Yet More Pink and Aqua

Happy Monday to you friends.

I am in such a good mood... been crying a bit here and there

but that is just my silly hormones up to there normal no good.

I am in high spirits perhaps because I am preparing to go on a trip

so this will be my only post this week

I will not be saying where we are going but leave you with a hint

Big Red is Going to See Something Big and Red

in my opinion that is about the easiest puzzle in the world.

Speaking of red... I have dyed my hair again

as you can recall I wasn't that pleased with being a blond

but Strawberry Blond, well that is something completely different.

AND I LOVE IT!

This new photo is from a very special photo-shoot I did with a friend.

I can't wait to show you all the photos... they turned out so well

I have always wanted to take a picture like this one.

I got the idea from the book The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty.

anywho... I am still at odds with myself about what picture

I should use for the Romantic Homes ad? ugggggg.

I have to decide by Tuesday!

So I thought maybe I should make a few more things...

but yet I still fell lost

I wish I could set up a vote of some sort. hmmmm ...

Perhaps if you all don't mind jumping onto my flickr photos a

nd letting me know which you think would present best

mindful of coarse that the image is going to be very small.

This little house turned out quite cute I think

it's a ice cream polar and even the house looks absolutely edible

And oh yes the easter bunny needs a winter vacation spot does he not?

although I am not so sure he looks that happy up there

"why such a grim little look mr. Bunny"?

I love it most when the houses all sit side by side

such a perfect little vision I get in my mind

of what it would be like to live on Lollipop Lane

and have such lovely neighbors all living in their quint little houses.

Well do take care this week

and be keeping your eye out next week

for many fun posts of my recent adventures.

Hugs~

Chelsea Ann

Pink and Aqua

1. Everyday is Prom Dress Day, 2. Pink & Blue Vanilla Cupcakes,

3. Kawaii Handmade Bunka Doll in Pink Japanese Vintage Fabric,

4. Everybodys Flavorite Sight (& Sound!), 5. Vintage baby planter,

6. Decisions, 7. tropical tricolour cake, sliced, 8. lolly makers.,

9. Favorite Things, 10. Vintage Napcoware Snail Planter,

11. Spring Pastels, 12. Girlie Bunny tags, 13. Pastel Sponges

14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

I have so much to share with you,

all these little things just started to come together at the last moment...

I love when that happens.

I'm going to try something new for the first time

and invest a little money into advertising.

Lollishops has some beautiful ads in well known and beautiful magazines

and while I'm not sure if it's money well spent or not

I decided I would sign up for the Romantic Homes Christmas Ad.

The theme was pink and Aqua~

So what to do, what to do?

I didn't get off to a very good start

I thought it would be fun to try something new apart from my typical fuzzy yarn creations

and I was having so much fun working on these

but then I wasn't!

So I scrapped the idea. Now I have no idea what to do with these gals

They are cute but just missing that magic...

So after a few tizzy fits I decided I would make more Lollipop Lane Cottages.

but alas~ all my christmas doo-dads were traditional christmas colors

So one thing led to another and my oober girly side came out

and Hello Kitty's Winter Cottage was born

It's actually not quite finished...

but I had too show it for the Pink and Aqua Post of coarse.

Oh I just love these little cottages...

but I wasn't quite sure it was quite the right thing for the ad

So I thought to myself...

"what do people who love pink and aqua also love?"

well the answer was simple

or at-lease to me anyhow

yumm right... I think the ice cream cones will turn into tree ornaments

but the cupcake i think it just for play

might be too large to hang

so that dilemma led to the next creation...

Cupcake Keepsake Box!

oh I think I struck gold or at-least pretty glittery pink

Well as you can see I have been very busy

and if you visit my photo album you will see

that I just keep adding to my digital scrapbook

here are just two...

Is'nt just too cute that Jimmy and I have such similar childhood pictures.

Enjoy your weekend sweets!

Hugs~

Chelsea Ann

P.S. these items wont be going into the shop until probably October but if you want to snatch them up quick or have something special made... just drop me a note.

Tick Tock

Dear friends,

I would like to thank you for your sweet kind words regarding my last post

unfortunately my mood as not much improved

I mean not to sound too negative

for part of me is quite happy

but there has been a little munchkin of sorts sitting at my ear

confusing me and asking me to question so much of myself

He blurts out such silly and yet such honest things

Do you ever feel this way?

Like you have this inner self telling you exactly what you do not want to hear

or perhaps what you should be telling yourself

but you've been too scared or embarrassed or ignorant

and so you have been covering up his little mouth

trying your best to stifle his helpless mutters?

Why do I ask... I know you have these feelings

we share them with each other so often

it always is such a release to send out my thoughts to you

It helps me sort out my feelings

I should like to share more about what has been bothering me later

but for now I should like to think on them a bit more

Patience

that is my word to myself this evening.

Let things go, enjoy the present

and don't be so hard on yourself

Well onto the lighter side of life...

