If you're wondering where I've been...

I've been piled under here - jk! Although it is a big part of the reason I haven't posted lately. This is my "craft room" right after we moved in, and I have to tell you, it looks worse instead of better now. I have a make shift desk right now that is the floor. :)

Some day hopefully soon this will actually be a room that inspires creativity. I definitely have some plans for it up my sleeve, including a makeover of a table I acquired via Craigslist. Thanks to all of the interior design blogs I've been reading lately, I'm anxious to begin my Social-o-logy room makeover! I just have to find the time first. :) ...but if you need some interior design ideas and/ or inspiration, I highly recommend the following blogs: Full House, Little Green Notebook, Cote de Texas, My Little Happy Place, La Dolce Vita, and LeSeur Interiors. There are MILLIONS of design blogs out there. These just happen to be my favorites at the moment.:) ...and on a side note, these people have probably never happened across Social-o-logy, so this is definitely not a planned/ paid promotion. I just think they're great at what they do!...and I love that most of them have ties to Texas!

I will however, shamelessly plug my sister. Check out her blog if you need a good laugh! The girl is nutty and I love 'er!

Another blog I highly recommend checking out is the blog for Kelley Cannon Events where you can see pics from the Allison Wonderland Shower I did accessories for. I will eventually get around to posting my own pictures of those products, but the pictures and the shower on Kelley's blog are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I am so happy I got to be a part of it - thanks, Karla! :) 

Okay - off to get some more inspiration for this craft room of mine. I'm telling you design blogs are starting to rank up there with TCBY and John Mayer - who I get to see in less than a week - yippee!!! :)

Social-o-logy Update!

Wow, seriously, where has this summer gone? How is it almost August?! …and how have I not posted anything since June?! I apologize for that! However, the “big thing going on the Jennings way” I mentioned in a previous post is that we moved!! Needless to say that has consumed my time these past couple of months. Sure I’ve moved before, but from apartment to apartment, not house to house. Moving houses is a whole other ballgame! Namely, because when I lived in apartments, I didn’t have anything. Thanks to all our wonderful friends, family and a wedding, we now do have stuff - more than when I was in an apartment anyway! ;-)

I could go on and on about the move. However, I must get on to the bad and/ or good news - depending on how you look at it! The news - I have officially decided to not take on any more custom work for now. I had plans of coming back from the move and charging design fees for custom projects. The more I sat and thought about it though and talked it over with my husband, we decided it might be best for me to just take a break from custom all together. My Etsy shop will have been in existence for a year on August 10th, and, ummm…, there is still nothing in it. I think the only way to make that happen is if I focus my efforts wholeheartedly on that along with finishing up the custom projects I have already started. The good news about that, I will eventually have ready-made designs for you to choose from! I’m very much looking forward to that and hope you will check out the shop once it’s up and running!!!

Note however that It may still be a few months before it is open, as part of my plan is to “stop and smell the roses” a little bit more! It’s my personality to always have a to-do list and to want to check those things off consistently. However, for my husband’s sake (and mine), I’m going to try to work on that! …meaning I’m going to force myself to not get all worked up when my shop isn’t open on the deadline I set for myself. Believe me, I would get worked up over that!

…and who knows, I may work on evolving my blog into something more than a display of my invitations as well. One step at a time though! I have a brain overflowing with thoughts and ideas which is what gets me in trouble to begin with!! 

I do thank all of you for checking out my blog and if I have done custom work for you, thank you for allowing me to work with you!!! I absolutely LOVE custom work and if I didn’t work a full time job along with running Social-o-logy, I would definitely continue down that path! For now though, I’m going to leave the path open…

Thanks again for the support!

P.S. I still have a few projects I haven’t posted. I promise to eventually get to those!

Also, if you see something that I have previously done that you would like to purchase for your event, feel free to contact me! I will gladly make any of my existing products fit your needs – meaning, I can easily change names, dates, etc. 

Blog Award!

Okay, okay, so it came from my sister, but it’s still an honor! I’m so lucky to have family and friends that are so supportive of me and my endeavors. My sister is one of my biggest fans, as am I one of hers. Seriously, if there is anyone that can put a smile on my face when I’m having a bad day, it’s her. The girl is absolutely, 100%, crazy, cuckoo, wacky, nutty you name it, it describes her! …and I absolutely mean that in a good way. If you need a smile put on your face, check out her blog – you’re sure to leave with hurting cheeks. I seriously don’t know where she comes up with this stuff!!! 

