We Want to Know Wednesdays has a new co-host! Alicia aka Queso from It Ain't Easy Being Cheesy. So let's all avoid housework together with a  great Q&A today!


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Hosted by Mamarazzi and Queso

{1} What would you do with an extra $1000 a month?
{2} What category of blogger do you think you best fall under?
{3} What is your go to solution when you are having a bad hair day?
{4} If you were a Crayon, what color would you be?
{5} They say love is in the little things. What is a little thing someone does to show you love?

{1} What would you do with an extra $1000 a month?
Everything. Landscape the new yards, fence in the entire backyard to keep the dogs in, build a deck, build a patio, pay off debts, buy new jeans since NONE of mine fit me anymore and probably never will, take a full-on honeymoon to Italy with my husband, save for Ian's college fund because if he takes after either Gavin or I, he's not going to be getting any sports scholarships or military financial aid.

{2} What category of blogger do you think you best fall under?
Sort of artsy-fartsy? I throw in some foodie posts and weird life experiences now and then, but mostly it's about arts and crafts and sewing, not just mine but others' work as well.

{3} What is your go to solution when you are having a bad hair day?
Ponytail and a headband (because my bangs are long, but not long enough to be grabbed up by a ponytail).

{4} If you were a Crayon, what color would you be?
Dark red. Like rich, jewel-tone blood-red. Brick red. It shows up best on paper, too.


{5} They say love is in the little things. What is a little thing someone does to show you love?
Whenever we're driving somewhere, my husband always reaches over to hold my hand. And he brings me food whenever I say "I'm really craving a hamburger right now." Even if it's 11 p.m., he'll go get me a hamburger without me saying "Go get me a hamburger."
After two loads of laundry and packing up all the foodstuff in the kitchen (leaving us enough food for the rest of the week), I decided to take a break. Just chill out. What better way to chill for awhile than by doing the weekly tangle challenge. This week's guest post was from Carol Bailey Floyd. She had us create a Zentangle environment where fairies would feel at home.




I'm hoping to do another one later tonight while catching up on episodes of Battlestar Galactica, but not sure when I'll be able to post them. Hopefully we'll be in the new house by the end of this week, and we may or may not have internet hooked up yet.

I'm just hoping that we get into the house before Ian arrives. All of his stuff (crib, changing table, clothes, food, diapers) is all set up in the nursery, while all of our junk is still over here! My baby's got a nicer pad than we do at the moment (and less dusty/piled with boxes).

Why is it that moving always kicks up the most dust and fur and dirt? We have hardwoods, and apparently, cat hair and dust just collects in the strangest places you wouldn't think to look, so when you start moving things, all that dust and hair comes poofing out.
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3. Lilithine
Oh, that's me! Unique handmade Tree of Life pendants, slide glass pendants, reversible purses and fine art prints.























4. BeMyBee
Handmade whimsical cards and wearable art. Just look at this adorable owl sculpture!



















5. Samsstuff
An eco friendly gift boutique filled with vintage, handcrafted, individualistic & upcycled jewelry, accessories & clothing.

I've been good at doing the weekly zentangle challenges put forth by the Diva. I have not been good about photographing or uploading or blogging my tangles, though. When you're moving slowly, both to a new house and physically (I move like a turtle and am about as useful as one, too), photos of new art falls by the wayside.

But I was good and photographed this week's challenge, a guest post from Christina Vandervlist. We were to draw our first and last initials, overlapping, and use this as the string for a tangle (or two).
























I also photographed the last two weeks' worth of challenge tangles I did:

Week 29: String Theory Creative Genius
"Find a string around the house. Find a weight that has a hole in it. Tie your string to the weight. Set the weight on your tile and let the string slowly drop down onto your tile."




























Week 28: "Trip to Tripoli"
Using the new tangle, Tripoli, a variation of a grid pattern (and I'm not fond of grids to begin with). This one was wonky and ugly no matter what I did. Straight lines and I just don't get along. These are the best of the ones I could come up with, and I'm still not liking how the tripoli parts turned out.


In honor of the new Harry Potter movie coming out this weekend, I've brought together some of the finest wizards on Etsy to showcase their wares. Enjoy!



Ugh. Wednesdays are becoming a chaotic day for me lately. I'm starting my weekly doctor appointments since I'm only 4-5 weeks away from my due date. I have to do laundry on Wednesdays. We're still in the middle of moving. And it's a googazillion degrees outside right now, so really I don't want to do a darned thing.

So I'm going to take Mamarazzi's advice and avoid the laundry with a Q & A!

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Impulsive Addict, Janette, Mamarazzi and Seriously Shawn  present We Want to Know Wednesday!

