exhausted

i feel like i have had the longest three weeks of my entire life.  last night when i started typing this post i did not even get past typing the title of the post before i felt the need to go to bed.  i spent this last weekend driving and flying back and forth between portland and seattle.  i had an event planned in seattle for the past few months, then my son's first communion was scheduled for the same weekend, and our friends suffered the loss of their sweet little daughter.  so i spent the weekend grieving, printing, working, attending a funeral (or rather a celebration of life), working an event, flying home for first communion and back to work again, and then driving home late on sunday........i am totally exhausted & missing my family like crazy.  oh, did i mention i am training for a marathon too..............need sleep!

i think that's enough feeling sorry for myself.  the one thing that i have learned these past few weeks is that most of the worries and problems that i have on a day to day basis are really kind of trivial in the grand scheme of things.  it is easy to get worked up over the little things in life when you are a busy parent, wife, and small business owner.  i had an order for a store that was overdue this last week, and i just honestly could not bring myself to drive across town to deliver it.  i could not worry about delivering this order when my friends, family, community, and myself were consumed with grief.  all i wanted to do was to help my friends in some way to get through their daughter's funeral, even if it was just making sandwiches & filling cups with candy, or finding the perfect yellow flower to wear to her celebration.  so the order was delivered late, and life goes on.  

be sure to check out PedX shoe shangri-la for their new shipment of b hive shirts and hoodies!

pedX shoe shangrila
2230 ne alberta street
portland, OR 97211

p.s. thanks pedX for being so patient!!

a bit of yellow for mk

the past few days have been extremely worrisome for many of my friends and family. a very sweet little friend of ours has suffered liver failure and is in very critical condition. this tragedy was completely unexpected and occurred virtually over-night. i had a very difficult time concentrating on my work this last weekend, because i was so worried about our friend MK. the truth is that when you have children of your own, you can't help thinking that this could be happening to your own child, and all you want to do is find a way to help. yesterday when i arrived home my husband was cooking dinner for MK's family, and my son had a little yellow ribbon pinned to his shirt in support of his friend. so, even though this post has nothing to do with b hive designs, i just feel like i need to send a little yellow ribbon out into the virtual world for MK. she needs all of the prayers and good intentions that she can get right now!..............we love you MK

missing the sunshine

i'm in LA, but i am missing out on all of the sunshine!  at least i am surrounded by a number of really cool artists here at UNIQUE.  

it's funny, when i am in portland i often daydream about california and the sunshine that i left behind when i moved up north, but now that i am here i am feeling a little homesick and wishing there was a little more green on the horizon.  i can honestly say that i also miss the people of the northwest.  the shoppers have been great here, but i still miss my peeps.  i will definitely give props to the amazing sonja, who organizes the UNIQUE event.  she managed to arrange a truly unique showing of arts and crafts, and in an amazing loft-like location that overlooks downtown LA.  

now that the show is coming to a close, new shirts, skirts, and other goodness will be listed in my shops.  be sure to check out my website and my etsy shop shop.