Shout-Out for Shout-Out

I get very excited every time I see that myself, my artwork and/or my blog is mentioned on other people's blogs.

This time, I was lucky enough to have one of my pins shared on the blog of the one, the only, Shawn Andrew Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell is a fellow creative writing graduate student with Mark and he will be our future roommate when we relocate to jolly ole Ireland.

I had made a pin for Shawn and the first performance of his comedic/satanic performance group/band: "Really Brutal Death Experience". He proudly displayed his button on his website/blog and I am honored. Here are the two buttons I made for the aforementioned occasion.

 Now owned by Shawn Andrew Mitchell.

 Now owned by Nick Ostdick. (Other half of RBDE.)

And as always, if you feel you cannot live without your own RBDE merchandise, just hit me up. I'm sure we could arrange something...

Self-Promotion: Cloud Button Edition

I have finished the first buttons on my cloud series! Yippee! Wahoo! Hooray!

Here are some images for your viewing pleasure...

If you want to own some or all of these fine buttons, visit my Etsy shop!

Next on the button docket...

Modern Disney Series! Below is a very, very rough beginning to what I think will be a promising series! If you have any ideas of what buttons I should make, leave a comment. I'm always open to suggestions!

PREACH!

I will say this once, and only once...

LEGGINGS ARE NOT PANTS.

 (Unless you happen to be Lady Gaga or someone equally famous and known for their sticking it to fashion-norms.)

 It is not okay to subject innocent bystanders to every nook and cranny of your pelvic region. Lock it up. Cover it up.

I feel a button coming on... 

Meet Debbie Downer's Arch-Nemesis: Ursula Upper

After posting "Debbie Downer", I have felt more optimistic, increasingly upbeat.

I have received an outpouring of understanding and agreement from fellow twenty-somethings and, sadly, camaraderie is a great comfort.

Mark and I have also been mutually supportive since naming the beast of quarter-life crisis. I sing him songs, intentionally out-of-tune and extraordinarily loud. He buys me cheese. We poke each other in the belly buttons. We watch "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." I make buttons for him. He edits our grocery list for me:

Bottom line? In order to get through this time of crisis, find people that understand. More importantly, find and surround yourself with people that understand how to dig you out of a rut. My cure: empathy and silliness.While these two things may not be your particular brand of solution, it has done the trick for me.

Also, clouds. Clouds make me happy. Thus, my new series of buttons:

Cloud Series will be available on my Etsy page by the weekend, if you're interested!

Now go and be crisis-free!

Yours, now and forever,

Ursula

The Passage: The Next Installment

...will be posted tomorrow. Sorry Parker.

Since I am short on time (work and such) and have been in Chicago all weekend, I have neglected my Passage update. I pinky promise that you awaiting readers out there will have your next installment tomorrow.

Until then, a preview of another project I'm working on...