funny stationery & a special bday!

First off, did you know the proper way to spell stationery in regards to paper is with an -ery and not stationary? 

I feel like some people see it typed and think it's misspelled. 

The more you knooooow! 

I've posted some of the stationery cards on here before, but now I've created a full set of ten. You saw them all nicely boxed at the art show, and now I've created an Etsy listing for them for easy ordering! 

Here they all are:

I found some baker's twine online to tie them up all so nicely! 

Click here if you'd like to order a set! 

I take these pictures in front of the front door, btw.. 

Sometimes I have a nosey nelly come check on my work.. 

Speaking of my nosey nellies..

IT'S COTTON AND DIESEL'S BIRTHDAY TODAY! 

They are 6 in human years, which makes them 42 in dog years. They got many treaties in honor of their big day.

Did you know they are brother and sister? I'm sure I've mentioned it before on the blog. Most people don't believe it because they are opposite in every way. Cotton is a lady, white, and fluffy. Diesel is a boy, black, and short hair. My schweet babies..

Are you ready for some puppy pics? 

I wish these were in a slideshow with sappy music playing..

I had Dixie since she was a puppy, and she was going to come to Auburn with me, but she was miserable without her puppy friends that were still in Dothan. So mom took her back home.. where she got knocked up.

We actually had TWO dogs get prego at the same time, so we had TEN puppies within two days. Did you know a litter of puppies can have more than one dad? That explains why Dixie's pups all look different: 2 white, 1 black, 1 black and brown, and 1 brown.

HOW PRECIOUS IS COTTON?!?! 

There's Cotton, Diesel, and their sister Biscuit. 

I'm holding little D and Biscuit here. I knew I wanted one of the white ones, and I ended up taking little Cottonball. 

We had tons of fun at Auburn!

AWWWWWW!

There aren't many of us posing together, because this is what Cotton likes to do..

See? 

 Happy Birthday, my little nuggets!!!!

A lot of people write bloggies as scrapbooks for their children, but since Cotton and Diesel can't read, I suppose I just show these puppy pics for myself.. You will all just have to deal with me being a crazy dog lady!!

new prints & my brand!

Prints prints prints! 

I shared some of these on facebook as I made them, but some I created the day of the art show. 

This one is by far my favorite. The words are from the song "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. They are one of my favvvvorites! I found this frame at a thrift store, and spray painted it (duh). I need to buy stock in spray paint.. Neon is big nowadays, and I really dig this chartreuse color (I believe it's Rustoleum's Key Lime color). I'm going to have to make several more things with this shade because I love the way it POPS. 

I found these two frames at the thrift store as well, but I left them alone. Well that's a lie, I sprayed the mats (I believe they were a heinous burgundy color). 

Here's a close up of the Love print. You can read it as "all you need is love" or "love is all you need". Aww, thanks for that, Beatles! 

PS: That line is NOT suppose to be on there.. I was using it to crop the image, and I didn't take it off before I saved it.. 

I posted this saying on facebook with an actual picture of beer, because let's be honest, I'm usually having a couple while I'm working on projects. Somehow they tend to sneak into the corners of pictures.. whoops! 

I also included these prints that have been featured on the bloggie before: 

The Avett Brothers print: 

 And of course, I included the You Are Beautiful prints.

Do you see them all sprinkled around below? 

I'm working on getting these on Etsy for you fine people to order! They're only ten dolla! Holla! 

OK, I have something SERIOUS to bring up. I am having an identity crisis.

with.

my brand.

MY BRAND!

(Please tell me you thought of this commercial where she says: look, look with your special eyes..)

ANYHOW, back to the issue. 

For those who don't know, I made a little business for my graphic design stuff (invitations, stationery, etc.) and named it Fish + Line Design. Fish for my last name Herring, and line like the drawing element.. well clearly now I'm expanding into more artsy things with the string art and the barnwood creations. And of course furniture that you've seen here on the bloggie (which I'm hoping to start making for other people). Since I've started taking this show on the road (with the art show and whatnot), I feel like Fish + Line Design doesn't encompass everything. 

