tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60253793783456769892024-03-05T23:56:20.109-08:00life's a peach.juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-7966015455507143122010-06-08T17:31:00.001-07:002010-06-08T17:31:55.920-07:00HEY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYumOuIRhyphenhyphenpIR7wDjiY5cuZoSeKg0HkOL1eZYrvRHVpG6QvQeuzjiIutk3-12fQmgGpxh9zF72ZrEXtE8kLU3zcKTf9n94hrvOILcBuyjb0seLHPi3MwIXl2RCtiCJ3akOUrgbP6IA3Ehv/s1600/screenshot.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYumOuIRhyphenhyphenpIR7wDjiY5cuZoSeKg0HkOL1eZYrvRHVpG6QvQeuzjiIutk3-12fQmgGpxh9zF72ZrEXtE8kLU3zcKTf9n94hrvOILcBuyjb0seLHPi3MwIXl2RCtiCJ3akOUrgbP6IA3Ehv/s320/screenshot.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480564972016568978" /></a><br />Get yourself over to my new blog,<a href="http://blog.juliepeach.com"> peach picking</a>! at <a href="http://blog.juliepeach.com">blog.juliepeach.com</a> :)juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-31774740499774561642010-05-04T09:00:00.001-07:002010-05-04T09:03:18.161-07:00hi!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4544424120_4a8ecbe73e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4544424120_4a8ecbe73e.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Hi hi! If you've found this, it's probably because you followed my profile from a comment I've left somewhere. This blog has looong been abandoned, and I am currently in the process of making a more substantial one.<br />In the meantime, you can still visit<br /><a href="http://juliepeach.tumblr.com/">my tumblr</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliepeach/">my flickr</a><br />and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/juliepeach">my etsy shop</a><br />for new works & thoughts. I'll post the link to the big girl blog as soon as it's done!juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-84045119714185972652009-11-11T21:26:00.000-08:002009-11-11T21:29:05.944-08:00two months!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4B22lKVyXwEk8xMm8VC2HQr2WsCfopHf4E_2NVSFYIh-C2ViYSkcf2dki0ygjO0Os5w64zYee-Re2v8ELcf-1w140I8lQvgRX2e_FDvaz3iAZRSm33YUXeoD6T1CNAjqqzrbDItYxMY/s1600-h/DSC04025sm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4B22lKVyXwEk8xMm8VC2HQr2WsCfopHf4E_2NVSFYIh-C2ViYSkcf2dki0ygjO0Os5w64zYee-Re2v8ELcf-1w140I8lQvgRX2e_FDvaz3iAZRSm33YUXeoD6T1CNAjqqzrbDItYxMY/s320/DSC04025sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403084903932612610" /></a><br /><br />good lord, two months not blogging here?<br />truth is, i am maxed out in life. i don't really have a lot of opportunity to make stuff anymore! i've also started blogging at tumblr because it allows me to make short (sometimes thoughtful) posts, rather than feeling super anxious about writing a big ol' post here.<br /><br />so!<br />go check it out at <a href="http://juliepeach.tumblr.com">http://juliepeach.tumblr.com</a> !juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-6606450941358013802009-09-14T21:38:00.000-07:002009-09-14T21:39:45.217-07:00school school school schoolall i want to do is make things. but i do school, school, and more school. and then work. and the brief time i have to myself is usually spent catching up with orders.<br /><br />let's just say i'd pull my hair out, except...juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-83902469785414993122009-07-16T11:01:00.000-07:002009-07-16T11:12:46.187-07:00lovely art links!okay, so this second summer session is BORING. macroeconomics and business law! snoooore. it's totally on the other spectrum of art classes & environmental science classes. i just am ready to move onto my major courses...<br />i'm also having a hard time finding time to make stuff... no surprise there. but i am fortunately making time for good things otherwise-- volunteering at paws has been awesome, i can't wait to go back tomorrow! i'm also transforming my room veeery slowly into a more grown-up (see: not all generic ikea) space. exciting! i'll have picture updates of that soon.<br /><br />i just wanted to post because i have found some VERY inspiring artists this week, and i want to share them with you!<br /><img src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.76606465.jpg" width=400><br />by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5240269">spread the love</a><br /><br />and jon klassen's website, <a href="http://www.burstofbeaden.com/">http://www.burstofbeaden.com/</a> , is really amazing to go through. you can get some of his greeting cards at <a href="http://www.redcapcards.com">red cap cards</a>, i got <a href="http://www.redcapcards.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=490">this guy</a> to frame up!<br /><br /><img src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.73410046.jpg" width=400><br />i also got three cards, including the one above from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6978541">gold teeth's etsy page</a>. really cool silkscreened cards- i'm going to frame them up, too! <br /><br />so you can see what i mean about having a more grown-up room-- framing pictures is a big deal for me, i almost never do it even though it makes everything look so much better. exciting!juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-78268898390580225072009-07-06T20:35:00.001-07:002009-07-06T21:06:18.335-07:00back to school...second half of summer session began today.<br />i always overwork myself, but i don't think i could handle not doing my very best in school. so i will probably be a little MIA for a bit again while i tend to my studies... <br /><br />here are some of the pillowcases i added to the shop last week- lilly seems unimpressed.