Furniture Reporter

New Plushies:

Dewy Apple Plushie

Purblare Plushie

Shishkafruit Plushie

Tangella Plushie

New Books:

101 Calimari Recipes

Gallion Connect the Dots

Nature Inspired Decor

Ogrin Cross Stitch

The Donksaur can now be painted red, pink, fire and black at the Petpet Puddle.

More furniture has been made compatible with Neohomes v2.

A new tiled background has also been released. I used it on Nicodemus’ pet lookup page (must have 1024×768 resolution or higher to see it on the sides).

NOTE: Item names are guessed from the image file name.
They may or may not be the actual names.

Catching up on New Features that I didn’t post earlier.

Welcome to the Magical Gala!

New Cakes:

Chained Vault Cake

Snowbunny Top Hat Cake

Levitating Cake

Suit Cupcakes

New Toys:

Magic Foam Balls

Magic Cards

Vanishing Dubloon

Magic Hanky

New Gifts:

Balls and Cups Magnet

Card Deck Magnet

Magic Wand Magnet

Top Hat Magnet

More furniture has been made compatible with Neohomes v2.

NOTE: Item names are guessed from the image file name.
They may or may not be the actual names.

On a completely different tack, I am pretty much fully furnished for the apartment. I have couch and a bookshelf to pick up at ikea either tomorrow or on Sunday. The bed arrives tomorrow sometime. I have a dresser and a desk and my grandma donated her old breakfast nook table. I can eat, sleep, sit, study, and store stuff. Hmm… to make that sentence better I need a word that begins with “s” to replace eat… ha! snack. Ok. So  I shall snack, sleep, study, and store stuff.
Anyway, alliteration aside. I am heading down early tomorrow to start the process of moving in and I am very excited. Kid on Christmas morning excited. :-D

I was thinking of hosting a ‘Furniture Assembly Party’ with pizza and maybe beer – though that would probably be counterproductive. So pizza and pop then. The desk and all the ikea stuff will have to be assembled and help is always welcome for that sort of frustration.

Wanna see my furniture?

Bookcase

Couch

Desk

Bed

Exciting eh?

I love getting packages in the mail.  Yesterday was an especially great mail day.   I received my package from my pincushion exchange partner Karen. She sent me an adorable Yo Yo pin cushion, a blue fish beaded bookmark and a stickpin to match. She also sent me some fantastic gingher embroidery scissors.  What a great package!

Receiving a gift in the mail can always turn a stressful day into a cheery one.  I’m a little overwhelmed at the moment.  I have another exchange coming up at the end of the month, a pile of sewing to finish, and after devoting time to a garage sale, a very messy house.  Just when it was looking like I may get my head above water, I was asked to help out with a fundraiser for my youngest daughter’s school.

Every year in October they have an auction.  Each classroom creates a work of collaborative work of art to be auctioned off at a sit-down dinner.  They also create a themed basket.  Last year I worked on the basket.  The artwork is more in line with my interests.  I would really enjoy contributing in this way, but the auction is less than a month away and the committee decided to do furniture this year.  I could come up with a piece of furniture on my own in that time frame, involving 34 kids is a bit challenging.

I just received the call last night.  The room mother’s want something that will be a real stand out.  Neither of them have any art experience.  They have a piece of furniture in mind that I haven’t seen yet.  I normally put a lot of pressure on myself to perform.  I do like to be challenged, but I’m working with a lot of unknowns.  I know the quality of work my daughter can do, but not the other kids in her class.  I’ve actually never been able to go to the auction because we don’t have a babysitter.  All those things combined have me a little stressed right now.

I am brainstorming today and pulling out bits and pieces for inspiration.  I’m a visual creator, so when I start designing something, I need all of the pieces around me.  I like to stack them up.  It’s messy.  

I was really hoping to do some cleaning and organizing this weekend.  Sigh! I guess it will have wait

No creative director should be without one…