Matching Mother's Day Bow Ties

Tomorrow is Mother's Day.  It'll be my second officially, but my first one didn't really go as I thought, so tomorrow's kind of like a make up for the first.

I don't have anything out of the ordinary planned, but I want to hang out with Little Man.  I'm thinking breakfast picnic, lunch, and a movie (Moms Night Out seems hilarious).  Do you remember that I'm into bow ties?  Just a few hours ago I decided I wanted to make matching bow ties for tomorrow.  I wanted to use polymer clay, but everything has been put away (finally) and there was no way I was going to take everything out because nothing was going to be put away after I was done and I want to have a clean house on Mother's Day.  I want to do NO CHORES tomorrow.  So...I settled for newspaper.  I like recycling/reusing and it's fun way to decrease that newspaper pile. ;o)

Mother's Day Gifts Aren't That Hard

I don't know what it is about gift-giving that people go crazy over.  It's one thing if it's one of those secret type of gifts that people do in the workplace or a gift for someone you don't know that well (I remember one Christmas I wanted to give my partner's mom a gift but I had no idea what and he was basically useless).  But if it's someone you know, it shouldn't be that hard.  It's even easier when it comes to Mother's Day.  There is one almost fail-proof way you can find out what she wants.  Ready?  

A Milestone And A Discount

N-E-Things finally hit a milestone (get over 25 followers).   LOL. Small steps, right?  I'm okay with that considering I can't honestly say I've been on it as much as I should l be.  I was thinking of maybe setting up a contest for the 50 followers milestone but I have to think about what I would do exactly.  Also, I finally opened an Instagram account, but I've only uploaded my avatar so far.  =o/  It's really quite a bit to do.  It's not just create and post.  At least not for me.  I guess I just have to find my "swing" though.  Once I get in my groove everything will run fine.

Weekend Update - 5/3/2014

I finally opened up my e-store, my second one actually (can't forget about my digital illustrations).  AND I put most of my crafting stuff away.  I'm just going to take a couple of days to woosah for a bit, but just a bit.  There's still goals to work on.  There's still the technique goals and of course Jack & Justine.  Plus, other ones out of NE-Things (getting fit, anyone?)  But, as I thought about this Weekend Update I realized I hadn't really shared the e-store with you.  If you visited you may have seen a couple of "weird" words (btw, I prefer "different"  LOL) and that the NE-Things fairy has a new outfit.  (Hmmm...I just realized she's nameless.  Maybe make a naming contest? My favorite name gets a gift certificate?  Something to thiunk about.)  I'll take today's post to introduce you to the new e-store and to the Ínarú collection.

When You Find Yourself In A Slump

Sometimes you start doing something and you're just rocking at it.  Be it crafting, writing, exercising, whatever.  But then, something happens:  you find out you're out of glue and it's gonna be days before you can get to the store, you get writer's block, or you just feel burnout.  It's a little harder to get started again.  I think re-motivation is harder to find than the initial motivation.