In Which I figure out how to add my Etsy site to my Blog.

James and I have been adding lots of new stuff to the Etsy store. I started the store so long ago, but it started to seem like I never had any time to list anything. I taught JDM how to do it and now he lists all his own stuff. He's been great! But, I think it's time to get back in the swing of things and list some stuff. SO, I'm taking the advice of some of the bloggers that I follow and making it a priority to add new items to our store daily. As of this week, my tags are back in my store. Fun stuff to follow next week...after the yardsale.

Yeah. Yardsale. In March. I know, crazy, right?

Well...I have stuff that wants a new home so we're having a sale tomorrow and Saturday over at Robin's Horse Barn.

Button, Button, I've got the Buttons!

Ok, today is the day I figure out how to add photos to my posts.

D#1 needs to replace a couple buttons on her favorite flannel. Do you think we could find a match??? In the search for the right buttons, i realized that my buttons had avoided the clean-out. So i brought them down from the attic, the hallway cupboard, and the craft room...i know, it's a lot of buttons. This is my Mom's collection, my Grandma's collection, my collections, and (blush) I even bought them by the 1/2 pound!

But still, no matching button! So she's going to replace them all with cute little blue ones. Good plan. In the mean time, i got to play with my button collection. The ones that are strung were done by me and my mom way too many years ago to tell you how many. D#3 helped sort them out and earned a couple of brass buttons as payment. She was as happy as I was to see her playing with my collection. Now they're in jars by color and type...where I can see them all the time. It makes me smile.

Well, it's been too long since my last post. You see, I've been wondering what "Great Wisdom", "big deal" kinds of things i should post on my blog. What should it's "purpose" be. I want to make a "big impression", a "difference" in your life, share my "vast knowledge", answer all your questions....pshh!

The truth is, if i never post anything, i can never fail at meeting your expectations (which are really my expectations of what you want from me.) Probably, what you really want from me is what everyone else in my life wants...the real me. The one with the head full of ideas, the house that's undone but always open, and the bunch of kids always around her. You probably like my rustic kitchen with the big pots, iron pans, and 70's paneling, my big white van with the rubber mat floor, and my huge supply of craft stuff (but you might not actually want those things yourself). You'd like some honesty, ideas, and encouragement. I can do that. I may not change your life, but i would like to share it.

So, i've decided to take this "blog" thing seriously. I'm planning to post MUCH more often. I'm planning to share what our family is learning and making. Because life is just rushing by and I'd like to be able to remember the blessings that it's full of. (Teaching moment: it's not grammatically correct to end a sentence with a preposition, but I don't care)

More to come....soon!

A Direction

Well, I've just spent January and part of February going through my HOARD of craft supplies: donate, toss, keep (that is to say: OMW I've been looking for this/I forgot I had this!). I've searched out pretty much every nook and cranny in this house and attempted to tame the craft beast within. You see, 10 years ago I had the perfect craft room. Since then, that room turned into three rooms (a much needed second bath, laundry, and office), we put an addition on the house, and in the doing my crafts have been bumped around all over the house until finally...they were everywhere! But I think I finally have the mess tamed enough that I can at least use it.

So now it's time to learn a new skill. Those who know me know that I am always trying to learn something new. Quite often, a new craft skill. But now it's the skill of "Blogging". (It's such an ugly word, really. I mean...say it out loud: "blog". Ugh! YET it's so alluring. ) Here is my plan:

1. Post at least once a week...so that i can look back and say "hey! i did that!"

2. Learn to make my blog look really cool.

3. Make/design/work on a project every day, finishing at least one thing a week and posting about it.

4. Post about fun school stuff we do.

5. Best of all, post about God's grace and mercy to us along the way.

6. Whatever else I want to throw in.

So here I go!