iPods, Etsy, and More

So this is the first blog post I've written from my iPod. Yay!

I posted some earrings, a print, and a neckwarmer. I'll be posting more items next week. etsy.com/people/KurtsCrafts
Also, I have an ad on Facebook! Please let me know if you see it!

I am without work once again, but I am confident that God will provide. I've always wanted a business, so Etsy is definately a great beginning!

Business, Giveaway, and More

I've been thinking a lot about starting my own business. I'm scared, that's for sure, but I'm not holding back because I'm scared. I'm holding back because I have terrible credit (that I ruined as a teen) and no financial institution will back me.

I want a hybrid. A physical, brick and mortar store, and an online store. In my physical store, you'd be able to make purchases, demo the products, and use my facilities for your projects. In the online store you'd be able to purchase products, see my calendar of events and such, and read tips and tricks or post your own. I want to be able to host artists and such.

I've been approached by a digital scrapbooking retailer, and they want me to try their software out, and give one away.

Scrapbook.com

Hello Everyone!

I have been spending a lot of my time here at scrapbook.com. There are great people there!!! I am participating in four challenges this month! August Single Pic, August Ugly Paper, August Use Your Scraps, and August Weekly Sketch Challenges.

I am going to be doing some re-arranging, and I may even drop blogger... I'm working on getting my own website up and running, and well, I need to get my poop in a group first! I don't just scrapbook, I don't just quilt, and I don't just (fill in the blank here), so I need a whole site, and then I can organize what my interests are. I don't want you to be bored by my posts for interests that you and I don't share!

Continuing Wisdom: Spellcheck your resume before you send it off! Also, change your objective for every job you apply for!!!

cowgirls, business and more

Hello Everyone! I am so excited! My best friend Stacy and her horse Misty have been invited to participate in the World's Competition for Extreme Cowboy Races. This is a high honor, and very few are invited. I am confident they will do very well, and am asking for you to rack your brain for sponsorship opportunities.

Stacy and I live in Michigan, and we have to get her to Oklahoma for the Competition. She has her own transportation, and her own horse trailer, just not the funds to travel down, and stay in a hotel. If you or anyone you know would like to sponsor Stacy, she is doing lots of advertising.

For more information, e-mail Stacy at sconely16@att.net, get on her facebook , or for general info go to www.extremecowboyassociation.com. (if you visit her facebook, you can see her and Misty in action!)

Vacation Over

Well, we've returned from vacation, and I have a list of things to do longer than my arm. =) First on my agenda (after work of course) is to go over to Scrap Tales in Brighton, MI. They're closing and I want to give them a fairwell and take advantage of the 40% closing sale!

Must make dinner, I believe the hub requested Steak

Then, I need to fix my home PC. I've either been posting from my work computer on lunch, or my laptop. I really, really, really miss my PC, and I now have the disc to fix the poor confused hard drive.

List of other things to accomplish:

• Clean my craft area, then organize


• Organize and get rid of clothes that I'll never fit into again


• make jewelry


• order bird toy pieces (to make bird toys, yay! Neo has a thing for these cheap )


• Start reading the book of Hebrews and work on my bible study lesson from The Shelter of God's Promises, by Sheila Walsh. We're working on The Promise of Hope this week, which is a big one for me. I should also go to Fowlerville UB's website and listen to the last two sermons I missed!


• Love on my Husband


• Sleep!!!


• Scrapbook


• Order more prints (I get a million e-mails on what mail order service is offering free/low price prints)


• go to the fowlerville fair and take night pictures of the rides =)

Vay-cay-shun

I am sooooo ready for vacay. We are vacating the premises and shunning everyone for 9 days. Nine blissful, glorious days in Pentwater, Michigan. Lake Michigan is so darn pretty I can't stand it. =)

I will be taking many, many pictures with the new camera (guess it's not really THAT new anymore?) and spending a little time with my mom's metal detector. She hasn't used it in some time, and I figured if we get it fired up, she may take it with her when she's away in August.

I'll have to post some of my latest scrapbooking before we run away.

Stress Be Gone!

I have been super stressed out lately, and nothing seems to help...

Of course, then I think about it and realize, I haven't had more than five minutes to try and do anything about the stress.

My husband is being highly unsympathetic, because he thinks I don't work as hard as him, and I don't work as many hours as he does. He doesn't understand what I have to be stressed out about.

I don't have any one thing that is stressing me out, but it is a big pile of little things that have made an immovable object in my mind.

I think maybe the stress has hit a fever pitch because I've been doing so many after work and Saturday activities, and because we have a week long vacation coming up. Also, we didn't take a Monday and go to Cedar Point like we usually do. I haven't had the refresh button clicked in a while, so I think it's just wearing on me.

I've also been thinking a lot about scrapbooking, of course, because I have no time to do so. (Unless I cut out a few hours of sleep and scrap in the middle of the night... LOL)

This weekend there will be a lot going on, a murder mystery dinner, the Howell Balloonfest, and tonight is the last night of Vacation Bible School.

I've been a crew leader all week at VBS, and was blessed to have between 5 and 8 girls every night so far. They are between the ages of 4 and 8, and they are all pretty bright. The only problem is I'm not used to so many little faces eagerly awaiting my instruction. It's kind of scary and humbling, especially when they seem to have a better relationship with God than myself. I feel almost like they should be leading, and I should be following, but God knew this is exactly what I needed, and why he urged me to sign up to help with VBS. I checked the "help as needed" box and guess what? Crew Leader it was!

I will definately have to take some time and scrap/reflect over this week and all I've learned with and from the girls. I hope that tonight I'm blessed with even more girls, and that they are eager to continue their journey with Christ. (I just pray for strength and patience with so many little girls around!)

I also want to take the opportunity to thank whomever is reading this, you are loved by whatever higher power you believe in. (I believe we all believe in the same God, we just call him different names)