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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Mid Week Mingle Nov. 30 - Dec. 1

Welcome to my Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop!

This hop is featured on all 3 of my blogs so now you can meet even more friends!

In case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺

It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please place the "Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on your blog somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow my blog.
  3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
  4. Add your name/image to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
  5. Comments are optional but always appreciated☺





Please support this blog hop by using your Facebook, Twitter, and forums to advertise. It's great for everyone to discover new friends, followers, and fantastic blogs!
Thanks so much for participating!
T♥

Monday, November 29, 2010

I retweet you, you retweet me....

graphicdesignbytara
Hi,

I was thinking it would be great if everyone retweeted each others sales today.

I don't have any sales going on, but I'm happy to twitter everyone who posts my @giveittometara in their tweet.

http://www.twitter.com/giveittometara

Let's all support each other, thanks!
T♥

Let me introduce you to...

Chanukah!

Even though I'm Jewish it completely slipped my mind that we were already about to celebrate Hanukkah! So I'm off to do a bit of shopping and I thought my birdy needed a Jewover. Please don't be offended, it's okay when I say "Jewover" lol.

Love and tolerance baby...
T♥

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Give it to me Monday! Blog Hop and Giveaway Linky

Welcome to Give It To Me Monday! A Blog Hop & Giveaway Link Up! Linky will open on Sunday nights! Make sure to post our button and get the word out, the more the better! Add your giveaways and enter some too!
Lets kick the Monday funk and have some FUN!


Make sure to follow your two co-hosts and we will follow you back:


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ENTER BLOG LINKS:


ENTER GIVEAWAY LINKS (Make sure to add end dates)

Weekend Wrap Up

Hi all!

Happy after Turkey day weekend massacre! I just gave all 4 of my dogs the leftover turkey and I think they were the only ones who could still enjoy it!! lol I'm turkeyed out to say the least.

Mostly just been working on a few projects. Yes, I always say I don't work anymore but how can I tell my best clients no? Let's just say I'm not seeking work anymore..

So the twitter continues to grow and I've got almost 300 followers in one week! Come join me if you haven't already, I always follow back.

Twitter Tara

I have a growing list of promotions from sellers for tomorrow aka CYBER MONDAY.

http://giveittometara.blogspot.com/2010/11/get-ready-for-cyber-monday.html

Hoping that if everyone stays on the computer all day, I can hit up the malls! But maybe that's the trick of it all and the malls will still be packed?? hmmmmm...

There is still a FREE Happy Holidays Banner in my Etsy shop.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62658669/pif-etsy-shop-happy-holidays-banner

Please vote for this blog and help me to become number 1! Okay, I'll take top 100;)



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In the life of moi news...

Band practice today, not sure if I want to sing? I'm in a foul mood, my son has that anxiety disease where you pull your own hair out and it scared the crap out of me when I discovered it this week.

Last night we watched "The Prince of Persia" movie, which I liked and the boys hated. Too much mushy for them. They didn't love the video game too much either but said it was better than the movie!

My husband has decided to not only be a pilot, aerobatics champ, judge at competitions, drummer, etc. etc. But has now moved on to covet my bass. ♫Anything you can do, I can do better...♫ Mama shares enough and that is all I have to say about that! lol

Tomorrow I go and dump this all on my therapist, maybe I should just send her a link to my blogs???

Thanks for reading,
T♥

Friday, November 26, 2010

Cyber Monday is gonna kick @ss!!! And I'm bringing you the deals!

Dearest readers and deal lovers,

I don't normally use this blog for advertising, but what the heck? It's my g'dang blog!!! lol So please plan on visiting my other blog for a fantastic Cyber Monday post that includes a lot of great deals, handcrafted items, and discounts in general! I have also just added a ton of great companies that I have hand picked myself to be on the blog. They are all holding some type of holiday and/or Cyber Monday promo so please check them out.

Give it to me Tara!


