deep breath

Technology these days is vast and overwhelming.

Most days I feel like I am so far behind, spinning my wheels.  I don't Tweet, and only occasionally log in to Facebook.  I do have a blog, but it is really more my diary than anything else.

Those of you who know me well know that I love to create.  I had a booth at the BSU art fair in the fall of ...oh, I think it was 1983? where I sold wheat weaving.  A traditional Scandinavian craft.  It did really well, but I got tired of trying to buy wheat cheap and soak it in my bathtub, and I had worn a groove in my front teeth from knotting wire (please don't tell my dentist...)

I made dolls, and rabbits, and dried floral arrangements.  I sold them through home shows, at my parent's house, or my in-law's.  I have made fresh pine wreaths with my immediate family, and sold those.  I was a calligrapher for a while, and did menus for restaurants. 

I have thought of more business names than you can imagine. 

I guess I only feel whole when I can create things.  Sure, I can do the bookkeeping for ACES.  But if that was all I had, I would lose my mind.  So in my spare time I make jewelry, I sew, I knit, I garden, I play with paper.  And I have gotten so carried away, that now I really need to sell again.

Modern day is not about a craft show.  Today's technology gives us Etsy.  And I now have a shop.  And once I have it stocked, I will send you there so you can do a little shopping.

In the meantime, here is my new business card (distorted through the magic of uploading and all).  Registered with the state, (in process) and of course I will be obtaining all of my state and federal tax id numbers.  This is the real deal.

Stay tuned to see what happens next!