Georgia Update!

* Please note, the Donate button has been removed because it makes me far too uncomfortable. I'm not worried about the anonymous opinions or anything like that, but I don't feel comfortable posting that anymore. I appreciate the folks that asked for the button to begin with, and I appreciate anyone who has supported our ventures in any way. I'll gladly make you anything from my Etsy, but I cannot leave the button up any longer. Mike and I had a huge conversation about this and how it just makes me feel weird. He has urged me to do what I feel comfortable with, and we both believe that was to remove the button and to 100% do something to "earn" any contribution. Thank you for understanding.

I took Ashley's suggestion and made a little earnings thermometer so everyone can know where we stand on Sweet Baby G's surgery. Also, Ashley sent me such a wonderful email and she's made me cry all morning (in a good way!). She is also a graphic designer and she does some dog tags at DogTagArt.com. It's a website which allows local Asheville artists to design dog tags and receive $1 of each dog tag sold. She has offered to donate her earnings to Georgia's surgery until June 12th! How incredible is that?!?! And you just have to see her little tag! It's a shark! So I cried AGAIN! I'm a big emotional mess! CLICK HERE to read her post and pop over and give her blog a follow! It's seriously such a good read (and I've only been following since this morning!)

Even if sharks aren't your thing, she has a HUGE selection of adorable tags she designed herself up for grabs so CLICK HERE to see her DogTagArt page! She even made a little button for G, too! So if you'd like to post this on your page or anything, feel free! (Ashley, I rehosted so it didn't drag down your bandwidth!)

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HUGE Thanks to these wonderful people for blogging about the cause!

• SusannahBean
  
  
• Caitlin from Fourthstpayphone
  
  
• Em at LickMyCupcakes.com

And HUGE thanks also goes out to these people for posting the button on their blog!

• Victoria of Lily loves Lola!
  
  
• Kendra of Kendra Diaries!
  
  
• Rae of TwentyFourZeroOne!

I know I'm missing a lot of people but if you have blogged or tweeted or anything of the sort, please leave a link to your page below and I'd be so so so unbelievably happy to spread the word!

I really wish I could just meet every single one of you and just hug hug hug you until I'm blue in the face! This means so much to me. You have no idea! ♥

xoxo

PS; I've already received one nasty comment in my FormSpring related to this and I'm just here to clear the air: I will not, under any circumstances, post anything breeding drama into my FormSpring... that's not what it's there for. It's there for people to genuinely ask something they may be curious about, but never for someone to be rude, ignorant, or ridiculous. I also refused to post something where someone shared personal financial information that I should have never made available to anyone, and even though it wasn't a rude comment or anything, just a question, I didn't post it because I don't want that out there again. It only brought drama. I no longer have a paying job, and I won't for the next three months because of my internship in NYC. My future is much more important to me than a job bartending. Mike and I have a roof over our heads and we're not in any sort of crazy financial distress, but thanks to FEMA denying me any assistance with the fact we lost everything, an extra $1100 for Georgia's surgery isn't the easiest thing to come by, especially since I have to support myself in NYC... rent, transportation, food, etc and she needs the surgery in the next week or two. I am comfortable with my financial standing for NYC because of what I've saved thus far. I have budgeted out an allotted amount per day and if necessary, money will come out of that to cover Georgia's surgery. Georgia WILL have her surgery NO MATTER WHAT. Even if I never sold the first Etsy item and never posted the button. She will have it because she's in pain from her entropion eyelids. If it means I take a PB&J sandwich to work everyday, I will. Mike and I will make sure she is NOT in pain. We will do what we have to do. I'm not scared about that. And the only reason I've made this such a big deal is because of the overwhelming support I've received from every single one of you. It's amazing! The fact y'all reached out to me and WANTED to help blew me away. Now in response to someone claiming I'm "begging"... that's far from the truth. I'm offering handmade goods and only posted the donate button because more than one person asked for a way to contribute without having to buy anything (which I have since deleted). I am doing nothing wrong. From here on out, regardless of anything said, I will not be allowing any negativity into my FormSpring. You're not going to bring me down simply because you think it's okay to be anonymous and say things. If you want to troll my blog and FormSpring, feel free. If you want to hate me, feel free. But don't get too offended when I don't give a hoot. The reason this whole "donate" thing makes me so uncomfortable is because I feel like no matter what, I'll have people to be accountable to, and I've never had that before. So what I ask is that you go through my Etsy and purchase something, as opposed to donating (I do custom orders, too), because at least I can do something to "work" for it. If you'd rather go the donating route, I appreciate it, believe me, the fact that someone wants to help Georgia is amazing, I won't deny you of that, But I'd rather do something to earn it. Now, that is all I have to say about that. For now. ♥