<br /><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03433.jpg>juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-62370722668799551422009-06-30T18:19:00.001-07:002009-06-30T18:31:30.464-07:00islands in the streamhi guys! i'm on day one of my four day summer. I AM SO HAPPY. i have been making things & watching movies all day (house bunny, what a way to go, steel magnolias, and now 1776 the musical). i've made lots of hand printed fabric yards, and some pillow slip covers that i'll photograph tomorrow when the sun is up. did i mention how happy i am? i really wish i took off the second half off the summer from school... :(<br /><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03416sm.jpg><br /><br />welp, i'm off to finish my movie and read a little more of dolly parton's autobiography. :) i think the video below is such a great example of what an extraordinary performer she is! did you know i love her, like, a lot? <br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lixDK_tMEhE&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lixDK_tMEhE&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object>juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-42788026147388775872009-06-19T06:42:00.000-07:002009-06-19T07:00:14.038-07:00catching up!you know, for as much time i spend holed up in my room doing homework, i sure do have the feeling that i'm always on the go. i think it is just an issue of constantly having obligations and errands to tend to, even when i THINK i have time to myself. but i am getting a little better at sorting out my life and working on those goals i recently posted about... i think i would REALLY be in good shape with everything if it wasn't for dang summer classes. what was i thinking!<br />plus, my sister came through and stayed two days with me the other week, so i gt a little behind on everything. but other than my aunt & uncle, she was the first family member to visit me up here-- i've lived here three years now! <br /><br />anywho- finally made some new stationary sets with that new (well, month old) block! i had so much fun coordinating colors & making fun palettes. i now cannot wait to test the block on fabric!<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03283sm.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03302sm.jpg><br /><br /><br />i also finally tackled my giant box of paper... recycled a bunch, sorted by size/whether it had been printed on, and finally made use of tinier strips. i made a bunch of new gift tags for the shop! really easy & fun. there are tons of styles in the shop already. :)<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03367sm.jpg><br /><br /><br />well! i have to get going. a dear friend from home is coming to stay with me a few days next week (with her boyfriend), so i'm trying to get all of my huuuuuge final papers done as soon as possible. first summer session is officially over monday the 29th! my nantucket travel plans with my lovely auntie fell through, so i'll have that entire week off before starting the second half of classes. looking forward to the time off! does anyone have any good holiday weekend plans for then?juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-1196248636459304922009-06-08T11:17:00.000-07:002009-06-08T11:39:06.926-07:00a new month!oh lord- so there i was thinking i had all the time in the world ahead of me to get busy and post/work. but it never works out like that, does it?? soon after writing my last post i carved a new linocut and... i have no idea what happened thereafter.<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/Photo173.jpg><br /><br />while my summer classes aren't TOTALLY consuming, the laziness that results between the hours of 1pm-5pm is. if i'm not working for philapets, i end up napping, running errands, going to the laundromat, munching, catching up on blogs, and doing puzzles. i guess that isn't so terrible, but i have pages and pages of ideas that i somehow have not gotten far into because i can't seem to find the right chunk of time to work. and that is seriously a shame!<br /><br />but i had a little epiphany this weekend that, okay, i don't feel guilty for catching up on sleep (especially considering i've been going through a new ferretin/iv drip treatment for 2 weeks already)-- but i'm over it. in the coming weeks, i have some really fun summertime goals for myself:<br />-start a new exciting workout regimen! on top of borrowing the roommate's trainer and biking in my room every AM, i am doing a little research about what yoga videos people like. i have heard amazing things about yoga and i feel like it's something i really want to incorporate in my life. any suggestions?? a little speedy inside bike ride, yoga, and my usual 2+ miles of walking 5x a week... sounds so good to me!!<br />-read dolly parton's autobiography! the title "my life and other unfinished business" made me remember to update my blog, believe it or not... ha! i grabbed it on half.com for $5 along with...<br />-jane fonda's autobiography! yes!<br />-stop letting 3 hours of classes in the AM interfere with the productivity of the rest of my day. AKA no naps missy!<br />-rephotograph basically everything in my shop. i'm also seriously considering moving over to foxtrotting.etsy and having a whole new chic style. my current shop just feels so cluttered and i want to start over sorta. eek.