Liz Staley's Realm of Nerdiness

I'm not above resorting to bribes!

2009-12-09T21:31:00.000-05:00

Unbeknownst to many, I have started recording my novel as an audio book. This audio book will be released about every other week or so (haven't quite decided the details yet) and will be free. It's being read by me, so it should prove to be... entertaining... I already have a test of the prologue done, but I need to record it again since I got some feedback on how to make it sound better.Well, I

NaNoWriMo09 Excerpt 2: Legend of the Broken Sword

2009-11-09T07:45:00.001-05:00

(This has been the hardest month of my life, I swear. Nothing has worked out the way I wanted it to. But, I have something I wrote yesterday that I think is pretty good, so I thought I'd share. This isn't edited yet, so be gentle!)The moon rose over the trees, the fire crackled and popped and sent up yellow sparks in to the night sky while the stars twinkled down at them.In her bedroll, Xia

NaNoWriMo09 Excerpt 1: Legend of the Broken Sword

2009-11-01T21:33:00.002-05:00

(This was my word count for this morning. Enjoy!)Chapter OneThe words the king of Ellos had just said hit Tam like a ton of bricks. She took half a step back, her leather armor rustling as she moved. Her violet eyes widened in to an expression of shock from behind her short brown hair. "I," she hesitated. Her throat and mouth had gone dry. She put her left hand down and gripped the sword attached

Happy NaNoWriMo!

2009-11-01T08:40:00.002-05:00

Today marks the beginning of NaNoWriMo, which I'm doing (of course! Been waiting all year for it!). I'm writing two novels this year, and since I've been neglecting my blog I decided that I'll be posting the excerpts here. This will be handy because I can only really put so much on the NaNo profile, and for excerpts I can just link here. The main novel I will be working on is called Legacy of the

The Great Book Giveaway!

2009-09-28T09:21:00.005-04:00

I've been talking about it for awhile, and now it's time to do it! I'm giving away a copy of my book, The Hinomoto Rebellion: Book One of the Aka Ryuu Chronicles, and it's so easy to enter the drawing! Just BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK for an entry in to the drawing! On the day the winner is chosen, I'll pull up the fan list on Facebook, have a number generator generate a winner at random, and

Question for you all...

2009-09-14T10:17:00.001-04:00

So, I need to get some money toward a new computer. Basically, if I ever want to be able to do that pretty comic I keep doodling pages for and talking about I need a MUCH more powerful machine than the laptop I have right now. I can only get up to 2GB of RAM in this thing, and while I love my Andromeda here, I would much rather have her as a internet/word processing computer than a graphics

Move along, Move along, like I know you do...

2009-08-22T07:14:00.002-04:00

I know a lot of you have heard this by now, but I thought I'd announce it here too. After months of deliberation, I've decided to close my Etsy shop in a few weeks. I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I'd rather concentrate on my career as a writer. I'll still be doing commissions (the ones that have been ordered already) of plushies from time to time, especially for friends, but I

Confession: I live my life in fear of English Majors

2009-08-12T13:03:00.002-04:00

Since I was little, I loved to write. I was always coming up with stories and, yes, even illustrating them. I wrote my first "novel" in a Marble composition book in middle school, and it was an awful bit of fan-fiction that had me and two friends in the Ronin Warrior team. I'm sure that this abomination is stored somewhere in the things that I left at my Mom's place when I moved down to college,

Pre-orders are open!

2009-07-21T06:28:00.002-04:00

We finally set the date for the release of my novel! The big day is August 21st, and pre-orders are now open! At the moment we only have them on my Etsy shop, but we're hoping to have my web-site set up to take orders later today. Don't want to go through Etsy? Contact me at liz[at]oap-studios.com for a PayPal invoice!This listing is for a pre-order of my book. The release date of the novel is

New projects, old projects...

2009-07-19T07:24:00.005-04:00

I swear, I'll have some more plushies and stuff to show soon! I haven't really been wanting to be in the studio lately, with trying to get that novel done and all that. Now that it is done I've been bitten by the writing and drawing bug. I think that even with all the hair-pulling and frustration that the novel brought on I still really enjoyed it. And it's nice to actually see that finished book

OMG it's finally here!

