Navel Gazing
Yesterday was the kind of day where I aaaaaaaalmost bit off more than I could chew. I had to go to Melrose to take inventory at Shake Rag, and Mariana was coming over to do a work photo shoot so we could make some new ads to run on Ravelry, and for some reason I [...]
Mmmmm. My house smells like Chex Mix! That must mean the holidays are upon us. Yesterday I made more Chex Mix (this is a two-batch season) and I have a bit to mail out but mostly this is for the locals. I saw Cinnamon Chex on the shelf and so put some of that in [...]
And if you don’t get that, you need to go watch this. I hesitate to write, sometimes, that I have frustrating days. After all – or so I’ve been told by someone – all I do is “sit around and craft all day, so how hard can THAT be?” And a few times over on [...]
Continue reading about Two! Two things! Count them! (insert thunderclap here) Ah-hah-hah-hah!
Etsy does these little interviews, and I am alternately fascinated by and rolling my eyes at them. Sometimes they genuinely contain words of wisdom and inspiration; but most often (and I hope I don’t get kicked off Etsy for saying this) they read as if the artist thinks they breathe out unicorn farts and poop rainbows. [...]
Continue reading about Let’s pretend to interview me for Etsy!
I’ve been kind of moody the last week or so, and I’ve narrowed it down to my poor yarn store. At first I thought it was because the three of us talked about finances the other night, and in addition to finances never making me happy, things are just glacial right now and Evaluations Need [...]
I was going to do this as a comment on my other post about week two, but it seemed a bit long. I found out a bit more about what week 2′s assignment was… here are my ramblings. Have at them (or ignore them). – discover who your gift giver and gift receiver is My [...]
Continue reading about Etsy Holiday Boot Camp, Week Two (and some change)
So, I’m about a week and some change behind, but I’m interested in doing the Etsy Holiday Boot Camp. As part of getting ready, I need to take a pledge; which is easy – they have it written for you. I, Lorena, pledge to participate in the Etsy Success Holiday Boot Camp to the best of my abilities. [...]
This under/self-employment feels a bit like summer vacation. I think that’s because I used to go to G-ma’s house every summer, and we would spend a lot of time sitting on the back porch, chatting, working on ceramics, and keeping one eye on the fishing poles. I wanted to put a photo up, but in [...]
I keep waking up with a song lyric in my head – “where do we go from here, now that all of the —” but I don’t remember what THE is. Now that all of the somethings are something else? Now that all of the children are….? Now that all of the yarn balls have [...]
Continue reading about Today is the last day; today is the first day
This is one of those good news/bad news things. Which do you want first? I love the answer my friend Susan gave us when we asked her this last night (oh my lawd, was that just last night? It feels like a million years ago…) – she said she wanted the bad news first because [...]
Continue reading about If this is ultimately going to be OK, why do I keep bursting into tears?
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