Chloe likes any day of the week. She don't care.

Tuesday is our Monday and this morning Chloe was ready to get to work, but sadly I was not. Regardless, here I am plugging away at new image sheets, editing a new card design, shipping out orders and relisting some inactive items on Etsy.

New card!

This is my newest card design that was finished on Saturday. I love a good punk rock love song. I feel like every punk band has one. Some have a lot more than one, say for instance The Ramones, whom I believe may just be the kings of the punk rock love song. Anyway, here you have this somewhat angry punk band, angry at the world and everything in it, when suddenly on the next track they come in with this usually slower song, professing how much they're into someone, and can't wait to hang out with them later. They completely switch gears and turn into these sweet, funny, guys/ladies, and I seriously can't get enough of it. I've been listening to punk since I was 15 and I still get a little swoony when I hear "Silly Girl" by the Descendants or "I Wanna be Your Boyfriend" by the Ramones. The Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen in Love" gets me every time.

I had this idea for a Valentine's day card after February 14th had already passed. I swear one of the hardest things for is thinking up card designs BEFORE the holiday. I almost always think of the idea a day or two after the date. And if I do come up with a design before the calendar date, I almost never like it.

Well, at least I have a new design for next year! I can always just make this an everyday card too. I know that the audience for this design is pretty limited, but I really like it, and it feels like me, so I'll do a small run of them.

While I was getting all my work done today I tuned into a new podcast called S-Town. It's really good, and if you're in need of a new podcast to listen to, I recommend this one. All the episodes were released yesterday, and I'm trying not to binge on it. In fact I'm coming up with projects I can do that allow me to focus and listen to it while I work this week. I'm on episode 2 already but I'm stopping for today so I can savor them the rest of the week.

Anyway, hope your week is going well so far. It's only Tuesday and we've got a ways to go. 

A new year, a new planner. This is my 9th year using the Little Otsu paper planner. I love these planners. They're the perfect size, they're designed well and they're really cute. I know lots of people these days have an electronic planner, or use their phones, but there's something about paper that I love. Being able to physically check things off a to-do list is gratifying for me. 

They keep me organized but also they keep a running tally on events of my everyday life. Their worn pages are tales of grocery lists, vacations, appointments and shows. They document my studio days, my office days, my productive days and my not so productive days. They are something that maybe years from now I will pour over and be reminded of a life that once was, or  maybe still is. 

This is not a paid advertisement by Little Otsu. I just happened to be in their shop the other day and they recognized me from previous years. I've often told them how much I loved their planners and I was surprised when he remembered me and asked me what number planner this was. I had to really think about it and I guessed 8, but the number is actually 9. 

I know many people have new years resolutions to be more organized and I feel that having a daily planner really helps me stay on task and focused. Not all the time, but most days! So if you're in the market for one, I do recommend this one.