Between the Rivers, An Historic Home Tour in Rome, Georgia

Between the Rivers:
A couple of weeks ago I shared both interior and exterior pics of a plantation home called, Colonial Heights. Colonial Heights was included in the spring ramble held by The Georgia Trust. Also, that day, the tour included many homes in an historic area of Rome, Georgia called, Between the Rivers. Between the Rivers is a downtown residential area, and it lies between the Etowah, Oostanaula and Coosa rivers, thus the name, Between the Rivers.

I took my camera along to share the exteriors of a few of these beautiful homes, some dating all the way back to 1834. I didn't take any interior shots since they were private homes.



Since it's Pink Saturday, let's start off our tour with a home that's painted pink. I love seeing a flag flying from a beautiful old historic home, especially on this special weekend when we remember those who have served and are now serving.

Notice the porch ceiling is painted haint blue. You can read more about the old Southern superstition of painting porch ceilings haint blue at Squidoo where you'll find an interesting article by Lori Sawaya. Lori's website is, Color Strategies. She'll be happy to assist if you are having trouble choosing paint colors for your home.



I want to live on this street...



~~~Sigh~~~Big Sigh~~~



This home was part of the tour. I'm going to just hush and just let you enjoy your stroll through historic Rome, Georgia...on this gorgeous spring day.















This home was on the tour. The homeowner gave us a personal tour and shared the neatest stories.



Ok, you knew I couldn't keep my mouth shut for long. I just had to share this wonderful old tree dressed in spring green. Sorry about the power lines...they were everywhere. No underground utilities back in the day.



I adore a gas lantern.




And check out the wonderful gate beside the lantern. Want to peek inside?



Wow...great backyard!



Ok, peel yourself away from that beautiful gate and let's keep strolling.







This camellia was absolutely loaded with blooms!









Wow...what a porch!




Do you see the vine growing across the front? These homes were so pretty in person...pics don't do our tour justice.







More pink for Pink Saturday...



Love this Federal style home...this home was on the tour, too.



















This was the last house we actually went into on the tour before we headed to Colonials Heights Plantation for dinner on the lawn. We arrived right at the time the tour was ending, but the owner was sweet and took us inside for a tour. She raised her family here. It was furnished with wonderful antiques and was beautifully decorated...so warm and inviting. It "felt" like a home should feel. I loved it!




Beautiful boxwood hedges lined the walkway.




If you live near Georgia, you've got to go on a Spring or Fall Ramble sometime with The Georgia Trust. Their tours are always wonderful, include many historic homes and the catered dinner is always some place special and memorable. You can read and see pics of Colonial Heights Plantation where we had dinner, HERE.

James, James Young

so today, just now, i was chatting with James Young. he is my best PH rep friend. we work together. although i wish that we could actually work together in the same office, cause him being in the phillippines makes me super sad, but i'll take what i can get.

but anyway, we were chatting today, as we do frequently and he began telling me how he is a complete jokester to his teammates in the phillippines. he told me how one of his friends, mike, opened up an IM to get assistance and asked for someone to 'check the issue'. welllllllll...james, being the smarty pants that he is, put a huge black checkmark on the screen.

we then continued our conversation about how he 'trashes' mike all the time. the conversation is as follows:

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

i always trash him..

haahaha

paislea elyse says (4:14 PM):

do you not like him?

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

hhmm..

paislea elyse says (4:14 PM):

or you just like to joke with him?

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

he's ok..

paislea elyse says (4:14 PM):

ha.

oh.

you like him.

?
rawr!!

jk jk jk jk
sorry

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

I just like to fuck him evrytime he opens an IM

paislea elyse says (4:14 PM):

that was rude.

HAHAAH

oh.

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

haahaha

paislea elyse says (4:14 PM):

wait.

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

sure

paislea elyse says (4:14 PM):

