I know they can't read yet...

..but for some reason, just wearing this makes me feel better....

So....Yesterday Sucked

But today has been better. :)

One of my 3-year olds actually helped me get over myself...

Baylinn has refused to jump in to the pool by herself this year. Something has been holding her back. Fear? Uncertainty? I'm not really sure. But suddenly yesterday she took that first step all by herself.

After she hit the water she yelled, "MOMMY I DID IT!" I was so proud of her for getting over her fear, for not giving up. Of course that's when it occurred to me that I was thinking of giving up. That I wanted to quit because I was afraid. That I was afraid of taking that big step into the unknown.

I want my girls to see me try my hardest at something...even if there is the very real possibility that I might fail.

I Don't Like This

I feel vulnerable today.

I hate this feeling.

It makes me feel....kind of itchy all over. Like I want to crawl out of my skin. Or under the bed.

I'm suddenly tempted to delete my facebook page, stop tweeting, close my store.

I have no explanation for why I woke up feeling like this. Maybe I'm just overwhelmed. Maybe being mom, wife, and domestic engineer is enough on my plate. Maybe adding "creative business owner" to my list of titles was not the best decision for me at the moment.

Walmart Clearance-Cricut Carts

If you've got a Cricut, check your Walmart aisle. They seem to be phasing out the old Cricut carts and just carrying the new Cricut Lite cartridges. I found a number of cartridges in the clearance aisle at my (non-Super) Walmart. I picked up Wild Card for $23 for my friend Angie - a total steal for a still-kinda-new cartridge.

Good Luck!

Creating vs Working

I worked hard this weekend.

If you consider making jewelry out of paper "work". I actually think that's the fun part. The un-fun (is that a word?) part is getting the right pictures taken, the best description written, and finding the time to post it on etsy.

But I've committed myself to this new venture, so the laundry is going to have to wait, elmo is going to have to babysit and dinner is going to have to plan itself. For just a couple hours today.

For now.

Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peak at what I've been working on.

The charm you see there in the picture above is made out of paper. I have been working on this idea for months and months...playing around with different styles, sizes, sealants, etc...I have SO many ideas that it's hard to keep up with myself.

I posted this one on my etsy store just to get myself going. Although etsy is really user friendly, it can take awhile to put in all the pics, the description, the pricing, the shipping. It should be much easier and take much less time for me going forward. I hope to have many more things in the shop by early next week. Just cross your fingers for me!

Grab Your Ice Skates

Hell has officially frozen over.

I'm on Facebook.

I pretended FB didn't even exist for quite a long time. When I was asked - repeatedly - why I was not on FB, I calmly responded "Facebook is evil."

Why did I change my mind? I didn't really. I still think that FB sucks huge amounts of time that could be best spent elsewhere doing something productive. I have read the stories about the people who have lost jobs and gotten divorced over content published on Facebook. But the e-course on creative business I'm taking (the link is there on the sidebar) strongly suggests being a part of both Facebook and Twitter. So since I paid for that advice, I figured I'd better take it.

So there I am. I am on the FB bandwagon. Or maybe I fell off the wagon? I dunno. But I do know this...

I am NOT farming....