On a Colorado Note: The Thursday Files on an Early Friday Morning because.. A Sista is Making Body Butter and I$h!

It is 1:24 a.m mountain time and I'm focused.. like a boss.

My Craft Fair is Saturday, and I'm not the girl who likes to have everything ready two weeks ahead of time. I get a sort of thrill out of "crunch time." I'm looking at my cat sprawled out across the rocking chair, my husband is in a deep sleep as the t.v. watches him.. and I'm busy making price tag labels and cracking up at the Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40 that Stewart turned on about two hours ago.







Everything is looking and smelling wonderful. More exciting than the process of your thoughts as they dream up a product, is the process of making and packaging it. My fuel is thoughts of customers excited about their purchase, the opportunity to explain my reason behind creating it.. it's all so rewarding.

So, it's 1:30 a.m.. and I think it's time to call it a night.. even though it's actually morning.

So Anyway, My "Junk Drawer" is A MESS..

Countdown to craft fair has begun.. and I love it!

Earlier today, when I needed to get some of my craft items I use less often than others, I encountered this catastrophe..

MY JUNK DRAWER!

I shook my head and muttered obscenities as I tried to find the items I was looking for. No one's fault but my own. I've cleaned and organized this drawer many times. As a matter of fact, this loose pile of things I need is resting on top of a drawer organizer.. no joke.

Buuuut, I digress.

While conquering the catastrophe I've dubbed as my junk drawer, I found the items I needed to make these darling little holder frames for my sample soaps and lip butters. Spent the afternoon in my nerdy crafter chick zone, and I loved every second of it, all while sipping on my cuppa and forgetting about my junk drawer. Although I've created my website with the modern vibe that defines Marci, Craft Fairs allow me to keep that "farm girl chic" appeal that I introduced the world to originally on my 303 Dolls F+B Etsy site. Yah.. that farm girl chic side.. I keep that undercover, not even sure why a San Diego Girl has that side, but I love it just as much as my modern side!

When I have to do a lot of product making and crafting, I submit to natural nails because hell.. I don't have time for the touch ups, and I cannot stand chippy icky nails.

Now, back to making a little dinner to share with my hunnie bunnie before I dive back into creator mode!! :)

Ciao for now!

On a Colorado Note: The Thursday Files.. Three Weeks Later Because Hey, Sh*t Happens.

You've heard of stay-cation..

there's also a mentally away-cation. No, not really.. I totally just made that shit up.

However, sometimes you just need to close the blinds in your mind for a bit and re-group. That's what I did, and it was SO fab.

That's a picture of my lova boy and I at the park, about to smoke a cigar about ten steps above a stogie.. good stuff.

Did quite a bit of Spring cleaning as well. Our loft looks amazeballs (shout out to my Jake for introducing me to that word) and after months + months of my husband saying if I organized the shelves I'd have more than enough room for my supplies, I finally did it.. ("exhibit A.." above the writing) and it's working out wonderfully. I've been doing quite a bit of mental organization and prep for my Craft Fair at the end of the month. SO looking forward to that!

Alas.. we are finally members of the Denver Botanic Gardens. I signed us up last weekend. I la la LOVE that place. Above you see one of the shots that I took while we were there on Saturday.. I also smuggled in a bit of Moscato. It was so good that I died, came back to life, and went on to polish off most of the bottle myself.

I also created the new logo for 303 Dolls Face+Body, as well as launched the website.. which is pretty bad ass, if I don't mind going ahead and brushing my shoulders off (as Jay-Z would say!) In all seriousness, I'm very proud of it.

http://303-dolls-face-body.myshopify.com/

My husband is doing crazy amazing things, he continues to impress me with each passing day, plus I'm hot for him, so it's all just a beautiful thing. :-)

In closing, I was MIA but I was still on the grind. Just had to step away and.. exhale.

Everything's just lovely dahhhlings.

There's a New Doll in Town.

http://303-dolls-face-body.myshopify.com/