Tuesday, March 27, 2012

I fell in love...



... With a new technique. Transferring images onto wood surfaces. I have been going crazy with ideas since I started.
Soon I will be experimenting with portraits, and on different types of wood and shapes.
For 40$ plus 5$ shipping, I am selling these- They are roughly 9 inches high by 10 inches wide. You can request any image you like of mine to be transferred onto wood- I am also experimenting with different hanging methods.

So excited to see how these turn out.

email me misty.valenta@gmail.com to request an order- let me know which image you'd like to have on wood canvas, and I'll send you a paypal invoice for you to complete.

You can visit my website www.mistyblankenship.com or visit my facebook page to view photos that you would like to have on wood!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

3/21/2012

Maybe it's because of that time of year approaching, or maybe it's soon my monthly friend will be here to visit... 
But lately all I can think about are babies. It's going to be coming up on the 2 year mark when my husband and I had our first miscarriage- and I can't help but think about the 2nd miscarriage if I'm thinking about the first one. Plus it doesn't help that all sorts of my facebook friends are pregnant with babies, getting pregnant and being able to carry through on the first try, or have had babies recently.
And I can't help but wonder why nothing has happened since the second one. Last time I was at the doctors, he told me if nothing happens within the next 9 months, to come see him to discuss testing. I really didn't want to tell him that I somehow subconsciously avoid doing anything around the most fertile time of the month- probably because I'm too afraid to find out what would happen if we did get pregnant again. What would be the chances of losing a third fetus? I'm really not sure if my heart would survive that without some nasty, irreversible repercussions. 



The first two did enough damage.


In other news:
I have so many choices to make recently that are just weighing so heavily on my mind. My career is one. I'm sitting here next to an application after I had a phone interview with the owner of a photography company. I can't bring myself to fill the application out, though. So many question in my head about what the future will hold if I took this position. It will definitely affect a large chunk of my life. In a good way or bad- who knows. And all I keep thinking about is my friend who messaged me yesterday telling me to take those chances so I don't have to ever wonder "what if".
But it is my life that I'm tinkering with, and my finances and right now I know what I have pays my bills. I can't afford to take a chance wondering if the next job choices will be able to hold a candle to what I make now.

So many other things on my mind, but I really don't have the brain power to type it all out. And why complain anyways? I'm not sure who reads this, and I really don't want anything held over my head by anyone. It's tough to be able to actually vent here on the internet because you never know who is watching you.