The Beauty Queen

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jim and i went to hawaii for a family Christmas this year. here i am with my mom in her home. i've been calling her "Beauty Queen" lately so i decided to give her a tiara. she LoVeD it! here we are.. doing the "Beauty Queen wave"

Happy Holidays!

socks
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wishing you a warm and cozy holiday and a blessed new year

getting even

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i guess two can play at this game ; )

i ordered a hat rack from ebay and it came a few days ago. i absolutely LoVe having all my hats out where i can see them.. i love putting them on just for fun. but this is what i get.... i didn't hear Jim coming and got busted! there i am, in my jammas and a hat. he cracked up. you can see the hat rack in the reflection of the mirror

hanging

hanging
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he can't away from me when he's on the step stool..i told him i can't help myself!!! besides, this is all such a milestone, it needs to be documented doncha think?

paparazzi!!

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heheh!

first snow

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what's this...

SNOW?? i know it's just a dusting, but still...

you can call me a weenie.. in fact, i HAvE been called a "California Winter Weather Weenie"--by a friend in Philadelphia.

i admit it. hey, i'm a california girl raised in hawaii, what can i say? when it gets into the zero digits, that's cold. the joke is when it gets 60, californians look for their sweaters. in hawaii, it's 75 ;) i ordered fleece socks today.. then i ordered fleece slippers! i'm already wearing my fleece underwear.. oh well, god knows i don't look good in a bikini anymore.

i guess i should be thankful. there are people being more plummeted than i. stay warm everybody! except for those of you in southern california.. go to the beach for me!

caught again :)

jim
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he hates it when i come sneaking up on him with the camera. i ALWAYS get an "oh no.... teri, will you get out of here with that camera?" SO, how is it that every time i catch him by surprise he looks so cute?? --or is it just me? Jim's busily installing lights all around the studio. he tells me his next move is to paint the walls. my wonderful husband. he's such a perfectionist, does everything REALLy good.. and i DO mean everything. wait.. that didn't sound right... jim excels in everything he undertakes, is that better?

from the other side

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Originally uploaded by teriamartin.

just a shot from another angle of the tearing apart of the flat files ; ) actually, i'm standing in that favorite corner in the "back forty" as jim calls it. my drafting table is in the opposite corner

a friend wrote today, lovingly hating me, if that makes sense. but i keep thinking about how many years it has been that my mantra has been:: "i need a bigger studio" i even specified either three or four rooms, or one big room of the size of three or four. and LooK what i got! i think i got a room the size of five or six…i feel completely blessed

what's my point? believe in your dreams.. the bigger the dream the better. i've forever been a proponent of that philosphy. i guess i'm feeling chatty, or just behind on what i have to share

paper everywhere

paper
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between jobs, i've managed to do some serious organization. i took EVeRy thing out of EveRY drawer of my two flat files. WHaT a job! with that done, it's way TOo CoOL... i couldn't believe some of the stuff i pulled out of those drawers.. everything from total garbage to brilliant ideas (if i do say so myself)

…the progress continues

working girl

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where on earth have i been?? i'm telling you, the pace hasn't stopped since we arrived here about a month ago. every time i've turned around, someone has wanted something from me.

I'm laughing at the scenario of the other night. it was tuesday, i was on a wednesday deadline for rubber stamps and i was cranking away. that afternoon, i had a phone call from my scrapbook art director. .. they needed me to knock out an illustration. .. a "Stop what you're doing, we need this right away" variety.

So, I did.

i went back to working on rubber stamps. i was NOwhere near done and dinner was knocking on the door

that's when my aspiring awesome guitarist son sent an email. he wanted any recent pictures i have of him for his web page. of course he wanted them right away.

jim was standing over my shoulder. in pure exhaustion, i asked if "anybody else needs something from me right away". i looked up at him and said "oh.. yeah.. you.." he was hungry ; )

anyway, i've been wanting to share this new release with you.. my winter/holiday foil collection.. in stores now!!! i am soo happy with the way it turned out

back tomorrow with a studio update....