Happy New Years

So it's that time of the year again where we all make our lists of resolutions for the new year. If any of you are like me... you hardly ever follow through with your newly set goals. My goals generally consist of the regulars: lose weight, be more productive, sell lots of things online, be happier and on and on. Maybe I have set my hopes far too high. I am only human after all, there's only so much I can do in a short year!

This year I am going to set a simple easily attainable goal! While browsing some newly found blogs I came across Emma's post on her blog Hello Beautiful! She set a goal to create one useful item of clothing for her self each and every month! I absolutely love this idea! I am going to put my own spin on the project and attempt this feat myself.

My guidelines will be outlined below, to keep myself on track and maybe even inspire some of you to start a project of your own.


I want to create one new sewn project every month of the year. Wether it be for personal use or to be used for a new "product" for my Etsy shop. I want to take it in a new direction and this resolution goal will help me achieve that.

I want to create my own patterns for these projects or piece together other projects to create something one of a kind. There will be posts to follow along with each item posted here on my blog. Showing the finished products and some of the steps I took to accomplish them!

So stay tuned and be sure to follow along to check up on my progress! ❤

Lots of awesome new stuff to come!

Hello there everyone!

Again, long time no see. I think that this time I will be here for quite some time. I miss having a creative outlet from my day to day life. So expect lots of new Etsy listings, DIY's and other fun posts from me!

But in the mean time, I hope everyone has an AWESOME weekend! ❤

Where have you been?

Okay okay, so I have been gone for quite some time now!
I will admit I have been neglecting my creativity. With starting my job at the party store I was busy for quite some time learning all the cool fun things I could make in the card studio! Shortly after I started there was an opening for a team lead position, in which I stepped up for. So not only was I learning studio duties, but also manager duties as well! And now with my faaaaaavorite holiday just around the corner, work is extra crazy and fun! Lot's of things to get ready for the retail Halloween season!

But later this week I expect to sit down and take some me time! I want to go through the boxes and boxes of awesome finds I bought during the summer and get some pictures taken for Etsy! And maybe even do some crafty things jewelry wise and holiday related!

So be on the look out early next week for some fun new stuffs! And if you dont see anything, PLEASE feel free to harass me about it. Sometimes I get side tracked and need a lil extra boost!

Hope everyone has had an awesome past couple of months! Has anything exciting happened?

You are all FAN-TAS-TIC!

Look even my blog pictures think you're fantastic!

    But really I just wanted to say Thanks to each and every one of you for following, liking, commenting, messaging and just being there! It really means the world to me to have so many people be interested in what I'm trying to accomplish. Whatever that may be haha! Antique, junkin' ,  jewelry making, crafting in general, and blogging! 


ON THE FLIPSIDE:
    Things should hopefully fall into a more rhythmic manor shortly. "Real life" is starting to get better! I got the assistant invitation designer position I mentioned in my last post. I actually start on Monday! Woohoo! And in regards to the Beloved Bygones side of things... I have lots of reallllly awesome things to make into jewelry. Well...I think they are awesome, hopefully you will as well!
    Met a couple awesome people this past week, which has made things seem so much better as well! The kind gentleman down the road had an open barn sale and I got some really awesome old glass trinkets. I was going to go visit again today but kinda slept in! Hey it's saturday...I can be extra lazy!

THANK YOU AND HAVE A FAN-TAS-TIC WEEKEND! 

Times they are a changin'

     Today faired to be much better than the past couple of weeks. I had an interview for an assistant custom invitation designer position at Party City. I'm super excited about it because I really do enjoy doing design work. I'll admit it's been a while (4 years) since I've had to design anything for print. But I think that getting to do something that involves both retail AND graphic design would be fantastic. Seeing some of the cool things Diane our local specialist has done really got me feeling creative this evening. So I think I am going to force myself to finally sit down and get some things accomplished this evening. Not to mention I shared on facebook that I will be having a giveaway soon! So I have to come up with something super duper exciting that will catch peoples eyes and make them want to enter to win it! Aiming to have the contest up and posted before this weekend! 

    Ohhhh speaking of this weekend! I'll be going to the Vintage Marketplace at the Springfield Flea Market on friday! I was lucky enough to win a ticket from the lovely Theresa at TimeWorn Interiors, so not only do I get to meet lots of awesome people but I get to get in fo free! Heck yeah! I'm going to take my camera. So be prepared to see lots of pointless pictures! I'm sure I will take pictures of lots of cool things I cant afford and awesome ideas that everyone has come up with! Ahhh...I'm getting more exciting while writing this! Should be a uplifting fun filled weekend! 

Today's Question

Have you had anything happen lately that just made everything seem like its going great?