Goals

Hello 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.

Anyway...

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.

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.

Take for instance my Etsy Shop.  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.

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?

Well, how do I get to that 100 item mark?  Make stuff...  That would be the best way right?

So... Here is the plan.

1. Set a deadline.
1. I'm going to say by the of July, I would like to have at least 100 items in my shop.
2. Set a process plan.
1. 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. 
3. I need o make sure I have enough supplies to finish this project. 
4. I need to not watch YouTube beauty videos at night and instead get busy crafting. 

Seems simple right?  I should be able to do this!

Speaking of beauty videos...

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.  

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?

Well...  Incase you didn't know...  Here are some of my favorites!

Nicole Guerriero (nguerrieoro19)

That's Heart (ThatsHeart)

And...

MissGlamorazzi (missglamorazzi)

I have been having so much fun watching and learning thing from these ladies!

I even had to make a new makeup bag to throw all of my new goodies in!

Plus...  Who doesn't love Chevron?

Until next time!

~Mercy

Followers! 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 MY SHOP 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!



The first order placed for over ten dollars on my shop, will have this shipped free with purchase!


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!

With all of this traveling, I am really missing my nightly crafting time.  I brought along some crochet (pictured below), which is great, but feels like I can be accomplishing more for sewing.



What type of travel crafts do you do?

Blogging Friends!

Well good morning all!

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), Kathe with and E!

But, as you can tell by this very short post, that didn't quite work out.  :)

I do encourage you however to go on by her blog for a chance of some amazing prizes including a Large Clutch made by me!


























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)!

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.




Good luck to all that enter!

Yard Sales and Business Cards...

Well,   Why didn't anyone tell me that Yard Sales are so much work?

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.

We made a decent amount of money (that I like) and got rid of quite a bit of junk (which my husband likes).  :)

We plan on doing another one on Labor Day Weekend if anyone is in the Denver area!


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.

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 SHOP 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.

Front

Back

I can't wait for them to arrive!  

Until then... Off to smell the roses!!

Best of Intentions

Well, I always have good intentions…

I am going to start setting some reminders for updating my blog.  I feel totally like I don’t make the most out of my time.  Work or at home… and home has to share with my crafty time too.  There are never enough hours in the day!!

Thankfully, lately I haven’t been sleeping much. L

That has been opening up some hours for some sewing time.  I have been burning the midnight oil on my sewing machine, which has allowed for some designs that have been floating around in my head to get down on fabric and thread. 

I have had this idea of some ruffle pouches and bags.

Also, my life is consumed by bows lately, so I had to come up with a summer bow bag.  I love this one!

I have a new headband idea floating around in my head too, so hopefully very soon I can get that down on paper and update to my Etsy shop.  

I also managed to make myself a new wallet!  Wow!  Not sleeping really pays off! 

Actually, it’s good for my soul to be able to do something creative each day and even though I may be tired, my heart is happy and makes up for it.

I was brave...

I have had this Pin on Pinterest for quite some time and I thinkit so amazing!  I haven’t had the guts toreally try it, until last night.  I don’tknow what I was so scared of.  It’sbasically just a granny square, and while watching my favorite shows (hello… 30Rock…), I was able to complete almost a whole half!  I am really surprised at how easy thisis.  I was so worried that it would be abig chore and not understand what I was doing.

It’s progress! 

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 Etsy shop!  The code is SNOWING. 

Have a great Friday everyone!