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Our day was pretty freaking amazing, despite a bunch of guests cancelling last minute, some family drama and a snafu with the bar. We had so much fun and three days later I'm still recovering from the excitement. I'm sure I'll be flooding you all with the pro pictures once we get them, but for now these few swiped from friends will
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So, 33 days from the wedding. Yup. That's a thing that's happening. Holy shitballs.
We've been having a fun, sometimes stressful, time planning this shindig. But it's all coming together nicely in these last few weeks. I'm making pretty much everything myself, as I feel it was sort of expected (and gob knows I'm not shy about using my...
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Okay, not really. Well, kinda. But sans the khakis, chambray shirts and jail time.

My shop Papyrusaurus is nominated this year for the Martha Stewart American Made Awards. It's to honor the best of the best in small businesses offering crafts, food, design and clothing. It would be a HUGE honor to even make the final 1000, let alone receive one of the ten...
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The dude and I had date night last night. And not only did we consume delicious chicken and waffles, cajun grilled shrimp, crab cakes and perfect cocktails at my favorite local bistro (Pineapple Eddie Southern Bistro, if you're interested) but we had tattoo adventures afterwards! The dude ended up making an appointment for a later date, but I got something I've been waiting...
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Well, I suppose it's time once again for one of those update thingies I'm so awful at.

Sooooo, things have been busy. I've continued to bust my butt with my business Papyrusaurus, trying to kick my usually slow summer season's ass. And with the launch of a new venue in Pittsburgh, and starting to venture into refurbishing vintage things with my...
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Which you can probably hear all the way around the globe at this point.

I just got a call from the gallery that hosted the paper arts show I made a piece for and apparently I won 2nd place, which equals a $200 prize. I seriously screamed at the top of my lungs after I hung up. I went to the opening last week, and...
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What's the world coming to?

Actually I just finished photographing my piece for a paper arts show at a local gallery and I'm so in love with the damn thing that I had to share it.

Behold my thing!

It's made from a children's book I've had since second grade (so..22 years or so.) The pages are tucked and
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So, hey yinz guys! I'm not dead. I swear. Look...typing...words. Not dead.

I made the big move to the Erie and truthfully, it's gone so much better than I ever could have imagined. With a little help from my mom we had the place all set up and feeling cozy in just a few days. And now that I've gotten...
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So, that was an interesting few months.

I had a whirlwind season of sales for the holidays. Between two of the biggest shows in the area, online sales, private sales and my kickin' deal with Mental_Floss I barely had time to breathe. I got accepted to the Redditgifts Marketplace at the tail end of their fall exchanges and hence was there for the utter MADNESS...
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First off, new rule: If you repeatedly try to follow me even though I keep denying you, I will just block you entirely. Problem solved.

Secondly, my first show of the season is a little less than two weeks away. Eeek! So stoked/panicked. It's a venue that I did extremely well at in the spring, and my stuff isn't even spring-oriented. So...
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