I
have serious vertigo from working on a 24" monitor for the first time
today. We're holding off on the 30"er till the next upgrade. (It's
been 5 years or so since Mac last upgraded that beast.) I've heard you
get used to the gi-normity. I sure hope so, as I'm definitely a bit
dizzy — but it's a grateful dizzy. My main machine is now a laptop
and I can't say how excited I am about the portability. Beyond heading
to the park or the local bookstore for some quiet concentration, just
switching rooms at will is exciting stuff.
I was trying to
convince my new assistant to take a photo so I could introduce her
here. Then, it dawned on me to swipe her Twitter photo & move on
with it. (You don't mind, do you Emily?)
meet Emily. Some of you may recognize her from the scrapbooking
world. Emily worked with Heidi Swapp for years, and Making Memories
before that. We had narrowed our interviewing process down to two
candidates and were thick into discussing the matter when we received a
last-minute suggestion to give Emily a call. Well, Emily shook up the
whole conversation and here she now is. Currently, Emily is your
girl if you have a customer service question at the Heather Bailey Store, a press
inquiry, a wholesale order, etc. Basically, she's our company
juggler. Well, I guess we are all company jugglers. (You know those
juggling acts that start with one juggler, then a second juggler steps
on stage, then a third & so on? Pretty soon, the bowling pins form
a mid-air ballet? That sort of thing. We're not ready for Vegas or
anything, but we're getting there. We're still working on our stage
names.)
Oh, and you've gotta go back and read each & every comment left on the last post — holy toledo, what a bunch of crazy, cool stories!! I'm both inspired and weirded out. Time to start a dream journal.
Congrats on that cute new assistant!! I bet she will ease a bit of your stress! Will she be going with you to Market??
Also, wowzers on that monitor!!! It took me a while to get used to the old 17″…not sure how I’d handle the 24″ Hahahahah…..glad things are looking better for you. Can’t wait to see your new stuff!
Emily is adorable. I bet she’ll end up being worth her weight in gold.
I’ve used a laptop exclusively for about two years and I don’t think you could pay me to go back to a desk top.
I have a cinema display at work and at home along with a mouse and keyboard at each and I have my laptop that connects to either one. It’s the best of both worlds! Congrats on the new assistant and the new ‘puter. 🙂
Yeah, the 24″ is awesome isn’t it?! I begged my husband to let me get the 30″ and he looked at me like I was crazy! Turns out the 24 is perfectly fantastic 🙂
Great minds, Dena. That’s my plan too, once I’m hopping between the home studio and an office. Glad to hear it works well. It sure sounds dreamy.
Congrats! I love big monitors 🙂
I got my 24″ Cinema Display about 6 months ago and I don’t know how I lived without it. I also love my 17″ laptop but wow, the ACD is da bomb! Is yours the new glossy or the classic matte?
Awww, I’ve been an Emily fan forever!!! So good to see what she is up to now. And…I love my laptop…love being able to do school work or fun work…basically anywhere!! Oh the possibilities!!
Hi Heather,
I have the 24″ on my desktop Mac, but am typing this from my 17 year old daughter’s tiny little MacBook while watching my 4 year old in the bath. My hubby also has a MacBook, so I kind of cruise around the house, from Mac to Mac all day. My family wonders why they come home to find their browsers all on all my favorite sites.
So, since I am on my daughters Mac, and the prom is Saturday, she wanted me to ask you to post instructions for that beautiful hairdo from the other day. I am still working on finishing her dress, but am totally not gifted with hair. Please, have mercy on this poor, hair impaired mother…..please…
Ok, off to wash the hair of the singing, soaking wet 4 year old. Happy Wednesday.
You’ll get used to the 24″ and soon start eyeing the 42″ TV in the living room, wondering if your husband will know it’s missing.
I have a 24″ I got it about 5yrs. ago that was cause I have very bad eyesight, I’m blind from my right eye. I just love it. My husband just went and got it, its great cause I have the fonts a bit bigger and I can read it without it going off the screen, it also doubles for my TV in the living room. My husband has a TV room with a 90″ screen imagine that as a computer which sometimes he hooks up to to play a game….to much I think,,,LOL.
I’m an Executive assistant in the City of London and I’m very jealous of Emily. I live in a world of spreadsheets and decoding financial terms…. I wish I assisted someone like you! Lucky Emily!
I’m so happy to hear about Emily…a perfect choice! Can’t wait to see you soon at preview day!
Enjoy the 24″ – it’s gorgeous isn’t it – gotta love those Macs (says me sat here at a 12″ iBook ‘cos stomach cramps has got me on the sofa away from my 24″ baby. 😉
yeah Emily!!
Congrats Heather, Emily is so wonderful, I am however, suffering from mac envy, it is so past time to upgrade mine…
Oh my … I am so tickled for you Heather and for Emily.
I of course haven’t met you, but I adore Emily and was just wondering the other day what had transpired and here’s the news on your blog!
such good news.
Woo Hoo! Congratulations to both of you!
Where did you get that adorable mug/vase for your daisies? It is very cute!
i have just found your blog…..gunna have a good look around, but wanted to say congrats to Emily…..go girl
I also have just found your blog. It’s great! I love your line of fabrics, they are some of the best designs and colors out there! I would like to second the question on where you found that wonderful vase in this post. I want one!
And congrats to Emily! That’s one of my favorites names, too.
Emily IS wonderful. It’s fun to discover she’s so well-known!
The mug is from Anthropologie.
congrats to Emily, I am a scrapbooker so I have heard of her. Lucky you Heather…oh and your hair on that last post looked lovely!
SusieQ
so glad that Emily is with you. I am the hugest Emily fan.
Congrats to Emily. I’m a previous scrapbooker, and she’s a doll! 24″ screen! So cool.
I just went back and read the comments from that post….Eeeeee…..freaky but fascinating!!
I just discovered Typepad Connect. It’s a new thing that Typepad has for comments. You can reply to comments much easier on your blog which I see you do often. Just thought I’d let you know as I think it would be great on your blog. Plus it looks great.
Anywho…..congrats on snagging Emily!!!
Emily’s about to discover a whole new group of friends here! Congrats to both of you … may yours be a lovely collaboration.
YAY for assistants! You got a talented lady there!
The vignette with the flowers is absolutely beautiful. Love it!
Lucky, lucky you to have Emily!!! Emily if one of your job entails this blog, well then been missing you!!!
I just wanted to say that floral pitcher that the yellow flowers are in is GORGEOUS!!! Wowza!
Emily is absolutely fantastic and will become a part of your family-
I am thrilled for both of you!
Wendy
OMGoodnes!!! I just got my issue of AZ Magazine!! LOVE your feature!!!
I’m so excited for you & Emily. I worked with her and Heidi Swapp as a designer. She is FABulous!! Please tell her hello from Mandy. I have followed your blog for quite a while now LOVING it! She was the Perfect choice!
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I’ve got the 30″ monster at work, hooked up to a Mac Pro – my officemates and I call it the Big Mac. Trust me, if you get it, you’ll get used to it real quick 😉
You had a nice post Emily. Well good luck to your new start. Very beautiful flowers. thanks.
-fern-