SOOOO, I need help with a new name. The LLC I created is under the name Rachel Herring Designs (I've just been DBA Fish + Line Design), which I'm seriously considering, but..

it's boring. 

I want something funny, like I like what I'm Herring! If my biz-nass had anything to do with sound, I would name it after the bloggie. But it doesn't. 

I only have one requirement, and it's that the word fish or Herring be in the name so I can use my signature fish logo. 

Ready? 

GO! 

I'm serious about this y'all. Leave a comment, post on fb, gchat, text, call me, beep me. Smoke signals. Carrier pigeon. Let me know your ideas! 

art show!

The show is over, and the monkey is dead! My granddad use to say that.. ha! 

First, would you like to see what my house look like before a "project"? 

It was like this allllllll last week.

This use to happen in college when I had projects due too. It just takes too much time to put stuff up just to turn around the next day and get it all back out!!!

Stop judging me. 

Pay no attention to the taco bell hats above.. they were from Cinco De Mayo haha! 

Are you tired of looking at my mess? Rest assured it's cleaned up now. 

For the most part.. 

Onto the art show! 

I was given a table, so I just loaded it up with all my stuff! 

String art was on the left,

stationery and the knotty & nice string art was in the middle

and the prints were to the right. 

I put the barnwood bamas in the windows with a stack of them to the left. 

There were about a dozen other artist there as well (I just felt a bit weird going to all their booths snapping pics, soooo you'll just have to look at mine). I had pretty good feedback! Everyone really liked the stationery cards, string art, and barnwood bamas. One of my downfalls was not having a way to accept credit cards, so I'm going to take care of this week. I met a lot of good contacts, so I'll be following up with them this week as well. I will keep everyone posted as things unfold! 

I almost forgot to mention...

Do you know whose birthday was on Friday??

Happy Birthday, Cammie Cam! 

And most important of all... 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MA!!!!!!!!!!!

My mom is my biggest cheerleader, by far! She came in town on Wednesday to help me with the art show, and I honestly couldn't have done it without her. 


THANKS FOR EVERYTHING MAAAA!!!!!!!!!! 

AU/UA string art!

You might recall my first state string art below: 

I love the light blue shade, but I decided to do some that were true to the school colors. I must say, they look pretty awesome. 

I changed the nails on the Auburn one to silver. They are a bit smaller, so they were easier to nail in than the gold ones on my original one. 

And here is the Alabama/Tuscaloosa one:

I must say, the colors look really good. That white string really pops. 

Just a barner and a bammer hanging out! 

Side Note: If you're not from here, or know the best SEC rivalry, you should know that Auburn fans are referred to as "barners". Auburn has three barns on campus, and there is a famous old photo of cows grazing in front of one of the buildings on campus. Therefore, we have been dubbed "barners". Aw-barn University. I think it's hilarious!

Other schools also call us booger eaters. I'm not exactly sure where that one came from, but it's still funny. Kinda like LSU fans smelling like corndogs.. hilarious!

Anyways, back to the art. I always seem to go off on some tangent when football is involved..

These puppies will be for sale at the art show at Avondale Brewery this Friday! I have three of each so far, and I also made a couple of smaller ones that are about 1/4 the size of these.

 Bloggie posts will be a little sparse this week due to preparations for the show, so I apologize in advance.

knotty & nice

I'm back with another string art project! This time it's not state related (although there are more of those coming up). 

It's knotty & nice! 

Do you get it?? Because my sister didn't.. Knotty like knotty pine! HILARIOUS! 

I built the entire thing, frame included. The pine strips were from that free wood I got at work. I had to buy the wood to make the frame, for an awesome $0.85 per 8 ft strip! 

I didn't take pictures of the process (shame on me), but I cut and sanded the 4 pieces of the frame and spray painted them before I nailed them together. 

I still need to putty the corners and touch up with paint.

 Here's a picture to show scale. It's pretty big.. about 26" wide

Unlike the state string art, I didn't put the nails super close together. 

I dig it. 

Wood you like one of these babies?! HAHA! 

This one will be for sale at the art show! 

May 11th.

Avondale Brewery.

Be there.

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