Stay out of those malls people! Why fight for a great deal when you can sit in your p.j.s, eat cereal out of the box, and use your own bathroom?? Oh wait, that's what I'm going to do☺

Thanks much for reading and putting up w/an advertisement post once in a while.
T♥

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Weekend Blog Hop 11/26-11/29

Welcome to my Weekend Blog Hop! 

As some of you may know I have started a review and giveaway blog and I would love if you could drop by and add yourself this weekend.



In case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺


It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please place the "Weekend Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on your blog somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow my blog and if you are already following this one, please follow my new one.  
  3. Give it to me Tara!
  4. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
  5. Add your name to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
  6. Comments are optional but always appreciated.







Please support this blog hop by using your Facebook, Twitter, and forums to advertise. It's great for everyone to discover new friends, followers, and fantastic blogs!

Thanks so much for participating!
T♥

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Thanksgiving Blog Hops

I'm going to post all the Thanksgiving Hops here so we can all find them! If you have a hop let me know via email...


Email GDBT








Bassgiraffe's Thoughts Thursday Blog Hop

KeenlyKristin.com

Happy Hopping/Thankful Day!
T♥

Gotta do it! What I'm thankful for...


Happy advance Thanksgiving everyone! As required by the government that has chosen this day for us to be grateful, I will continue to hold up their requirement and post here what I am grateful for...

  • My extremely intelligent handsome boys.
  • Fantastic husband who put up w/me until I got my sh*t together♥
  • Parents who are still taking care of me/smothering me after 39 yrs!!
  • My Chi-Chis (chihuahuas), you always give me something to look forward to at home and keep me laughing.
  • My ramshackle house. I love you for giving me shelter when I don't want to go outside. This also includes my undying gratitude for the fantastic central a/c in the summer.
  • My meds, no explanation necessary.
  • Nora ,John, and Cassidy for keeping us all mellow.
  • Heather for always putting up with my flakiness and being a good friend no matter how absent I am.
  • Very thankful that I bought myself the new computer and software so that now that I am broke I still can have the best. 
  • My music and my bass, I enjoy you so much!
  • I don't have to work if I don't want to, even though we need it.
  • I have 2 working cars.
  • All of my online friends, clients, and supporters.
  • Did I mention we still have our house?
 There is soooo much more to be thankful for and as us Jews say around Xmas time "It Could Always be Worse!"

Wishing you the best Turkey Day of all and thank you for reading!
T♥


Please note, these animated graphics come from Glitter GraphicsI have used them since the MySpace days 5 years ago and I'm pretty darn thankful for their site!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop 11/23-11/24

Welcome to my Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop!

This hop is featured on both of my blogs so now you can meet even more friends!

In   case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link   your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺

It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please    place the "Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on   your blog  somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow my blog.
  3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
  4. Add your name/image to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
  5. Comments are optional but always appreciated☺





Please   support this blog hop by using your Facebook, Twitter, and forums to    advertise. It's great for everyone to discover new friends, followers,    and fantastic blogs!
Thanks so much for participating!
T♥

Monday, November 22, 2010

FREE PIF Etsy Banner

Good morning sunshines☼ I just love making that sun, don't you?? lol

I have just placed the first official holiday PIF banner in my Etsy Shop...

Happy Holidays Banner

No purchase really necessary, just right click and save it. Comes Etsy sized and I hope you all enjoy it!

Happy pre-black Friday/cyber Monday holiday shopping season!

Thanks for reading and thank you to all my new blog followers and hoppers.
T♥

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Weekend Wrap Up 11/21

Hey all! Glad to be writing something I can make as long as I want and not have to squish it into a twitter box!!! lol

So as I said a couple of days ago, I have now been sucked into the Twitter vortex.

Tara on Twitter aka Twittering Tara:)

I promise to still keep up all of my blogs and not overwhelm everyone w/SPAM and other cr*p we all don't need in our lives!