2009-07-15T15:31:00.006-04:00

This is about to be a major picture spam. Please forgive me! I'm just excited and want to show off, because look what arrived!My book! The first real, professional copy of the story I've worked on for ten years! And it's so pretty!!It's 6 by 9 inches, and nearly an inch thick. 350 crisp white pages with black text and 22 interior illustrations.As you can see, my cover artist did a fantastic job

More illustration madness

2009-07-07T14:59:00.007-04:00

Descriptions for all of these can be found on my Facebook Fan Page.I also have a gallery on MangaBullet now!

I'm a bad blogger...

2009-07-03T11:56:00.011-04:00

I haven't checked in for awhile. Crap happened that I can't go in to really, but it's been keeping me busy on top of all the other stuff I've been doing. I'll leave you guys with some art I've done over the past few weeks for the novel I'm working on. I haven't been able to do any plushing. @_@ Descriptions for all of these can be found on my Facebook Fan Page.(that one is probably my favorite

So peeved at Facebook right now...

2009-06-13T09:54:00.001-04:00

I have two fan pages over on Facebook, one for my Etsy store, and one for my writing. Neither of them are very active even when I DO put new content up because, hey, even the supposed fans I've had for my writing all these years don't tell me they're out there. So I don't really expect much in the way of commenting and all, and don't usually get it.Well, today marked the launch of being able to

New Centurions Plushie- Hydris Thriss Secret Project

2009-06-12T13:25:00.006-04:00

My long time friend (the one that's letting me and hubby live in her house) got deployed to Iraq in February (one of the reasons we're living in her house, actually...). Well, June 6 was her birthday and her husband had me make her a plushie that we sent over to her. It arrived today so I can FINALLY upload pictures of it!This is the first full plushie that I've done of my larger size pattern.

Novel Illustration Previews

2009-06-07T09:27:00.005-04:00

Some of you may have heard me talk about this novel I'm working on to publish later this year. The text is being edited currently and was driving me crazy, so I decided to start working on the illustrations. Each chapter will have an illustration, some of the illustrations are going to be full page size and some will just be chapter heading size (kind of like the Harry Potter book illustrations,

Oops...

2009-06-02T06:58:00.005-04:00

So I haven't updated here in a bit, mainly because I've been up to my eyeballs in work, which is fun but makes me tear my hair out. Also my hubby starts work today and I've been trying to enjoy our "unemployed time" together while we still have it, LOL! Even though, technically, I have several jobs right now it feels like.I got commissioned to make a pattern of a bunny rabbit, trying to match as

Action Cures Fear, Part 3

2009-05-23T14:22:00.002-04:00

I spent a day earlier in the week feeling a bit depressed. See, I asked a friend of ours that had never read my story if he would be willing to read over what I was doing and give me his opinion, since he has fresh eyes and all and doesn't know as much about the story as all my other friends that I'd normally ask in this situation. He agreed and I sent him the first 8 chapters and prologue, then

Action Cures Fear, Part 2

2009-05-20T13:45:00.002-04:00

Yesterday I talked about weight loss as a means to stop standing in my own way and the effect that just starting to jog a little has had on getting me toward that goal. I didn't jog on my workout this morning, not because I was scared to but because I didn't want to and because I was thinking hard about my novel.So, another thing I've inadvertently done to try to achieve my resolution is reading

Action Cures Fear

2009-05-19T10:50:00.003-04:00

This year I made a New Year's Resolution, which is an oddity for me. Normally I don't make them because I don't want to set myself up for failure, and it seems like 99% of resolutions are doomed from January 2nd anyway. But this past year, as hubby and I were walking home from a party we'd gone to, he asked if I was going to make a resolution, and I told him I was."I want to stop standing in my

This is always a little weird...

2009-05-16T11:32:00.003-04:00

I always feel like such a bad nerd when I have to admit this but... I've never seen an episode of Doctor Who. Ever. But I always get asked to make Doctor Who stuff by my fellow nerds, and I like to try to accommodate as best I can. I always feel a bit weird though when I make anything from a series I don't know. Is it wrong to make things that I don't personally "geek out" to? Is it against some

Button Blowout Sale in my Etsy Shop!

2009-05-14T06:54:00.003-04:00

**BUTTON BLOWOUT SALE!**I'm listing every button I have left in my inventory and taking 50% off of the price in order to clear them out! On May 21st they'll all be gone for good! We've got Star Wars, Princess Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, Firefly, and more! Get them while you can!

