Later Gator

Today is D Day! Today we pack the truck! We have sold just about everything we own. It was a blast! We had 3 days of successful estate/moving and eventually a yardsale. After it was all done and counted we all decided that maybe we should be pros at this stuff. "Professional Yardsalers"

Oh- here is an odd thing. We called Out Of The Closet to pick up the remains of our stuff and when they showed up they were total bitches and just picked though it and took what they thought was nice. They left behind so many valuable items. We even told them that some of the stuff was actually purchased from their stores but they just thought we were lying. So no more Out of the Closet donations from us. I will take my business elsewhere.

In just a little bit I will have to pack up my computer and will not unpack it until sometime around the the 7th (my b-day!) The boat will be hauled out of the water and onto a truck on the 2nd. I can't wait for this to all be over. My stomach is in knots.
Wish us luck on our long haul to Washington state.

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Autumn Magic

Autumn Magic

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Kitties!

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Hi There

Jess Brown dolls

Just taking a few minutes out of our busy messy moving to surf the net a bit. Something I have not done in over a week now. Not that I have not been online. I have! Just posting stuff to sell tho.... In today's down market you gotta push your goods extra hard. It is really amazing what people are telling me too. They are saying that they never bought stuff second hand but now they never go into stores, just yards sales and whatnot. Nothing like a recession/depression to change peoples outlook ey? I have such a great appreciation for my grandparents now! I hope our world doesn't get that rough.

Nic Cave exhibit

Our moving sale was a huge success. It was pure chaos tho. The dealers were at the door at 7. Alot of great people and a lot of horrid people. We had to throw someone out because she was trying to steal from us. Lots of old women trying to confuse us into selling them crap without having to pay but we are slick. We were on to them.

real glass slippers

This week I have sold a few more large items. Today I think I have already sold a dresser and Brian's executive desk. Yay!
I will find a charity today to come pick up the remainder of the stuff that we do not want. I think I will try to plan for them to come Saturday afternoon and then I will try an "impromptu yardsale" to raise a bit more cash.

Beautiful mushroom lamps

Subway map dress

We decided to take our boat with us rather than sell it. Where we are going we will use the hell out of it. We have everything set for October 2nd. We will pull it out of the water and put it on a truck and then we will follow the truck with the "wide load" signs and lights. We only have to follow the truck to the top of California. After that he does not need a lead car so we are going to take out time and explore Oregon a bit.
We just secured a live aboard slip. we do not plan to live on it but we like having that security.

The rocking horse

Taurus pistol with mother of pearl grips and gold accents. Yes I do own guns. It is my right and I am very responsible. Don't hate me.

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The Ancient Art of Chinese Noodle Making

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Our lives are such a disaster right now! I cannot wait for this move to be over so we can start looking forward.


Here are a couple of snapshots of what I am dealing with this week. We are planning a moving sale this weekend. Since we are trying to turn as much of our stuff into cash, we are going to hold it as an estate sale. The way they do when someone dies. We are going to allow everyone to just walk thru and buy whatever they want. So I have been merchandising our home, which is really weird.


The back patio where a lovely set of furniture once sat. Now has been taken over by the contents of our storage unit. Mostly industrial packing supplies and sample boards from out now closed business.
I will be tackling this today so that I can drain Sophie's pool to give to her neighborhood gal pal. We gave her the castle yesterday. I have a feeling it is already trashed. This kid is very different from Sophie. While Sophie is really becoming an awesome little human being. This girl still acts like she is 2 years old half the time. I think her mom is just too passive....

We had a buyer for the truck but the kid just could not get all the money together so that fell through. We also had a trailer on hold for us but that guy could not come up with the dang title. So now we are just building a box on the back of the truck and we are going to use that as our "covered wagon". It should be done and painted by the end of the day. We have a guy dropping off a ramp for us today too. If all goes well we will have it mostly packed by sunset today. Cross your fingers for us.

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Beautiful bike, wrapped in baseball glove leather and it has a flask under the seat. They were thinking of me.
Testube succulents. (I actually have some of these extra large test tubes somewhere....)

