Featured In A Blog! And Some Promotional Talkage

Sooo I received a convo today from a lovely lady letting me know my owl trivet was featured in her blog! Check it out!! It's pretty darn cute!! My shop is also featured on the sidebar on the EtsyVeg blog right now :)
I've been featured in treasury's before and that's pretty exciting but never in a blog!!! Well except for my sil's but I'm not sure if that counts :/
I think I'm on the right track with things now and this is defiantly reassuring my thoughts. It also has me thinking of more ways I can promote my shop (doing better but I know there's sooooo much more I could do). From now on I will be doing Friday Favorites, some with themes so without...All of things I love.
There has been a slight, actually major change in my plans this week. I am still going to work on my goals but I now have less time to do it. I was approached with an offer I couldn't pass up and will be heading to MN (where my bff lives) for the weekend. While there I plan to get a lot accomplished though. I will defiantly be stopping in Madison to show my plugs to the rethreads store up there and see if they are interested. I will also be researching places to stop by in MN and show my goods to. Hopefully I can get out there quite a bit. Wish me luck!!!

Life...And Goals For The Week

When I think of life the things that come to mind right now at this very moment are-hard, annoying, unfair, etc. Everything seems to be hitting me very hard these past few days. Milo is being very very difficult to say the least, I'm sure my neighbors don't appreciate it but hopefully they understand (they have a little girl the same age that I often hear and it seems like we're going through some of the same issues). My etsy shop is doing..well okay I suppose, I've had a few sales for the new year and my pictures are improving a lot sometimes I just wish it were easier but then again you get out what you put in right? I have my own place, don't get me wrong I love it, I'm just starting to realize how much I'm going to have to make to actually be able to keep it and live a stable life. That gets me to this point, I've decided I need a job...at least part time, for both my living situation and my sanity. I think I need a little break from Milo every now and then (we're together basically 24/7). Don't get me wrong I love it but when there's no one there to help you who do you go to when it gets to hard and you need a helping hand? But I guess that's just life though isn't it?
Sorry for the little rant. I suppose it's just easier to write things down then actually talk to people about them (for me anyway).

Now on to my goals for the week!
1. Figure out sizing for a shirt I will be putting in the shop (hopefully this week!)
2. Organize things for taxes
3. Look for a job (already started on that one)
4. Work on more soap! And getting some in the shop (packaging also!!)
5. Finish reupholstering the living room chair

I finished up the pdf last night! I'm soooo happy with how it turned out and can't wait to do more in the near future! Putting it up in the shop today, hopefully it goes well!

Stretching

Right now my ears are at 1". In this picture I'm holding a 2" tunnel, of course I wouldn't go that big but I really really would like to go up a bit. The thought of this is both exciting and terrifying. I haven't stretched my ears in quite some time, and I have gone to fast in the past and torn my ears (OUCH! Never again). The next size up that I have is 1 1/16" and it's quite a stretch from 1", still trying to decide what to do and how to do it, it will take some time but I think I'm up for another stretch.

Now onto my goals for the week.
1. Finish up the chairs for my dinning room table
Done. Well sort of, two are totally finished and the other two are half finished I still need to replace the wood :/ But thankfully there's only two of us so the chairs don't need to be done this second (procrastinating??). They will however be done by next week for sure.

I might just have to find some other chairs to reupholster to go with my formica table! These are just so darn cute with my little round white table!
2. Figure out how to write up a pdf patter the cowl
Pattern-done
Pictures-done
Pdf-not done. Still working on it and hope to have it all put together by the end of the night if I can figure it all out (I'm a technological idiot).
3. Getting a new item up in the shop.
This goal was talking about these little cuties

I also was able to get some other things up in the shop that I've been putting off including the owl trivets and baby hat (I posted about this week) and a reversible custom skirt listing I've been putting off for far to long.

And soap!!! I finally tried making goats milk soap (with success!)

All in all this week was pretty good (I even ended up making a shirt for myself today). But it could have been better. This upcoming week I'm going to challenge myself more.

Does it ever end???

So Milo is about to turn 3 and he's getting sassier by the minute! Every day is a constant struggle with him. I understand that it's not going to be easy but man would it be nice for a little break or to have him help out cleaning up his toys...something...anything!?!
It may be the fact that we just moved...and then there was Christmas, and my bff visiting...everything was thrown out of whack and I never thought it would be this hard to try and get it back on track.
As I type he's in his room for nap time...not napping but still in his room. I suppose we're on our way back to the way things used to be. I just wish it was easier.