Bite-Size Plushies and Self-Publishing Frustration

2009-05-12T06:52:00.005-04:00

Bite Size plushies are finally here! I actually developed these first last Christmas when I made Hubby a plushie of Grandizer/Grendizer/Goldorak. I made myself a full-size Orion Quest to go with it, but also made a mini Orion that was a keychain as a surprise. Yeah, the bad thing about that gift was that living in a one-bedroom apartment provided me no space to work on his gift without being

What the hell is Liz doing?

2009-05-09T11:33:00.006-04:00

I know what you're thinking. "Liz, what the hell is that? It looks like little stubby legs... or pig noses... or some type of sea creature. What are you on? Put the fleece and the Fiberfill down and step back!"Well... I'll show you what it is, just scroll down.Keep scrolling...I BLAME HUBBY FOR THIS!!Made from yellow fleece, fiberfill, thread, and time on the internet spent looking up the

DarkPaw, Destroyer of Worlds...

2009-05-06T12:23:00.007-04:00

And here he is! The sun came out a little bit today so I set Darkpaw up against a white fabric backdrop and got the best pictures I could of him. They're not GREAT but they're better than last time. I really like this shot of him for some reason...Darkpaw is about 15 inches tall and has taken... way too damn much time to complete... LOLRead back in the blog to see other progress pictures and read

Some sneak peeks at DarkPaw!

2009-05-04T17:38:00.007-04:00

I've been working on DarkPaw all day... But contrary to what the above photos say, he's actually done! I'm waiting for the last of the glue to dry and hoping that tomorrow will be sunny enough to take good photos. This was him earlier after I got his body assembled. For some reason the plushies are always so creepy when the heads have faces but aren't on the body yet... You can see his staff on

ACEO - 060 Rejection

2009-05-03T08:01:00.003-04:00

This ACEO is an original, NOT a reproduction. It is done on a heavy, board with watercolor and brush marker. This ACEO is a one of a kind artwork by me and will never be reproduced.I am doing 100 themed ACEOs as a creative exercise. This is theme 60- "Rejection." I love the combination of red and black, I really do! Maybe a little too much... This watercolor background seemed very somber, so I

ACEO - 045 Illusion

2009-05-02T07:53:00.001-04:00

This ACEO is an original, NOT a reproduction. It is done on a heavy, board with watercolor, and brush marker. This ACEO is a one of a kind artwork by me and will never be reproduced.I am doing 100 themed ACEOs as a creative exercise. This is theme 45- "Illusion." This drawing evolved rather randomly as I was staring at the background and trying to figure out what to do with it. I thought that it

ACEO - 020 Fortitude

2009-05-01T07:49:00.002-04:00

This ACEO is an original, NOT a reproduction. It is done on a heavy, board with watercolor, pencil, and brush marker. This ACEO is a one of a kind artwork by me and will never be reproduced.I am doing 100 themed ACEOs as a creative exercise. This is theme 20- "Fortitude." When I think of fortitude, I usually think of a Fortitude Save in D&D. And who has the best Fortitude Save? The fighter class.

Expression Sheets! #2

2009-04-29T10:17:00.002-04:00

(click on the picture for a larger view!)As promised from yesterday, here's another finished expression sheet! This is Roni, the youngest main character in my novel (she actually looks younger than she is, too...). Actually, she's Andrea's foil- her opposite. Where Andrea is a perpetually angry Bitch-Queen-of-the-Universe, Roni is happy, cheerful, and trusting of others. She's very emotive and

Expression Sheets! #1

2009-04-28T14:55:00.004-04:00

I have a lot of fun doing character and expression sheets- I always have. They're one of my favorite things about character development and I always loved doing them in school. So, when I saw this expression meme floating around DevArt (just before I left, anyway) I knew I had to do it. Besides, I have to get used to the new way I'm drawing hair and faces, and this is a great way to do just that!

Happy Etsy Day!

2009-04-24T09:15:00.000-04:00

Today is Etsy Day! Here's an article with more information about it!

Where the Magic Happens!

