Etsy Update

 

It has been a looooooong time coming, but I have finally added some new stuff to my Etsy store.  I have also made a ton of changes, so I thought a little background story was in order, to update all of my wonderful followers and inform anyone who might be just finding my blog or my shop.

I started my Etsy shop in 2009.  At this point in my life I had graduated from college, but hadn't been able to find a job.  I needed a little extra money, so I started selling calendars and planners that I had made for myself to keep me organized through college.  I also developed a Wedding Planning Notebook, with the help of a good friend who was in the event-planning industry.  I was absolutely loving the success of my Etsy shop - Obsessively Organized, and then I landed my dream job.

I got a job as a Preschool Teacher at a Community College Lab School.  I get to work with little ones and college students every day, and I am blessed to be able to take advantage of some incredible professional development opportunities.  I love my day job! Around the time that I started working full time, I was inundated with custom orders for Wedding books, which were incredibly time consuming to put together.  I had to take a break from my Etsy store to keep my sanity, and to fully devote myself to my job.

I tried to do both for a bit, but then I got engaged, and being the do-it-yourself-er that I am, I threw everything that I had into creating as much as I possibly could for my wedding.  I've had my hand in a few different things since then, but I have always said that I would get my shop going again.

This weekend I sat down to work on a Christmas gift for a friend, a super cute necklace made almost entirely out of fabric.  It went together so quickly that I made 4 more, and that was that.  I have always loved accessories, especially jewelry, but to mix my love of jewelry with my passion for fabric just seemed natural.

I've made a few changes to my shop to go along with the new content.  The shop's title is now Fabric Scraps by Obsessively Organized - I wanted to keep it linked to my username and to my blog.  Currently I have a few new necklaces available, along with some leftover wedding decorations.  You will probably see planners make an appearance again at some point, along with a lot of other items, I really don't want to tie myself to one thing. 

I will definitely continue posting to my blog, I love love love blogging, even if no one reads it.
Thanks for sticking with me through all of the changes, hopefully they will all be positive!

The view from my lunch break

It is a beautiful day! I had to take advantage of what may be the last 70+ degree day, so I walked the dog on my lunch break!

We hung out outside for a bit and chased a bunch of grasshoppers (ok the dog chased grasshoppers). Back to work now, hoping the afternoon goes as quickly as the morning did!

What I do last night

I've seen this idea all over pinterest, it's one of those head smack kind of ideas - why didn't I think of this!

I spent the evening mixing up cookie dough, tonight I did molasses cookies and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. After I mixed up the dough I put the cookies on a cookie sheet, just like I was going to bake them, but instead of putting them in the oven I put the whole cookie sheet in the freezer. Once the cookies were firm I took them off of the cookie sheet and put them on a ziplock freezer bag. Now I don't have to mix up cookie dough the next time I make cookies.

My favorite thing about these is that they make a super easy last minute gift. Take a few out of the freezer, put them in a cute container, and add a card with baking instructions! Love it!

It might be fall, but...

Don't put your turquoise away yet! I wear mine all year long, looks how cute it is with his sweater and moccasins!

Bittersweet

I LOVE FALL. Everything about it. I love picking apples, carving pumpkins, baking for holidays, wearing cozy sweaters, all of it.

There is one thing about summer however, that I am beginning to mourn the loss of - all of our local ice cream stores have begun to close for the season. This is devastating. I had to make one last trip on my lunch break today.

Enjoy the picture I my peanut butter cup Sunday - after I took the first bite :)

Comfy Sunday

Yes, I know it's Monday, but just go with it, I'm feeling slow today.

Sundays are usually my comfy clothes days - yoga pants, sweatshirts, I have no where to go and no one to impress. This is one reason why I love fall so much, my comfy clothes are also ridiculously cute (If I may say so myself), and I did myself dreaming up random errands to run so I can go out in my cute, cozy outfits.

Here is my new favorite:

Saturday shopping

Friday was pay day, and that almost certainly means one thing; I will make a trip to Sam's club over the weekend. We only got our membership last year, and there are still things that I'm just not sold on - I refuse to buy three bottles of ketchup just because they're cheap, there are only two of us, and we go through two bottles of ketchup in a whole year. Other things, however, I am super happy to buy in bulk - pasta and diet pop are basically my entire diet, so I go through a Ron of those!

There are also a few things that I've found that I can't get anywhere else, here are two of my favorites! I know... Not the most exciting Saturday shopping trip, but it doesn't take much to make my day!