I fell asleep on the couch for a few winks earlier this evening so of course I’m wide awake at 1am. I got some work out of the way and what I should be doing - what I want to be doing - is finally going over the stack of unread magazines that have come in the mail. I used to savor those evenings, flipping through the eye candy in fashion and design magazines, but there hasn’t been any time. Instead, I’m starting to rethink the packaging of the products. I think what we have is fine, but it was done so fast for the Flea, that it hasn’t settled with me 100 percent. The print job was rush, so I didn’t have too much time to proof and refine the colors so the yellow and red isn’t right. I waffle between doing something minimal and clean as I’ve done, to something a little more ornate and a bit more hand done. Unfortunately, like any print job, it isn’t cheap and we have 9 different products to produce labels for, so whatever I do next - and the end of the label rolls might creep up sooner than later - has got to count.

My big wish is to have all the time and budget to get this right. I dream of doing custom printed paper and tissue wrap from the little cookie pattern that I’ve designed, or printed boxes instead of bags. One step at a time…I still haven’t forgotten about my little marshmallow dolls either.