2009-04-19T11:20:00.004-04:00

I had to go in the studio today and cut some things out to work on today while I'm sitting at Neverland Games later on today. Decided to work on the plushies that I cut out weeks ago to play with the mini-plushie pattern I made and have done a few things with (including Bumblebee and a new PPF Plushie). I decided I didn't like the legs so I want to change them around, but these plushies I cut out

Bear Prototype with Hat Prototype

2009-04-15T12:50:00.003-04:00

I am just a prototyping fool this week! I think I got the hat pretty close- as close as I probably can anyway. Still not bad for someone who doesn't have a lot of pattern making experience. It's got some problems that I'm going to try to iron out, but for getting it that good in two tries it's nice. It's just pinned on to the head and the yellow pieces are pinned on as well, which is why it looks

Bear Prototype done!

2009-04-14T16:25:00.003-04:00

I got a commission about two weeks ago for a plushie of the villain DarkPaw from the 80's cartoon Paw Paw Bears. I don't remember this show at all, but the commissioner had plenty of references for the character, so I took the job and started working on a prototype.I found a bear pattern that was close to the shapes I wanted and started making my pattern based off of it. I stuck closest to the

ACEO - 077 Test - Original

2009-04-11T09:00:00.001-04:00

This ACEO is an original, NOT a reproduction. It is done on illustration board with watercolor, ink, and acrylic. This ACEO is a one of a kind artwork by me and will never be reproduced.I am doing 100 themed ACEOs as a creative exercise. This is theme 77- "Test." I came across the idea for this theme rather interestingly, actually. I hate spiders. Have been afraid of them for as long as I can

ACEO - 021 Vacation - Original

2009-04-10T09:33:00.006-04:00

This ACEO is an original, NOT a reproduction. It is done on illustration board with watercolor and ink. This ACEO is a one of a kind artwork by me and will never be reproduced.I am doing 100 themed ACEOs as a creative exercise. This is theme 21- "Vacation." I painted this watercolor background and immediately was reminded of a beach, so this theme seemed pretty appropriate! Especially since I'm

Now available in your email!

2009-04-09T20:21:00.002-04:00

You can now get my blog updates by email- for free! Just put your address in that box to your left there.<-----I'm working on this new plushie and it's driving me CRAZY! But I'm excited that it should be done soon... the prototype anyway. I actually walked (yes, walked!) to the fabric store today and got the rest of what I need to make the good version of the plushie too. It's so nice having a

ACEO - 009 Drive

2009-04-08T10:39:00.002-04:00

This ACEO is an original, NOT a reproduction. It is done on illustration board with watercolor and ink. This ACEO is a one of a kind artwork by me and will never be reproduced.I am doing 100 themed ACEOs as a creative exercise. This is theme 09- "Drive." I've been pondering this theme for a long time. One of the most interesting challenges about doing this theme list as ACEOs is trying to come up

ACEO - 026 Tears - Original

2009-04-06T08:10:00.003-04:00

This ACEO is an original, NOT a reproduction. It is done on a heavy, board with watercolor and ink. This ACEO is a one of a kind artwork by me and will never be reproduced.I am doing 100 themed ACEOs as a creative exercise. This is theme 26- "Tears." This background seemed kind of somber to me, despite the yellow and pink. I didn't notice until I had the eye inked that the blue and yellow streak

Felicia from DarkStalkers

2009-04-05T07:49:00.002-04:00

A long time ago I was really in with the "One Piece" fandom- and I mean REALLY in with it. Somewhere in my wanderings of the internet I stumbled across a site called One Piece Haven and ended up as an admin on the forums there. The forum group was a pretty close group of real life friends, plus me, and I ended up staying in decent touch with at least one of them through the last few years.So,

100 ACEO Theme Challenge! (74% Done!)

2009-04-04T17:20:00.004-04:00

What are ACEOs??I'll update this list as I make the ACEOs. No medium restrictions, no style restrictions, anything goes, and no set order!67% Complete(Last Updated 4/3/2009)1. Introduction2. Love3. Light4. Dark5. Seeking Solace6. Break Away7. Heaven8. Innocence9. Drive10. Breathe Again11. Memory12. Insanity13. Misfortune14. Smile15. Silence16. Questioning17. Blood18. Rainbow19. Gray20.