This weekend was probably the most relaxing I've had in a while. Friday evening we went to Harry Potter, which was so fantastic I actually shut up for 2 1/2 hours straight!!! lol Saturday we watched it rain and ate yummy warm Italian food. Mostly, we just enjoyed eachother's company. We have the new Kinect and I've been playing the Dance game non stop. Completely recommend it for weight loss, I think I lost 5 pounds in one week! If I give up the ice cream for breakfast and brownies for lunch, I may get off the morbidly obese BMI scale;) I'm not even sure what that crap means, but almost everyone in the world is the wrong weight according to this government tool, so it's gotta be wrong!

Moving on.. we did our band/singing thing today and sang a lot of Zeppelin songs. If you go back and actually listen to these, you will hear Robert Plant is warbling inappropriately. Not inappropriate for me, but for the 3 kids that were hovering around. I wouldn't let my husband record our session, if you get my meaning??? Love the Zeppelin for playing the bass, but singing it doesn't work for me. Same w/the Beatles, too much talky, talky, not enough singy, singy!! lol

This week is Thanksgiving break for the kids and I'm going to drop them off at g'mas for a well deserved rest. Hoping to get through the holidays w/out gaining another 14 pounds, which is what I have gained since summer. It's so funny, I can eat 500 calories a day, walk, work out for 45 min., cook/clean/work, run around w/dogs, and still no weight lost on these meds:( Crazy or fat, ya just can't win!

Off to Tweet probably, this sh#t is really addicting!

Thanks for reading, hopping, supporting my new blog and giveaways, I truly appreciate my bloggy friends!
T♥

P.S. What do you think about the new blog background?? I can't make up my mind but I always love the contrast btwn. neon pink and green☺

Give it to me Monday! Blog Hop and Giveaway Linky Monday November 22,2010

Welcome to Give It To Me Monday! A Blog Hop & Giveaway Link Up! Linky will open on Sunday nights! Make sure to post our button and get the word out, the more the better! Add your giveaways and enter some too!

Lets kick the Monday funk and have some FUN!





Make sure to follow your two co-hosts and we will follow you back:


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Blog Links:


Giveaway Links:

Saturday, November 20, 2010

2 Ads for the price of one! Advertise here and my other blog for one low price!

*ADVERTISING SPECIAL* Until January 1, 2011 I will be placing all purchased ads on both blogs for single ad price!  Double the exposure! Graphic Design by Tara and Give it to me Tara!

Please see top of the blog to purchase advertising space directly through PayPal.

Thank you for supporting this blog, I appreciate it!
T♥

Thursday, November 18, 2010

'American Talk' With Josh Horowitz And The 'Harry Potter' Cast

Counting down to Harry Potter tomorrow, enjoy the main cast trying to speak "American". Hillarious!

Click Below...

'American Talk' With Josh Horowitz And The 'Harry Potter' Cast: "Our intrepid reporter attempts to teach the cast of 'Harry Potter' how to speak correctly."

Thanks for reading!
T♥

Weekend Blog Hop 11/18-11/21

Welcome to my Weekend Blog Hop!

In case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link   your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺


It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please place the "Weekend Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on your blog   somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow at least one of my blogs; Graphic Design by Tara, Give it to me Tara!, Bipolar Girl World, and/or Twitter.
  3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
  4. Add your name/image to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
  5. Comments are optional but always appreciated☺




Please support this blog hop by using your Facebook, Twitter, and forums to   advertise. It's great for everyone to discover new friends, followers, and fantastic blogs!
Thanks so much for participating!
T♥

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Join me on Twitter!

Yes, it has come to pass.. I too am now sucked into the machine that is "Twitter".

Please follow me or whatever the heck it's called? I'm sure I will have some rants and raves, deals and steals, and general nuttiness to tweet about!! lol

 

Thanks for reading and hopefully joining me in my Twitter journey!
T♥

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Mid Week Mingle 11/16-11/17

Welcome to my Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop!

