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| From here. Do you guys fill up imaginary shopping carts on sites like this too and drool over things you really shouldn't spend money on? |
It's another warm day here where I am... woke up at a decent time and got in a an hour of tennis and a nice breakfast out with J before he had to go to work. I set up a desk area for myself (finally) after being inspired by a couple other bloggers here and here. No more writing and working at the coffee table hunched over, or at the kitchen table with all my stuff strewn about. I finally have a dedicated area with all my mail supplies, all my wonderful inbound mail to look at, etc., and a nice open desk space with room to do my thing. And that's exactly what I did today! I opened the window wide up, made myself an iced coffee, put on some music, and started rifling through magazines for good material for some handmade envelopes. Check 'em out:
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| All 8 of 'em together... |
A couple of my favorites from today:
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| From GQ mag... |
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| Also from GQ |
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| Dog food ad from a food magazine... |
It really does make a huge difference to get a nice space set up for yourself to do your work. I am so much more inspired to be creative and do good work at the desk now! I can't wait to fill it up with fun stuff... I'm thinking of hanging favorite postcards, inspirational quotes (anyone have any good ones?), and fun art all over the place. Once it's a little more exciting to look at I'll post some photos for you all to see.
Before I end this post I wanted to prove that I've made some headway on my list of outbound letters that need to be written, haha. I had 10 letters to respond to, all in order, and of course they got out of order, so I just kind of randomly chose who I responded to first... and the winner was...
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| I tried to send a nice pile of goodies for Bianca since she sent me such a wonderful set of stuff in her last letter to me. It's hard to match her level of wonder...ful...ness(?) haha, but I think she'll like what I sent along! :) |
I p-p-promise to get to work on the rest of my incoming pile of letters that need responses ASAP. Until next time!
P.S. - See an envelope you like? Don't hesitate to ask; I have more than I know what to do with so I'd be happy to send your next letter in one or just send you one for you to use however your please. Leave a comment if you're interested! :)
I am so glad your back! I am always filling up imaginary shopping carts then get all sad when I have to put it back. Love your envelopes the dog one is especially cute!
ReplyDeleteFantastic envelopes! Very inspiring : )
ReplyDeleteAww, I feel very lucky to receive another gorgeous bit of mail from you :) It looks amazing! Your envelopes look excellent - I like Mr GQ and the cake, but they're all awesome. How good does a good space to work in feel? I feel so much more inclined to make things in this space. I only wish I could say the same thing for my kitchen - I've been trying to get in there more often but it's such an awkward space (stove on one side by itself, bench space on the other, sink at the other end of the kitchen, tiny pokey little fridge - nothing connected!). Not very inspiring. What does your kitchen look like? :D
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