seventythree: time wasters

so, i don't have much new news to report, i have not taken any new pictures, and i have not read/seen anything interesting. since i have very little to share, here are some of the new places i have found to waste my time on the computer:
***mtv's the real world is currently filming in dc. much of the city is against these newcomers, but i am fascinated by them. i think i have a not-so-secret desire to become a member of a future real world house. of course, i might be too old to be one of them. anyway, one of the neighbors of dc's real world house has started a blog: the anti-real world dc.
***spotted: dc summer interns is another great blog. different people contribute stories (most of them hilarious) about the escapades of young interns around town. i don't find the influx of interns in the summer quite as annoying as many of the posters, but i do appreciate their antics.
***for good celebrity gossip and other girly things i love going to the frisky.
***i heart the office and i super heart mindy kaling. she is really funny and has a really clever sense of humor. i wish she updated her blog things i bought that i love more often, but she doesn't.

thirtythree: new photos

i am so excited! i love the new pictures i have just taken! i have been using my dad's new super duper camera and i think it makes a huge difference in the quality of the photos.
here are some of the new photos i am using for my website. i haven't photo-shopped them yet, but they still look pretty good.
one big thing i have to do, is make sure that the brightness and the background color are the same in all the pictures. i am not sure how to do that without flipping back and forth between photos, but according to my dad you can do that pretty easily.

thirtytwo: expanding my empire

right now i am working on several different ideas:
1. i am making a new website with a new name. i am not sure what my name is going to be, the top two candidates are vpm designs and Vee.Pee.eM., if anyone has anything better i am happy to hear it. i want my website to look more professional than my blog, so i am retaking pictures of all my necklaces and earrings and creating descriptions of each of them. i am going to continue to have a blog, but have this website as more of a gallery for my various creations.
2. i am working on presentation. i want people to take my jewlery and designs seriously, so i think i need to have them presented in a sleaker way. i am currently looking for some nice boxes or little bags to put my stuff in when i give them away or sell them. i bought some stickers to put on a tag or box when i have decided what my name is going to be.
3. i have a new product... badge holders! actually, they aren't that new, but i am going to make more of them. i made some for my mom last year and i have spoken to a lot of people who seem to be interested in getting some prettier ones.
i think those are all the new developments for right now. i will be posting more about my website as it progresses and i will show some sample pictures of what i will be posting on the web.