Good Morning Monday!

 

The views while riding with my girl Ashley!

The views while riding with my girl Ashley!

Hello!!! Happy Monday!  I know many of you are thinking Monday isn’t typically your favorite day of the week. I’m thinkin’ Friday is more like a day to celebrate.  Well I am feeling rejuvenated after 4 days away on a craft retreat with my girlfriends.  So this isn’t my typical Monday mood but I am going to enjoy it anyway.

Almost there.

Almost there.

Every year, for the past 4 years we all drive to New Hampshire to a very charming Inn for relaxing, crafting and a whole lot of laughing. This year it was  20 of us that made the trek and it did not disappoint.  The food was amazing and the views just bring you to that happy place.

The view at my table.

The view at my table.

I really enjoyed walking around and seeing all the projects everyone was working on during our time away.  As usual, I brought more than I managed to complete but that’s alright, I did managed to get stuff done and have a lot of fun while doing it. So that is the important thing. In past years, I use to race through to see how many pages I could complete while away but I took an entirely different approach and let things play out and worked freely on a variety of things, some I completed, some I did not but I feel okay with that.

Ok I confess,  I ate two more of those chocolate covered strawberries!

Ok I confess, I ate two more of those chocolate covered strawberries!

I will be sharing some of the projects I worked on over the next few days.

Where my craftin' was happenin'!

Where my craftin’ was happenin’!

I hope you all had a great weekend and I hope you have  a blessed week!

Belinda

Happy One Year Anniversary for Belinda’s Crafts!!

Working at my craft table

Working at my craft table

Wow! One year ago I remember sitting on my couch with Leao uploading my first batch of cards into Belinda’s Crafts, my etsy shop. It took a lot of courage and support from Leao and friends to get me to that point.
My first business seal

My first business seal

I have learned so much this first year about running an online shop and more importantly about me.  I have withstood many unforeseen obstacles and witnessed pure joy when I received emails for each new sale.   I am learning to turn a deaf ear to negative comments that don’t celebrate or uplift my business. One of my many mottos is,”I am honing my skills and building my business PERIOD.”

Working on my Copic skills.

Working on my Copic skills.

I have so many ideas for me and my company moving forward. I look forward to this next year with excitement for all the possibilities. As I continue to hone my creative skills to reach new levels, I thank the universe for all of my blessings.
Thank you!

Thank you!

Have a blessed day!

Belinda

Latest mini haul at Joann’s

Goodies from my local scrap store.

Goodies from my local scrap store.

Hello! Hope you all had a great weekend. We had another storm this weekend that brought us a bunch of snow. However the temps soared a bit and most of it is melted and by the end of today which is a gray wet day with lots of rain on the way, I suspect all the peeks of white will vanish.

So yesterday I had to do a little after the storm craft shopping.  Ok, truth be told, I went into the store with the intentions of buying pop dots and a few new journaling pens.  Somehow, I went down a different aisle and was pleasantly surprised to see that Joann’s now carries some Basic Grey products.

This new line has a boy and a girl-themed products. So I bought the “Hey Boy” and the “Hey Girl!” 6×6 paper pads and some adorable flags.  I stopped there because as mentioned before, this was not my intention when entering the store. Therefor some credit is due for my strength.

I am off now to go think of ways to use my new goodies.

Have a blessed day!

Belinda

Happy International Women’s Day!

Happy International Women’s day to all the amazing women in the world!  I watched Katie (Couric) show yesterday and it just got my all pumped up and ready to find some quality programs for women that I can support.

If you have any time today, take some time to look at some of these amazing programs.

Ladies Unite!

Have a blessed day!

Belinda

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