Plushie List

2009-04-04T17:16:00.001-04:00

Currently Working OnBrother Cho (Original Character)Xia Redmoon (Original Character)Andrea "The Tiger" (Original Character)Dark Paw (Paw Paw Bears- Custom Order)In Planning StagesSpacer (Grandizer Plushie accesory)Want To MakeAdrian, Kasia, Tasia, and Kerianna Ford (Original Characters)Spidey Fan-girl Liz (S3A version)Spidey (S2A and S3A versions)Sarah Bryant (OC, Adrastus comic/Etsy Shop Mascot)

ACEO- 007 Heaven

2009-04-04T11:56:00.003-04:00

This ACEO is an original, NOT a reproduction. It is done on a heavy, board with watercolor, ink and acrylic paint. This ACEO is a one of a kind artwork by me and will never be reproduced.I am doing 100 themed ACEOs as a creative exercise. This is theme 07- "Heaven." I had this background painted already and wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, but I thought that, to a sexy elf guy, a

I'm a bad blogger...

2009-04-04T08:19:00.002-04:00

So, I haven't posted here in a month... I'm an awful blogger, aren't I? To be honest I haven't been able to keep up with this because I haven't been able to pick a theme of things I want to write about here. I'm so random and all over the place day-to-day really.Well, I think I've finally figured it out. Some things have been happening at another site I belong to that have been making me really

Featuring Greenfingers

2008-11-27T15:24:00.002-05:00

cthulhu2 Originally uploaded by green_fingers Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow nerds out there- whether you're in America or not! I'm thankful for role-playing, a good meal with my fabulous hubby, and this incredibly cute amigurumi Cthulhu made by Greenfingers! Isn't he adorable? Don't you just want to give him a big, squishy, Elder God hug of doom?I think I'll put out a plate of turkey

I'm a winner!

2008-11-25T20:11:00.004-05:00

So, I'm still working on the last fight scene of my novel... but...:DI feel like a little kid that got all A's on their report card. I keep looking up at the fridge and smiling. I'm truly amazed with myself- and let me tell you, come next year? I'm a NaNoer once again! This is an addiction forming- I love to write again!

NaNoWriMo Story Time with Liz- Part 3!

2008-11-20T11:21:00.003-05:00

Newest Excerpt of the novel. I wrote this several days ago and like the way it turned out, though it is a bit of a spoiler... Okay, it's a big spoiler, actually, but the scene is nice, even if it does need editing.As always, story and characters belong to me, do not repost this anywhere without permission!Excerpt: Aftershocks of a Revolution: Book 2 in the Aka Ryuu SeriesDeuce tapped a finger

Attack of the Killer Plot Bunnies

2008-11-16T19:43:00.004-05:00

The plot bunnies were seriously killing me today... I mean it- I had to draw that picture just because that's how I feel right now. :( I got stuck on this fight scene I started yesterday and actually had to use Write Or Die to write nearly 700 words in 20 minutes. It really helped though! Because it got me writing rather than staring at my file like an idiot.No new excerpt today. I might put up

NaNoWriMo Story Time with Liz- Part 2!

2008-11-15T17:00:00.003-05:00

Here's a little excerpt from... about 40K and six chapters ago. I rather like the scene though- lots of drama. :) The waiting room was so quiet that you could hear someone drop a feather on the floor. Even the doctors, nurses, and orderlies seemed to be getting quiet as they passed by- whether out of respect or because the assembled group looked so pitiful that they couldn’t help it.Fushicho was

NaNoWriMo Story Time with Liz!

2008-11-10T18:29:00.005-05:00

I hope that widget will work... As well as sharing my progress- which as you can see, is not too shabby!- I wanted to share the first excerpt I put up in my NaNoWriMo profile as well. So, without further ado, here is the beginning of Chapter 3 of Book 2 in the Aka Ryuu Series. This is really rough and hasn't been properly edited yet, but I thought I'd share anyway. Enjoy!The following is

Fragile Soul of an Artist

2008-10-17T16:54:00.006-04:00

(Warning: Rambling post ahead!)As a few people know (actually, more than a few, since I haven't kept my mouth shut too well), I am gearing up to get my first novel published. The past few weeks I've been editing, adding on appendices, rethinking, reworking, and finally- redesigning my characters and reworking my drawing style to a more detailed anime style.Most of my friends will tell you that I

Recipes for Gamers #3- Chili

2008-09-11T18:27:00.003-04:00

Sorry, no picture of this one yet. I made this tonight and WOW is it yummy- and easy too, as usual. I've been building off of a base lentil chili recipe for awhile, but it's evolved and become this after awhile. I hope you enjoy my latest mutation- it makes a nice big pot of stew for those cold days of gaming that are coming up!Lentil Chili with Italian Sausage1 pound Italian Sausage (I use Mild)

Guide to Understanding Liz-Speak...

