It's My Birthday...

so I gave myself permission to take the day off and go shopping! The message inside the card (pictured above) that Matt's parents sent did tell me to "Be bad" after all.
In fact, "Be very bad!".
So I was.
My mom gifted me with some birthday money and told me to spend it on some new clothes.
So I did.
I was badly in need of a new bra and finally found one, aptly called "dream bra" by Maidenform. And with all the summer markdowns, I was also able to score some black capris and a new top both for less than the price of the bra!

And being the cat fanatic that I am, I was treated to some more feline greetings today: a hilarious animated e-card from my sister... it's funnier when animated, but the image captures still give you a sense of what happens...






and a sweet photo via email from a friend



Dinner's on Matt tonight at Red Lobster. Let's hope it's as good as I remember, from years ago.
And of course there'll be some kind of dessert. Yum.

Sweets for my sweet...

My exercise regime has definitely been pushed to the wayside this summer. I had good intentions to stick to a regular cardio routine but have not touched the dvd I ordered and received weeks ago. I blame it on all the opportunities for cake and ice cream during these few months. Plus the hot weather is another excuse to indulge. Matt got his favourite Dufflet cakelet last week for his 37th birthday. In a few days, it will be my turn to celebrate. I think an ice cream cake is calling my name.

I mean, really, it's not like I'll be donning a bikini ever again in this lifetime. As much as I'd like to lie on the beach some days, I rather prefer being indoors tending to my shop. Unfortunately I've been in a creative lull for the past few weeks, so nothing new to show except for these stationery sets from early July.




I redesigned my site again to coincide with my first paid advertising in the second issue of this sweet mag due out tomorrow. It's quite a bit more pared down and my art portfolio is only viewable via flickr right now. May as well take advantage of the ease of it since I just renewed my pro account.

Signing off for the rest of the long weekend now. Happy Long one to my fellow Canadians!

I'm on a Blog-kick!

If I could update my blog for as many days in a row as I've eaten cake, that would be grand! This is the fourth day in a row that I've posted... that would just mean another 8 days to match my cake eating kick. I'm not kidding, yesterday was the first day that Matt and I had not eaten cake since Mother's Day. And our mothers weren't even in the same city as us when we got the first cake! The second cake I'll blame on Matt's mom (I love you, Carol). You can see the remains of it in the photo above. The flowers look pretty but they are not that great to eat. We love you, Dufflet, but work on those flowers, will ya?

As mentioned in yesterday's post, some wip photos for you and a sneak peek of a new design or two for tees.




I may need a nap this afternoon since I was awake before 6 am and up by 7 this morning. Not my usual routine but Matt, my hard-working hubby, had an early shoot this morning. Maybe I'll make some tea.