tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46133466804546452772024-03-05T08:37:06.588-08:00Merc's PursesMercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14153598701788778069noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613346680454645277.post-79638252545572733012013-05-15T11:34:00.001-07:002013-05-15T11:34:42.922-07:00GoalsHello everyone! Well, shame on me. I say I'm going to do something, then BAM! I get hit with a lot of random life things that get in the way.<br />
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Can we talk about goals for a second? I always think I have a very long list of items that I want to take care of and clear an understanding of what it takes to get there.<br />
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Once I take a step back and really take a look at the items that need to be done, I never set plans into place to get them checked off of my very long list of items that need to be done.<br />
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Take for instance my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/craftsbymercy?ref=si_shop">Etsy Shop</a>. I have a running goal of course increasing sales. Of course the first thing I thought of in order to accomplish this, is to increase the amount of items in my shop.<br />
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Currently, I have 57 items. I would LOVE to have 100 items at all times in my shop. I once read for every 100 views you should receive a sale. So... the more items to look at, the more likely you are to get a sale. Right? Does that make sense?<br />
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Well, how do I get to that 100 item mark? Make stuff... That would be the best way right? <br />
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<li>I'm going to say by the of July, I would like to have at least 100 items in my shop.</li>
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<li>In order to have 100 total in my shop by the end of July, I would need to make roughly 2.5 items a week. </li>
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<li>I need o make sure I have enough supplies to finish this project. </li>
<li>I need to not watch YouTube beauty videos at night and instead get busy crafting. </li>
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Seems simple right? I should be able to do this!</div>
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I felt like I was doing my makeup the same way I had always done it and felt I needed a new mature look and started doing some research. </div>
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Did you all know that there was such a thing as a Beauty Guru that posts things on You Tube causing impressional young women to go out and spend all of their fabric money on Makeup?</div>
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Well... Incase you didn't know... Here are some of my favorites!</div>
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Nicole Guerriero (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nguerriero19">nguerrieoro19</a>)</div>
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I even had to make a new makeup bag to throw all of my new goodies in!</div>
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Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14153598701788778069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613346680454645277.post-86197838624874010962013-01-17T08:03:00.000-08:002013-01-17T08:03:00.194-08:00New Year... New blog<br />
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This is supposed to be a little bit of me in the big world of the internet. Does it really reflect me? Does it show who I am and what I do? Sure it shows my love of crafts, sewing and crochet. I don’t know that it really depicts who I am always.</div>
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So… from now on this blog will reflect who I am as a whole. Good, bad and cursing. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div>
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Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14153598701788778069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613346680454645277.post-1081865497373292152012-08-28T20:00:00.001-07:002012-08-28T20:00:59.679-07:00Followers! I have followers!Wow! It's such an awesome feeling to seeing that I have Followers listed on my sidebar! Thank you so much for those who are following. To show my thanks, please use coupon code BLOG18 on my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/craftsbymercy?ref=si_shop">MY SHOP</a> for 18% off any purchase. Also, for some reason, I picked up two copies of this Instyle magazine. I must be traveling too much if I am buying duplicate magazines!<br />
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<br />As mentioned above, I have been traveling a lot. This week is Albany Georgia. It's beautiful here, but man is it humid! This Colorado girl is used to dry air not Humid! <br />
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I had a last minute trip to NYC that kind of threw my whole week off! I had great intentions of posting this grand post about my one of my favorite bloggers (and real life friend), <span style="color: red;"><b><a href="http://www.kathewithane.com/">Kathe with and E!</a></b></span><br />
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But, as you can tell by this very short post, that didn't quite work out. :)<br />
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I do encourage you however to go on by her blog for a chance of some amazing prizes including a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/93410365/large-turqouise-spring-clutch-with">Large Clutch</a> made by me! <br />
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Thanks for stopping by! I'm back to the rat races (I don't know why I referenced that phrase, I have never really liked it)!<br />
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Here is a little glimpse of my NYC visit including finishing up orders, fancy desserts, police on mopeds and a pic of me soooo bored on the Amtrak to New Jersey from NYC.<br />
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Good luck to all that enter!Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14153598701788778069noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613346680454645277.post-50954266251342154762012-08-07T14:27:00.000-07:002012-08-07T14:27:59.179-07:00Yard Sales and Business Cards...Well, Why didn't anyone tell me that Yard Sales are so much work? <br />