2008-07-28T08:22:00.003-04:00

I am an emote junkie. I'm not ashamed of it either- in fact, I'm pretty shameless with my emote usage! However, apparently I use a few emotes that are... obscure... and I get asked about them often. Some of my friends on Etsy.com suggested that it might be a fun blog post to explain my emotes and what they mean.Well... a picture is worth a thousand words, right? So rather than explain them in

Recipes for Gamers #2- Shepherd's Pie

2008-07-25T12:33:00.007-04:00

I thought I'd share a delicious (and really easy- I promise!) main dish recipe that will fill and satisfy your hungriest players. Make this up when the hordes are tired of pizza AGAIN, or don't want burgers and fries. This would also be a great meal for cold winter days (useful if your group gathers in the basement- it can get chilly down there!).The following recipe is actually a double batch,

Recipes for Gamers #1- Smudgies

2008-07-21T14:11:00.005-04:00

As a Gamer, a Nerd, and a wife, I'm always on the lookout for cheap, easy recipes that will satisfy a table full of ravenous nerds. I've gathered several recipes and thought I'd share them here!In my part of the world, it's summer, and it's HOT. Unbearably so. In honor of the hot weather, I decided to feature the newest recipe added to my arsenal against the hungry hordes. I actually found out

When in Rome...

2008-06-17T21:56:00.003-04:00

Do as the Romans do...This particular nerdy girl is hoping that the Romans know how to make a kick-ass dungeon crawl (No D&D 4th Edition, please!)To read up on what the hell I'm talking about, visit this awesome blog that my husband-person linked me to tonight!

The "Number of Jedi in a Party" Theory... Proven...

2008-06-16T19:15:00.005-04:00

I've been playing in a Star Wars table-top RPG for over a year now with the same character. Her name is Andromeda, and she's a Miraluka Jedi with a bit of a martyr complex. We currently have six players, only three of which have been with us since the beginning of the game. (Myself, the manager of the gaming store that plays our Slicer, and our black-belt friend that plays our trigger-happy merc.

Thought for the Day

2008-05-15T16:49:00.002-04:00

(I know I haven't been writing a lot about what's been going on with the store and with life. I started doing a "Thought for the Day" over on my LiveJournal and it's sort of migrating here as well when I find interesting things. Enjoy!)Article found at http://www.changeyourtree.comContrary to popular belief, you are in control of our life. You may believe, based on what you have been taught, that

Thought for the day

2008-05-08T06:15:00.002-04:00

I found this yesterday in the Etsy.com Forums and it was something I really needed to hear. (And by the way, the seller who posted it originally is really awesome, so stop by and check out her shop too!) pawandclawdesigns says:Good Morning!I get a bacn/newsletter thing every day, from Debt Proof Living.Lots of times it's commonsense; pay off your credit card, don;t buy 4 dollar coffee, tell your

ACEOs and why I love them

2008-04-17T07:45:00.010-04:00

I've been making a LOT of ACEOs lately. I mean a lot. I've made 31 ACEOs in as many days, practically. I'm actually making 100 ACEOs, at least, all from a theme list just because I wanted to do the creative exercise and think "outside my box."So, now that you know how obsessed I am with ACEOs, let me tell you what they are. I get asked a lot what "ACEO" is. ACEO stands for "Art Card Editions and

Packing Tape Image Transfer Tutorial!

2007-11-08T16:49:00.002-05:00

Since I've been back on my Wallet-making Kick, I've had several inquires on how to do the packing tape image transfers. I decided that I would share this because the instructions I found through HGTV when I googled this technique are... downright confusing, really.You will need:Image to be transferred (I have found that ink-jet images do NOT work for this. Professionally printed magazines and

Sarah, my Etsy Shop Mascot

2007-06-09T17:24:00.002-04:00

Sarah, my Etsy Shop Mascot Originally uploaded by lizstaley I've been wanting to talk a bit about Sarah in my blog for awhile. Some of you know Sarah-- She's my shop mascot/logo, I have her on my banner, my icon, my tags, thank you cards, and paper toppers for my buttons. Actually, I've used her on promotional buttons as well!Well, why Sarah? What does this red-headed goth looking chick with