Are you a Gardener?

Does anyone know what kind of flower this is?  I have a basket of them hanging in the backyard. I love them - they bloom all summer long.  But I haven't the slightest idea what they are!!

Love This Desk

I am totally hooked on a new-to-me blog called
http://creativeorganizing.typepad.com/

I read the first few entries and am now ignoring all new entries as I have gone back to read it all from the beginning!  I think I am caught up to some time in 2008 right now.  :)

One of the books she recommended for getting inspiration for your workspace was Pottery Barn's Workspaces.  I put it on hold at the library and was able to pick it up yesterday.  Although I am a fan of some Pottery Barn things from a distance - it's not a place that typically inspires me.  It probably helps that there is not one in my city. 

Typical for me - I've been jotting down the ideas that inspire me on a post-it....which I have since lost in my house.  LOL  I *think* it's trapped beside the fridge in that clutter hotspot but I haven't ventured over there to check yet.

Blah blah blah.  Anyway - when I saw this page - I got all revved up about it. Excuse the crappy photo but it's from my Blackberry:

Isn't it great? It is a raised glass top on a desk so you can tuck your most used supplies underneath or a scrapbook layout that you don't want disturbed.  I was so excited about it that I left the book open on my co-worker Mrs. Smith's desk so she could see it too.  Mrs Smith is a fellow office supply lover and thus, is totally understanding of my desk organizing worship.  She was acceptably excited as well.

You'd think that my organizational worship would mean that I have a neat desk.  No - then there would be no point in coveting the just out-of-reach perfectness of these desks.  Take a look at my desk right now:

Speaking of which - it's time to attack it....

A New Stamp Set and a Card

When I saw the post on Scrapbookers Paradise Ponderings advertising their Flouishes stamps back in February of 2010 I fell in love with the strawberries and the card that they made.   In May I had the opportunity to go to their store and bought the set for myself.  Finally in July I took the time to make a card with them.  I used a border punch to make the white border and yes, I screwed up on the corners but I don't think it is a big deal to the overall look.

Fingernail Chewing Update

It's been....how long?...since the last chewing update?  I don't remember either.

I have been off the fingernail painting wagon for some time.  Some of the good habits have stayed while others have been sliding.

If I had to walk into a spa now to get a manicure (something that I STILL haven't done before) I could hand over 6 fingernails with full confidence, 3 with some blushing/head ducking and 1 that would be covered in bandages so the staff couldn't see it.

New to this blog?  Click on the Label "Fingernails" to get caught up on my quest to someday stop chewing my nails and someday get my very first manicure.  :)