Pinterest Inspired!

I finally made a pinterest inspired craft! I used an old frame added some paper and stickers....and a lot of ideas! I wrote on the glass with a dry erase marker and wa-la....summer fun!
My favorite idea is Holden's "lay in the grass and watch the clouds"! So precious...

I am ready for summer!

Here is a new collection I created on Etsy of some neat sellers!

4/1-4/6 Google Search

Decorating Easter Eggs:


melted crayon eggs
9 Easter Egg Decorating Ideas
Embossed Eggs
Creative Egg Decorating

Easter Crafts


Egg Shell Votives
Funny Bunny Plush Doll
Confetti Eggs

Easter Cooking


Homemade Peeps
Chocolate Eggs
Boiling Eggs
Hot Cross Buns

M.I.A. Last Week!

Yes, I was M.I.A. last week! So here are some posts to catch up.... First off, I subscribed to a website called HARO. What a great website, you should definitely check it out! My favorite feature is an email they send out, about once a week with giftbag queries. People from all over the place can submit a request for your product to fill their gift bags or auction! Then you scroll through the list of requests and submit or pitch your product to them:) Of course it is a donation, but you get your name out there (sometimes with free press!)

Well, I decided that after getting this email for a couple of weeks that I was going to try to pitch my product. I submitted 3 different products to 5 different requests. Within 5 minutes I received a reply from 3 of them!!! Oh my goodness what did I get myself into...each event wanted 100-150 items! I am at the very start of my business, I don't even have 100 items, nor the materials! But being as optimistic as I am (translation--oblivious), I decided to go for it.

My first product I started is for a wedding planner event. 150 fluffy hair clips....except on the day that I was ready to send them, I decided to double check my deadlines with a hunch that this might not be the product that was due on April 1st. Was it? NO! 100 pinwheel hair clips due April 1st, at this point it is March 28th and I have 2 of them:) So I stayed up late (4:00 in the morning, I guess is early not late!), and finished all of them in one night and a day. I shipped them off drowsy and proud!

This week I ship off the wedding hair clips-deadline April 7th and then mini pocket notebooks-deadline April 13th!

Finished Craft Room Pictures

Here are the pictures from my Craft Room organization....

 I still have a lot to do!

 And actually, because of my two boutiques and wedding that I am doing pieces for, it is almost back to it's original "hoarders" state:(

But at least now I have a better system in place:)

What are ways that you manage your "in process" projects?

Craftcation!!!

One of my goals accomplished...check! My mom and I bought our day passes for Craftcation. I am so excited to learn how this year I am going to make things happen. I will be attending classes on business, finances, social media, etc. all for making my crafty hobby into a legitimate business.

That same weekend, we are going to watch Hunger Games, style hair for a wedding in Temecula and treat ourselves to wine tasting after it is all said and done!

Do you have any recommendations for other business seminars or resources for a crafty business?

2012! The year things become a reality!

How many times have you heard "this is MY year"?

I know I have heard and I have said it. Some years I have made small goals/resolutions, so that at the end of the year I was not disappointed. Or I have made a goal that I was already in the process of!

So the last month of 2011, I spent a lot of time, thought and prayer over my new and some renewed goals. This time would be different because I have in mind to actually make action plans to succeed.

Goal #1 Blog about my goals:)
Goal #2 Organize my craft room
Goal #3 Make a legitimate business out of my creations
Goal #4 Attend Craftcation
Goal #5 Take my home based business to the next level
Goal #6 Send cards to friends, family and customers
Goal #7 Take more pictures
Goal #8 Make an outfit
Goal #9 Go to more hair classes
Goal #10 Take a family photo
Goal #11 Update my wardrobe
Goal #12 Mini triathlon

I might have to come up with a new post, since I know that I have more goals than this. The idea for myself is to make these goals achievable and approachable. I find that I'm great at ideas, but I'm terrible at making them a reality....but no longer is that going to be me! I want my children to believe me when I say "You can dream big and make it happen, you are capable", they will see me do it!

I had read a while back The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, and was inspired by his list of dreams. He had a pretty good list, with extraordinary goals and common goals, some were silly, but it didn't matter because they were HIS!

Please join me and make your list of things that you put off, big or small. Send me a link to yours, so we can succeed in them together. This is the year become our reality:)