I seem to be in a bit of a creative slump

not that I don't have ideas

oh no last week I was working on 5-6 different creative projects

but each one seems to fall short

one after another gets swept to the side

I need to learn to narrow my focus

say NO to one project or another

let opportunities pass me by if I have some doubt

I need to give myself a break

when was the last time you were bored?

I can't recall, I am always in an anxious mood...

good gracious! Did not I say I would talk of happy things?

One of my projects has been working on a new illustration set based on Peter Pan

For one reason or another I have struggled with this set of drawings

I sketch and re-sketch

then I color and throw away and start over again

but in away I think this is all good

I finally have a few sketches I am happy with

and the coloring is starting to come along

I have not given up! I am determined to finish it through

and sometimes that is just how things go

sometimes everything comes together so easily

and sometimes it is a battle the whole way through

the idea is to not let it eat at you

which now it sounds like I am giving myself advise concerning my current moods?

You know, the thing is...

it really is all about your attitude isn't it

It's about the way we precieve the world and ourselves

it's about working past frustrations and our own personal shortcomings

I have so many faults

and I can be so negative and anxious and feel so lost

so much more than I would like to even admit

but you know, it's okay

it's okay as long as we try our best everyday to live a better a life

to pick ourselves up, slap ourselves on the bottom

and say "you know what, today you were a royal pain in the bottom"

moods are moods

we (I) must work through them and see the lighter side of life

and enjoy every single moment

Life really is too short

I shall be a grump no more...

at-least for tonight

Thank you for letting me send these silly rants out into your worlds

as you can see, where I start and where I end up are such different places

I hope you too find blogging to be a safe a healing place amongst your dearest friends

Most recent scrapbook page

How happy I was that day... I shall think of that tonight!

I wish you all a happy week with NO mood swings

Hugs~ Chelsea Ann

Pickle Juice in my Cereal (yeah it was that kind of day)

I had a very BAD day...

but I found Rice

(I'm not referring to the sticky stuff that gives me heartburn)

and now I feel a bit better

and so I thought if beautiful images

and amazing, wonderful products...

you just wish with all your heart you could have

even if it meant breaking your bank account or your arm

make me feel a bit better on a day like today

that you just might like to see them too

plus I was told sharing makes for a joyful heart

so enjoy~

Just Kidding Around

Why is it that I am in a mad rush to send out a post

when I'm feeling the pressure of the clock tick tick ticking faster and faster

that blogger or my computer or picnik

or one of numerous issues starts having a bit of fun with me

Today Blogger will just not behave and is refusing to let me rearrange my pictures.

It has also not been letting me add or rearrange icons on my side bars either

very aggravating

but as I type as fast as my little uneducated fingers can possibly manage

lets be happy

Mondays are always crazy no matter how I try to prepare

half of it must just be the bit of gloom that sits straight up with you the instance you wake

just knowing it's another work day.

So good grief... what time I'm wasting!

So much to share in such a short time

How do you like my guess room/future nursery/Chelsea Ann's Play room?

Yes I have transformed it once again.

I am just so tickled with how the painted stripes turned out

and I finally talked hubby into installing my toy shelf

if only all the toys fit! LOL

I just love this room

I have no idea where we will ever fit a baby in here

even if we do clear the room of everything except the bed

But for the time being it is very lovely to see all my toys in the same space

But BEWARE my sweet darling toys!

Miller is always looking for his next victim

I've been trying very hard to avoid the Flea Market

But yesterday I just could not help myself

and boy am I glad I did!

Look at my lute!!!!

I only wish I had a friend with me to share in my excitement

my husband just roles his eyes

so I took a picture because I knew all of you would understand

I must say I just can't seem to get away from my computer these days

No matter how hard I try I naturally gravitate to its embrace

Lately it hasn't been so much about being on-line as it has been rummaging through

the archives of our scanned photos

especially those of my hubbies

I just adore working with Shop 66 cute a furry and sometimes very odd characters

I just realized I had even a page or two more to show you but they will have to wait

oh why must the clock keep ticking?

ad on that thought, why is it when I'm at work it ticks so slow?

My little sis is coming into town today!!!!

Although I feel so bad because it is for a dentist appointment of the very worse sort!

But it will be so fun visiting with her ~ as you can see she has quite a personallity

One last thing,

I'm looking for a bit of encouragement here...

Your's truly is teaching herself how to use Illustrator

a very nit picky and complex graphic design program

I really really want to start making digital scrap-booking products of my own

this is what I was able to produce last week

I can't wait until my Illustrator for Dummies book comes in from the Library.

Well I really best be off

sorry no spell checking or sentence correcting... there is just no more time

Best t you all this week!

Hugs~

Chelsea Ann

Pink Thumb

1. Pink Fairy Cottage, 2. Untitled, 3. summer spikes, 4. Untitled, 5. Colors of Spring have arrived!, 6. Fairy Garden, 7. Queenie's Fairy Tale Garden, 8. Happiness way, 9. 13444 : Sakura2009 #24 -Sakura Shooting-, 10. 257/365 Sh*# kickers, 11. Pink, 12. Pink garden, 13. Picket Fence Roses14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

My little head is just stuffed full with all kinds of things I want to share

Creativity is fluttering from my heart right down to my fingertips

this is wonderful... but it does account for my lack of time for you

So many blog posts unvisited and e-mails waiting for applies

but I know you gals wont hold it against me

for every burst of artistic energy

there seems to follow with a drought

mine seem to come with the rain

and with living in the very green state of Oregon

it rains a lot!