Sorry for the little vent, I just have been having a rough couple of weeks. Good news today though! More items are up in the shop including these fancy fellas

And this little project I've had in my head for quite some time now


P.s. Still keeping up on all my goals!!

Goals For The Week

1. Finish up the chairs for my dinning room table
Here's a before picture

After picture (done in red vinyl)

I have two finished already and need to get a couple pieces of wood so I can fix up the other two and finish them off. I also have a chair I have to finish up for the living room that I hope to get finished this week.

2. Figure out how to write up a pdf patter for this bad boy cowl

Hopefully that won't be to hard of a task (see I'm keeping up on my new years goals yay!).

3. Getting a new item up in the shop. It's a secret but you'll see it soon enough :)

I am doing very well with keeping up on things and becoming more organized, granted it's only the 4th day of the new year. I don't think it will be as hard as I thought it would be.

Tomorrow I will be taking pictures for my sister and future brother in laws engagement announcements! Super excited about that. I am also very pleased with how my pictures are coming along. Look at this fabulous find I finally was able to take a picture of today

As much as I would love to keep it I think it will be in my shop soon.

Milo has been a handful since the move then christmas and new years. He's not taking his usual afternoon nap and is very very emotional and cranky because of it. I've been very frustrated and lost lately but I'm hoping it will get better (I mean it can't get much worse). We just need to get back into the groove of things. Sometimes I really really wish there was an easy button that would make everything fit into place.

Mail Porn!! And a few other things.

Ahh yes mail porn, I love it. Lately I've been spending some of my earnings on etsy. Here's a picture of what I got in the mail today.

The photographs are from this shop, she's adorable.
The buttons are from this shop, I can't wait to dig my yarn into those cute little button holes :)
And last but not least I purchased some makeup (that I don't have a picture of because I already dug into it and I'm to lazy to go upstairs and get it) from this cute shop (owned by a wisconsinite!). She has some of the most amazing makeup! I can't wait to buy more!

That's all I have for the mail porn. Today was fantastic! Milo woke me up at 4am, usually I'm not up to getting up that early but it was nice today and I got a lot done before 6. Then on a whim we decided to go watch the sunrise, it wasn't the best I've seen but still very beautiful and we had a blast running around waiting for it to come up. We also saw the sunset and it was AMAZING, but of course I didn't have my camera. So here are some pictures of this morning for you to enjoy!



Yesterday I was informed by my sil that she found some organic cotton (100%) jersey at the local fabric store so I jumped in my car and picked it up. Unfortunately they only had one so I bought the rest of the bolt. I would love to find a good organic cotton supplier so if anyone has some info on any please let me know!

I also have been working on a new cowl (knitting pattern) I knit one up the other night after it took quite awhile I unraveled it all :( but I finally figured it out and am happy with the end result. Here's a sneak peak.


I hope the rest of the week is just as productive! Ohhh very very good news before I end. Yesterday I found out that our mall is having a craft show this weekend and they still have openings so guess who's going!!! Super excited :)
Bye!

It's Been a LOOOONNNNGGGG Month

Lots of updates for you guys! I have a couple more cowls up in the shop and more to come this week, look for a white and burnt red later this week :)
Here are some pictures of the new green ones I just put on


October went by so fast! It started with a concert and ended with Halloween it was an amazing month. Now for the updates!
After going apple picking earlier in the month Milo and I made some delicious apple sauce! I've never left the skins on while cooking before so I tried it out this time and I think I like it better that way :)



Now for the Halloween costumes
Milo was Batman!

I went out for my friends birthday as a sailor. I made my whole outfit including the hat. After making that hat I really want to try making some hats for in my shop :D
Sorry for the bad photos, I was in a rush :/


For my sisters birthday I made her a Jessica Rabbit costume that was quite reveling, but hey it's what she wanted. Everyone loved it.

Last but not least, I crocheted a Where's Waldo hat for my friend.


One more thing to share with you before I end this post. I've been working on a reversible skirt made from reclaimed sheets, let me know what you think! While I was putting it on the mannequin I thought maybe it could double as a shirt?? But then again I kind of think it looks like a skirt you're wearing for a shirt that way :/ hahahaha
I hope to have this up by the end of the month.