Putting off Housework

I should be doing some house cleaning today but it's not really sounding all that fun. So I figured I'd spend the morning working on some *paying* work. The guy wants a logo and a web site for his orchid business in Seattle. I think I ought to start with a logo, get approval on that, and then work on a web site that works with the logo. So I spent a couple hours and came up with what you see here. I need to give him several options, and I'm not entirely thrilled with this one yet, but it's a work in progress. He wanted something "fairy tale like" which I'm translating into sort of whimsical, with sparkles. But sparkles don't do so hot for a logo that will more often than not be printed with ONE color because small business owners tend to be cheapskates when it comes to that sort of thing.  Anyway, if you do a Google search  for emerald city logos, there are some that are pretty much the same idea as this idea, and I'd like to come up with something different for the client, even though this is sorta what he requested.

The other project for today came about because I was putting away Christmas gifts. Um, I got distracted. I got these cool pens which are supposed to be good for coloring stamps instead of using an ink pad. So I had to make a stamp to try it out! It was a quickly carved little guy, and I suppose eventually I'll plant it as a letterbox somewhere.

I did finish the return address stamp, though I'm probably going to re-carve it. It just didn't come out all that great. My carving skills are hampered by impatience, I think!