<br /><br />that's that. i SWEAR new stuff soon.juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-89167455930809412162009-05-07T11:46:00.001-07:002009-05-07T12:13:33.493-07:00two months later!wow, so i haven't updated since my spring break back in march. that has a LOT to do with the fact that, once school started back up my work load tripled. i was coming right home to sit in front of the computer doing homework about 6-7 hours every day. i usually gave myself off friday nights and saturdays from homework, but was so burned out by the weekend that i just relaxed or spent time with ryan and friends.<br />two months later, i am TOTALLY ENJOYING LIFE. it has been raining here all week, and i haven't once started to pity myself on the soaking walks home. instead i've just... enjoyed it. i've enjoyed the warm rain, i've enjoyed the fact that having short hair means little to no humidity issues, and i've enjoyed the fact that everything seems to be falling into place.<br />i am feeling so dorky and gooey-- this past week was my "study week" and beginning of finals. i am almost done with the semester from hell! a few weeks ago, i had sort of an epiphany that maybe i'm not in the right major (yes, again). i spent some time thinking about what i really wanted, and in a single conversation with my roommate realized just how long i've been saying "well what I <b>really</b> want to do is..." - and now i'm going to do that! i'm switching to marketing, which i feel like is the right thing. i'm realizing now that it doesn't mean i am abandoning animals if i'm not running around in the jungle saving them (though that wouldn't be a bad fate). it's just what i need to do, and i'm exploring outlets to continue to help animals any way i can. but i think it's important to follow a career that feels natural, and makes you happy.<br />the change of major actually didn't make me any more behind! hooray. but to catch up with my 2010 graduation, i am taking summer classes both sessions, which means up at 7 and home at 1, 4 days a week. but i am so looking forward to my new path in life that i can't even complain!<br />i am also happy that: i love my jobs. both of them. how did i get so lucky? they don't even feel like jobs. i love my boyfriend, yeah gag i know but it's true. i love my dopey cat. i love my living situation and this apartment/my roommate/her crazy cat. i love my new major, and feeling confident and excited about school again. i'm just really very happy with everything right now!<br /><br />while i was nuts with school, i put my shop on a little hiatus. now that i'm back, i wanted to come back into the scene bearing gifts. sooo! i was approached by a lovely lady who is having a series of giveaways, and through that you could win one of my tulip block print notebooks!<br />Go to: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/peachgiveaway">http://tinyurl.com/peachgiveaway</a><br />It's also worth checking out the other items up-- as well as her blog itself! That's <a href="http://candacetodd.blogspot.com">candacetodd.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />I hope EVERYONE is as happy and dorky as I am... I'm about to sort through some old school notebooks & cut out doodles that I want to incorporate into new designs. Lilly is in the window, in the warm sun watching the rain. It's weird weather but I love it. :)juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-42298024379850143802009-03-09T07:02:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:52:14.099-07:00hello! gloomy dayoh lordy lord. i had this crazy, crazy long post written on my one-year etsy anniversary/spring break last week, but was waiting to upload some pictures to add to it. then i got totally immersed in art orders, then school started back... so obviously, by now it's gone. i have no idea where it went but here's basically what it said:<br /><br />- i am so happy in the new place. my room is over twice the size of the last place. my roommate is totally perfect/fun/considerate AND shares interests. we had a fun party our first settled weekend, & i hadn't gotten to play host since like 2006? other good things: having people over while i do homework, and remembering how much i love sitting in livingrooms on a couch instead of holed up in my room all day. "craft night"s turned lazy fun girl night... with so many more to come. oh lord i don't even know. it's just a great place! i love my room, my huge closet, my giant bathroom, my helpful landlord (who just shoved his hand down our disposal because we were too scared to), kailey's kitten (who is asleep on my leg). i even love that it means i'm back to walking a minimum of two miles a day again, between getting to the subway, from the subway to classes, and back. this is a good way to start spring!<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03099sm2.jpg><br /><br />- alllthough. i miss blogging, making new things, taking pictures, did i say making new things? i've been so, so busy with this semester and will NEVER take this many classes at one time ever again! unless one is just a wonky easy class at least. i just registered for my summer classes and that's pretty exciting... the idea of 9-12/9-2 days and walking as many doggies as possible! but for now, i've got to stick this out and get through it. i still haven't gotten to use my sticker maker, and any time i have to make things goes to orders.