You know, I’m not gonna say much about how the time has just flown by – it’s NO GOOD beating a dead horse! My best laid plans did not work out – instead I filmed 2 episodes of Quilting Arts TV and did some major home redecorating. Nothing at all to complain about!

And…my next “Ask Candy” post is up over at alamodeSTUFF! Between this new column and my monthly home dec tutorials over at Lillyella (did you see the bamboo flooring tute last Friday?) I’ve really been spreading my wings a bit – woot!

August Goals

You know, Megan, over at Crafting an MBA, wrote a post today called “Pushing the Flywheel”, which is about building momentum for your business. It couldn’t have come at a better time for me! The publications and TV spots that have happened for me these past few months didn’t just appear out of nowhere, they’re the culmination of years of work coupled with a bit of moxie! When the articles come out and the TV show airs, I’m not gonna have instant crazy time sales. But slowly, I hope to have more people out there interested in my work and an increase in sales would be grand!

September Goals

Sorry this has all been a bit random tonight – I’ve been up since o’dark o’clock, and I’ve got to get me head together for tomorrow – it’s time for this bag to have it’s 5 minutes of fame!

September Meetup Goals is a post from: Candied Fabrics

And I need to apologize right here where it’s completely visible to some of the Meetup folks whose blogs I did NOT get to this month. I just plumb didn’t have time, and all the physical stuff I was doing left me so exhausted at the end of the day that my usual evening routine of watching a bit of TV whilst reading blogs turned into numbly staring at the TV and falling asleep. At some point, I had to cry “do-over” and clear Google Reader…But I should be back on track for this month. I’m sorry!!!!

OK, now that I’ve got that out of the way, I’d like to say that I should not be surprised by my lack of completion on that list down below…we did a fair amount of heavy home improving this month that was not part of my July plan (helping Liz install hardwood floor, total redo of the boys rooms, including new bamboo floors, building my ultimate storage cart).

I’ve spent a fair amount of time in front of the computer this month! 2 websites completely designed and launched, another just about done, and I’ve set up not one, but two, guest blogging gigs.

• I’ll be posting a home dec tutorial every month over at Lillyella, (here’s my my first one, on how to build my ultimate storage cart, it was a doozy!), we’re calling the column “yes you CAN” to emphasize how do-able these projects are.
• My second gig will be over at Linda Demers’ alamodestuff – we’re launching a weekly “advice column” of sorts called Ask Candy. As a gal of many interests and a “can do” attitude, I’ve researched and attempted to do lots of things in my lifetime. Linda, as one of my good twitter buddies, has recognized my propensity to chime in with answers to relatively random questions on twitter, and she had the brilliant idea to turn this into a guest blog column! Fingers crossed that people will actually want to ask me questions on topics that include:
  • Arts/Crafts of all sorts
  • Home Decor (budget friendly, DIY style)
  • Blogging/Web Design
  • Small Business
  • Multitasking/Organization

This month, big surprise, needs to be about my upcoming TV gig. I fly to Cleveland 4 weeks from today! YIKES! I’ve also got to redesign this here website. Oh, and get ready for a new semester of teaching…Yup, I’m gonna be busy!

Wish me luck! Oh…and ask me a question! Please??

August Meetup Goals is a post from: Candied Fabrics

I took a gazillion pictures this weekend so I can write up a tutorial on how we made it. It is designed to hold the storage containers  I use for my fused fabrics and works as an ironing board top as well.

The Ultimate Storage Cart is a post from: Candied Fabrics

Hello! I’m back from vacation! Perhaps I did need it -for several days I spent the whole day feeling tired (maybe partially due to the alititude) (oh, and hiking a bit) but by the end, that feeling was gone, so perhaps I needed some down time.

I had a lot of fun posting “postcards” from the trip, I’ll keep on doing that for the next week as I get back into the making groove!

One awesome thing I got to do right at the end is meet up in person with a meetup pal Angie, of Jumping Jack Designs and her family at Sand Harbor, on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. We had a wonderful time, it was so great to meet an internet friend and person and realize that the connections made via our computers reflect the actual person! Between the bright sun and lots of gabbing, I didn’t get many pix taken…but Angie took a few fantastic ones right as the sun set.

Note to self…learn how to take photos on manual, so someday I can take photos as awesome as Angie (mine are the top two…I’m sorry we didn’t get a nicer photo of her cutie pie Kate!)

Here’s what I’m gonna try to get done in July:

Yup, the websites are sort of snowballing, aren’t they? I need to NOT freak out about that – because I don’t have to generate the content for them – I’ve got to build the frame, train the user and let them fly…but I’ve got to make sure I don’t let this consume me!

To learn more about the meetup, go here!

July Meetup Goals is a post from: Candied Fabrics

I sent it off to her yesterday, and I’ll be meeting her in person at Sand Harbor on Lake Tahoe on the tail on of my vacation!, she just blogged about this beautiful place here, look at this INCREDIBLE picture she just took:

I’m so excited to meet her and her kids, we have a gorgeous place to be while we interact in person!

Custom Messenger Bag for a 15″ MacBook is a post from: Candied Fabrics