Showing posts with label taking care of business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taking care of business. Show all posts

13.4.11

taking care of business giveaway winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Sadie giveaway! I discovered some great new music through all of the links that you left and rediscovered some old favourites, too. Much appreciated! And now, the winner of the giveaway, chosen at random, is Lindsay! Congrats!

Here's one of the songs that Lindsay recommended for getting things done:


I just wanted to thank everyone who's extended wishes of good luck and asked about my school project. I've completed the biggest and toughest phase of the project with a presentation called "substantials" (how daunting) last week and now I have two weeks to complete my work and pull it together for the final public presentation. A lot of people have been asking what I'm working on. Well, the short story is that I'm in the last weeks of my Masters of Landscape Architecture degree and my graduate project involves retrofitting a suburban neighbourhood to make it more walkable. The emphasis of my project is on improving biodiversity and human enjoyment of the landscape and that's all I'll bore you with for now. Perhaps I'll share an image or two of my design when this is all over, but for now I just wanted to thank everyone who's helped me out and made this easier.

On that note, the Sadie Etsy shop will be closed from Thursday, April 14 until May 5th to give me time to finish up my school work and get new summer Sadie pieces ready to share with you. I have some exciting things planned for this summer (in life and on the blog). In the meantime, stay tuned for some really awesome day in the life posts and more! I can't wait to ditch this winter-y banner for something brighter come May. Spring! Summer! The best time of year is just ahead of us. Two weeks, people, two weeks.

Here's the getting work done song that I can't live without right now (can't vouch for this video, though...but you really should listen to this song):


P.S. Are any of you big readers?

2.4.11

taking care of business giveaway


A little surprise for you all today: a Sadie giveaway! Up for grabs is any item of your choice from the Sadie shop up to a value of $30. (Incidentally, I'm going to do my best to keep the Sadie shop open for at least the first two weeks in April as I've been able to enlist Jeff as my assistant these days.) Here's the deal, you have until April 14 to enter this giveaway in up to three ways (one entry for each thing on the list):

1. Leave me the title and artist and a link to at least one song that inspires you to get work done. 

2. Follow the Sadie Designs blog.

3. Tweet or blog about this giveaway and leave me a link.

Leave a separate comment for each of your entries to be sure they're counted.

I'll choose the winner at random on April 14th and announce it here on the blog. Be sure to leave me your e-mail address or have it visible in your profile so I can contact you easily.

I have to admit, I have selfish motivations for this particular giveaway. My studio soundtrack is getting a little tired and I could use some new inspirational tunes to help me power through this project. What do you listen to when you need to get something done? Because, friends, I have a lot of somethings that I need to get done right about now!

P.S. Above: smoky quartz picture by me. Below: the ultimate not-allowed BTO song and one of my inspiration songs.