<br /><br />- which brings me to my one year etsy-verssary. :) i am just so thrilled to have gotten on etsy. while i still don't take myself and the things i make too terribly serious, it is incredibly exciting that i hit 130 orders in one year. the day of, i had just mailed out a huge custom invitation order, a wholesale card order, 40 notebooks to one shop, and trying to figure out how i was going to get another 40 to a different shop. i'm just so shocked & happy about how many consignment/wholesale orders i had a chance to do, and a wedding i got to make 125 notebooks for, and however many households are using my napkins at their dinners! i'm just SO very thankful. it allowed me to get by doing etsy & philapets (love my jobs!) instead of having to work at a job i hate again. and it isn't like i wouldn't be making all of these things in the mean time, at least now they are going somewhere!<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03118sm2.jpg><br /><br />i am actually going to end this now. i have lots of really fun things in the works- like maybe a livingroom reorganizing two-girl party with kailey this weekend (ha!), hopefully spending a few months in guatemala/costa rica/SOMEWHERE with a fam next summer learning spanish & volunteering (POTENTIAL DREAM COME TRUE), and a huge purchase to allow me to fulfill one of my dorky art dreams (!!!) <br />so next time, i will cover all of those things and bore everyone to death.juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-69998910524742854612009-02-21T20:17:00.000-08:002009-02-21T20:26:03.159-08:00i'm moving!!in ONE WEEK! i am moving!! i'm so, so excited. i am a little worried about how i am going to make it work, on top of etsy/work/school-- but working a little harder to get packed and moved in the midst of crazy life is totally worth it.<br /><br />i found this GREAT place with a girl named kailey- it's $100 under the budget we were working on, central AC (this NEVER happens in philly), 1200 sq ft, huge livingroom & great bedrooms... and we EACH HAVE OUR OWN FULL BATHROOM. it's insane! she's also great and artsy/crafty and has wonderful kitchen appliances, so our domesticity is going to be in full bloom. the place is a totally great find, and if i hadn't happened to skip 2 classes for the first time at temple last monday, i wouldn't have seen the brief, non-detailed craigslist post with no pictures... it was literally a whim, but i have this goofy belief in fate when it comes to finding places. i couldn't believe how big it was, how cheap, and how nobody had snagged it yet. the week from seeing it, until now, has been incredibly stressful because i *just knew* something had to go wrong, that it was tooooo perfect. but we signed the lease today, and the official move in date is next weekend!<br /><br />more room to work, more windows for lilly, really close to the grocery store (finally)... i am so happy :) i'm actually going to take this boring saturday night at home as an opportunity to get ahead on homework for next week, so i can transition more smoothly!<br /><br />i hope miss lilly doesn't mind yet another move, esp since she's going to have a new boyf/roommate in a week. she is a well-traveled (but very agreeable) cat. i think she's going to love having another girl around, and having an opportunity to snuggle more strangers/guests. ahhhh so you probably won't hear from me, or see anything new, for like two weeks. but i promise new apartment pictures, pictures of lilly staring out her new windows (i'm stocking up on birdseed), and THEN new arty work. :) hope everyone's 2009 is turning out this exciting so far in!juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-89991474493842468972009-02-10T18:27:00.000-08:002009-02-10T18:50:36.335-08:00whoa.good. lord. i cannot believe how nutty i am with school work. i average 7 hours a night of hard work on homework from mon-thu, then take it easy friday and saturday with light reading for school on sunday. i'm also trying to turn sunday into a little more productive than snuggleday with ryan. i managed to complete some orders, as well as design & assemble (much needed) new packaging for my paper goods.<br /><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03082sm.jpg><br /><br />i am also, very excitedly, house/apt hunting with a girl named kailey. i think it is going to be a great new start, especially after we gushed about arts & crafts today. the goal is a little more space to work, a great kitchen, and having our two cats, and not spending much more. so far we have met some criteria, though not all at once. :( ideally, i'll get a callback from a house down the street tomorrow with the news that they are willing to let us have our cats. otherwise we have found a really funky/cute/totally unique place with great, sunny bedrooms and a cute roof deck. it isn't ideal for hosting lots of people at a time, but everything else is a wonderful size and close to the subway. okay, i'm gushing. i have moved 4 times since 2006 and i kind of enjoy the process of it.<br /><br />in case you were wondering:<br />it's all out & starting to re-grow! i'm still almost completely bald in the back, so i wear hats constantly still... but this thick healthy regrowth is so exciting. i think my hair (color, texture) is coming back totally different. <br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/Photo181.jpg><br /><br />other than that, i'm just trying to keep up with any orders that trickle in. i'm talking to a shop in old city about doing consignment there, which for once i'm totally going to follow through (i almost always talk myself out of it, if only because i hate the idea of giving a cut away) because i need to make more of an effort of an income whenever i have the chance.