Kaoru Marie

Hello, hello, Happy Monday ;) How was your weekend? I meant to do a lot of cleaning since we have a friend arriving this coming Friday, but of course that didn't happen. Instead I did a lot of fun me-stuff. The highlight of my weekend was that I had my first volunteer shift with Found Animals,  at one of their adoption/retail locations. My first shift was a training session with their on-site kitten foster program. Apparently it's "kitten season" right now so there are tons of kittens that need taking care of so they can eventually get up to "adoption-ready" status. And then I got home and couldn't believe how enormous my own cat is! I decided to do a mid-year check-in of the goals I set for myself this year. I enjoy doing a mid-year check-in so I can remember what I've done so far and what I need to "work" (or rather, focus) on. If you recall my 2015 Goals, (I sure don't so I doubt you do; here's the link to that blog post ),...

In sticking with my 2015 goals , I decided to get more edumacation by signing up for a Letterpress class!! I've had my eye on this class for at least a year. I first became interested in letterpress when I was planning my wedding and saw all those beautiful letterpress invitations. Sadly, I couldn't justify spending that much money on wedding invitations so I never got them. But my fascination with letterpress never waned and I always wanted to learn how to do it. The class I signed up for is through the Otis Design School and is a 10-week program. I feel like such an impostor for taking a class there because I am so not an artist. We recently had our first class and it was so much fun. I feel like a total weanie for admitting that I was worried about being too tired (it's from 7-10pm, but only one day a week). I should have known that night classes you choose to take for fun are way more enjoyable than those you're forced to take for school. So what did we learn...