ok, so today i think will be the unofficial reveal of a new phase in my life... it's still being worked on so please be patient... i'll make an official announcement in an email to my loved ones on monday... it's been so much work to get it this far... so here it is...
so like i said i'm still working on all of the details. you wouldn't believe how many different policies and rates and money accounts you have to set up just to try this out. taking photos, writing descriptions, uploading it all on to the site, etc. i actually haven't MADE anything all week. i know that now that i have it up, it will be alot less work to keep it up, but i'm exhausted already! so checkout my etsy shop, and i promise i will work all weekend to get some more new exciting things up on there. thanx for all your support!!!!
I worked hard yesterday & i must say that i'm probably a day or 2 away from the BIG ONE! you wouldn't believe how much goes into... what i'm doing... you'll understand soon... i promise.
but until then i'll give you some more teasing - here's 3 new pieces that i've made & am practicing my photo skills on. It's actually alot harder to take detailed pictures of wool than you'd think. i'm still learning and have the most hard time trying to get good color. i have to go in a retouch the pictures because they are usually too dark or too yellow. i tried the natural sunlight thing yesterday, but it's tough. if anyone has any advice, please leave me a comment!
they are all inspired by classic tattoo designs. They would also be great presents for a special sweetheart on Valentine's Day...
so since the subjects of my blogs are taking you through a general theme (although you may not realize it right now... and i'm actually stalling because i am not ready to make "the big announcement") i want to introduce everyone to an awesome website
WHAT IS ETSY?
Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade.
Our mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers.
Our vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice:
Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade.
just in case i haven't talked your ear off about www.etsy.com, i tell you my pitch. it's pretty much Amazon or Ebay for handmade & vintage stuff. It's an online community of artists to promote their craft. i can spend hours on there looking at the stuff that's for sale. it's oraganized and searchable in many different ways. i like how it promotes buying quality products from people like myself and not giant chain stores that sell stuff made of lead in china!!
man... i would love to have a shop on there one day... *sigh...
SIDENOTE:
i just read an article about how you can vote for the New & Wonders of Nature. kinda cool if you ask me. i'm gonna vote, i'm such a history buff anyways that this stuff is right up my alley. check out the website and vote for your favorite 7. there are over 250 nominees that you can vote for now which include site such as The Grand Canyon, Loch Ness, and Niagra Falls. so go vote!!!
even though it's technically friday, you can't deny that it is the first non-holiday-day of 2009. there is no excuse to put off those resolutions today. yesterday didn't count, but today does!
res·o·lu·tionn.
1. The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination. 2. A resolving to do something. 3. A course of action determined or decided on.
now i think that people fail at their so called "new year's resolutions" because they pick completely obsurd and giant goals that they don't really believe in. then when you fail, you feel guilty and then you feel guilty for feeling guilty....
"I EAT BECAUSE I'M UNHAPPY... I'M UNHAPPY BECAUSE I EAT..."
(and when i quote this i am obviously quoting mike myers from Austin Powers as the big fat scottish dude that eats babies!!!)
as·pi·ra·tionn.
a. A strong desire for high achievement.
b. An object of such desire; an ambition.
so this year instead of making some resolutions, i'm going to make some aspirations. that way if i can start out with baby steps and also if i slip up i won't beat myself up over it!!!
2009 ASPIRATIONS
Living Healthy - this includes learning to cook better food, working out consistantly, taking multivitamins, eating and drinking less junk, keeping up with my diet & exercise journal.
Cleaning the House More Often - this actually means instead of leaving cleaning to one day, try and clean a little bit everyday so that it's not so overwhelming, and reducing and organizing the amazing amount of clutter we have in our house.
Quality Time with Loved Ones - this means calling people more often (i have an extreme fear, almost phobia, of talking on the phone), responding to emails quickly, keeping up this here Blog.
Being Happy - i need to not be so hard on myself if i don't accmplish everything on this list, maybe try some yoga or medetation, think more possitively, etc
i know these are pretty generic type "aspirations", and they are the same ones i come up with every year (for alot of people too) but that doesn't make them any less important to me. and that also doesn't mean that i can't try and improve upon them just as i do every new year!
SIDENOTE:
(i am changing the "side-show" into "sidenote" seems better and not as dumb.)
i am going to try and have a big-old-fat announcement on monday, so check back to see what i have "in store" for the beginning of 2009!!!
