My Elaine Moment

I took this past weekend off from sewing to finish photographing all my purses and finally get my ETSY shop off the ground. It took me all weekend of puttsing around, rephotographing everything twice, picking fuzz off purses and generally primping them for their big photo shoot. The results are getting better as I learn all the settings on my new camera and different lighting situations. Here is a picture of the behind the scenes action as Eric flitted in and out and under the table as I was working.

Then came the time to write the descriptions of everything and I felt a little stumped. Of course I want them all to sound really good, but I felt a little self conscious about selling them too much. So I started out simply describing them in a very straight forward way, but before I knew it I felt like Elaine from Seinfeld when she was working for the J Peterman catalog! So when you read a purse description and it includes a dusty road down a sun drenched path or a moonlight reflection of "her" eyes. Feel free to smack me. I just got a little carried away.

Blog Post Number Two (Wherein I realize I must think of a title for my posts before I start)

OK, so I now know that blogging is not as easy as it looks: you must actually have something to say. And you need to remember all those grammar and punctuation rules that you have gradually forgotten since Freshman year in college. (Like not to begin a sentence with And).

Since I am suddenly feeling shy about writing here, I will share a picture. This is what my freezer looks like after our first snow day in 2 years. I hope Eric is not planning on saving those snowballs too long, because we are down to one ice cream sandwich and we need to make room!

Blog Post Number One

Dear Anyone who will take the time to read my blog,

I've been toying with the idea of starting a blog for about 3 months now, mainly because I have enjoyed reading blogs for the last year and wanted to get my 2 cents out there. I have only posted a comment once (when I thought I might win some fabric!) so I have been a "lurker" for over a year, just reading and not participating.

My favorite blogs are the ones that seem to have the correct ratio of photos to witty comentary. I will strive to achieve this balance. Now I must figure out how to add a photo to this post!

So in the spirit of being totally random, I share with you a picture of my Mother and Father in Law in the early 1960's. They look so glamorous, I think that sets a good tone.