Notes from the Slushpile is Candy Gourlay's blog on trying to get published. The income from this shop helps Candy at least pretend that the blog has some commercial value thus improving marital relations and preserving the myth that sitting in front of a computer for hours at a time can legitimately be termed as 'work'. The designs in this shop are the original work of Candy Gourlay apart from the ideas she ripped off other people.