Snap! & The Queen Bee Market are a little over a week a way and I'm driving so I will be leaving here on Wednesday for Utah with my booth, inventory, clothing & myself all packed up. I've been busy as ever with orders from Fawn and Flora, plus I re-opened Just.Lovely.Things -- I'm loving the new storefront design Dana did for me, what do you think? My beautiful friend Cameron modeled a few new inventory pieces for me and I quickly shot these in my backyard.. yay for knowing how to work a camera, huh?
Recently I stopped consuming sugar, most fats and all grains. I have never felt so good.. however I thought one innocent cheat session wouldn't do much harm.. WRONG. It ruined my world yesterday and I was couch ridden, so I took advantage of some downtime and played around and simplified a bit of stuff over here on the blog... the header, about me section and social media buttons all got a mini-makeover. I like how simple & bold it is.. and it doesn't interfere with the shop at all. I guess I can't be mad for feeling sick because I was able to get something that I wanted to do crossed off my list!
So between running the blog, both shops, making as much inventory as possible for the market, trying to still be a good wife-daughter-friend.. well you can see I stay busy. Oh did I mention we just moved too?? Don't worry guys I don't look like a chicken with its head cut off.. I still get a good nights rest, I have coffee & email time every morning, we go on walks and enjoy our little neighborhood, movie & dinner nights are a must.. and if I'm feeling stressed then I just play Call of Duty with my husband and kill people =)
The thing is, I'm happy. I love this! I am so lucky to get to do these things everyday, to meet new people, make some friends, pursue my passions and seriously live my dreams. To some it might be much, but I don't know anything different. All the businesses I have owned I go at them full force and give it my all. I do however know when to tell myself to stop and when I'm ready for a break I take it for all it's worth. Snap will be the beginning of ME time. The road trip back & forth will be heavenly, meeting some new friends & having a wine night with the girls (you know who you are!).. Mingling at the market & being a moderator at the Happy Chaos discussion panel will be so fun too! When I get back I can focus on getting the studio all done, gardening, yardsale season, hey I might even go get a pedicure.. who knows!
How do you like to wind down and manage your time,
or do you love that go-go-go lifestyle too?