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My son, husband and I hauled our stuff over to a friends house because he has much better traffic than we do. That in itself was a chore, but good thing I have a hard working hubby that got most of it done for me while I was at work.<br />
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We made a decent amount of money (that I like) and got rid of quite a bit of junk (which my husband likes). :)<br />
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We plan on doing another one on Labor Day Weekend if anyone is in the Denver area! <br />
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Tons of books and clothes were sold, but one thing that I found crazy, was the amount of purses that sold. At one point there was a line that wanted to view and buy handbags. <br />
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My husband really wanted to set up a table with all of my hand made items on it. I didn't want to deal with people trying to talk me down on price since I do have a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/craftsbymercy?ref=si_shop">SHOP</a> that I sell my items on. When mentioning that I make my own bags to some of the thrifty buyers, they were very interested, so I might give it a shot on our next Yard Sale adventure. One regret I have though is that I am all out of business cards! This put a bee in my bonnet to get it done right away! This is the design that I decided on. <br />
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<br /></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14153598701788778069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613346680454645277.post-77453640524955306992012-06-30T19:50:00.003-07:002012-06-30T19:50:47.867-07:00Holy Headband...I, of course like any other girl now a days, love headbands! One thing I can never get to fit me correctly is a Bandana Type of headband. I have mentioned before how big of a head I have. If i find one that will wrap around, it surly won't tie.<br />
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1. Cut the two strips of fabric to long enough to go around your head and whatever width you would like. Again, mine was 4"x 40".</div>
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4. Pin your fabric together and sew all the way around except for about an inch that you will use to turn.</div>
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6. Topstitch around the entire headband. I used a number 4 long stitch. </div>
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7. Tie around your head and you're done!! Make one in every color!</div>
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And... I'm thinking of listing some of these on my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mercyscraps?ref=si_shop">Etsy Shop</a>, so if you don't want to make some yourself please let me know.</div>
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1. I need to purchase a tent. This was kind of a last minute attempt and I reached out to another sewing lady named <a href="http://greenhousereddoor.blogspot.com/">Irish</a>. She is moving to Korea very soon and I thought we could possibly share the table. Thankfully I did. She was able to borrow a tent from a local Fabric Store. <br />
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Also, I hope everyone has had a wonderful Father's Day! I love my dad so much and really thankful for him in my life. I'm also blessed for my husband. He is so supportive and loving. It's great to not only have a great dad, but to also be married to one. </div>
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A-Age - 33 and one week!</div>
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B-Bed Size California King</div>
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C- Chore I hate. All of them. :) </div>
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D- Dog- Lemon Beagle. Homer is the cutest!</div>
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E- Essential Start to the day - Coffee.</div>
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F- Fav Color - Neon Green, Purple and Teal (all combined is amazing!)</div>
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G- Gold or Silver - Silver</div>
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H- Height - itty Bitty</div>
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I - Intruments - Played the flute till middle school.</div>
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J- Job Title - All around Bad Ass</div>
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K- Kids- Just one KID</div>
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L - Live - Littleton Co</div>
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M - Mother's Name - Alicia. Most people pronounce that Elisha, but that's not right...</div>
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N - Nicknames - Merc, Mersalas, Merski, MeMe</div>
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O - Overnight hospital stay - Only to deliver KID mentioned above.</div>
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P- Pep Peeves - Assumptions that my time isn't valuble.</div>
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Q- Quote from a Movie - "no... and I don't CARE!" Dumb and Dumber.</div>
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R- Right or Left - Right</div>
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S- Siblings - Adrien, Travis, Stefanie, Justin, Shannon</div>
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T- Truth or Dare - Truth</div>
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U - Underwear - Yes</div>
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V- Veg I hate - I haven't met a veggie I didn't like.</div>
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X. - Xrays - just teeth.</div>
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Y - Yummy food I make - Don't mean to brag, but I can throw down in the kitchen. Most request chicken enchiladas, or Marsala or Stir fry.</div>
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Z - zoo animal. - giraffe</div>
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I am so lame at blogging.
