Obsessed

I sat down to do what I find myself doing almost obsessively lately. Scouring the internet and my mind for ideas and things that I might possibly do to make money.

None of which seem to fit into my lifestyle.

There are a few that stand out to me sometimes, like blogging and freelance writing online but let's face it... actually making a living from this type of work is sorta like being able to sell an original art piece I made this year for money!

I feel almost plagued with ideas of things that are just out of reach, such as a brick and mortar store, one where people want to come and buy things from me.

Or when I wanted to hand raise birds. I constantly have some sort of idea that fits what I want to do but I am lacking some fundamental thing required to pull it off. Just an hour ago I thought about going to cosmetology school.

My latest and one that has stuck with me was to start an "ask" column but it sounds romantic in my head and seems that people don't really rely on such things anymore since there is you-tube and Google.

I know it's bad and I should probably start some sort of online group for people that also share in the fact that they cant stick with one crazy job at a time.

I find that I feel obligated to make money even though my main job and concern is my two young boys. I just hate the strain I feel I put on my husband. I know he supports me in staying home with them and I feel it is the right thing to do but flawed as I am still feel like I could do more and do better and by that I mean make some money.

All is not lost I hope, I know there is something out there for me. Something that will keep my mind busy and occupied and something that will not demand me to travel, (your thinking across state or country and I am thinking more than 5 miles outside my home). So if you pray please pray to whom ever is in charge of such things as career and health and wealth.

Little Tutu's!!

This is a removable headpiece I made to go on a shirt front or headband. I love the feathers!
This pic was taken with my phone and little blurry! Not to mention the extreme mess! It does not look that bad now... we had just moved in and I was trying to finish projects and unpack at the same time.


So over the summer I worked on little girls tutu's for a photographer friend of mine and she has posted some pics of some of her photo shoots with the little ones in them! There are more than what you see here and when she posts the pics I will too! I did the hair piece in the top one, it has feathers and is really cute. It is a little cute off in the photo so you cant see the whole thing but it's cute!

I don't want to forget to say thank you to Graphite Photography for shooting wonderful pics! You can find them at Graphitephoto.com.

Headboards Galore

Some very fancy work, so romantic.

This is sooo creative and I love the casual look to it.

Seriously thinking about doing this! I love the little ledge they built for the lamp!


Today I am not feeling well... I caught the dreaded summer cold that my kids are still recovering from. For anyone who knows me well I hate to get sick! I feel like I am not accomplishing enough when I have to rest and try to get well.


To cheer myself up though I was wandering around Better Homes and Gardens online looking at headboards. I recently built my little boys two twin headboards from bead board and crown moulding. They are not finished yet (being painted) but as soon as they are I will post pics!


Until I can get some pics up on the ones I am working on here are some great ideas from Better Homes and Gardens that I love. I might save one of these ideas for my bedroom soon!

Ugh.

Ever have one of those moments that turns into several days where you feel unmotivated and libel to spontaneously jump up and run out the front door get in the car and drive until you forget about everything?

Well I am... and it has been 4 days of that. I keep fantasizing about driving east until I literally run into the ocean and just collapsing on the sand while everything in reality stands still or even better yet melts away. As motivated as my mind is to do that I break my daydream and look around to find a house that is slowly falling down around me and kids running around screaming and not taking turns with anything.

I feel like there is lead in my butt. Yes I think that is a new technical term... lead butt.

All is not lost though, poison ivy can only last for so long right? After reading this post everyone is probably wondering why it is not named desperate housewife?! I feel slightly better, thanks for reading.

Coming Soon

So I have been working on a ton of cool things lately... my favorite right now being little girls tutus! I have to admit I have no girls and never really thought in my testosterone ridden home I would ever have the need to design and make tutus but it has happened.





I traded services with a local photographer and my end of the deal was to make two tutus from some pics that she chose as inspiration. I was sooo excited but never imagined how much work these would be. As soon as I get the pics from her I will post them on here and my etsy store! Until then...


I have been looking on you tube for cool videos of new things to do with my hair. I stumbled on this particular one Here.

This very talented woman has a bunch of videos on youtube and she is crazy talented. Check out some of her how to's.

Memorial Day

I felt the need to make a post that was relevant to Memorial Day because although my husband is safe and made it through 3 tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait many others did not. I had a lot of time today remembering what it was like to worry about him overseas and imagining how we would go on if something happened to him.

I am beyond thankful that he made it through those grueling times and came home safe to us. I pray for the families of those who never had that reunion with their loved ones and tonight while he is out still protecting and serving his country at the county level, I wait patiently for him to walk through the door safe and well.

God bless our soldiers and the people who make our country what it is today.

I am back!

There are a million things I have wanted to say but made numerous excuses as to why I shouldn't. For some time I have been going through some very rough issues and tried desperately to not deal with them and after a long time of not feeling well and several doctor appointments I finally figured out why I was so sick and now after quite some time and a big move I am back.
Ok, I will kill the suspense and share that the doc says to stay off gluten and after 10 weeks of no gluten I have felt a ton better.
I have to admit that before my little break I was pretty depressed about how I felt I was not measuring up in the blog world and now that I am back it is my goal to not tell myself that what I am doing is not as great as the next persons. I am aspiring to own my own business and struggling with how to make that happen.

If you read this far... kudos to you~ Thank you for your support! I will post pictures soon of the new house and try to redo my blog!