Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Fraser Valley Women's Expo

I'm so excited to be a part of the Fraser Valley Women's Expo.  I hadn't originally planned to be at the Expo, it was just one of those things, that by knowing the right people and spending tonnes of time online, led to this fantastic opportunity!

This will be the largest show I have to prepare for.  I'm not even sure I'll be ready!?!? It's at a weird time so I'm not sure if my scarves will sell well, or if they'll suffer because of the weather?  I am adding some new goodies to my inventory, and just to tease you I've put some pics for you to enjoy!







Plus I'll be restocking my classic basket weave scarves, as well as adding some kids hats!  I made these fingerless gloves for a friend and I'm thinking about making some, but I definitely need input from you guys!  Do you like the fingerless glove trend?  Hate it?  More importantly, would you buy a pair?


I'm looking forward to meeting a lot of new great vendors and clients!  If you'd like to place a custom order for boot cuffs please email me (I haven't had time to make enough to put them on my online store) 

Friday February 28    4:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday March 1     10:00am-6:00pm
Sunday March 2       11:00am-5:00pm

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Name Change-Tears-MC Hammer

Man, so many awesome things are happening for me and my business right now - crazy orders & upcoming conventions- so when something hits me, it hits me hard.

For example.  My name change.  I've been married for about a year and a half.  I was never crazy excited to change my name.  I mean, I've gone 30 years with the same name and it's pretty awesome.  Ok, I haven't always felt that way about my name, in fact I've pretty much HATED my first name for as long as I can remember; there was a long period of time when I would have preferred to go by my middle name (Ann) because I thought it was nicer.  But, in my ever growing maturity, I've actually come to like my name.  Somedays I even love it.  It's mine.  It is who I am.  And now to change it because I have a piece of paper? Seems arbitrary to me.  But it's important to my husband.  He doesn't feel strongly about many things, but this is important to him...which means it's important to me.  I've been using his last name randomly, but to make it "official", on all my cards, my banking etc....well that's a different story.

So I started looking into the process, even made a few phone calls.  Made the move to change my health card first....I literally hung up the phone with the agent and burst into tears.  WTF? It was an intense feeling of loss.  I was loosing myself.  Changing my personality, something I had grown to cherish, and changing it to someone else's.  Well, just let me say, I did not expect that teary reaction. AT ALL!  It actually happened twice. But, the wheels were already in motion, so what could I do now?  

Pray.  Through the tears. Pray.  Ask the Lord to work on my heart, to release the pain I felt at loosing something that meant SO much to me.  To my independence.  Because that's what He asks us to do.  To become one with another.  And that's really hard-it's not just about the dress, and the ceremony and the party.  To me it's really about creating a new unit, a daily commitment to be together and be the best for each other.  I'm not sure if other women my age feel the same way.  It's one thing to change your Facebook name, but it's another to change it on official documents that let you into other countries, and let you take out money from the bank.  That's real life shiz yo!  So I hope that as the changes come, I will be moved to be more accepting of my new name.  That one day I will feel as connected to my husband's name as my own.
This video helped make me feel better, and I rocked out in my kitchen early 90's style!  


Thursday, January 2, 2014

And The Winner Is....



Alrighty! Here it is friends! Time to give away some goodies.  I used random.org to randomize the list of people who "liked" my Facebook page, which assigned each person a random number, then I threw those numbers into the random number generator and here is the winner. 
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#56 - The very lucky Katerina Stavrakis! Congratulation Kat, I'll be in contact with you to receive your lovely new scarf! I think it'll look great on you!


Thank you to all my new likes, longtime likes, friends, family, all y'all!  I look forward to sharing my work with you in 2014 and having more giveaways, more contests, and more fun! Thanks again and happy New Year.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Top 5 Posts of 2013

Happy New Year!  Wow! Welcome to 2014.  
I have so many plans for 2014 - some personal, some business, some random ( I really know how to overload my plate!)  But as we start a new year I wanted to share my 5 top posts from 2013.

We have a tie for 5th place....
Check out this quick and easy hostess gift (100 views)



And this DIY Photo Board also hit 100 views

My first crochet pattern was a hit in 2013 (150 views)
 

This simple iPhone update hit 205 views


Runner up to most viewed blog post is my Turban Earwarmer (509 views)


And the most viewed blog post from 2013...
Microwave Potato chips with a whopping 702 views!

Thanks so much.  
I can't wait to continue sharing a little bit of everything with you this year!