This hop is featured on both of my blogs so now you can meet even more friends!

In   case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link   your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺

It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please    place the "Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on   your blog  somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow my blog.
  3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
  4. Add your name/image to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
  5. Comments are optional but always appreciated☺







Please   support this blog hop by using your Facebook, Twitter, and forums to    advertise. It's great for everyone to discover new friends, followers,    and fantastic blogs!
Thanks so much for participating!
T♥

Monday, November 15, 2010

Now Sign This...



Urge the Senate to Pass the Captive Primate Safety Act! Primates are not pets and do not belong in people's homes!

Sign Here

Some of you may know that in my previous life before I went from PT to FT (now back to pt:), I was very active in animal rescue groups locally and online. I was also vegan for many, many, years. I recently saw a very sad show on these women who adopt primates to fill a space in their lives. Needless to say, it almost always ends up a horrifying journey. Most of these animals end up being dumped as they age and are no longer "cute" in their behavior. Some are fed wrong and get terrible human illnesses such as diabetes. A lot end up in rescue shelters, which is the best case scenario. Worst case, owners and/or others are seriously injured resulting in their own or the primates death. That is if the ice cream diet doesn't kill these poor animals first!

Another thing that people don't know about adoptee monkeys, they aren't found holding their arms up on the jungle floor screaming for a human mama. There are backyard breeders for primates, much like cats/dogs. These breeders rip the babies from their real monkey mamas, so that these selfish women can take them home. What kind of person would take/buy another mother's baby for their own? Yes, I do think primates have feelings. I also think that even if they didn't, we should have more respect for animal relationships and needs than to think our pleasure should come first.

Anywho, could go on all day about my love for the monkeys and other animals. Please just sign this petition and get these nazi monkey breeders to stop! I'm happy to donate some $$ to these women who are so needy, maybe get them a cuddly kitten or dog at a shelter???

Thanks for reading,
T♥

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Give it to me Monday! Blog Hop brought to you my Just Married with coupons and moi☺

Welcome to Give It To Me Monday! A Blog Hop & Giveaway Link Up! Linky will open on Sunday nights! Make sure to post our button and get the word out, the more the better! Add your giveaways and enter some too!

Lets kick the Monday funk and have some FUN!





Make sure to follow your two co-hosts and we will follow you back:




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BLOG HOP - ENTER YOUR BLOG LINKS


GIVEAWAYS - ENTER YOUR GIVEAWAYS w/ END DATE

Update to yesterday's poop..

Yesterday I vented regarding people who want donations to themselves for doing nothing. They have no art, freebies, or causes, they just want a donation because they woke up that morning and felt entitled.

For some reason this post truly angered people and I just can't wrap my head around it? If you read it you will see I said that none of these blogs had ANY information regarding causes or anything worthy to donate to.

Personally, I think it would be just as upsetting to others concerned with charity donations, as it is to me. People are taking the seriousness away from charity by just putting their hands out for nothing. Instead, defenses go up and people freak out without reading.

At least, that's what my junior college education thinks.

T

P.S. Although I would have liked to respond to all of you unhappy blog readers personally, for some reason those of you who weren't anonymous didn't have clickable links? Hmmm..

P.P.S. This is not a confrontational blog, it is for fun. Let's all move on now and if we have a beef over nothing we can start something on the Etsy forums instead.


P.P.P.S. Sarcasm and humor, live it, love it!
Thank you,
Tara

Saturday, November 13, 2010

And yet another pile of POOP!

Seriously, this is a bunch of cr#p and I'm sure 99.9% of you will agree w/me. What the heck is up with these people that have a "Donate Here" button on their blogs? I search and search but there's nothing meaningful to donate to on there and most of the blogs have 2 or less posts. Now if you want to go ahead and donate, be my guest. But do they ever really get any $$? Curious to know..

