Welcome back...

Yes the subject of this post is Welcome Back...I am welcoming you back and myself. It's been a long time...seems like forever. If you are wondering about the slowness - well maternity leave will do that! Yup! Late nights and a screaming baby...wow...what an experience it has been thus far and will be for the next 18 years (yawn).

Anyway...all is back on track and here at a-ieK we are working on some new and exciting things...so bare with us and stay tuned because we've missed you too.

you betcha!

...life is still moving forward but the blog is a bit dated/slow or will be while we experience new life and late nights (yawn) for a few weeks.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Printable Housing???

A University of Southern California engineer and his colleagues are developing a 3D printer for houses.

Called Contour Crafting, the system spits out layers of concrete to build a structure from the bottom up. Caterpillar, the worlds largest manufacter of construction equipment is sponsoring the research. Read the full article here.

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Source:
BoingBoing, A Directory of Wonderful Things
Posted by David Pescovitz, September 3, 2008 9:29 AM

Why Nots...

Afraid to be upfront with your thoughts? or do you just refrain because you want to be a "good" person? Sometimes you just have to let go!

Why not send a Why Not notecard and let someone know exactly what you're thinking.
















Check them out here...They're new in the shop!

Agapanthus Note Flats

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...Welcoming back a popular item from my online shop, the Agapanthus Note Flats. These note flats come in two colors - terra and smoke. Note flats can be personalized or not and sent as a gift to that special friend or keep a set for yourself!

Check them out: terra or smoke

Refresh :: Renew

I've been snail blogging for quite a bit now - no ones fault but my own - work, life, family, etc. I guess you could say one of my New Years Resolution for 08' was a flop! Okay so maybe not - I do twitter with friends, crafters, artists & designers - that has to count for something. Ya think? I'll wait five minutes for a response (smile).

Well no one responded...

With the above being said I'd like to apologize to anyone that's been following the a-iek blog or attempting to. I am tying up loose strings and body parts so we can get ourselves back in order to blog more often...refreshing & renewing is what I am calling it. So hang in there (note to self also), we're still here!

As always thanks for everyones continued support and well wishes!

Birthdays

...so today is the big day well meaning in birthdays. I'm not really sure how I feel about turning ** but let's just say turning 30 was easy. What makes my feelings a bit more strange, funny, or just plain crazy is:

1. I totally forgot my birthday was coming up
2. the fact that my coworker sent me a card which reads:

AND
3. today after telling me happy birthday, my mom told me she was still 25...