Between running around, after school actives, potty training, learning letters, numbers and shapes; I craft.
I have three kiddos. I am a stay at home mom. I'm a wife. I make this house run. Between potty training, cooking, endless errands, learning letters and numbers; I craft. I make things. It is an unquenchable desire. This business is just mine. I love it and I need it. It is completes me.
As a mother, I revel in the times only I can make things better, times they teach me and times they learn. I love to share in their joy as they experience life. But, being a mom is hard. I don't know what I am doing the majority of the time. Many times I don't feel good at this mothering business or am left feeling unfulfilled. Making things, is something I know how to do. I feel good at that. Sometimes I'll share certain, carefully chosen craft supplies with my children. I love that my oldest girl will fold paper back-and-forth back-and-forth back-and-forth and then look me excited and say "I'm making a banner!" My two-year-old will say "it's beautiful!" I love those times when my two loves can coexist even though it is usually very temporary.
My shop is located near Austin, Cedar Park actually. I store my crafts in my child locked craft room. I don't often work in there, though. I'll usually craft on my bed or somewhere else in the house. All my life my favorite place has been my bed but a close second would definitely be my craft room. It is quiet in there when no other place is. All my life my family moved around a lot and then when I got married we moved a bit too. Etsy is the perfect solution to not being around someplace long enough to get fully established. We are planning on sticking around here for a while, though.
The most important part of my banners is my paper. It was hard to find beautiful paper that was the thickness I want and need to hold up a rosette. I want my banners to be beautiful and I want to them last. I found the perfect paper & got a ton of it. I am so in love. I have a banner hanging in my room that says "happiness." I look at it often. It is a beautiful reminder to be happy. Just looking at it makes my happy.
My grandfathers were both very talented. One worked in wood and metal and the other was an architect. My grandmother made beautiful things also. She made hundreds of beautiful quilts in her lifetime. I have beautifully adorned ring boxes, bags, purses, pincushions, seashell frames, dolls, sock rabbits, and quilts of all sizes that she made. She left me all sorts of kinds of amazing fabric, breath taking old lace, pieces of jewelry and every type of vintage button imaginable. Her home was filled with found objects of all sorts. I remember visiting her in her California home when I was a teenager and learning some of her craft. After she passed, at a beautiful age of 98, I even found, of all things, a BOTTLE BRUSH TREE. I was beyond excited at the find.
Unfortunately, I also inherited an incredible dislike for clutter. Like hoarders in reverse. So much so that my family growing up and even now, whenever someone can't find something it is always "Did you throw it away?" The two halves of my personality are constantly fighting. I made this shop so I could continue to make the things I need & love to make without keeping them around.
I am so glad you found me! Come pa ruse my shop and come back often. I am constantly learning and growing in my craft & adding more items. I would love to hear from you and make something special just for you.