I guess on the other hand, I could put up a "Donate Now" for Tara's mental health fund on my Bipolar Girl World blog. This is something that does benefit everyone surrounding me because let's face it, I'm not really wrapped too tight! lol Just kidding, I took my meds today, promise:)

In other news, great weekend so far! I just had a married people's date w/my hubby and when I say "married people" I mean we sat at home eating raw brownies, watched our recorded shows, and wore the big pajamas! This is all it takes when you are almost 40 kiddos! Speaking of old age, I am completely wrecked from playing my awesome new kinect game on XBox. I forced myself to go for 1/2 an hour straight today and I think it said I burned only 100 calories! That's not even one raw brownie bite! I'll have to come up w/another weight loss scheme that doesn't involve giving up dessert. Since I'm not 14 anymore, I guess I can't just do the starving all day thing and eat a tub of ice cream at night? Those were the days!

I truly miss my kids. No, they still live here, they just don't come downstairs anymore! Both of them are glued to their laptops playing World of Warcraft. They did stop by on the way back from Grandma's and tell me how much fun they had before dumping me for online fun. Oh well, could be worse at least I know where they are.

I finally had a winner in my 7 month long threadkiller on Etsy for a free professional logo design, I cannot believe it!

Kawaii by XOX Smiley 

This fabulous Etsy friend tirelessly followed my thread since April 19th, 108 forum pages long. I'm really excited to make the winning logo because I absolutely ADORE everything Kawaii. Once it's done I'll do a post here.

Finished reading "The Bedwetter" by Sarah Silverman. Really funny and definitely a no brainer read. Now I can start "Chelsea, Chelsea, Bang, Bang" by Chelsea Handler. I'm sad that after that I may have no reading material for a while. I am hoping to get some books for review soon, but so far only other products on the horizon. I guess I'll have to settle for my own thoughts, which should take up a few seconds at least! lol

Thanks for reading, probably a short weekend wrap up tomorrow since I already told y'all most of the sh*t that happened today.

T♥

Friday, November 12, 2010

Christmas comes but once a year...

I absolutely LOVE making you all inexpensive clip art and I just can't stop!

Stop by my Etsy shop and you can pick up the digital download for yourself.

Merry Xmas Chick

As my listing states, I celebrate ALL holidays and I will probably make a Chanukah one soon. I also always make a FREE holiday banner for my Etsy and Bloggy friends so check back here for one soon. Probably should wait for after Thanksgiving, but what retail store does these days??

One more thing, I am always happy to make you an original compilation of paper for your projects and online needs. So if you'd like a set for yourself, please contact me via Etsy or directly by email.

Graphic Design by Tara Etsy

Email Graphic Design by Tara

Thanks for reading,
T♥

Thursday, November 11, 2010

I Won I Won!!!!!!

Thank you so much to Brenda Doodles for giving me this award, I truly appreciate it!

 

I am a slacker supreme when it comes to passing these things around, so please no one take it personally.

Thanks again, you made my day!
T♥

Okay, so I lied!!

Well, the retirement from graphic design officially never happened! lol I closed everything up 4 days ago, did work every single day since, and reopened on Etsy today. I don't think I was meant to ever stop working, so the beat goes on...

Available now on Etsy, the NEW "Thanksgiving Bird" personal and commercial use vector image. You will receive an AI, .png, and .jpg with purchase.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/61541472/thanksgiving-bird-digital-clip-art

(forgive me for being a lazy linker:)

Image is watermarked here.

What else is up you say? Other blog is doing marvelous and I've had some great emails from you guys asking to have your giveaways hosted, ads put up, and a few people have even offered to send me some really cool things for review. No one is ever obligated to send anything, but it's nice when it's offered.

Thanks to everyone for their continued support, this is why I love blogging!

T♥

Now this is helpful!