On a side note, don’t you like her new blog design? It was created by Dumplin Design Studio, who also created mine! Great job, Shay!!

Social-o-logy Town Hall Meeting :)

...okay, so not really a meeting. I just feel like I have completely neglected my blog these past few weeks and thought I would make it sound really important so you would want to read. :) The lack of posts is definitely not because I don't have new projects to post. It's exactly the opposite. I have been b-u-s-y!! ...and loving every second! Please bear with me as I get all of my new projects posted - it may take a bit!

I also wanted to let everyone know that I will be taking a break from design work for at least the next month. (Big things are going on the Jennings way that will occupy most of my time these next several weeks). I will be back though, so please keep checking. Heck, it may take a month to get all of my new projects posted!! :).

...and if you do have an event coming up and invitations can wait until July or later, please feel free to contact me at any time! It's never too early to get ideas rolling. I just may not be able to get you design options right away.

One other thing I should also mention is that design fees will be put into affect when I'm back to business. :) I have waived them for these first several months, but I'm quickly realizing how time consuming custom work can be. ...No worries though, the fees won't be through the roof! :) For those of you that I have worked with over the past several months, thank you, thank you, thank you for allowing me to build my portfolio through your events!

In addition to custom work, I am also going to be working on a variety of "standard" invitations to post on my Etsy site. It has been sitting there lonely and sad for months now!

...and for the complete random part of this post, here is a pic of my husband, me, and my in-laws painted on the wall of our favorite sushi restaurant. I think you know you eat at a restaurant too much when they paint your picture on the wall!! I really love the idea though - SO creative! The owners weren't sure what kind of art to get for the wall, so they had an artist paint caricatures of their regular customers. Let me tell you, it is very strange to walk in and see your face staring back at you! :)

I love me some TCBY! :)

A couple of months back, I was interviewed by Gina Dunn for her blog series "Thursday's Other Creative Soul." It was such an honor to be included in the segment. I have completed a couple of projects for the Dunn's and enjoyed working with Gina immensely on both! If you interested in reading the interview, you can click here. :)

...and the point about being passionate about TCBY - check this out.   I realized today I might have a serious addiction. The sad thing, each one of these are the same thing -  Peanut Butter Delight - Mmmm!!! I seriously think they put something in this stuff besides milk and live active cultures. It's an addiction! It doesn't help that the girl behind the counter told me the other day, "our yogurt has more live active cultures than Dannon and other standard yogurts." I'm in trouble! All you have to do is tell me that its good for me and I'll be eating it every single day! I recently became vegetarian and this is pretty much the only thing that is keeping me from becoming vegan. (The vegetarian choice was made was after watching "Food Inc." and reading "The Kind Diet", but that's a whole other blog post in itself)!

Anyway, enough about that! Check out the interview, Gina's amazing work, and her EtsyTCBY.  ...and planning my next trip to the gym! :) shop! While you do that, I'll be enjoying a bowl of

*Note: You're probably thinking TCBY still exists?? If you are - GO! I think it's a ton better than it used to be - obviously. ;-) Also, so you don't leave with an image of me sitting down with all 3 tubs of yogurt, I only have this much because there isn't a TCBY very close to me anymore. I just stock up each time I go!

Would you like a business card?

So I've been thinking that I need to get much better about carrying my business cards around and handing them out to people! Because I haven't been doing this, and haven't made my husband do it as well, I may have let an opportunity pass me by. :( As my husband was standing in line at the post office doing my last mailing, a lady commented on the envelopes he was holding. He made certain that she knew he didn't create all those labels and proceeded to promote me - I love my husband! She asked for my web address, but with the dashes in there, and so much to remember, I doubt she'll ever find me. If only he had a business card! ...and don't you think I haven't stocked his wallet with several since that day! I have also stocked my stash thanks to this super cute business card holder I just ordered from Quiltish. Allissa Jacobs creates all kinds of cute bags, pouches, baby bibs, and more - be sure to check out her Etsy shop! I just love how this card holder is the same colors as Social-o-logy. :)

....and just in case you want a business card, here it is! ...well, in electronic format anyway. If you'll let me, I'll stash your wallet too. :)

Thanks again to Dumplin Design Studio for the blog and business card design!!