Man, April started off with a bang! Hank and I started our month-long vacation time on April 1st, and it seems as if the puppet master decided to play a little April Fool's on us. You see, all five of us managed to get some sort of cold/virus/sickness during the first week of April. Yep. All five of us.
Uh, huh.
Fever? Check. Nasty lung bashing coughs? Check. Barfing in the car? Check. Barfing in the bed? Check. Cold chills. Check. Double Check. Checkaroo.
Ahem. It's been fun 'round here! Good thing y'all can't catch our colds via your computer, huh?
Anyway, aside from all that phlegmy nonsense above. . . my site has been RELAUNCHED (with ZEN CART)! Woo hoo! Go see! Go see! You can find fun things like these Matchbooklets:
If you're interested in these guys, head on over to The Paper Princess and be sure to use this coupon code: BLOGPAL -- use it and receive 20% off of any order! Yes, ma'am! That's ANY ORDER! Use it for the rest of the month! :) Use it once. Use it twice!
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Anyhoo. . . I've received tons of exciting e-mail about the upcoming CRAP SWAP. I will post those soon (I've been waiting for good lighting to snap pictures. . . but unfortunately SoCal is being fussy, and it's going through an April Showers/Gloom phase. Hopefully that'll clear soon.)
In the meantime, I've been meme'd by Anne and by Heels. Better late than never! So here goes. Are you ready?
1. Five minutes to yourself: how would you spend them, ideally?
Mostly likely I'd be frantically looking at a calendar to see where I'm supposed to be/doing. (FYI -- I've been tragically forgetful lately -- i.e. I forgot about Henry's picture day and I also bought tickets to Cirque Du Soleil for the same night as Alison's Open House (I managed to do both, btw!)).
2. Five bucks to spend right now: how would you spend it? I'd probably buy a fun mag like Domino.
3. Five items in your house you could part with, right now, that you
hadn't thought of already? (In other words, cull the junk, mentally at
least.)
Oh where do I start?! Ha! Old college textbooks, maternity clothes, the infinite amount of Happy Meals toys (under my couch), old clogs that I love wearing (but they're really past their prime), and old cans of paint (I've gone through many pots of "tester" colors).
4. Five items you absolutely, positively could never part with in your house? My ottoman (my parents received it as a wedding gift and they passed it onto me), my box of mementos/letters, my old journals (started when I was in the third grade), my kids' artwork, and of course photos.
5. Five words you love? Shenanigans, fussy, watchmemama (usually one word), love, and mama.
That was fun! Now I tag. . . . hmmmmmm. Yvonne. Blair. Ellia. Kristen. and Kristin.
Oh be sure to visit Kristin's site Sew, Mama, Sew (I just finished working on the new graphics for her site). She has all the latest and greatest fabrics! And oilcloth! Oh my! Oilcloth!
And stay tuned for the CRAP SWAP!!!
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sorry to hear everyone's been sick---that was a cruel "joke"! hope everyone's feeling better now. i love all the new things at paper princess and just placed an order. (thank you for the discount) and the zen cart is FAB!!
xoxox
~v.
Posted by: Vicki | April 10, 2006 at 01:52 PM
what's the crap swap?? sounds like fun to me!! that is, unless it includes actual crap, in which case that is twisted and disturbed, and also pretty funny. ;)
Posted by: Aimee Roo | April 10, 2006 at 03:01 PM
TOO CUTE! you've outdone yourself once again! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new matchbooks!
Posted by: lori (marzipan inc.) | April 10, 2006 at 06:16 PM
So what you're saying is, for the 'crap' swap you are giving someone a 'happy meal' container filled with old cans of paint and clogs. I suppose you'll drive it over in the car you barfed in. Sick bastard.
Posted by: justJENN | April 10, 2006 at 10:38 PM
That virus made its way up here too. I love the new Paper Princess items! Especially the calling cards!
Posted by: anne | April 11, 2006 at 04:01 PM
What a fun new fabric store and I love the banner you made - very you!! Also the Paper Princes is looking great, I'll have to stop by and buy some goodies soon - love the matchbooklets (darn, I quit smoking :P)
Those Happy Meal Toys are going to be collectables one day. So maybe you should leave them right where they are, you might have a nice pension stuffed under there - LOL!!!
Posted by: Yvonne | April 12, 2006 at 02:41 AM
Everything looks just amazing at the PP... :)
I'm looking forward to seeing your swap goodies too!
Posted by: Kathleen | April 12, 2006 at 10:30 AM
Sorry to hear your family was sick. Some of my friends and their kids got the same bug, and I heard it was awful.
Love the bird on the matchbooklet.
Posted by: weigooksaram | April 12, 2006 at 11:30 AM
Oh my heavens! Everything is so splendid. I love the new stuff as much as the old stuff!!! I wish I had a fortune; I'd buy up the whole lot!
Posted by: Amanda | April 12, 2006 at 11:37 AM
thanks for sharing the new sewing link. i've always wanted to try sewing w/ oil cloth.
hope everyone's feeling better now.
Posted by: joyce | April 12, 2006 at 12:10 PM
the site looks wonderful! and those booklets are adorable!
Hope everyone is feeling better!
Posted by: thesoulofhope | April 13, 2006 at 05:52 AM
hi i couldn't find an email on your site to contact you, i hope you don't mind me commenting here with a question ... i want to buy your tags and other paper goods for use in my scrapbooks with my photos ... are they acid-free and archival safe for such use? thank you! :)
Posted by: shorwei | April 14, 2006 at 02:38 AM
OK, I'm on it. Can I say that the current issue of Domino is totally worth that $5, so much good stuff in there.
Posted by: Blair | April 14, 2006 at 05:51 PM
Ooh, I hope your fam is back in great shape and consuming peanut butter by the gallon! I love your paper princess stuff. I'm going to have to do some browsing!
Posted by: Kelli | April 14, 2006 at 08:49 PM
Oh Les...it's just wonderful!! (the shop) And your products are so fetching!! xoxox
Posted by: jes | April 16, 2006 at 05:12 AM
crap swap? sounds hmm... interesting! hope I can join in the fun! :-)
beautiful match "box" too! beautiful!
Posted by: Hanna | April 17, 2006 at 01:32 PM
Such fun answers! And the Paper Princess is looking awesome. You are such a rock star. But, you already knew that!
Posted by: Giao | April 18, 2006 at 05:38 PM
Thank you Leslie! I just received my order of the matchbooklets and the paper lantern note cards! I love everything!! The matchbooklets are such a great idea and I have coveted those paper lantern note cards for a long time!! Thank you for being so quick. Hugs!
Posted by: debbie | April 21, 2006 at 08:49 AM
Oooh, Rubber Sol! Come back. We miss you.
Posted by: Kelli | April 21, 2006 at 02:29 PM