Mental Inventions

A big part of New Cardea is that I need to get what's in my head, out there. Why is that so important? Well, I have invented many very profitable things, some you probably use everyday. I just didn't get around do doing them before someone else did.

It's kinda heartbreaking when you know you have a good idea and  you watch that same idea receive love and praise, all to another's credit.

Here is a rundown of things *I* mentally invented before they came to life through someone else's hands:

• The Movie PS I Love You - I had come up with an idea for the next great American Novel, or screenplay and when describing it to a friend they said "Yeah, that's pretty much PS I Love You". Now, I hadn't seen the previews, I don't watch TV and I hadn't seen the movie because I'm not a romantic, (My version was not so sappy) I'm more an action movie kinda person. So, that was sad. 

         I've still never seen the movie. 

• Yelp.com - 

Yup. Yelp. I remember saying for a while "There needs to be a review site, and not like what we have now EX:"Chili's, The entity, 3 stars". But "Chili's on 5th and Lamar, food is ok, service is terrible and parking is great". And then Yelp happened,  so I can comfort myself in knowing my ideas are really good. Sometimes. 

• Rocket from Guardians Of The Galaxy - So in 2010 I was working in corporate America and I made up my own little comic strip about a kind of sour Raccoon guy that lived as a human with funny observations on the way us 'humies' do things. Imagine my shock when I watched Guardians and my own little creature came to life on screen. 

Even better than I had planned: Voiced by Bradley Cooper. 

This book: Journaling Throughout the Liturgical Year- 

• Unlike some of the above where I was pretty close to mentally inventing those things, this is the EXACT thing I was thinking of. Ugh. I should have jumped on it!

If there are any investors out there just waiting to see what's floating around in my mind let me know. Apparently it's chalk full of gold. 

Can You Say Kolyva? Or Bouboneira?

This Week's Bust is full of sugar.

ART RELEASED:

These are all things common to an Orthodox Christian. Kolyva, at the top is wheat and lots of sugar we use in memorial services, the cup is possibly a communion cup, or a common cup used in weddings and then the classic 'favor' of jordan almonds wrapped up in tulle, called  a bouboneira in Greek. 

Can't pronounce some of these things? Really? Just try. Come on, do it. It is so cute when people mispronounce Greek words, they are words invented to make people sound adorable when trying to say them. In fact, when someone is trying to learn Greek they don't get annoyed snaps from native speakers, like other language groups, they get "awww, that's cute, but that's not how you say that".

INSPIRATION:

This all started as wanting to make Orthodox greeting cards but the digital stamps worked out so much better, (I'm more of a drawer/painter/imager than a maker/creator) but I still wanted to offer Orthodox art so the resources for cards and such are available. 

The bouboneira was done by looking at one keepsake from my own wedding sitting on my desk as I drew. 

Kolyva, as used in memorial services is on my mind for those I've recently lost....

Other inspirational images and fun can be found at my Pinterest page. Check. It. Out.

FAVORITE THINGS: 

Can we just take a moment and think about this:

My baby shower is fast approaching and candy, apothecary jars and pastel shall abound. 

FAVORITE TEXT OF THE WEEK:

"Well he doesn't seem to be too much like Rasputin"

So Excited About The New Fall Girl

I just finished my "Fall Girl"Stamp:

Cute huh? I had so much fun drawing her, and so much fun making her become digital. I think I will list her ONLY TEMPORARILY on Etsy and then re-list her once I've colored her. I'm sure I'll have a ton of fun doing that too. 

What would you make with this fall girl? A few small changes or with the right coloring and she could be a winter girl pretty easily huh?

Hello Fall

Hello, Fall.

Is it officially Fall? How do you know? Doesn't it come later in September according to the calendar?

The way I know and what makes it official for me is Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks. Way to go marketing. But, hey, it works.

And hello, World.

First post. Whoo. This is the home for my digital stamps, specialized greeting cards and life.

Welcome~

My Fall themed digital stamp set will be coming out soon and I'll be sure to post all about it. 

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