<br /><br />hope everyone is doing lovely! ideally i'll have new things to post in the future... but it might not be for a month, when my spring break starts. eek!juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-61281185889646614252009-01-22T14:44:00.000-08:002009-01-22T19:26:20.669-08:00back to school, yucktis the season for books and short nights of sleep and sore bones from being bent over homework. i opted to take an additional class beyond what i essentially took last semester, forgetting that the math & chem i had then was super easy basic material... so i'm pretty much feeling flustered already. while i love homework, i've been much more beat than usual lately. it doesn't help that i had to go to the doctor today (what else is new!), which resulted in my first missed class of the semester... three days in! i'm hoping this semester will be a lot less, hm, health intensive, so i can keep my work on track. i had a dang b+ stinking up my grades and can hopefully get ALL a's this time around.<br /><br />so basically, if you think of lilly as homework and scuz as me, this is a pretty good metaphor for my week.<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/IMG_4949.jpg><br />(there is a whole series of these, taken by my poor roommate, that i've posted on my flickr)<br /><br />i am hoping to do some silk screening patterns on fabric soon... when i can scope out the time. hope everyone is enjoying the last handful of days of january!juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-50809628344607981012009-01-12T21:29:00.000-08:002009-01-22T19:26:39.593-08:00zzzi so miss my healthy sleep schedule. i am still getting as many productive hours in the day, and normal amounts of sleep at night (a hearty seven!)-- though it has shifted about four hours later. this may be inevitable over any college winter break, but it makes me nutty!<br /><br />speaking of... this has probably been one of the best winter breaks i can remember. a nice (but, whoa, so short) trip home for a week+, the laziest/best week ever with Ryan while he was off for new years/birthday, the most productive week EVER all by myself last week, and then... well... not sure what this week is shaping up to be, outside of preparing for the new semester. i got to see a lot of friends (as well as 3 doctors, and one more next week!). i'm now sitting warm next to lilly, enjoying the golden girls for the first time since my mysteriously free lifetime went away.<br /><br />hope everyone is having a good 2009, and that those of you doing any school shopping will hop over to my etsy to pick up some notebooks to jot your notes/homework in. :)<br />here's some of the new stuff! these are notebooks with hand drawn patterns that were scanned in, then printed on glorious card stock. i added little clay ornaments and a few paintings, too!<br /><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03011sm.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC03023sm.jpg>juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-39666147736283632312009-01-05T14:42:00.000-08:002009-01-22T19:27:03.983-08:00and hellloooo 2009!a new year. love the idea of it, a clean slate and all! 2008 was very serious and very rough- though i did teach myself lots of new crafty things and started up my etsy. i had this vivid memory last night of when i used to sit on my tiny couch in my old tiny apartment, carving linoleum and rubber for the first time. i would be blanketed up, very serious, and watching golden girls. it was a very safe feeling! i love that old apartment, i know i say it all the time, but it had so many good memories and nothing beats living alone. (well, with a cat and a part-time live-in boyfriend)<br /><br />in 2009 i'm hoping to:<br />first and foremost, stop losing hair<br />grow hair and keep it<br />go on one great adventure (hoping to make it to france to visit liz! but i'm poor)<br />maybe get some more space to work, whatever that means<br />take some summer classes and be 100% on track to graduate 2010, since i'm behind from transferring<br />continue with my etsy, and double my sales? :)<br />finally have a real website! i'm talking to my fav illustrator <a href="http://www.san-smith.com">san</a> about doing some stuff for it, and having ryan put the actual site together. the idea is really exciting!<br />meet some more friends, and maybe actually have more than 2 girl friends?<br /><br />sounds ambitious, but there's a whole year ahead of me! when i start to think that 2008 went by fast, i go back and think of the big changes, accomplishments, and decisions i made. it was about time to be over. as i said, new slate. love it. happy new year!<br /><br />here are some more new notebooks in the shop.<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02878sm.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02869sm.jpg>juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-81797570544475297762008-12-31T17:13:00.000-08:002008-12-31T17:16:09.522-08:00goodbye 2008!<img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02902sm.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02912sm.jpg><br /><br />i had a great time at home for the holidays- and hope everyone had a good holiday too. i am really very happy 2008 is over. it felt brief, but got old sooo quickly. i am wishing for good health for me and my loved ones and am going to try to make as many good decisions as i can in 2009. :)juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-27138075337347533152008-12-12T20:46:00.001-08:002009-01-22T19:26:57.827-08:00merry<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliepeach/3103562278/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/3103562278_45acca70ec_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliepeach/3103562278/">xmas 2007 b</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/juliepeach/">juliepeach</a></span></div>this picture from last year cracks me up... lilly's face. one only a cat mother could love. right now she's sleeping across my notebook, keeping me from studying...