated the website, although I somehow managed to leave off the two brand new designs from the gallery. I’ve been painting a canvas and started charting a new [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 29th, 2008 tagged design work, stitching | Comment now »
Book Review: Flesh and Spirit
I discovered author Carol Berg about a year and a half ago. Since then, I have voraciously devoured everything she has written. When I found Flesh and Spirit at my local bookstore this past December, I immediately picked it up. Luckily, the sequal to this duet came out in January because when [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 23rd, 2008 tagged book review, design work | Comment now »
The story so far
In the last entry, I showed y’all how the booth was put together. I probably should have mentioned that all of that stuff, plus class kits and clothes got to Long Beach in my two suitcases. The chair was attached to one of my suitcases and I carried it on and put it [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 17th, 2008 tagged TNNA, Uncategorized, travel | Comment now »
Jet Lagged
I am tired and I am blaming it on the jet lag. It is only a two hour difference between Houston and LA, but it is an important two hours. For instance, the two hours is helpful when getting up early on the west coast. Being ready by 8 am really means [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 15th, 2008 tagged TNNA, design work, travel | Comment now »
All done
The show is all packed up and I’m ony way back to “real life”. 50 square feet of booth space converts onto two suitcases weighing just under 100 pounds. The models almost fill up an entire suitcase – it is hard to believe that there are so many. I really have to [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 14th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »
Like the tide
Today is the second day of the show. I have taught my last class for the show, but the hard work of manning the booth remains. Customers seem to come in waves, they ebb and flow like the tide. The in between times are filled with conversations with other designer, most of [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 12th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | Comment now »
The plane is here
Yay! It looks promising for an on time departure to TNNA market. I’m all checked in and ready to go. My bags even made it past the weigh in, which is a close thing when you pack a whole exhibit into two suitcases. Next stop California!
Published by cross eyed kat on January 9th, 2008 tagged design work | Comment now »
The fourteenth day of Christmas
I know I’m running pretty late, but here’s a Christmas recap:
DH and I went to visit my parents, which meant a trip to Baton Rouge. Luckily, there wasn’t too much holiday traffic getting out of H-town. There was a major slowdown for an unknown reason in Lake Charles – one of those slam-on-the-brakes [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 8th, 2008 tagged TNNA, design work, travel | Comment now »
A Day Lost
It is less than a week before the Long Beach show, and I lost a day. It started out good (well as good as a workday can start), but in the afternoon, I had a slight headache. It got worse and worse, but as I had taken some medicine, I hoped it would [...]