I have spent (along with my AMAZING helper Leilani) the last two FULL days getting the bulk of the Fairy House kits outta here! (3 trips to the Post Office yesterday alone!) Why does it ALWAYS take about 3 times longer than I think it will?? My time estimation must be skewed by wishful thinking! Most of the kits are out and I plan to have the last few out later today…a few needed to have the address checked and a few more of the internationals need customs forms….I hate doing the customs forms!!!! We have the goal of ALL outstanding kits (with the exception of upcoming kits for the Ink Organizer and the Autumn Fairy House) out the door by weeks end! The Ink Organizers are shipping out the first of next week and the Autumn Fairy House paper should be arriving very soon, according to Bo Bunny. Lani will be starting to pack the Tooth Fairy houses today.

In amongst the packing and pattern writing, I have been working on the Tooth Fairy House. The Tooth Fairy Kits will go up tomorrow at 10 am. I will have a sneak peek here on the blog as soon as I am able. I didn’t want to put it up until I had these other kits shipped. On Friday and Saturday, I am locking myself in the studio to finish up patterns and do videos. Designer, sample maker, admin assistant, writer, mom, shipping coordinator, product buyer, laundry specialist, researcher, bookkeeper, housekeeper, video producer, cook, organizer, wife, dog trainer, packing coordinator, etc, are just some of the hats I wear on a given day….I need a clone!  My new right hand, Leilani, is an organizing whiz. She is determined to have me and my studio organized by the time school starts after Labor Day! (besides being my right hand these days, she works for a local school district) She has been an invaluable help to me …she even does my dishes and loss of laundry when she takes a break! Hmmmm…. maybe I can let the mad scientists perfect the cloning technology for a bit longer!

Once again, my Wednesday class is postponed to the evening due to an appointment (we have to take em when we can get em). We will start at 6:30 pm PDT, 1/2 hour earlier than last week. Since it is a midweek evening, an early start should mean an earlier finish for those who have to go to work the next day. My days usually end well after midnight, but not everyone does that! Let’s hope Ustream cooperates after it took nearly 40 minutes last week to get everything running smoothly! We will continuer to work on the Pick Pocket 2 Mini album page embellishing tonight and on Friday as well.

Gotta go put on  4 or 5 of those hats on before we have to leave for downtown Seattle soon…

Laura