I need to make myself a reminder or something. On occasion I think about it, but it’s
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One thing that might help me keep on track, is my new
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Over this weekend, our cable was off. No Cable=No Internet. I am amazed at how much time is available
when you don’t have technology at your finger tips. When not only do you NOT want to work (let’s
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The thing that surprised me throughout the weekend is how
relaxed I was. I read, I sewed, I
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I came to a realization that even though I create a lot of
work for myself (I don’t know how to say NO), that this isn’t really what I
want to do. I don’t want to be so caught
up in my job that I don’t stop and smell the roses. There has to be an easier way… A more time effective way… A more cost effective way for that
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Now I know that I don’t have a lot of options being the sole
bread winner for my family. But why
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it. I don’t see why I can’t be one of
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So… From now on, I
will be my main focus. I don’t know why
that has been such an ordeal for me to realize that in order to be truly happy,
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inspiration for me. Being successful has
always been very important part of my life, but I never realized that I could be the
driving force in that. I can be the one
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Crafts! If anyone
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I am going to start setting some reminders for updating my
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the most out of my time. Work or at home…
and home has to share with my crafty time too.
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That has been opening up some hours for some sewing
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oil on my sewing machine, which has allowed for some designs that have been
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And will be tracking my progress at <a href="http://instagrid.me/mercyscraps/" style="color: purple; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Instagrid</a>, just because it lays it out a bit better when not looking at the app on your phone. </div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Also, if anyone reads this thing… We are having a snow day here in Colorado,and in spirit of a day that I can work from home, I am offering a 20% off couponto my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mercyscraps?ref=si_shop"><b>Etsy</b></a> shop! The code is SNOWING. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Well, New York was quite uneventful. Nothing like going across the country for two
hours of work! Thankfully, I had my dandy
little hat, to keep me warm, because I did a lot of walking around and seeing
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Looking at my desk here at work, I realized that I really
needed a little bowl or basket to keep my headphones and iPhone charging cable
in. I always just throw things on my
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I found <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/63543044712211128/">THIS</a> adorable little bowl on Pineterest!! So cute!
I didn’t really follow the pattern, but you get the idea… I made mine a little bigger and added handles
and of course a little Heart, just because it makes me smile! </div>
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If anyone is interested in a tutorial for my version, please
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I will be heading to NYC this weekend for work and figured I
might be doing a lot of walking around downtown and with all the shade of the
buildings, I am afraid I will be chilly.
Who are we kidding? I am ALWAYS
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Hats are tricky for me, as previously stated in this POST, I
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I found this <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/63543044712183006/">ONE</a> on Pinterest. Of course! </div>
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This pattern was really easy and straight forward. I made a few modifications but for the most
part stayed true to the pattern. I had
never done a Puff Stitch before, and I actually recommend doing a YouTube
search to find a video. She does a great
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It fits perfectly and is so cozy!! Give it a try!</div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14153598701788778069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613346680454645277.post-41923207840372862932012-01-17T09:35:00.000-08:002012-01-17T09:35:32.270-08:00Made from Pinterest<br />
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One of the many reasons for starting a blog is that I wanted
to track my progress of items tried on Pinterest. I love Crochet. LOVE.
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At the time I was so excited to learn something that I can
create with my hands. Wow! What an addiction was created. We lived across from an Office Supply store
that was a warehouse style, but carried everything you could think of (before there
were the Office Max’s of the world). I
would walk around that store for hours.
Looking at all of the supplies and touching all of the pens. Sometimes I would have a few dollars saved or
if my dad saw me going to look again, he would hand me a dollar or two. I would try and choose wisely the exact
fountain pen I would want or sometimes buy “stickers” (really they were just mailbox
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Years later, I still create on a daily basis. If it’s not doing the actual craft, I will be
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Back to crochet… </div>
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Until recently, I didn’t realize that there were so many
options out there for making items. I
had made booties many years ago for my brother and again when my little sister
was born. I had a few attempts at
blankets, but really didn’t’ succeed until I was pregnant with my son and made
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Now he is eight years old and we were looking at fabric at
Hancock fabrics (another crafty addiction), and he saw a book for
Amigurumi. I had never even heard of it
before, but he fell in love with a little dog that was on there. I thought like I usually do, Hey! I could make that! </div>
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I decided to make a few hats, but my head is so big! It either comes out way too small or way too
big. When I saw this headband, I knew I
had to make it! Her instructions were
very clear and it came together rather quickly.
I was really impressed! It fit my
big head perfectly! I also loved that
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Granted, I think I have made mine a little more narrow. I also probably should have done a more universal color. I will be making plenty more though! One warning, this is thing is VERY warm! So if one is being made, be sure you are in need of being cozy!</div>
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