Dead Butterfly Wing Emporium

Thoughts. Feelings. Visions.

I was pretty sure

I didn’t want to go

on without you,

but here I am.

The days are still

passing, and you

are no where to 

be seen. Just like

before I met you.

Every time I try to put you behind me for good your name always comes up some how.  I wish I could happily look back on those memories.  For a good stretch of time talking to you for an hour a week keep me from thinking about how depressed I was.  I will forever be grateful for that.  I was a good friend to you, but you hardly talked to me outside that hour a week.  Then you disappeared from my life, although to be fair you did say goodbye.  Not in so many words, but I felt it that day.  I can’t help but feel a little bitter that I spent so much time and energy on you and got little in return.  All I hope for you now is that you turn out to be the good man I knew you could be all along.

I really want to draw something… However I can’t find my sketchbook, and I work 10 hr shifts the rest of the week which makes me feel like a tired zombie.  So until I get it together enjoy these images of origami cranes I folded from those paper napkin rings they give you at most sit down restaurants (as seen in picture three). :)

Working on my pool shark skills.  I won both games :)

Working on my pool shark skills.  I won both games :)

This is pretty inspiring.

I stumbled across this on the Yahoo homepage.  I usually browse the top articles before I check my mail :)

Making a Tumblr has opened an amazing door.  I’m meeting some really cool and inspiring people.  Thank you for being so awesome and sharing part of your lives.

eatsleepdraw:

We honestly didn’t know if it could work. 

About 3 months ago ArtSnacks was just an idea.

Now that idea is in full swing and it looks very promising.

It’s going to take a few more months but it just might grow into a sustainable business.

I would like to thank my sister, Sarah, and my fiancé, Lauren, for joining me on this journey.

But most importantly, I would like to thank all of our early customers for putting their faith in us to surprise and delight you with the most unique and high-quality art supplies we can find. 

I invite you to fill your mailbox with creativity. Subscribe to ArtSnacks today.

- Lee

Eventually hopefully.

I’m just so overwhelmed with all the rules I try to make myself follow.  All the ones other people try to make me follow.  All the ones I break.  No one seems to understand how things work in my brain.  no one wants to work with you, just dictate what you should do drinking lemonade while watching you sweat.  I’m trying to clear out the clutter that’s physically in my life and mentally in my head.  The problem is I’m sentimentally attached to it now.  I can’t just throw it away and never think of it again.  It haunts me and keeps me awake at night.  So I’m taking it one thing at a time.  Eventually hopefully I can get back to a healthy place.

Happy birthday Mister Ed.

I have been trying not to spend money and not buy things. It’s hard, and feels weird. I don’t know, I guess I was trying to make my self happy by buying things and trying to fill what I thought is missing in my life. I’ve come to the inevitable conclusion. What I want money can. not. buy. I have to work for it. I’m one step closer to where I want to be. Sometimes when you go in the wrong direction too long trying to turn around and go the right way doesn’t feel right because you’ve become too familiar with the wrong way. I really feel with all my heart that I need to make big changes this year, and I’m going to try my best to make them happen.