happy halloweenie.

This was a great, fast + exhausting weekend! We went out to the Chattahoochee Nature Center's Halloween Hikes instead of traditional trick-or-treating & it was a big hit. Arts, crafts, star lab, fires, live music, trails lit with "animal encounters", hot chocolate at the lakeside pavilion, live snake [safe, non-venomous + handler..el kiddo still stayed back a few feet]...okay, you get it. Good time had by all.

Also, I got a lot of changes made here on the site + new stuff worked up at the shop. Many more things coming though! But not tonight. This chica is so plopping down on the sofa to catch up on some Psych*.

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Hope you had a great weekend!

♥ -Kat.

*Psych -Netflix instant streaming has become such a guilty pleasure [ooh...+ now, no disc needed with the Wii!]. How sad is it that this is so exciting to me? Anyway. I decided to watch Psych via Netflix &, OMG, I can't stop laughing hysterically. Any proper child of the 80's/ John Hughes fan [yes, like me] would love this. And if you are & still don't like the show, please don't tell me because I prefer to pretend that something is just plain wrong with you!

i want that... kamal coasters.

So this morning I was sipping my coffee & going through my emails. These really cute textile-inspired cards were featured on Frolic. Loved the style, checked them out &--ooh--pretty coasters! 

I can't believe I'm typing this, but these really would make adorable presents for the upcoming holidays*.

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Enjoy!

-Kat.

*Seriously, I know people that are upset that they're only [only, they say!] half-way through their Christmas shopping.

new stuff.

Color box no. 105 royal purple

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♥ -Kat.

new stuff. site updates [forever] in progress.

I'm keeping this short + sweet because my bum is over working on the computer tonight. 

I'm trying to make some updates to the site, but it's never a fast thing. Since I'm a one-woman show conducting this circus, tortoise-slow is okay with me as long as some progress is made.

As I'm able to work on buttons to add, I'll be phasing out the cardinalhouse propaganda everywhere else. You know, the Etsy-mini + craftcult-mini + Twitter sidebar thing + junk. When el kiddo gets older, I'm sure he'll be able to do this in a snap. haha! But until that time...tortoise-slow by moi!

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Enjoy!

♥ -Kat.

is anyone else an impatient perfectionist like me?

WARNING: Mild rant ahead. Turn back now before your household wonders why you keep yelling "Stop your whining!" at the computer.

So I'm suffering from a bout of design-A.D.D. 

I frequently suffer that, so no biggie. But, it's just that I haven't accomplished much this week in the studio besides orders. And, well, yesterday I brought home another 6 fabric books. 

**For those of you just joining the program, go see THIS POST & come back when you're done!**

Back? Ok. We get it, right? Trying to work up the books as I go...yada, yada.

Well, these days I automatically cut away the paper-backed parts from the plain ol' fabric. But, I've been keeping these backed fabric strips. Now that I have quite a few containers of nothing but these babies, I thought it'd be a faboo time to work some up as it should be quick.  [& shh! i know, i know that i haven't finished listing all of the color box necklaces - they're coming, pinky swear]

I want to use these [at the least] as tags for wholesale orders. Everything was going swell. Kraft wrap fused well to the backing + hid all of the writing. The pinked edges turned out great. And it's not that anything went wrong, just requires another tool so that they come out looking right [which ='s another trip to the store].  So, I've decided to wait until tomorrow + whine here. [you know, instead of getting back to listing the necklaces I mentioned earlier...]

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So, I'm not accomplishing anything so well today, that I think it's time for dinner, a drink + a movie! Any recommendations!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

♥ -Kat.

i take it back, i want to be darth vader.

tee hee. 

lilliputian pirate spotting.

Sorry, guys. My brain has shut down for the day + this was the best I could do! It's been a very demanding week at the office. I am beyond thrilled that tomorrow is Friday.

ooh, but I did get the newsletter sign-up put on the site. 

Look to your left. 

See.

that deserves a tah-dah. 

sort of.

okay, the shower is calling my name + then bed. 

good night + enjoy!

-Kat.

what to expect this week.

Okay. Here's what's on the program for this week:

introducing a newsletter. 

i hope that this forgives all that i'm about to list below! for those that don't want to hear my ramblings *sorry*, but perhaps just want the juicy things like sales, new stuff updates, etc. well, there you go. it is my goal to get this up and ready for sign up by mid-week [on the site here + facebook page].

i declare [silly] shenanigans. 

- part one. i spy in my red bag. this is a war that a coworker began. it all stems from this freebie red bag that a rep gave the girls in the office. later, i made a smart a** comment, she followed with another...and silliness ensued the rest of the work day. this will be the result of our repartee.

- part deux. a short comic by alex & kat. this is going to feature el kiddo's two most favorite-st subjects in the world. a spider and hot lava. lol- i'm not kidding. he sees spiders like Haley Joel Osment sees dead people! & he often asks about what to do in a hot lava crisis. so, why the comic? to drive you guys crazy, of course! no, no...just kidding. sort of. creative writing [&, well, writing] is where el kiddo gets lazy. i'll go into detail later this week, but this is my way to get him excited about writing up his own stories.

& before you completely stop following me! i don't plan on publishing these two features as a typical blog post [unless you decide you want me to!]. my intention is to set up buttons on the sidebar for each feature + link to separate pages for them.

***ALSO!! more details about the contest to win a color box collection necklace...those guys will be listed this week too!****

new stuff coming this week at cardinalhouse:

bracelets. starting at $15 each. *gasp*

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hate the ideas? love them? or merely so/so? tell me about it!

♥ -Kat.