i'm not kidding.

you like to f*** him.

wow!

james.

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

hahaahah

paislea elyse says (4:14 PM):

at work?

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

no not that

hahahaha

come on..

paislea elyse says (4:14 PM):

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:14 PM):

I just like to fuck him evrytime he opens an IM

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:15 PM):

ahhahahah

paislea elyse says (4:15 PM):

you said it.

~ j A m E s ~ says (4:15 PM):

hhmm.

hahahaaha

I guess I did..

but not that fuck..

let me rephrase that..

I just like to mess with him evrytime he opens an IM

better?

paislea elyse says (4:15 PM):
much better.

i just had to share. i loved it. he makes me giggle. ♥ and there is his picture. haha.

Georgia's Surgery & Thursday.

Yesterday was a busy busy day. On so many levels. Mike had the day off but he had to go into work for an hour or two for a meeting... That's a little hard when you live 80 miles away. Well luckily Georgia had a vet appointment so I dropped him off at work while I took her to the doctor. The vet checked up on her and ran test after test after test, trying to figure out why she was losing so much hair on her flanks. (After all the tests and medications, a friend Kelley on Twitter told me that her bully did the same thing and it was from the stress of moving) I'd love to believe it's from stress because it doesn't seem to bother her at all, but I'm not so sure just yet. She was tested for ringworm, mange mites, etc etc etc. At the end of the day, she got two new injections, 2 new medications she has to take every day, a prescription shampoo, and fatty acid supplements to go into her food. Phew! And there was a hefty bill attached to it, as per usual.

I love Georgia more than life itself and this is why I stress to people who want an English Bully to trulyyyy research and make sure they can handle the monetary and medical commitment that they require. I wouldn't trade her for the world. After 2 hours at the vet, I picked up Mike and we ran errands and all that jazz. Then we came home.

Well, on the way home I called to check my FEMA application status... Much to my dismay, FEMA has found me "ineligible for assistance"... WHAT?! You can imagine how upset I got. I started crying immediately. And I didn't stop for well over an hour. Both Mike and I called trying to get answers, but everyone at FEMA was SO rude to us. It's just heartbreaking that I file, go to the inspection, try and provide photos of everything I lost, etc, and I'm somehow ineligible. Yet my roommates received assistance, and I lost SO much more. Anyway, I don't mean to be selfish or anything like that. I just thought that MAYBE I'd be able to get some help from FEMA, but life goes on.

I have to figure out when we can get Georgia to the vet to have her entropion surgery. We're leaving early Friday morning to start our travels to NYC and the soonest they can do her surgery is on Thursday... but we'd have to have her at the vet at 7:30am and that's an hour and a half away... PLUS we'd have to go pick her up that evening... 340 miles of driving the day before I move? I'm not sure we can do it. Plus, we're looking at $1,100 for her surgery. She has to have it though, so she will. We'll make it happen.

I started up my Etsy again and 100% of the earning of that goes directly to Georgia's surgery. Unfortunately, it's just not adding up yet. Obviously haha But I'm confident that all will be fine. Susannah sent me an email the other day and suggested I open up a Donate button from my PayPal to help support Georgia's surgery, for anyone who wanted to donate, but not buy from Etsy. Normally I am very very very wary of this... Mainly because I don't want to ask anyone for anything. I didn't do it in the wake of the flood, and even now I feel out of my element. But she assured me that many other bloggers have done it to support endeavors like Silje competing in the Miss Tattoo USA pageant, etc. I've blogged about things like this in past, including the Help Save Walter post just last month. Both Mike and I donated and felt so good about it. However, I have decided to no longer do the donate button, for it's causing too much commotion and it's leaving me very very VERY uncomfortable.

Georgia says thank you, too. This is her happy face.

