LIFE UPDATE:
Thankful...this month we focus on thankful. And while I have much to be thankful for I found that lately I wasn't feeling all that thankful...nope...not a bit... I was feeling...overdone. Burned out. Burned out on life in general. I was sick of homeschooling and was feeling totally uninspired. I felt as though I was just schooling the kids because it needed to be done, not because I love teaching them. I was tired of creating because inevitably when I would create something, our "toddler tornado" would wreak havoc in some other location of the house and I would just end up frustrated that I couldn't even create unless I stayed up and burned the midnight oil...I was totally disinterested in blogging because I had nothing to share, unless you would have wanted to hear how fabulously interesting it is to clean up baking soda from the grout lines or peanut butter out of the dog's coat, or honey off the front windows (seemingly multiple times in an hour)....so I just couldn't blog, create or anything without feeling like I was doing it "because it had to be done"...I don't know about you but that to me sounds the alarm of a burned out momma!!! Soooo, I decided that once my DH got home from his latest mission I would take a few days off and get out of the house, it was time to get away and have a few days to just reflect, rejuvinate and get refreshed. It says in the Bible that God brings time of refreshing to our souls and that is just what I needed. I needed my soul refreshed. I was tired. So I packed my bags and went to visit my friend and fellow designer Niki Meiners. While there I was able to have time to think, time to rest, time to create (FOR FUN), time to just be.....I also took time to reevaluate everything that I was doing and realized that I just needed to add the fun back into the everday schedule. Not worry about so many boxes getting checked or lists being accomplished each day. I was in essence made fully aware that I had taken the fun out of the everday things by being overly expectant of what I was going to get done each day. Anyway, while there are tons of lessons that I learned and points that were taken while I had time away to think, the one thing I wanted to share with you was a blogging game plan. Niki has a feature on her blog called "Fast Friday" where between now and Christmas she plans on featuring a fast little gift or home decor item each Friday. Well that inspired me to get a list together of what each day could represent for me on my blog. So I asked Niki if I could borrow her Fast Friday idea and expand on it, she was more than willing to share!
If you plan on coming to my blog on any given day you will find each day has a theme and a purpose now! Yay! Now this doesn't mean I am going to all of a sudden be back to blogging everyday but when I do, there will be a title for each day and a "starting place" for me to get some inspiration from. So here's my list.
- Simple Sundays
- Miscellaneous Mondays
- Technique Time Tuesdays
- Wonderful, Wild, Whacky, Winsome Wednesdays
- Themeless Thursday
- Fast Friday (Thanks Niki!!)
- Scrappy Saturdays
And if you are still with me through all this, today is Miscellaneous Monday and I have made a simple pair of Autumn Earrings to share. Made of Swarovski Crystals, Glass Tube Beads and Sterling Silver Spacer beads these earrings are sparkly and fun, but really a simple pair of earrings to make and wear. I hope you enjoy!
