JFlah's Blunders

Did a lot of these this year... I've got three for sale right now [Winter Birds, Christmas Morning Raggedy Ann, and Ornamental Reindeer] Still have a lot of uncompleted ones in a box if anyone wants to start a new tradition at their house next Christmas. I make them with a reinforced hang tag and often embellish or change a few things so they're not exactly like the kit requires. Super fun, but I think I'm done for a while. Going to focus on writing again. Depending on complexity, these take 15-25 hours to complete, but they're so special, they've been worth the time for family members.

Ok, so I'm on a snowman kick... gotta draw them to get them out of my system sometimes...

The house is nearly recovered from the flood. Between all of the overtime I've been putting in and staying with family, I've not had as much time since August to work on it as I'd have liked, but I've had some help and finally had a break in my schedule where I could spend some time to wash everything up and finish the walls. Everything is looking good. I've sanded the last bit of drywall mud and caulked the molding and finished painting. Now I've got to finish up all the washing/floors/dusting/cleaning/moving back in stuff. There's still a mountain of work, but I'm super thankful that God's given me parents who are willing to and able to help me (and who didn't mind me staying at their house for weeks while I got things sorted). Thank God for great family! And for how He's given me such great church family! FBCZ has loved on me during this and I can't imagine being any where else. They work me hard in the office - there's a st...

Paint and Pj's painting for this year. Haven't decided if I'm going to add text or not. Here's a close up of the cutie snowman. Saw this great article on Muddy Colors . I've come across this trouble so often that I wonder why even I have started to devalue my own work. Now I know that part of the reason that it happens to me with the regularity that it does is because I'm in a "cul-de-sac" design career - and to exasperate the problem, I work full time at a non-profit where the norm is that people volunteer their time/talents. "Photo by JS Choi of he-who-will-not-be-named doing his brilliant thing at Illuxcon. So perfect and hilarious." Picture and quote from Muddy Colors Blog This video perfectly illustrates what it would be like for someone to try to treat other businesses and professionals like many clients try to treat artists and designers. And I highly recommend that you read the whole article at Muddy Co...