Enough about that. The important thing is that I am here now, updating, so that must mean something. It means that I have been motivated the past few days because of two things…

The first being that the New Hampshire Etsy team is mentioned in the current issue of The Hippo, a local arts and entertainment newspaper. It is a very long article and it gives a lot of information on Etsy and the crafters in NH that use it to sell their creations. It names quite a few of us in the group and also gives links to either our Etsy shops, blogs or websites. I think it will bring a lot more buyers to our shops and will help to get our names out there in our communities so we can build a bigger “fan base”. That’s what I’m hoping anyway. You can either pick up an issue (most supermarkets have them) or just visit the website @ www.hippopress.com and read the article there.

If any of you are reading this right now because you saw my name in the article, I want to thank you for taking the time to check out my shop and blog and I hope that you like what you see and won’t hesitate to send me a message to just say Hi or to request your own custom order of anything you see in my shop.

The second thing that’s provided much needed motivation for me is that I am going to try to sell my crafts at a small, free craft show @ Presidential Oaks Retirement Home on September 19th. I went to this show last year, so I know it is small and will be a good test run for me to get some craft show experience. Plus, it’s free, they provide the table and it’s within walking distance of my apartment. Today I spent close to three hours cutting fabric for more pot holders and cat toys. I nearly sold out of both at my yard sale last month. Tomorrow I will do the ironing (my least favorite part of quilting) and sewing. I should have at least thirty pot holders prepared for the craft show, unless I buy more batting, since I used all that I had today. I will also have all the stuff that is in my shop, that doesn’t sell by the 19th, to take with me, which is a bunch of stuffed animals and eleven quilts (I think).

Hopefully nothing happens to me health wise to prevent me from participating in this craft show. *knock on wood* In May I ended up in the hospital with pneumonia the week of the first craft show I was planning to sell at. *knock on wood again*

I think that is all for now. If you see anything in my shop, buy it before the 19th or else it might sell at the craft show and then you’ll have to wait until I make more!

More another day.

Love Jessica Always