Not a lot of creativity happening this past week due to some sort of vertigo issue which totally threw me (us) for a loop.  It certainly impedes the creativity process with production, but it didn’t stop my brain from working and designing.  With getting one extra hour last night due to Daylight Savings Time coming to an end, true to form I was up at five, which was now really four.  No sleep for me, my brain was already in the Creation Room working on things.  But coffee must come first along with catching up on all the creativity going on over in a group on Facebook that I’d been invited to join a week ago.

The Artisan Group is well worth wandering over to Facebook to check out.  “Like” their fan page and you’ll get to see all the wonderful and GLORIOUS items this group of talented artists have done.  Many posts direct you to where you can purchase unique gifts.  I plan to do the majority of our Christmas shopping with this group.  SO unique.

So anyway, now that I’m able to walk a straight line and my ears aren’t buzzing like a beehive, it’s time to come clean.  Try to start anew.  Be accountable.

My creative space is a disaster.  Even though I know where everything is in this mess, it could still use some help with see-through bins, totes and open baskets.  At this point, someone could actually get lost in there and not know how to get out!  Thank goodness there is a double bed in there to take the load.  I have a glorious walk-in closet in this room, but the lighting needs to be fixed, so things just get hauled out and not put back – because I can’t SEE!  :)  Where’s the maintenance dude?  Yeah, that guy that rummaged through this area a week ago looking for glue and came out asking if I had enough purse handles stashed away.  (To which I said, “I sure hope so!”)

TygerLily will be happy to accept any and all donations of see-through totes, baskets and lightbulbs you may want to hand over.  LOL

Totally Disgusting - Doesn't it about make you want to scream, "What would your mother think of this??? GET IT CLEANED UP ALREADY!". Yeah, that's what I was thinking, too.

Overflow of things into the family room....... ugh

And Even A Work Area Upstairs (while the chef cooks)

All of it stares me in the face, constantly reminding me there are orders to fill, and wonderful handbags, gifts and sewn items that need to get done.  I never seem to find time to clean or clear off – there’s always something going on.  Which brings up a discussion my husband and his boss had a few weeks ago on a sales trip where they were discussing ‘wives’ and ‘maids’.  His boss has a cleaning lady come twice a month.  My dear heart said that sounded pretty good since his wife (get this) is a designer and there’s yarn and stuff ALL over the house!  He called me a designer!  It was a great boost to know that now Team TygerLily was a reality.  Our August turn around in goals was getting worked on, and hard.  I had more time to clean when we had 3 little ones in the house!  :)  But times change, and obviously so have we.

* On a side note – this weekend marks one year since my husband’s assault.  His attacker has been charged and is now behind bars.  He will be out of jail though years before the medical bills he caused will be paid off.  BUT, he is somewhere where he cannot do this to another innocent person.  In that we are grateful.  One must ALWAYS find the good through the bad.  As someone wise once said, “Will you be bitter, or BETTER?”

Bill will be taking the camera on his outing with his brothers today, so there may not be updates on projects completed.  They are going hunting and he thought that if he proves unsafe for the hunting part because of his vision, he can sure capture some moments with the camera.  Good thinking!

I’ve been a little ‘wordy’ today, but it’s been so long since I’ve written anything longer than just a word or two on a sticky note.  With the Facebook Fan Page for TygerLily giveaway happening, I wanted to give you a little tease of what the prize could be.  We are at 90 fans this morning and feel incredibly blessed by that number coming on already.  So hopefully sometime this month someone could be the owner of this………..

SNEAK PEEK!!! What could it be???

That’s all you’re getting.  :)  The first prize I worked up just wasn’t hitting that home run for me, but this one makes me smile when I look at it.  It’s all about having passion about what you do and create, and this one draws that part out of me – so it will get shared with someone.  Could it be you?  Get over to Facebook and check TygerLily out.  :)

The “Blue Skies” bag is getting renamed to have the word, or a variation of, DAYDREAM in it.  Sounds more appropriate for its cabling.

Enough rambling.  It’s time to have another cup of joe and praise the Lord for another day!