<br /><br />i miss that apartment, every day. it was SO, just, <i>me</i>. small, but perfect. soooo clean. everything where it needed to be. and i decorated the heck out of it.<br /><br />if all goes as planned, nyc christmas light/window display extravagaza this weekend! then home a week from tomorrow! tis the season, but how did it get here so fast??<br clear="all" />juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-9912004007326399332008-12-10T22:07:00.000-08:002008-12-10T22:41:13.809-08:00the christmas kitten storysoooo, over the weekend i was watching the MST ADORABLE bull terrier named buster. i actually was really scared of this breed for a long time, until him. he looooved me! his owner had never been away from him before, and had me coming 3x a day for walks. eventually he learned to hop up and hug me when i said "up! hug!". i totally spoiled him.<br /><br />ANYWAY, last sunday was probably one of the coldest, windiest days i have ever experienced. it was just-- bitter. the streets were empty, as everyone was trying to stay in as much as possible. after my very last walk, in the pitch dark of 830pm, i was heading toward broad street (big busy main street in philadelphia) when i turned to my right to see a tiny kitten huddled in a recessed store front stoop. he(?) looked sooo cold, as i think the wind chill had it feeling 20 degrees colder (something like 8? it was just miserable). and i just exclaimed, "oh! kitty!" because it upset me so much. and he IMMEDIATELY hopped out and started rubbing on my legs, purring, trying to stand up to get me to pet him. i initially didn't touch him because <br />1. i have gotten attacked by a few strays here that SEEM really nice and purr-y and then just flip <br />2. i didn't want to take anything home to lilly & scuz<br />but he was relentless. i mean, nicest happiest cat ever. and i said, kitty, no no i can't take you home. but i knew he was freezing so i took off my scarf and tried to wrap him/make a bed in the recessed store front... to no avail. he just kept rubbing on me and trying to get me to pet him. i tried to walk in circles to see if he would go anywhere, or if he had a notion of home... and he followed me. i mean, right behind me. purring, meowing, and marching behind me like we were a team. i had nooo idea what to do, because scuz is INCREDIBLY violent and would probably flip out and hurt us/the kitten if i brought him home. plus, again, i wasn't sure if this cat potentially had illness or anything. i was near my friend carolyn's, so i gave her a call to see if she had any food or anything i could bring back. kitty, of course, followed right behind me the block and a half there. i wasn't talking to it or encouraging it, and was in fact getting more and more stressed about the situation.<br />i knew i COULD NOT leave the cat in weather like that, but that i couldn't take him home.<br /><br />so i got to carolyn's, who didn't have anything but some water, and the cat just rubbed all over her & her roommate. he was so happy, and so nice. when a big gust of wind came, he would sit and wrap his tail around himself and shiver. i mean, it was just so sad. i said goodnight to carolyn and tried to figure out what to do.<br /><br />my plan was literally to walk around until someone showed interest, or the cat would run off to wherever he had been living (most cats stake out a territory and get fed by the same people)... but no. he followed me for almost half an hour. i was so desperate i was thinking about knocking on doors and asking people if they wanted to adopt a cat.<br /><br />well. i decided to at least feed him, and walked over to walgreens. he sat and waited, watching me, as i crossed the busy busy street. when i came back out, he was trotting after a woman i had just seen come out of a pizza place. i yelled after her, is that your cat? and she laughed and said no, that he just started following her, too! so i stopped and opened the can... he was totally famished. and i started talking to the woman, and she said she also had two cats and seemed just as torn about the whole thing. she eventually said, i can't leave him, i just can't. my boss has been looking for a cat for his store (lots of places around here keep store cats, often fat and spoiled and happy, to catch mice)... and she decided to take him home and temporarily keep him downstairs, then give him to her boss! i said, well, great! do you want any help? and she laughed and said, no, i think he'll probably just follow me. she picked up the can of food, and sure enough, he trotted after her all the way home.<br /><br />sorry that was so long! it was seriously soooo heartwarming. poor ryan had cooked us dinner and was waiting for me to get back, but i couldn't just leave that cat. some strays are obviously just happy being strays. but this cat wanted a home, and was so so full of love. did i mention he was a little tortie like lilly, and had one half ear? like typical cartoon stray cat. he seemed totally healthy otherwise, and was just so so cute. i came home and hugged lilly SO TIGHT. every animal is a treasure, and i am glad there is one less on the street.<br /><br />whew! i love this season. it was just magical. :)<br /><br />now, a break from words, some of the finished notebooks from my digital patterns. !<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02837sm-2.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02810sm-2.