Bits and Pieces and Code

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Got my hair cut. It looks the same it did when I was 18. I didn't really like it then. I'm swearing off haircuts for a while. Can't seem to get one I like...or the one I want.

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An addendum to [bit1]...I'm partially to blame for this, though. I cut my own hair, in a fit of passive-aggressive rebellion. Messed it up. So this was a 'rescue' cut.

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I ran out of the 'vintage' splatter paint stationery that was my aunt's, that I wrote notes on to include with packages. Started looking for new paper, ideally a notepad that I could have customized to include my URL and the color bar part of my logo. So far, I've only found place that require 10 pad purchase= $100s. Except Vistaprint, but I've had conflicting reviews from them.

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I love Life. Yep, yep.

[code and Post Picture:] I've started DIY-ing a website for myself. Coding it, because WYSIWYGs intimidate me. The picture is a mockup I did in Photoshop. What I actually have so far is a bit different...it's really different when I test it in IE.

See, I have no formal knowledge of XHTML or CSS. I'm reading and implementing as I go along. It's a mentally stimulating, but it's also frustrating and exhausting. I should probably hand off this project, I have oodles of others that I'm neglecting to try to get this done. But I want to do it myself. Maybe I can figure out some half-and-half...you code the template, I'll add the info kinda thing. I'd be up for that.

By Its Cover- Scoop- Pt. 2

By Its Cover is my completely independent 2-part book review column. Selections are made based entirely on the book's cover. I'm testing the old saying in my quest to find new authors.

Title: Scoop
Author: Rene Gutteridge

Part One

I liked this. Perhaps it appealed to me because of my generally conservative background. It was quirky and funny and made me think. Which is what a good book should do.

It takes place in a news station. So there are all the social politics, (and other tics), strained relationships, work friends, etc. The lead anchor has a bad run in with Botox and goes missing. A series of other seemingly unconnected mishaps lead to a fairly interesting conclusion. It's a sort of quiet book. A beach read. (Shouldn't mention beaches now. It's freezing in CT.)

Thinking about changing up the format of BIC, only doing the review portion. Next book will be The Wasp Eater.

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Originally uploaded by becca.elpy

I looked over my inventory and realized I have about a dozen pairs of earrings that have listed, but that aren't in actual existence. Need to get some of them started. I also need to buy more earwires.

Post Picture: Custom Curvature Demi earrings for a friend of my mom's.

Giveaway- We Have a Winner!

Question:
What do referees, killer whales and old TVs have in common?

Correct answer:
They are/wear/show black and white.

Twelve of the thirteen entrants got the answer. The winner of the Fill In the Bubble Giveaway is Britt! Congratulations! I will be contacting all contest entrants today.
:)

Giveaway- Fill in the Bubble Magnets

I won the lock on the left in a trivia/riddle contest at work. Now you have a chance to win a little something from the shop by guessing the answer to the same question.

[prize] You will win a set of Fill in the Bubble Magnets. So please include the words you would like on the magnets. If you need ideas, check the word list on my Flickr.

[rules, etc.]
Email me elpydesigns[at]yahoo[dot]com with your name, the answer to the question below and the words you would like on the magnets. You can enter twice. I will choose a name at random from among the correct answers.
[question]
What do these three things have in common:
Referees
Old TVs
Killer Whales

Ends January 31, 2009
Good luck!