I have been googling my butt off to come up w/a way to add a signature to my blog posts on my new blog. Found this great site that makes it super easy. You will need to create your own image and have it hosted somewhere.


http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2010/02/add-signature-to-blogger-blog.html


FYI, I have no clue who runs this blog and I'm in no way afiliated with it. Just thought I'd pass it on in case anyone else was struggling with this.

Thanks for reading!
T♥

Weekend Blog Hop 11/11-11/14

Welcome to my Weekend Blog Hop! 

As some of you may know I have started a review and giveaway blog and I would love if you could drop by and add yourself this weekend.



In case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺


It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please place the "Weekend Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on your blog somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow my blog and if you are already following this one, please follow my new one.  
  3. Give it to me Tara!
  4. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
  5. Add your name to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
  6. Comments are optional but always appreciated.







Please support this blog hop by using your Facebook, Twitter, and forums to advertise. It's great for everyone to discover new friends, followers, and fantastic blogs!

Thanks so much for participating!
T♥

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

I want to host your giveaway! Free w/no obligations♥

Hey all,

As some of you may have read here, I just started a new review and giveaway blog and I need some street cred to get it going! lol So if you would like to throw a giveaway or contest, I'm your gal.

http://www.giveittometara.blogspot.com

I have 2 other popular blogs and I belong to at least 25 large groups. I also have 814 connections on Linkedin, (thought it just says 500+). Swearing to promote the heck out of whoever is interested!

Here is my other blog and linkedin for reference.

http://www.bipolargirlworld.blogspot.comhttp://www.bipolargirlworld.blogspot.com
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=76658918&trk=tab_pro

Please contact me via email.

graphicdesignbytara@cox.net

Thanks so much,
T☺

And yet another thing that makes no sense...

Trying to sign up for everything under the sun to get my new Giveaway/Review blog going. One problem, a large majority of these sites will not let me sign up because I have no Twitter. For me, this is ridiculous! I have been in the marketing/promo community for 11 years and most of that online. I have 3 active blogs and one inactive w/a ton of followers. Over 700 linkedin, and blah, blah, blah, you get the picture. There is absolutely no way I am going to spread myself even thinner w/Twitter and/or Facebook. I barely see my family as it is!! lol

Just some random meanderings and totally unrelated thoughts..

I LOVE the new show "Raising Hope" and I just know because of this it will get canceled:*( So please try to check it out on Tuesday nights, I think it's on Fox? I also taped Glee and it was fantabulous! After the recent suicides due to bullying, I think it's truly great that they addressed it. Hoping for better songs next week, I keep thinking a Grease theme would be awesome!

Thanks for reading,
T♥

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Catching up w/some friends, followers, and hangers on...

Hey all! Just read through most of my older posts and I've decided I am not the optimistic type! lol So I'm going to bring back my old/funnier stuff regarding the gossip, entertainment, and book section.

Must reads..

Just finally finished Chelsea Handler's "My Horizontal Life" and of course this isn't for those working on a full bladder! Awesome funniness, not recommended for the judgementally impaired. I'm going to start "Chelsea, Chelsea, Bang, Bang" later this week and I'm sure it won't disappoint.

I finally started reading Sarah Silverman's "The Bedwetter" book. She loves a good fart, poop, etc. joke, (kind of like my family). It's really entertaining and I love how she makes fun of herself. I am just coming into my own w/that kind of thing and it's really freeing. I'm now one step away from being the screaming gal on the corner talking about the aliens inside of her!!! lol Seriously though, another book that is guaranteed to make you pee!