So while the sun still hangs in the sky

I'm going to indulge

I'm a home body myself

I don't visit even my backyard that often

although that could be because it's really really gross and unloved

I hate working in the yard!

It's a terrible shame because greenery and flowers are so therapeutic an charming

but my thumb is pink not green

although I will say I don't mind pushing a lawn mower

A friend gave me this idea to cover a Styrofoam ball with ice-cream cone

I'm not honestly sure if ice-cream cones are even good for little birdies

I know I like them!

After 2 boxes however I ran out

so I opened my cupboard to see what I might use

and was quite tickled to find a bag of peanuts from Christmas

so I turned my star into a sunflower

and I think that was just a very happy accident indeed

I also thought I would share a picture from an article from Oregon Live

I've been lucky enough to visit this beautiful space a time or two

it's the product of pure genius and a lot of sweat

it's the backyard of my very dear friend Rolfe and his husband Stephen

I hope to one day take you on a tour of their home

it's breathtaking - I'd call it dirty grungy chic. It's wonderful!!!!!!

And last but not least one more page for my Wedding Scrapbook

the floral images were my inspiration torn from magazines

I'm so pleased that I kept them after all this time

Have a lovely weekend ladies!

& go... enjoy the outdoors

Love~ Chelsea Ann

The Heart of Blogging

(The first picture I posted on my blog)

Who is ittybittybirdy?

I've never been very good at pinning myself down

Living in my own skin you would think I would know myself so well

but each day I seem to grow, change, and evolve

into something that is closer and more relevant to this image I have tucked deep inside me

I wanted to create a new introduction for my blog...but words are such a tricky thing...

I am never quite satisfied with them.... but here it is

"In real life I'm just plain Chelsea, but in the wonderful world of blogland I am most fondly Chelsea Ann. Some of you might also know me as ittybittybirdy.

I think of myself as a silly little bird eternally lost in the clouds of my imagination, looking for sunlight in this sometimes dark and gloomy world. My artwork and hand made crafts are a reflection of my inner child.

Through the ramblings of my blog I strive to remind myself

and others not to take life to seriously.

I live in Portland Oregon with my handsome husband

and two faithful yet messy puppy dogs."

I think between my banner and my little bird and the rain cloud logo

I have really captured the two sides of me

Through my blogging I always hope to share two things

1. that I am real

(No matter what kind of life style my pictures might portray

I'm not perfect. I deal with anxiety, depression, hormones, insecurities, my house is never clean, I'm terrible with money, oh the list could go on and on)

2. that life is what you make it

(Despite the list above I try everyday to improve myself, and to live by my own silly girly creed)

You know, when I think

I'm talking to you

it's hard to explain but it's like I'm always writing blog posts

except like now, when I sit down to write nothing comes out

terribly annoying

I guess the point of my first shpeel is to introduce myself

So many of you are new readers

and I feel I just don't get the opportunity to get know each and everyone of you

like I would like to.

My favorite part of blogging are the friendships formed

I am so blessed to be part of such a warm and kind community of beautiful women

who encourage me to be just who I am if not more

My goodness I just can't seem to get this sappy bug out of my system today

It started with a gift, an e-mail, and a call

The call :

5th day in a row of my job saying they didn't need me

a terrible and strange feeling to not know where life is heading

do you have your silly job or not, what next?

The gift:

A Treasure sent all the way from Australia

so perfectly me, so beautifully crafted, so special and kind

a special swap from Jessy

a beautiful bag inspired by my blog,

a necklace of itty bitty yoyos (not shown)

scrumdidlyumptious lipgloss

and the cutest compact mirror you ever did see

and most special, a note written from the heart just for me!

THANK YOU DEAR SWEET JESSY!!!!!

The E-mail:

After my call, I received a very special e-mail

from a very dear friend who needed a reason to smile this morning

and the thing she chose was ME!

It is moments like this that make me really love blogging

to know that your silly moments shared bring joy to others

It's not about 15 minutes of fame, shop sales, or any other silly thing

It's about friendship and real HEART!

I LOVE YOU Danielle!!!!!

As if this poor post hasn't gone from one end to the next

I wanted to share a few new pages for my scrapbook

I've really been missing my little sis who is off at college

she is so very special to me and I am so proud of her

she is following her heart!!!!

She has always known what she wanted and has not let others steer her away!

We are so very different her and I

but we are closer for it I like to think

Oh- goodness me!

One more thing... I want to give a BIG shout out to Craft Pudding

for helping my little boy birdy turn into a girl

and for making two beautiful stamps for my business cards

(Find both in images above)

Well I hope this post didn't drive you too crazy.

I have been sitting her typing away for way over an hour

so whatever I have written will be as it is.

Some days are just like that...

Hugs~

Chelsea Ann