Wordless Wednesday

Sometimes words just don't seem to do them justice - my little pieces of heaven ♥

Cheerful

I've been a very bad blogger - its true! But I have to admit, after weeks and weeks of trying to force myself into the Christmas spirit, the past few days I've been wrapped up in all of the holiday going ons - and to my utter surprise, Santa left me a cold... thanks fat man!

But I have to tell you, I've rather been enjoying my etsy break. Yeah, Yeah, I know, I did add a few new things, and I've still been making a bunch of sales, which was awesome right before Christmas, but my focus has been more on me and enjoying my holiday as much as possible... and now that its over and all of the toys littered across my living room floor are officially assembled its about time to get back to work.... tomorrow. So expect a shop update from me in 2009, or close to it anyways. We'll see how soon I get motivated.

Hope your Christmas was a wonderful one!!

Much Love!

I Just Couldn't Stay Away

Ok Ok, I know - I said that I was taking a break from adding anything new to my etsy shop until after the holidays. But as it turns out I just can't stay away from my craft desk! And I got some really cool new supplies not too long ago that have seriously been screaming to be made into something!

So yes, I will be doing a small update on my shop - adding 2 new ACEO's, a necklace, and a pair of earrings at some point tonight.

Crafting is exactly my brand of heroin!

Here's a sneak peek!! - Enjoy!

Hemmingway

One of the baby kitties finally came out of hiding long enough to let me snap his picture.

Meet Hemmingway!

Whats your MUSE?

I love to craft to music! I guess I need a beat to make something come alive, or maybe its the bits of individuality in the music that I like which are indirectly derivative of the style of what I make, who knows.

For me, as of late, that creative beat has been nothing but Muse (as I'm sure you can tell thanks to the awesome widget thingy I added that plays Supermassive Black Hole, my current favorite song), and on occasion, Adele, Kanye West, John Mayer, Jason Mraz... and so on and so on!

So, I'm curious, what do you craft to??

When Life Hands You Lemons

Its funny how things work out. Last week I was resolved to take a side step when it came to my etsy shop. I was tired of the renewing game and the amounting etsy fees and the lack of sales and so I was determined to just let things be for awhile in my shop and focus on the holidays with my family. And to my surprise, when I logged into etsy today I had over $100 in sales. All of which will be applied to Christmas I'm sure! What a blessing.

So now, as indecisive as I am, I feel the need to make some new things again and restock my shop with a few new journals. But again, I'm not planning any major shop overhauls until after the holidays. I'm still undecided about the direction that I want to go in, but I do have a renewed faith in the things that I make and why it is that I love making them in the first place!

In other news, today is Gage's birthday! My baby boy is 2, no longer a baby. We've already celebrated the boys' birthdays with a party, so tonight we're celebrating with Gages favorite baby duckling, and watching Wonder Pets Christmas Carol on tv tonight while I begin the week long process that is making Christmas cookies.

Happy Monday everyone!

Hiding Out in Forks

So... wanna see where I've been hiding out the past few days, my nose buried in book after book?
Yeah... I'm almost positive that my husband is getting incredibly jealous because somehow I've fallen in love with a 107 year old vampire.

Reflection and a New Direction

Its been awhile since I've posted last - sorry about that! The past few days have been such a whirlwind between the holidays, Braydens birthday, the boys' birthday party, Gages birthday coming up, Mike being gone a lot working 2 jobs, and now Brayden has started wrestling... and all of this on the heels of Christmas (which also happens to be Mikes birthday). There's just not enough hours in the day, and when, if by chance, I do get a break I've been consuming my spare time wrapped in a books, away from the computer for awhile. Maybe I was soul searching a bit.

I have mood swings when it comes to my interests and the things that I'm passionate about. And in the midst of all of hoopla that the past few weeks have brought I've take my fragments of down time to reevaluate myself, something I do frequently. I've decided to take a bit of a break. Things with etsy aren't going in a direction that I really favor. There's really no need to elaborate further than that except to say that I'm tired of constantly having to renew to be seen and to even have a hope for sales and my fees there are starting to pile up. In that same aspect I'm not sure that Artfire or 1000 Markets in the right place for me either. I'm toying around with just getting my own domain, but I'm not sure that I'm ready for that either. So what to do?

I'm going to use this month to just stop, sit back, and figure out what it is that I want to do. I will still be on etsy, still listing new things, as I make them (but as I'm taking some time out for myself, as well as for my family and the holidays, I'm sure my pace on that will slow). I'm still going to blog, because not even wild horses could pull me away from this! And I'll still be around, just maybe a bit less. I want to focus on the holidays, my family, and take a deep breath and figure out exactly what it is that I really want.

But for now, I'm going to go crawl under the blanket and pick up my book and dive back into a different world for a little bit.