Made of Win

This post is to show off my first ever custom mood theme (and a new icon).  I got a new copy of Photoshop :)  I haven't played with an image editor in a LONG time.   lol

It was really cool to relearn all of the tools.  Especially the 'Action' tool.  I only need to go through the motions once, set a hotkey, and the rest are automated!  Cuts down the time investment in making 133 images :)

Yay me!

In other news, today, I am going to see about decorating up a couple of my old besom's for sale.  They are shorter ones (roughly 4'), and they are taking up valuable space in my tiny apartment.

I'll post pics for everyone to see after they are done.

--Phae

eta - the icon I didn't make ... I just thought it was cute ;)

Pagans In Space

So, I made a PaganSpace account. I think I might actually delete it.

Normally, I just let things go dormant if I find that they aren't for me, but I find the constant barrage of spam ("personalized" with a lot of 'Hon's and 'Sweetie's and 'Dear's) and creepy random men friending me, mildly offensive.

Has anyone had a good experience there?  Is there a single reason for me to keep this page?

--Phae

Solitary Holidays

Holidays are difficult when you are on your own.  Sabbats are often the time I wish that I had a coven to share my celebrations with.  Or even a big family. 

My family is small, and we all work full time.  There are no kids, so we seem to just get together when we can.  It tends to leave a hole.  Not just at the Sabbats, but on secular holidays as well.

And being sick doesn't help things either.  I feel like I am being lazy by sleeping and only working on things that don't require me to move from the couch.  Though, one of the reasons I hate being sick in the first place is that it makes me feel like I am incredibly lazy and missing out on other things I could be doing.

It occurs to me now that this might be part of the reason that I end up sick so often.

But, I digress.  This post isn't a pity party.  For some reason, my mind just won't let me be in a bad mood for too long (this has issues all its own), and the general feeling of a cloudy, cool, barely well Beltane weekend has inspired me.  I have this little voice that says, 'Well, if you don't like it, fix it.'

So, I'm going to.  Today, while I wait for WD to wake up and take me out to do my errands, I am going to spend my time switching between cleaning, and writing out list of Beltane celebrations, poems, crafts, foods, etc for my BOS.  I figure if I am going to save up for one of those big, fancy tomes, then I'd best have some good stuff to put in it.

--Phae