As for entertainment this past week has been seriously lacking in good reality t.v., dramas, and funny sitcoms. I do LOVE The Big Bang Theory, that show can do no wrong in my book. The only somewhat entertaining reality t.v. that's on now is The Challenge on MTV. More stupidity, pettiness, alcoholics, sex addicts and anorexics than you can shake a stick at! Now who doesn't love that? I've also shamed myself by watching Jerry Springer this week. I don't think I've done that in a while, maybe I'm turning into one of those sad housewives that sits at home w/Reader's Digest, puzzle books (the easy ones:), and screams at the t.v.?? IDK, I don't think I could stand reading crappy Digest for too long. Did eat brownies for breakfast every day this week. Oh wait, it's only Tuesday so we need to include last week  in the brownie fest too!

Something extremely cool that we got as a present this week, XBox Kinect. I've never been so sore! (No, I'm truly serious here:) That thing is so fun! I just bought the dance game so I'll keep you posted on it. I can say that the game that it arrived with is fantabulous! Riding rafts, hucking balls, it all gets the brownies going!!! lol Proves that even sweating isn't so yucky when your whole family stinks!

So movie fans, do you know what is coming up very, very, soon? Yep, Harry Frickin' Potter is almost here! Can not wait!!!! But I promise not to dress up, my kids would kill me☺

Yay for the first good day in a long time! I know we are all sick of my bullsh#t around here!!! lol

Off to be retired from graphic design by creating several logos and headers I was asked to do today... and FYI I am always available to all of my bloggy friends and everyone else I know, to do some design work. I would never desert any of you!

Thanks for reading,
T♥

Mid Week Mingle 11/9-11/10

Welcome to my Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop!

This hop is featured on both of my blogs so now you can meet even more friends!

In   case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link   your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺

It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please    place the "Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on   your blog  somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow my blog.
  3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
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T♥

Monday, November 8, 2010

So here's the problem...

Have you ever had one of those days where everything you touch turns to crap??? Well, let me tell you it doesn't do one's self esteem any good:( Today was the first day of my "no graphic design work". So what happened you ask? I woke up miserable, stayed miserable, screwed up everything I touched, and at least 3 of my loyal customers asked me to do big projects for them. Not to mention my bids from a week ago for work were accepted. Is the universe trying to tell me something? I want to be a good mama but designing is my creative outlet (since my 10 yr. jewelry empire came to a halt), and I don't want to paint old furniture!! lol

FYI, my son still didn't follow my orders, do his homework correctly, or progress beyond any former laziness w/my lack of work today. My other son completely ignored me because he's going through a girls and all Daddy all day period now.

That's my sad story and I'm sticking to it!

Thanks for reading,
T♥

Sunday, November 7, 2010

SUPER DUPER NEW BLOG!!!!

So we have "Graphic Design by Tara", "Bipolar Girl World", and now the latest in our crazy ranting and reeling, I bring you....


Give it to me Tara!

Not going to lie to you my loyal and fantastic friends and followers. This blog will be ALL about the giveaway, freebie, and discount offer. If you want personal stories, graphic design, etc. you can still visit me here and on Bipolar Girl World

So welcome to my break from work!!! lol

Thanks for reading and please join our Monday Blog Hop below....

T♥

Give it to me Monday Blog Hop 11/8

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Special "TARA" Update

Hello GDBT news fans! I have some good news and some bad news.

First, the good news. I am still blogging and there will be no interruptions in the weekly hops. I will be bringing you more personal insights and reviews in the near future. So nothing on the blogging end will change.

Bad news, I am no longer able to work ft as a graphic designer because all of my energy needs to be focused on my family now. As some of you may know my oldest son is somewhat "special needs" and I am homeschooling him. This effects everyone in the family and I also have to make sure my youngest doesn't feel left out.

I will only be taking on small projects for my fellow bloggers and friends, but please do not hesitate to ask. I prefer working for fun anyway!

Thank you all for understanding, I know it's cliche but "Family First".

Thanks for reading,
T♥

Friday, November 5, 2010

Yes, I actually do work!

Hello friends and fans! Sometimes y'all might wonder, does she actually do anything w/her time besides giving her son an education, singing in a band, cleaning/cooking/and other crappy work, etc.?? Well I've got some news for you! I continue to give my customers fantastic graphic designs (if I modestly do say so myself:).

