hellllllllloooooooooo from Vacationland

Hi! 

remember me? :)

Just wanted to say HELLO & that I hope you are enjoying your holidays! I've been enjoying my time off work {time-off from the duties of: cubicle+Etsy Shop+School} --- I've turned off my alarm clock (and all 10 back-up alarms 7min apart) and been catching up on sleep+family time+ and relaxation! 

"iphone Battery Dying" drawn by the kiddo I made.

The re-charging of my batteries was so needed and I already feel the difference in my mood --- biggest clue-- I am willingly washing dishes--AND without cursing them! I know!  c r a z y.

and also, I have not drank a redbull since the day I activated my "out-of-the-office" email at the cubicle and put my Etsy Shop on vacation mode. :) I know!  another: crazy. 

My beloved 5 yr old has loved every ounce of Holiday break too and has kept me (super) busy with intense Lego session(s) + Chess 101 (teaching him) + Disney Movie Galore and today we took a trip to the Zoo to see the Xmas light show and caught some Dolphin show action :) 

oh & in case you are wondering he was aiming for "panda" in the face paint collage :)

Holiday B R E A K has been a blast and I don't know how I will (re)adjust to the full-blown insane schedule I regularly get swallowed up by.... 

                        all the more reason to relish this rare time off :) 

Lining up friendship dates too--- wine+chat sessions MUST occur during my break. 

Off to bed as we are taking the kiddo to the museum tomorrow then I have a friendship date afterward that will include semi-sweet red wine with my best friend:)

Talk to you soon! 

 Are you squeezing in some relaxation these holidays?

That Lazy Jane.

So one of my favorite children's book authors is Shel Silverstein and he won me over with this poem and illustration:

And so when I laid down on the bench to rest from an intense game of "tag" with my favorite 5 year old in the whole world,

.....

I couldn't help but relish in being lazy Jane just for a moment...

because mama has been going non-stop this month filling X-mas orders back to back trying to get them shipped in time

and let me tell you: the race against the clock is no easy battle-- in fact, it is ridiculous how fast a 24 hour period can evaporate before I have a chance to blink.

and

poof~!

it is "tomorrow" already!

Custom order...

I set up a routine though...

I wait til' the house is quiet and everyone's hyper-butt have gone to sleep...

 then I get comfy in my work station as I lay out my "to create" list of orders...

And I have been alternating between:
 this show

and

this show

I just discovered this show and um, where have I been? It is HILARIOUS! I'm so hooked! :)

to play in the background and keep me company while I stay up working until around 2am and hopefully when I wake up at 6am to get to the cubicle, I snatch a pile like these off the couch to ship em' off. 

this has been the routine.

the routine has earned me some pretty sweet calluses on my hands :)

bandaids weren't cutting it, so a little duct tape did the trick.



Custom Orders



So Guess who is super excited to be on vacation from the day job starting next week?

yep.

me.

:)

and I am going to be on Lazy Jane Mode too

I think I have earned it.

what are you looking forward to about the holidays?

xoxo!

Des, Mano y Metal

Truth Tuesday {No.8} Ryan Gosling loves crafty girls.

Hola! Today, I am joining my girl, Nina on the Moon in her project:

Truth Tuesday

Where she asks participants to share a personal truth: be them big or small...

Thank you Nina for your project!
Each week, I enjoy the truth journey I take within myself. 

Truth is:

I am such a sucker for humor

for the funny

for the laughs

for the witty

oh, and for Ryan Gosling-

(he totally won my heart in "the notebook" i fell hard for him after that flick)

 so, imagine my pure DELIGHT to stumble across a blog called:

Handmade Ryan Gosling

@SewSoDef runs this and writes some of it.
&

@theowlandthebee, @katiecanavan and @sweatshopoflove are Contributors

Oh thank goodness, because those unfinished projects are going nowhere til about mid-Feburary.

ladies, Ryan Gosling loves crafty girls...

and he is totally on this handmade journey with you...

don't believe me?

take

a

look

eeeek! Ryan I love you.

all image sources can be found here

want to see more of these fabulous Ryan handmade pics?

Check out the blog:

Handmade Ryan Gosling

because a crafty girl needs a laugh during all this handmade-holiday madness.

Truth is:

I am now officially obsessed with that blog, thank you @SewSoDef  for dreaming it up! 

ok. lets! ::starts packing::

Thank you for stopping by today! 

Have a wonderful week! 

xo!  

Desiree, Mano y Metal.

what is your truth?

Sunday FUNday {No.12} Have yourself a very Frida Xmas

Hi! Hola! I decided to have a very Frida-Sunday FUNday! :) 

I even did my nails just for this shoot and considering they have been quite abused with all the jewelry making lately due to the holiday madness, it was a nice treat to finally get some color on them!

So, yesterday was my LAST craft show for 2011! And after 6 weeks of craft shows EVERY weekend  am so happy to have my Saturdays to myself! :) Also, now I am able to post all the new items I have been creating... and catch up on a ZILLION_MILLIONx10 things on my to-do list. oooh, I'm tired just typing that :)

So, as I looked through my collection I realized I had some "sets" going on and thought well, it's going to be a very Frida Kahlo Sunday! So here are some sunday funday pics I took today featuring the sets and of course, Frida. 

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 Thank you for stopping my today! :D 

and should you wish to have yourself a very Frida xmas, you know where to some pieces now... :)

view collection here

xoxo!

Des, Mano y Metal.

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