Ho Ho Ho

In case you started your Christmas preparations this week, I worked on some Christmas jewelry ideas for you today. Check out this cute button tutu made with glitter tulle. Was I living under a rock not knowing that they made tulle with glitter on it?

The nice people at Blumenthal Lansing asked me to do something with their new Christmas buttons. Christmas in April? That is the way it goes....

They are doing these button sets with three stackable buttons.

And naturally, my favorite, glitter buttons!

Merry Christmas,

Normal Girl

The Maul

I went to the mall this afternoon. If you know me personally, you understand what that means. I would rather clean your oven than go to the mall. Really. And not only did I go to the mall, I went to the big mall.

Things I learned from my trip to the mall:

• go after 2 and get out before 5
• it is a good thing my non-existent teenage daughter is non-existent...we would be having arguments over prom dresses...they are all too tight and too short and too expensive
• our mall has become quite cool with the addition of some cool designer stores: Betsey Johnson, Michael Kors, Lucky Brand
• If you are looking for jewelry in the mall, go to Macy's. They have the best selection, including classic, fun, and trendy. Nordstrom's jewelry counter is for old ladies. Lord and Taylor jewelry counter is for ladies who are already dead.
• Why are teenage girls wearing the Pebbles hairstyle? It is pulled into a ponytail at the very top of the head and looks like a fountain spewing out. All it needs is a bone tied into it.
• Jewelry at the mall is ridiculously expensive, and most of it is plastic. I saw an elastic bracelet with plastic beads for $50. Thanks Ralph Lauren. Maybe I should raise my prices.
• Life is Pink

I did collect some good intel for some projects on my drawing table, so woohoo for the mall and not having to go back,

Normal Girl

Cute or Creepy Part 2

Again I raise the question of cute or creepy. You have to get at least to 1:30 in the video to make a judgement.

I don't know why this seems to be a theme with me this week. It made me cringe and laugh out loud.

What is your vote?

Normal Girl

P.S. What exactly is solid potato salad??

Cute or Creepy?

I ran across these today. They are all purses. And I am taking a vote. Cute or Creepy? You say.




My vote is that the full body ones are kind of cute. Just the heads? A little creepy to me. However you vote, I think you have to admit, her representations of dogs are amazing.

I am getting you the giant chameleon for your birthday,

Normal Girl

Work in Progress

I have been working on this project all day. I like it but there is something missing. What do you think?

Normal Girl

FanFic

Have you ever heard of this? Apparently, people write additional stories to go with their favorite TV shows. They are posted online. There is tons of this stuff!

I guess these TV writer wannabees select a show they are in love with and they write stories using the characters from the show. OK, I spent some time checking this out. There are some decent writers, some really scary writers, and some writers who are trying to write in English even though it isn't their first language...hard to read.

From what I saw, nobody wrote the characters like they are in the show. Which is weird. Because I think that liking the character is what made them write a story about him in the first place.

No kidding, google your fav show like: House fan fiction.... LOST fan fiction...Castle fan fiction.

It is hilarous and weird. Two questions:

1. Have you ever heard of this?

2. Have you written any?

hahahhaaaa

Normal Girl

Kinesthetics R Us

I am writing my final paper of the semester on kinesthetic prayer. What that basically means is that I am a spaz who cannot sit still and concentrate.

There are three basic ways that people learn. You should know this about yourself. It can be very helpful. Some people learn best by listening (auditory). Some people learn best by seeing or reading (visual). And some people learn best by adding some kind of physical movement to the learning process (kinesthetic).

There are scientific reasons that kinesthetic learning works. The activity of the body increases oxygen to the brain and releases neurotransmitters that increase the ability to concentrate and focus. In Normal Girl terms, I have to be moving or touching something in order to concentrate.

This is putting an official label on something I have done all my life. I cannot study without eating. Yeah, isn't that great? I cannot talk on the phone without doing something else like pacing between rooms or doodling. I cannot pray without some kind of kinesthetic activity either. I journal, count the beads on a bracelet, or I walk around the neighborhood.

Hence, my paper. I have read several books on the subject over the years out of necessity, wondering if I had ADD or was just a spaz. Now I know that when we are watching a video in class, it is OK for me to draw while listening. Weird, but it helps me focus.

In case you are also this way and need some tips, let me know, I have several.

Back to writing,

Normal (oh yeah!) Girl