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02800sm-2.jpg><br /><br />alright, back to studying for finals. i cannot believe the semester is over, and that i will be in GA in a week and a half.juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-21767662477151868262008-12-03T17:04:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:15:03.407-08:00taking a breakahhh!! my last full week of classes! next week we have 3 regular days, then two days off as "study days" before a week of finals. i cannot believe the end of the semester is here. i don't think i realized how little would be left after thanksgiving... it's such a blur!<br /><br />i am taking a break from a night of intense cleaning (hour 2, still about 2-3 hours until i'll be satisfied) to watch the lighting of the tree (can't wait to see miley cyrus perform!!) on NBC. I LOVE CHRISTMAS! i really do! i have just about finished my christmas shopping-- most of which was on etsy. i got some really, really amazing gifts for my family. i did do a little regular store shopping, and it just reminded me how much i love gift giving. i sort of pride myself on being super good at listening to what people like/want and being a good gift giver, so it's REALLY fun for me. i especially have fun shopping for ryan, since he is a challenge with him having his birthday 5 days after xmas. last year i prepared stockings for us along his gifts, and i have great ideas for super sweet stocking stuffers this year. ack, i am going to be the best aunt/mom/godmother ever some day!! <br /><br />okay, so it's been a while since i've posted. and a while since i've had time to make anything new, since any craft time lately has been devoted to orders. BUT i have lots of new ideas, and am going to start focusing a little on printing on card stock to make notebooks as well as all of the traditional printmaking techniques i use. here's one of the first ones that will be made! i can't wait to see how it turns out as a notebook:<br /><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/diamondssm.jpg><br /><br />you can also use it as a tiled background for your desktop!<br />oh my goodness i cannot wait to watch tony bennett & miley cyrus perform christmas music!!! i am going to try to get to NYC the weekend after this to see the tree, as one last hurrah before i head to atlanta the weekend after. this weekend, i have a crafty fatty sleepover planned with melissa and jamie... a reunion long, long overdue. i am a happy girl. i stopped taking my prednisone and suddenly i'm back to my old self! i'm going bald faster (ack! ha) but at least i feel physically well again for the first time in months. hope everyone is well!!juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-77684544941032344092008-11-17T13:58:00.001-08:002009-01-22T19:27:59.919-08:00winter shop update!ahh! i can't believe i totally forgot to update this with the new winter/holiday stuff in <a href="http://juliepeach.etsy.com">my etsy shop</a> ! i didn't even <i>do</i> anything this weekend-- in fact, besides some homework and papers it was the laziest weekend i've had in many many months! but yeah, i got this stuff in the shop last week <i>but who cares</i> because it was just so nice to take time to myself to create winter-y fun stuff. i do think that i will include some of 'em in gifts to family this year. <br /><br />i cannot believe that thanksgiving is ten days away-- and going home to visit is only one month & three days away!! i can't wait. i only wish i wasn't going to be TOTALLY BALDY the first time seeing friends/family in over a year and a half :( ! i am sooo excited, and have already started the bulk of my xmas shopping through etsy. i can't post links for obvious reasons, but i have found some GREAT stuff ! and only on etsy could you get someone to ship to "JULIE CHRISTMAS DO NOT OPEN" at your mom's house in georgia. :)<br /><br />anywho! here are some of the things i got to make last week...<br /><br />two block, four color hand-pulled linocut merry cards! these were lots of fun to doodle, but a real pain to carve out !<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02780sm.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02779sm.jpg><br /><br />block printed winter wonderland cloth dinner napkins!<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02735sm.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02723sm.jpg><br /><br />winter wonderland notebooks (few other colors available)<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02724sm.jpg><br /><br />hope everyone is well, and adjusting to our SUPER EARLY SUNDOWNs (it's dark at 5pm here! sad)juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-14179243656114406172008-11-12T20:55:00.000-08:002008-11-12T21:02:35.044-08:00being a creeperi have been CARVING CARVING CARVING all night long (it feels greeeat! i'll show new stuff tomorrow) but wanted to brag about knowing someone so talented... i know a handful of people that i'm really, really proud to even be in their life- one of them is allie w. and she makes the craziest most amazing stuff i've seen. i really wish i got to talk to her more when we were in class together, and i wish our schedules were a little less wacky so i could get to know her now. i don't take many people seriously (esp myself, HELLO i make ugly animal block prints) but all of her work just. makes me stop what i'm doing and wonder where she gets it all from. i wish i could articulate it better, but honestly her work speaks for itself much better than i can. just check out a few:<br /><br /><img src=http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u253/alliehurtsyou4/fibers/IMG_2738.jpg><br /><img