Dotty sailboat

Hand sewn canvas envelopes with custom plaid postage stamps.

Bill & Co.

Workplace

“Hidden Design, Hidden Forms” by Franco Clivio

Zoohangers

Veneer bows. (i'm totally making these for Christmas!)

I think I love you by Katie Cupcake

I love this only because we just went to Disneyland on Tuesday.

Seasaw inspirations.

Desire To Inspire

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Free patterns here.

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I have doing my best to sell off everything we own in preparation for the move. We are planning an estate sale next weekend. I have also been dropping prices in my Etsy store so check it out. There are still lots of wonderful items to be found.



And don't forget to check out my book store as well.

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It seems as though Nate Page has found another great way to marry recycled art and OCD. There should be a competition for that. What would it be called?

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I Rack

I spotted this apple rack at Cox & Cox and thought it would be perfect in the pantry once we move to Washington, aka- apple country! I love apples. So I searched a bit to see if I could find one a bit closer to home. No such luck but I did find this hilarious Mad TV Video instead. Perhaps once I move there I will find one at a local country store.

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"A geek's dream existence: Wake up at noon. Wash hair with soda. Wash body with video game controller. Open bag of Cheetos. Play video games. Fight zombies IRL. Sleep. Repeat."
Digital Soaps

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This weekend was Sophie's 4th birthday. (she was actually born on Labor Day!) She has been looking forward to ordering the cake for nearly 6 months now. She chose this Disney princess cake because a) she is obsessed with Disney princesses, and b) she is a techy so she dug the LED lights that go under the dresses. But to her disappointment, the cake only came with one light even tho it has 3 princesses!
When I went in the next day to complain about that and the fact that one of our guest pulled out a 5 inch hair from her cake, Albertsons did not give a shit! So guess what Albertsons? I don't give a shit about you either! Another 14-18 more years of $30.00 birthday cakes and $200.00 a week for food, GONE! I am taking my business elsewhere.

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Making No-Knead Bread

Then go here for organic homemade butter!

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Check out this super sweet tree house wedding shot by Ben Blood Photography.
I just adore the old time style of it all.

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We have a bunch of premade bamboo shelves that were suposed to go into a retail store but never did. We have been trying to sell them and moving them around for the past 8 months. There are 98 of them. Amber finish. Could be resold. Worth $10,000.00 retail. $5,000.00 wholesale but we will let them go for a mere $1,000.00. And will consider delivery if they act soon. Like today! While we still have the truck. We have to get rid of them! If anyone in the L.A. area knows of anyone who could use them please contact me asap- chapinerika at yahoo dot com.

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Etnies SEW ROCK Photo Contest

Taking inspiration from their Fall 2009 lookbook, Etnies.com lets you create your own DIY fashion and craft a style and enter to win a brand new limited edition Project Runway Brother 50 Stitch Computerized Sewing Machine with the Etnies SEW ROCK Photo Contest. © 2009 Highsnobette for Titel Media.

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I sold a Le Grand Tetras canteen on my Yodel Lay he hoo Etsy site 2 weeks ago to a swell guy that, to my request, actually took the time to give me the history of the bottle. We emailed back and forth a few times about how he wanted to give the canteen to his son's friend as a birthday gift.
I was so thrilled yesterday to find this hand written thank you card WITH A FIFTY DOLLAR BILL IN IT, in my mailbox!


The thing that makes me most happy about this is that he is from the area that we are moving to. I am extra happy now knowing that I will be living among kind hearted human beings once again.

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Knotty Little Girl

I spotted these great rope bracelets at Popgloss and thought "I could make those! Plus they would be perfect as a fall accessory in the new boat town that we are moving to. But how do I make such a knot?"
So I Googled knot tying and found this nifty little site called Animated Knots. The site shows you step by step, animated how-to tie hundreds of various knots. I am not sure which one is used in the bracelet. Possibly some sort of braid or a Reef Knot.
BTW- I did just add a whole bunch of craft supplies to my Etsy shop, including a lot set of trims and ropes. It breaks my heart to see it all go but I have got to lighten the load!

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