It's finally that time of year again. The products are made, priced, and packaged. I'm ready to head to my first market of the year tomorrow. I even found time to write a book along the way. This is going to be my year. For no other reason than I'm determined to finally bring to life all the crazy ideas I have floating around in my head. But first things first. I have to get through tomorrow's market first. I don't know why the first one of the season always leaves me nervous

I think one of the hardest things to do in this world is to be true to ones craft. There will always be people out there who will tell you how to do it different or how to make your product better. The thing is it your product not theirs. At some point an idea popped into your head and you decided to run with it and what materializes is what was meant to be. I personally love hand made items that have slight imperfections, I believe it shows off their "personality". It is alw

I am sitting here in the early early morning. 2:30 a.m. to be exact, I find myself exhausted and ready for a long nap. I spent the last week toiling away getting this website ready to launch. Like most artists nothing was good enough, will people like my creations, am I charging to little? to much? I have decided there is a very good reason my hair seems to be greying at an alarming rate! Then this happened. As is our usual, my daughter and I began to talk about our various

As I sit here working on my newest projects, the website, marketing materials, and new product line ideas, I can't help but think how as...