Hello Everyone,

Well commissions have been very slow lately. School is really starting to be a pain in my butt. But they are coming along. I have a few more that are ready to be shipped. I am waiting until I have cash to ship them because folks, I don't even have a dollar to my name. Except on my school ID where I can only buy stuff on campus. *sighs* Unfortunately that doesn't include the post office on campus...I don't see WHY. But it seems universities like to be mean like that. I wish everyone lived within walking distance of me. That would be awesome. To ease your mind here are the commissions that are ready to go to their owners:

1. Mew Necklace for Snowfeather101. I added something cool to the chain as a bonus so I hope you like it.

2. Raquaza Necklace for cloudricklloyd. You know why you haven't received it yet. He's to fragile to mail, I will however be seeing your sister soon and will pass it off to her. Happy Birthday buddy!

3. Collette Necklace for hotarubrokenwings. Going to see you this weekend probably so I'll hand it off to you then.

4. Snorlax and Pokeball set for Jade-Xe and I added a cupcake charm in the package. It was just for practice and plus it's cute so I wanted you to have it.

5. Bear and Mushroom Barrette for Lanie.

So yes. Those were just some public service announcements.

I'd like to also announce that I have gotten a Deviantart Premium membership and am looking for some people to do graphics for me. I asked my boyfriend to do some for me and he said yes but...he's being a lazy asshole and refuses to do anything for me. So I'm requesting an art trade? As I mentioned above I don't have money. But I could totally make you whatever you want.
I need:

A new Deviantart Avatar (I love you Pete Wentz but you're getting old...besides ever since you killed your emo hair...*takes on Borat voice* I am not attracted to you anymore.........NOT!)

A Journal Layout with my mascot Claude (I will explain later)

An Etsy Shop Layout (This is for good things to come)

Business Card Graphics

Now onto some really important news:

I have started my new company. In the previous journal I asked people for suggestions for a name for my company. I also asked the Facebook community the same question and an eleven year old girl that I know named Chloe came up with La Vie en Rose or "life in pink" in French. She's a little singer and she is covering the song "La Vie en Rose" by Louis Armstrong and so she suggested that to me. I will be creating my Etsy store soon and selling under the name "La Vie en Rose" Hooray! My mascot is a little pink cupcake with dark pink cake and light pink frosting with white sprinkles and hot pink hearts. He has a face and is wearing heart-shaped, rose-tinted sunglasses (to go along with the "life in pink" theme) and his name is Jean-Claude or "J. Claude" or just "Claude" for short.

The other piece of news is that I'm 85% sure that La Vie en Rose Designs in partnership with Kumai Designs is going to be selling merchandise at anime conventions Louisianime and Mechacon 2010. Excitement! So if you're from Louisiana please stop by and see us! Louisianime is in May in Baton Rouge and Mechacon is in July in New Orleans.

Well this is all for now. I hope this updates people on stuff.

Love,
Katie