math... and a sneak peak

i have always been a math person. i not sure why, but i would like to give the credit to my excellent teachers! i was good at math until senior year of high school. then i hit calculus and my brain said, "no more!!!!" even though i was an art major in college and didn't need to take it, my math career isn't over! i work with 5th grade students and they are in the midst of pre-pre algebra. the worst of the worst... fractions!!!! all forms of fractions! adding, multiplying, reciprocals, simplifying. each afternoon, i have 20 kids looking at me with blank faces and questions marks above their heads. i am overwhelmed with how to make math as fun as i remember it. last night i was thinking, math is only fun when you understand it. so i am striving to teach these kids to understand and love math!!!! what does all this have to do with art and etsy? nothing, but i think it's important to give kids the tools to succeed. so they can strive to meet their dreams of becoming a engineer, mathematician, teacher, or even start their own (etsy!) business!

speaking of businesses, i will be adding a few new items to my etsy shop greenbugmarketplace soon. here is a sneak peak! i also bought some new vintage fabric over the weekend and hope to be making more inventory for my greenbugbags store.

oops! how'd this get here! :)

can you guess what these might be????

featured

i'm excited to say that i have been featured in many blogs and one newspaper website! 

you can find me here:

*****http://www.thestar.com/living/shopping/article/1091564--koszuta-all-wrapped-up-for-the-holidays

****http://photogallery.thestar.com/1091624

****http://gallantandjonesblog.com/2011/11/23/etsy-christmas-gift-wrapping-round-up/

****http://knitting-meeting.blogspot.com/2011/11/2011-get-ready-for-christmas.html

****http://www.studiodiy.com/2011/11/28/handmade-wrapping-paper-round-up/

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to find my greenbugmarketplace etsy shop and share it with their communities!!!

it's the little things

i love the excitement of being included in a treasury or email! can you find my boxes among these amazing handmade items?

trees covered in spider webs

read about this here

couldn't wait to share

2 posts in one day! what?!!!! :)

i wanted to share two discoveries i found this week... a video and a song. can't stop watching..... or listening! enjoy!

black birds    and     roosevelt blues

thanksgiving table

yesterday i was at trader joes picking up a few items for dinner. i heard a woman in the aisle next to me say, "i know this is a stupid question, but is thanksgiving this thursday or next thursday?" i thought that's not a stupid question! november is flying by! it might as well be this thursday! anyway, i had some fun this morning taking some thanksgiving pictures for my etsy shop. alas my apartment is too small to host a thanksgiving gathering but one day i will have a big table filled with delicious food and my fall gift boxes!

three day weekend

it's been over a month since i last posted. i didn't have many followers then and i doubt i have any now. so if you are reading this, thanks for your patience! it's been a normal month- full of this and that. my mom and i had our second annual gift show last weekend. i spend most of october gearing up for this event. thanks to all of you who came! it was a success! i have alot of thanksgiving and christmas pillow boxes left, so be looking for new listing in my shop! in other exciting news, i've been on the front page of etsy a few times with my greenbugmarketplace shop! it's always such a nice surprise! since i have a three day weekend, i will hopefully have time to work on some new listings.... and bags! i have four in the finishing stages and one special order to finish. here are some photos of what i've been up to.... thanks again for the support everyone! it means so much to me :)