Awesome Stumble Upon find!

I am disabled. I struggle with saying that, and I struggle with accepting that a lot lately. I have not been disabled my entire life, just for the last year-ish. It has been a tough adjustment for me to go from having a job that I went to five days a week, to being completely unable to work. I started my Etsy shop to keep myself busy. Obviously, it would be amazing to make an income from that shop, but my health is always going to be a factor in that. Although there are a lot of struggles, in many ways I am thankful for becoming sick. I have learned to slow down, take better care of myself, listen to my body, laugh more, stress less, and spend my time doing something I enjoy. Those were all lessons that I needed to learn, and for that, I am thankful.
Last night, as I was using StumbleUpon, I came across The Amazing Art of Disabled Artists. It features some amazing art from some some individuals who, like myself, have disabilities.
This painting, for example, is painted by Maria Iliou, who has autism.
This is painted by Michael Monaco, who has quadriplegia.
There are so many more artists featured, so please check it out by clicking here. Also, clicking on the images will take you to the artists' homepages.

Etsy Find!

I was browsing Etsy the other day, and I came across these awesome customizable rings by happygolicky.
Now, my husband and I have this thing that we say to each other ALL the time that would be perfect on a pair of these rings. Oh, if only my bank account balance was as full as my wish list......

Ideas?

So, as you know, I am going to be participating in the Queen Bee Market on May 1st.
Obviously, I am trying to make sure that I am very well prepared for this event. I'd really LOVE some feedback, though. Take a look at my shop and let me know if you have any ideas. Is there a category I need more of? Is there a color I'm missing? What about favorite fabrics? Do you want more solid color items? I would LOVE for this event to be as successful as possible, so the feedback I get, the better. Thanks!!!

Military Monday

If you are on the social networking site Twitter, you might have heard about #MilitaryMonday. It's basically just a way to let the people in the military know that you are thinking of them. It's pretty cool to see so many people coming together for such a good cause. Along those lines, I have a request. I came across A Little Pink in a World of Camo yesterday. It is a blog written by another Marine Wife. With that said, she needs some support right now. If you read her post from March 17, 2010, you will understand why. I'm warning you right now, it's not easy to read. It's not easy to think about, and I can't even begin to comprehend what she is going through. However, she needs support right now, so I'm asking you guys to take a minute on this Military Monday to give her some. Thanks!

Yippie!!

I have never been on the Front Page of Etsy before. I've been in treasuries before, and even some really popular ones, but I've never had one go to the Front Page. Well, that all changed today. I woke up this morning to a convo on Etsy from one of my Homefront team mates congratulating me on my front page appearance. Still foggy brained, I just figured it must be a mix-up. The only treasury that I had been in had expired yesterday. Then I saw that another one of my Homefronters had left me a link on my Facebook page. I checked it out, and sure enough there I was!! How cool is that?!!??! Here's a screen shot for you to check out!
Thanks, again, to all of my Homefront peeps for letting me know !

Spring Forward

In addition to being a member of the Homefront Team on Etsy, I am also a member of the Homefront Market on 1000Markets. Today, I wanted to show off some of the amazing items that are featured in the Spring Forward Collection over there. (Clicking on the pictures will take you directly to that listing)

Finally something new!

The other day, I showed you a sneak peek of some new items that I've been working on.

I finally used up the last of my old labels, and I've been excited to see how the new labels that I'd ordered from JennifersJewels on Etsy would look. I figured what better way to test them on than on some new wristlets!


Look for these, and a few others, in my shop soon!