{1} Which activities make you lose track of time?
{2} Is there such a thing as perfect?
{3} When do you feel most like yourself?
{4} Describe your life in a 6 word sentence.
{5} Share one of your most beloved childhood memory.


Which activities make you lose track of time?
Facebook, Etsy, catching up on my favorite blogs. Non-computer related things would be drawing and painting, and doing Zentangles. Which reminds me, I need to get started on this week's challenge put forth by the Diva!

Is there such a thing as perfect?
I think perfection is subjective. What's perfect for me might appear silly or stupid to someone else. My perfect studio setup probably confuses others, and my perfect man is a darling geek who dresses up in medieval armor and hits his friends with sticks. Another woman might find my man to be a total weirdo, and think someone like a wife-beater-wearing thug is her perfect man.

So yeah, there's such a thing as perfect for me, or perfect for you, but no real thing as perfection all across the board. Besides, when God separated the Heavens and the Earth, he saw that it was good. "Good." Not "perfect." What arrogance to think there is something beyond what God thinks is "good."


When do you feel most like yourself?
When I'm drawing or painting. Everything feels right, like the order of the Universe is put right again.

I feel least like myself when I have to be around people for any extended period of time. Fish and friends/family -- both start to stink after three days. Trust me on this one.

Describe your life in a 6 word sentence.
Chaos reigns supreme; enjoy the ride.

Share one of your most beloved childhood memory.
Picking out my first kitten when I was five. A little grey tabby girl I named Katy Kat. I think every beloved childhood memory of mine involves a cat. I just realized that I've never been without a cat in my entire life, even from the time I was born.
For this week's Statteam Treasury Challenge!

Here are the wonderful shops I've been promoting all week through the CCH3 thread on the Etsy teams.

1. MaisonMaudie

Maison Maudie offers great vintage treasures from ephemera, advertising, metal work, ceramic, jewelry and fabric. All sorts of kitschy items for your home, office or anywhere you think needs a little pizzaz!



2. Sorks

Sorks has the most beautiful natural wood hairsticks I've ever seen. I love the elmwood and pearwood sticks, and there are some really beautiful stained hairsticks too. She also has some of the cutest little felt flower earings!




3. Customphotopics

Customphotopics offers photo greeting cards for any occasion, as well as boxed sets and giclee prints.



4. Katrina Alana

Based in Singapore, Katrina Alana is a family-run gem that offers custom wax seals, monogram or initial wax seals, sealing wax sticks and beads, invitations and save the dates.

Welcome to We Want to Know Wednesday Q&A hosted by:

Impulsive Addict, Janette, Mamarazzi and
Seriously
Shawn


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{1}Name five of your favorite new blogs that you're reading.
Hrmm... they're not all new, but my five favorites that I check every day (or almost every day) are The Sketchbook Challenge, Green Isle Crafts, The Goddess Guidebook, Simply Me and my favorites on LiveJournal (who I won't name simply out of respect for their privacy).

{2} When you were a young child or teenager, did you have an idea of how many children you wanted and what their names would be? Did you follow through on your ideas?
I really didn't want kids when I was younger, and as I got older, I still wasn't crazy about the idea. Maybe because I'm too much of a kid myself and figured that I am in no way responsible enough to raise a child. My husband, of course, wanted at least two -- and he's getting part of his wish this August. We'll see if I end up warping this poor child by making him watch Doctor Who and Futurama and play with action figures and swords.


{3} "What is the silliest thing you fight with someone about? Could be your spouse, sibling, parents, co-worker etc."
My husband and I bicker over arranging our furniture and landscaping our new yard. It's stupid. He doesn't listen to a thing I say half the time, he just puts crap where he wants it and I have to deal with it. But then I do the same thing with stuff I really want in a particular place.


{4} What is your favorite scent that other's may not find very nice? ie: gasoline, sweat from your sweetie, etc.
The air right before a big storm. There's some sort of electrical charge in the air that I can smell and I like it the same way I do wood smoke and wet forests after a storm.

{5} Thoughts on Plastic Surgery? (had it? want it? regrets?)
Never had it, don't really want it. I wouldn't mind getting this weird little birthmark under my eye lightened because if I don't put a really good concealer over it, people ask me how I got a black eye (it's that shaded and that obvious). But I don't consider that plastic surgery, just skin re-surfacing. I'm not one for getting rid of lines out of fear of aging.
So this morning I went over to Random.org and punched in the numbers for our comments.




And the winner is...
Da-da-da! (Trumpet sound)

Shayla Gainous!

Thank you all for entering this giveaway, and stay tuned for more giveaways including my purses, art and craft supply packs, original prints and so much more!