Initial Introduction to the Movie This weekend I watched the movie “YARN”. I originally learned about it after having watched Vickie Howell’s interview with the co-directors/producers Heather Millard & Thordur Jonsson. My interest piqued when Vickie explained that it really is a documentary about yarn. I wondered, what does the documentary have to say about… Read More
How Do I Get Fit at 40? I’ve been spending a lot of time lately considering how I stayed slender as a youth and how I can get fit at 40 now that it has stubbornly arrived. I didn’t need to worry about what I ate, calories in versus calories out, and I didn’t have… Read More
Let Me Help You Get Control! If I could help you get control of your home, is that something you’d be interested in? If you said yes, I want to introduce you to my Decluttering Challenge. It is a free series of email I created to help those of us who are overwhelmed by the… Read More
Recently I reviewed my health goals to check in if I have been staying true to my 2016. I asked myself a lot of questions as to what I was doing well and where I could improve. Here are some of the tips that I believe will help us all stay true to our health… Read More
You may have noticed that the blog has been on pause for a little bit while I determined the direction I wanted it to go. When I started the blog in 2008 after my youngest was born, it was a Mommy Blog and a way for me to have a safe outlet of all things… Read More
What I Didn’t Know I Didn’t KnowI’m am the creative entrepreneur behind theruthlesscrafter.etsy.com, where I sell memory quilts, baby quilts, and t-shirt quilts. When I first opened my shop in 2014, I had no plan, no goals, no idea what I was doing! I basically made an item, took a quick photo of it with… Read More
Before we get started, I want you to know that it is 5 days until my wedding collection is released!! I don’t know about you but I tend to think clearer when my home is organized. Part of my 2016 goals are to get my home decluttered so that it looks and feels larger and… Read More
Thank you to today’s blogger, Patricia Cornwell. The living room is a central place in every home because people spend most of their time lying on the couch, listening to music, reading a book or watching a TV program. Despite its size, you need to figure out clever ways to store your stuff so that… Read More
I am a creative entrepreneur. I make special occasion custom quilts. Today I would like to share an invaluable tool I use to create my business and personal annual goals and plans. I am very good and planning – it is so easy to come up with numbers and plans out of the air but… Read More
I have had a creative Etsy business since November 2014. In the beginning, I did what I like to call “hope marketing.” I crocheted a hat, put it on my Etsy shop and I hoped it would sell. That’s called “hope marketing.” I sold a few things but it wasn’t until August 2015 that I… Read More