Also, I just wanted to take a quick second to say how incredibly grateful I am for every single one of you readers. 100% serious. I need a mushy-gushy moment here! The incredible support I've received from y'all this past month has been the most unbelievable experience. While I feel overlooked via FEMA and such, I feel so blessed to call y'all friends. I've received letters, emails, comments, packages, and the support of my Etsy for the sake of Georgia, and I wish I could meet absolutely every single one of you and hug you all! I find so much solace in talking to my blog readers and getting to know all of y'all. Please, never hesitate to email me or be a penpal. Everything ever sent to me is proudly displayed on my board... even little cards and letters and drawings. If you ever need help supporting a project or special fund, venture, or charity, please share it with me and I'd be happy to share it with my readers. You are all SO special to me. Okay, I think I'm done being ooey-gooey-and-emotional now. ♥

xoxo

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3 Day Weekend!

Happy friday all! i'm sure you're pretty excited for this 3 day weekend! I sure am! i'm going to pack up my suit case and go somewhere fun! i don't know where yet, but i'm going!!!

and i'll take my boyfriend with me. maybe just heading up to salt lake city or down to zions for a good photo shoot is in order. i'm planning on purchasing a new camera for myself. and when that happens, it's going to be non-stop photography on this blog! just the way i like it! :)

the sun is out and i should be too. is anyone doing anything fun for memorial day weekend?? do tell! do share!!

xoxo

Dujour Mag: The Virgin Issue

I really love sharing my designs with all of you here on my blog, and I'm even more tickled when you actually enjoy them. (Who doesn't like compliments, right?!) Over the past few months, I've shared with you work that I managed to do in my Print Design 2 class at O'More... including the upholstered book (all 168 grueling pages!) and the logo and store design for my vegan bakery (which is a long way away!) called Sweet Cheeks. It's old news that I'm known as the "tacky flower lady" by my friends (a title I'm so very fond of!) and I often times load some of my favorite designs up with pastels, feminine touches such as lace and tulle, and floral print galore! Give me whimsical fancy or give me death! I even described my bakery as "Marie Antoinette meets the 1950's"... Well, for me, that is the appeal of Dujour Magazine. Dujour is quite possibly the editorial personification of my design aesthetic.

Dujour is most certainly a publication I'd love to be affiliated with and to design for. Something about that little girl, fairytale whimsy... ah! It just gets me every time!

They're offering up a preview of their latest work, The Virgin Issue. Check out the preview below, powered by Issu!

Now, I dare you to tell me you're not inspired! But really, does anyone else see what I'm talking about? Gah! I just want to print it all out and wallpaper my room with it! Love love love!

Pop by their website by CLICKING HERE. Even the website makes me drool!

xoxo

PS; Shh! Don't tell! I totally swiped the gorgeous background from their blog and it's now decorating my desktop! ;)

Garage Sale - Swap Meet - Flea Market

i don't know about everyone else, but i live for garage sales, swap meets and big fancy flea markets.

from the time i can remember, my grandma loved to sift through people's old junk because one person's trash is another person's treasure. cliche'. i know. but oh so true! my boyfriend and i go to garage sales almost every weekend to see what fun things we can find.

i found these cute pictures online and decided it was time to confess. it's just a fun little quirk that we have. we got the most bad a picture for our office not too long ago. i will have to post it here sometime. but in the mean time, i will tell you about my find.

we were driving looking for any signs of a garage sale, anywhere. we spot a little sign that says there is a group of people selling their 'stuff' at the clubhouse of their apartment complex. so of COURSE, we head for the group sale. the first thing that catches our eye is this HUGE black and white painting of president lincoln. we fell in love. we knew we wanted it but hesitated on asking the price, for it was way too amazing to be anything less than a couple hundred dollars. it was hand painted and about 4feetx4feet.

we broke down and asked the price. the woman who painted this glorious masterpiece was moving out of state and really just needed to get rid of it. she told us she wanted $30.00. THIRTY DOLLARS! We jumped up and took it right away!!! It is absolutely gorgeous.

Like i said, i will post pictures soon. :) but in the mean time, please enjoy the photos below and feel free to comment about your own garage sale finds!!
xoxo ♥

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