lol

I actually cleared my beads into drawers last week cause there were supplies all over the place!

Today i cleared some space usptairs and put a desk for me to work on close to where all my beads and findings are...also good space to set up for pictures.

had some great ideas to reuse old clothes and buttons to make some more unusual pieces of jewellery...i just hope the idea can be put into rpactice effectively!

Heh. My work space is a nightmare.

We actually have a lovely office, but it's dark so not good for the work I do (I do a lot of intricate cutting and need really good light for this). Right now, I can only make mats when my 2 boys are in bed or out of the house. I do that at our dining room table and keep most of my supplies in a multi-tiered cart that is covered with a pinned table cloth to keep the kids out of it!

Most of my marketing/online work is done on my laptop on the sofa while watching TV or keeping an eye on the boys. However, I think I'm neglecting my husband as he watches TV upstairs (we live with my mother and cousin and he needs down time from them!). So I think I'm going to try to set up a small work space in our bedroom.

I've got my shop stocked with 18 mats and I have another 10 in the works so this week I am hoping to get to some of the other products I want to start carrying.

Ok so in my random adventures on etsy this evening i'm scrolling through some shops of people that are here in vegas. I'm curious to see how people are doing and maybe even get to know some local shop owners, they could possibly teach me a thing or two So I stumble across one in particular, open it up and start to browse what this person has to offer. Well...it's more than just t-shirts and scarves, well...that's all she sells. Take a look at this girls shop and tell me what else you guys think she's promoting LOL go look...you'll see what I mean!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5110069

Do you get a discount if you buy two!  LOL 

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LOL Yeah I agree...if she were selling to men it would work fab...but to women...not so much. Dude...if you could get david beckham to do that I would bow at your feet hahah!

I'm not so sure if you get a discount for buying two LOL

I'm confused.  Is that shop advertising for a plastic surgeons office or really trying to sell scarfs and shirts?  LOL!

LOL you guys wouldn't believe this other shop I saw. Now don't get me wrong I have nothing against vaginas, but I don't really want to buy vagina shaped pendants, paintings, pillows etc. It's quite different and obviously people like her things because she has like 271 sales...but not this kid...i'll stay "vagina item" free

http://www.VulvaLoveLovely.etsy.com

LOL..ROFL!   vaginas!  Just because I have one doesn't mean I want to wear one!  Thank you for that laugh.  I needed it. 
Now.. about this blah feeling, just ride it out girlie.  You are by far one of the most dynamic people I have ever met (sort of met) and you run at 100mph (I so envy that).  Your a mother, a wife, and artisan of beautiful things and now a moderator.  Give yourself a break.  The world isn't going anywhere.  Sometimes, when we feel empty and blah, it's the universes way of saying, step back... take a breath and be calm in knowing all the wonderful things you have in your life.  Sometimes, moving fast makes the world blur a little and you need to "stop and smell those roses"!  You don't have to be all things to all people all the time.  Sometimes you just need to be.  That's when the creative excitement will come back.  OK, off my soap box now.  <BIG HUGS>

Oh my.... actually, those vagina items are more georgia o'keefe-ish than some I've seen, which were VERY realistic and anatomically correct!

Also, check out www.abitabite.etsy.com -- I saw her at Renegade Chicago. She makes pincushions and cat toys that look like, ahem, the male organ. (I actually thought about buying one of the catnip toys because I thought they were funny, but decided that my boyfriend might get upset if he came home and the cat was gnawing on a penis, hahahaha)

I wrote a post in my blog today about slowing down and not getting caught up in the etsy frenzy, and going at my own pace, and another person commented and said she was feeling the same way, so she took a break, went and took a nap and when she came back she had sold something!  Lesson learned she said. 

Thanks you guys! I really love all the support that everyone gives eachother here This is my safe place sometimes, i'm scared of the forums anymore LOL My dear sweet mother in law recently inquired about having me make her towel sets for the holidays, i'm pretty excited about it seeing as though she wants to pay  me for them like anyone else would. I told her that she needs to set up and Etsy account and buy them through my shop so I can get the sales tacked on to my total. She's not highly computer savvy so she had asked me to set it up for her and give her the information, which I did. But I still have yet to even get started on her halloween set which is only like 26 days away, so I better get crackin. I went yesterday and hung out with my mom for awhile she's been working alot so I haven't seen her much in the last month. She dyed my hair for me which is awesome it was starting to look really poopy since my blonde highlights were grown out and I had probably a good inch of brown roots LOL So I definately think that helped me to go spend time with her I really miss her. Going to the tattoo convention was nice my dad watched my girls so we could go child free and that was really nice. I don't get much time without my kids so when I get the opportunity I take advantage! My husband was nice enough to offer to have me put the girls in day care like 1 day a week but it would cost like $200 a month for just one day a week...forget that...I would love to have the break but I would rather save the money and use it for something we need...not to mention why should I pay someone to watch my kids when I can do it for free. I also had some super amazing Hooters wings on sunday, I ate 10 faster than my husband did LOL The frosty cold beers that I had with them just made it all the more better. Since i've been thinking about all these good things that have been happening i'm starting to come out of this funk a little more. I picked up a towel set and started crocheting away. I did end up buying Laura's bike (thank my mother in law for overnighting the money) so i'm a little less stressed about that now that i have the main present for her birthday. Things are just starting to come back together. Hopefully today will be a good day

i've been feeling like I haven't been doing much for the team lately...and I don't want that to fall through the cracks, but at the same time I need to understand that I can't spend 24/7 doing team stuff and that I need to do stuff for my shop otherwise it'll suffer. I've worked way too hard to let that happen! I finally photo'd my coffee basket which made me really happy since it's been sitting around for close to a week. I'm also really happy about the awesome feedback i've gotten from you guys about it