gettin' it together!

this weekend was our 5 year college reunion weekend. we visited some of the old regular hang outs, saw the houses i lived in junior and senior year (man do they look ROUGH!) and saw people i hadn't seen since we left. it was a lot of fun- yet a sharp reminder that we are no longer in college... if you know what i mean.

in design news, i'm gettin' myself together! i thought up the idea (which is not original, i'm almost 100% positive, but hey- i'm still doing it) to write out a listing template. it has the manner in which i would like all my listings to be written (to avoid a discombobulated look to my shop). i have all the sizes i offer already measured out- cm and everything, so i can just copy and paste! i have my tags sorted out so that i know exactly what constants i want listed them... all so i can list efficiently and without bouncing back and forth between the new listing and an item i've already listed.

i've even written out how i want to package my items to ship so i don't forget! i've made up a packing list to include with all my orders- not really a receipt, but just a check list for myself to make sure i've included everything i wanted to include... i haven't decided if that will be packed up with everything, but i think i'll worry about that when i actually get orders. it might be nice for inventory sake to keep it myself so that i can refer back if i ever get behind.

i've also decided to try and streamline the blog a little bit. melissahead did this with her blog and i thought it was a really good idea, so i'm going to try and organize my blog tags into particular categories instead of whatever i remember to type in. i figure that way if someone remembers something i did with my house or a favorites, they can just look there- a TOC if you will.

has anyone been following decor8's mood boards? i subscribed to the RSS feed and i have to admit i've never done a mood board- not once and i really wish i had learned about these in school... ever notice how much you DIDN'T learn while in school that would have been that much more helpful? i think of all the projects that would have benefited from a mood board and it makes me a little sad... but who's to say i can't make them now! i think i might do that with all the magazine articles i've been saving. sort them according to something- i'll figure that out when i actually do it- and make a bunch of mood boards, scan them in and then recycle the originals (so i can declutter my house!)

oh another project- just what i need...