So on w/the latest...


 


Now please don't bother sending me anymore hate mail because of the adult toy button above. As you can all imagine, I spent years looking at this graphic w/nowhere to put it!!! lol So now my dreams of using it have finally come true. Please people, all I have to say is that life is too short to get worked up about a pink dildo picture, so get a sense of humor about these things or live a shorter life due to being so uptight. Your choice.

As always thanks for reading!
T♥

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Weekend Blog Hop 11/5-11/7

Welcome to my Weekend Blog Hop!

In case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link   your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺

It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please   place the "Weekend Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on your blog   somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow my blog.
  3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
  4. Add your name/image to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
  5. Comments are optional but always appreciated☺








Please   support this blog hop by using your Facebook, Twitter, and forums to   advertise. It's great for everyone to discover new friends, followers,   and fantastic blogs!
Thanks so much for participating!
T♥

I love this!

For a commercial this rocks! BIG LOL!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Mid Week Mingle 11/3

Welcome to my Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop!

This hop is featured on both of my blogs so now you can meet even more friends!

In   case I didn't say this before, if you don't have a blog you can link   your site, Facebook, etc. Whatever you want, it's all in fun☺

It's simple to participate, here are the rules:
  1. Please    place the "Mid Week Mingle Blog Hop" button in a blog post and/or on   your blog  somewhere. This lets us all know where to find each other!
  2. Follow my blog.
  3. Visit at least 2 blogs on this list.
  4. Add your name/image to the linky list below so we can visit you back. I will be following everyone who posts.
  5. Comments are optional but always appreciated☺







Please   support this blog hop by using your Facebook, Twitter, and forums to    advertise. It's great for everyone to discover new friends, followers,    and fantastic blogs!
Thanks so much for participating!
T♥

Thank you Glee! and Taylor Swift...

Sooo glad I watched Glee's Rocky Horror Picture Show episode! I forgot how much I love it and I'm up for a visit to the real thing. Ah, the '70's... I also saw Little Darlings recently (sorry if this is a repeat), with Matt Dillon, Kristy McNichol, and Tatum O'Neil. Nice and simple, no bs. No fake nails, hair, over abundance of makeup. Kids were in shape, not stick thin or completely computered out:( Hey, I can say it, I've gotten fat too! So sick of all these horrible actors, singers, "INSERT PROFESSION HERE", that are doing it overnight w/no talent to back it up. Any of us could go get the Hollywood makeover and become a star. You don't even have to do anything! I think in about a year everyone in the world will have gotten their 15 min. on reality t.v.. Look at Kate Gosselin, now that is one talentless suburban housewife! Anyway, I digress... What I'm trying to say is I love the reality of the '70's and how kids were kids and there was a lot of real innovation/creativity that wasn't manufactured for the mainstream.

So enjoy kiddies! I'm putting up a great new playlist for y'all of some fun '70's tunes.

Thanks for reading, be sure to check back 12am Eastern time for the Midweek Mingle.

T♥

Adding to this... I got the new Tay Swift cd and amazing!!!! Great homespun cheesy girl fun! Must have for angry days, sad days, and happy days♥

Monday, November 1, 2010

News ALERT!!!

Hey all! Just checking in to let you know the latest and definitely not so greatest:( Yesterday, I was trying to get everything done fast for trick or treat and of course my entire computer crashed! Worst of all, something messed up my lifesource aka Adobe Illustrator. Since this is a brand new computer and I have the latest versions of everything I was truly losing it. But my hubby calmed me down and we fixed the computer and reloaded all of the major graphic design programs. Now I'm up again but glitchy so please hang out w/me until I get the ball rolling again and do some updates. I will have a "Weekend Wrap Up" soon.

Smoochi Boochi!

T♥

Give it to me Monday Blog Hop and Giveaway Linky

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