src=http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u253/alliehurtsyou4/n56602094_30585832_1168.jpg><br /><img src=http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u253/alliehurtsyou4/fibers/IMG_2675.jpg><br /><br />her blog is <a href="http://fishwithoutbicycles.blogspot.com/">http://fishwithoutbicycles.blogspot.com/</a> -- for much much more. on another note, i hope she and i get to hang out very soon. and that she doesn't mind i just snagged her photobucket images :)juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-58853608060044263022008-11-10T19:35:00.000-08:002008-11-10T19:45:39.862-08:00i just ordered 240 cans of cat food.finally working on some new stuff... putting aside a little homework to allow myself creative pleasures. christmas-y creative pleasures-- i think i've earned it! i'll show you later this week, when i finally finally have a little time to finish up and take pictures.<br /><br />otherwise. just health stuff, work, lots of class, trying to find something to cover up my head. here are some other pictures from boston.<br /><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02681sm.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02679sm.jpg><br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02678sm.jpg><br /><br /><br /><br />how is your mid-november shaping up? i cannot believe how close the holidays are. i am quite ready for another vacation, sigh.juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-21508910616204082482008-11-04T20:12:00.001-08:002008-11-04T20:12:18.361-08:00just saying.i cant wait to tell my grandbabies how their twenty year old grandma sat in her unmade bed, alone, bald, bawling tears of joy because barack obama was elected 44th president.juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025379378345676989.post-58303064259515236912008-11-03T21:15:00.000-08:002008-11-03T21:34:39.800-08:00ready for a long nap!i've been MIA, haven't i? it's been kinda crazy lately. on top of the usual (school, walkin doggies, filling art orders), lots has been going on. of course, i haven't had the time to make anything new-- :( my favorite season is coming up and i have lots of ideas for it ! <br /><br />i had a short (but sweet)! getaway with ryan on the weekend of the 24th. we spent a day in salem, MA and a day (and a half?) in boston. our hotel was in lexington (i am partial to that area, plus it's a little cheaper and closeish to both salem AND boston)... more specifically, it was a totally hip new sheraton resort that was built over the classic sheraton i stayed at 4 years ago! anywho, it was super dreamy and wonderful. warmer than we hoped, but the leaves were changing so it was gorgeous.<br /><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c191/ohgodcollege/DSC02646sm.jpg><br /><br />last weekend was phillies insanity from them winning the world series (as was all of last week, now that i think of it) and halloween and stuff. i actually missed a lot of everything due to classes and poor timing... oh! and saturday morning i participated in my first craft fair thing, though it was SUPER small and SUPER last minute. it was outside of the whole foods at art museum-- the girl organizing it found/contacted me like 36 hours before, so i was running around getting packaging and pricing ready for that. it was like me and 10 other people, and i don't think anyone did terribly amazing- but i got to meet some people from etsy which was really fun! the weather was also super dreamy.<br /><br />soooo that's been that. my weeks have also included the usual doctor's appts for this stupid alopecia areata... i had 45 more shots in the head, came off of my oral steroids, and am continuing my topical steroids. it's all falling out again just as bad when it first started, though. i made ryan run his hand through my hair tonight to see how easy it was, and he got a small handful. it's surreal. i have too little hair to hide my bald spots anymore. i think i am going to literally be 100% bald before it's finished, because i can't get to my doctor in time for a new prescription (work/class/voting tomorrow, i can't miss any more wednesdays for doctor's appts, so hopefully thurs! but it takes a few days)... even if i do get more oral steroids (which made me super nutty) they are only suppressants! there is no cure. so weird. i would say about 35-40% of my head is bald spots, and including the areas that have thinned i have lost 60% of my original hair mass. i went hat shopping but all of the hats for this season are that saggy beanie style for hipster girls with great big hair :( i am at a total loss at this point! i'm too scared to shave it off because i can't predict where will grow back, and it might be really gross to have a buzzed patchy head. yick. i guess it's really petty since my health itself is intact, but it's just been tough on top of some other things.<br /><br />good news is, it's november. christmas is permeating the malls! the radios! tv ads! and i loooove it! i listen to christmas music year-round so this is my prime :)<br />okay well. hope everyone has nice weather for the long lines at voting tomorrow... please don't let a little rain change the course of history! i'm crossing my fingers (not to mention, shaking in my boots) for obama, and a group of us are going to get together to watch the count tomorrow night. i don't want to get political because i know everyone is tired of hearing about it, but i honestly don't know what will happen to this country without him. or more seriously, what will happen to the world and the animals in it.juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517150656044825281noreply@blogger.com1