Well Happy October everyone!!
It's a beautiful Colorado morning here with lots of sunshine and just a small twinge of chill in the air.
We've already had our first snow as of last week, and I'm told that it's just a beginning of yet another long and cold winter here.
As of the kiddos, they are getting super tall and changing ever so little day by day as how it should be, with the changing of every season.
Evan is doing ok in school. He is still a little boy who very much wants to be first and we are doing all we can to make him a proper gentleman, like his Daddy. That type of thing may take us years to groom and lots of modeling..but, he has the best Dad ever to show him that!!
I feel super blessed when he opens the doors for us when we go places!! ;)
As for Miss Olivia, she is a very funny and slightly shy little girl. She has been sitting with me while I prepare for all the craft fairs that I signed up for. I give her some paper and glue and a little place to sit in my office and she goes to town on her own little creation. It's so fun to watch her be creative and I hope above everything else, she'll take as much creativity from me and totally do it better!!
On the note about the craft fairs..well..it's been a little bit of an eye opener for me. I have done about 4 so far between this year and last and have not done very well at all. The last one was very hard for me because not only did I not do well, I had this lady about in her 70's walk up and ask me how much the cards were, and I told her "$4" and she very angrily told me that "they are not worth that much!" and walked away without a thought or any consideration to what she said or what it would leave me feeling like.
Here's what I heard.."you're not worth that much!"
In all honesty, I would have given it to her..but, when someone knocks the wind out of your sails, it takes a few minutes to breathe again!!
Just so you all know I've decided that $3 is much more reasonable and now I'm even making cards for just $1. And yes. I got that memo about people not sending cards anymore and when they want one they go to hallmark. Yes, totally fine in it's own way!! So, I have two more fairs this year and perhaps after this I'll walk away having tried. Perhaps I'll take next year to take my time and focus on a few little girls dress patterns and a few little purse patterns..and sooo much more that I'd like to do. And then, maybe I'll try again at another time, when I actually have the time to dedicate to it.
Please don't feel sorry for me..it's good to know the market and what people think you should be selling things for, so in the long run she did me a favor.
The thing that really sort of crushed me is when I imagine myself as her granddaughter, someone she's loved since birth and totally smitten with and proud of...it wouldn't have mattered to her what I had because she'd have bought up the entire batch and all the while would have told her friends and everyone she knew about what I'd done.
It's a good thought because it's what I'd do if it were my kids or grand-kids..!! And I'd bless the life out of them if I got the chance..!!
And it makes me think that I'm not the only one out there who's never experienced that.
My hope is that while you are heading into the holiday season, that you'll keep in mind that not all of us have had the greatest of families. And a few of us, like me, have had to build our family from the inside and let God lead and show us how to do this without much guidance or direction. So, be kind..and remember to show the love and support outward..because you could absolutely be the "game-changer" in someone's life!!
With all that being said...there's this....
"God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day."
Psalms 46:5
Perhaps this is not the season for this in my life. Which can also mean there is something bigger ahead!!
:)
It's a beautiful Colorado morning here with lots of sunshine and just a small twinge of chill in the air.
We've already had our first snow as of last week, and I'm told that it's just a beginning of yet another long and cold winter here.
As of the kiddos, they are getting super tall and changing ever so little day by day as how it should be, with the changing of every season.
Evan is doing ok in school. He is still a little boy who very much wants to be first and we are doing all we can to make him a proper gentleman, like his Daddy. That type of thing may take us years to groom and lots of modeling..but, he has the best Dad ever to show him that!!
I feel super blessed when he opens the doors for us when we go places!! ;)
As for Miss Olivia, she is a very funny and slightly shy little girl. She has been sitting with me while I prepare for all the craft fairs that I signed up for. I give her some paper and glue and a little place to sit in my office and she goes to town on her own little creation. It's so fun to watch her be creative and I hope above everything else, she'll take as much creativity from me and totally do it better!!
On the note about the craft fairs..well..it's been a little bit of an eye opener for me. I have done about 4 so far between this year and last and have not done very well at all. The last one was very hard for me because not only did I not do well, I had this lady about in her 70's walk up and ask me how much the cards were, and I told her "$4" and she very angrily told me that "they are not worth that much!" and walked away without a thought or any consideration to what she said or what it would leave me feeling like.
Here's what I heard.."you're not worth that much!"
In all honesty, I would have given it to her..but, when someone knocks the wind out of your sails, it takes a few minutes to breathe again!!
Just so you all know I've decided that $3 is much more reasonable and now I'm even making cards for just $1. And yes. I got that memo about people not sending cards anymore and when they want one they go to hallmark. Yes, totally fine in it's own way!! So, I have two more fairs this year and perhaps after this I'll walk away having tried. Perhaps I'll take next year to take my time and focus on a few little girls dress patterns and a few little purse patterns..and sooo much more that I'd like to do. And then, maybe I'll try again at another time, when I actually have the time to dedicate to it.
Please don't feel sorry for me..it's good to know the market and what people think you should be selling things for, so in the long run she did me a favor.
The thing that really sort of crushed me is when I imagine myself as her granddaughter, someone she's loved since birth and totally smitten with and proud of...it wouldn't have mattered to her what I had because she'd have bought up the entire batch and all the while would have told her friends and everyone she knew about what I'd done.
It's a good thought because it's what I'd do if it were my kids or grand-kids..!! And I'd bless the life out of them if I got the chance..!!
And it makes me think that I'm not the only one out there who's never experienced that.
My hope is that while you are heading into the holiday season, that you'll keep in mind that not all of us have had the greatest of families. And a few of us, like me, have had to build our family from the inside and let God lead and show us how to do this without much guidance or direction. So, be kind..and remember to show the love and support outward..because you could absolutely be the "game-changer" in someone's life!!
With all that being said...there's this....
"God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day."
Psalms 46:5
Perhaps this is not the season for this in my life. Which can also mean there is something bigger ahead!!
:)
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