I finally have one!!!

Alright do you remember this post??

Well, yes that was a long while ago and I still hadn't taken the leap to get one for myself, but today I write before you as a proud owner of a Square!!

I'm super excited, and for seemingly no reason, since I have no money to collect anywhere lol
But, I suppose just being able to accomplish a small goal feels very rewarding :D

So let's dig into the package shall we!

I got the package in the mail and I was all WHOO!!
Took out my phone and thought...hmm mine looks almost like the one in the picture :D

Very well cushioned, as to not damage the inside goods...

and voila!  The square.  Plus some stickers to place on things so people know you accept credit/debit.

And, Here it is plugged into my phone witht the Square app open!

I'm going to be having a yard sale next week so I will try to see if I can test it out than :D
Super excited!!

TopHatter...New addiction...??

So the other day while browsing around the etsy business forums I came across a thread that mentioned a relatively new application to sell handmade work called TopHatter!!

And, the best part is THINGS REALLY SALE!

So how does it work?
You submit one of your items to go up for AUCTION (yep, that's right people will be bidding on YOUR work).
Your work goes up on the day you choose.  One of the nice features is that there is live chat, you can see how many people are in the auction room and you can also see who made what bid.

Something else I really like was that the seller get's to stand along-side the auctioner and answer any questions bidders may have!

This is a peek at how the auction room looks...

The whole process is very fun, the site is simple and easy to navigate, and auctions are very face paced!

I ended up spending over 2hrs watching auctions lol

Here is a more detailed view of the right side of the screen where the item up for auction will appear.

You will also be able to see what items will be coming up next, or even check out auctions for the next day.

Signing up to participate is simple and easy, and the best part is that if you just want to buy or watch you don't need an account!!

So no need to create a whole new account to be a part of a new application, just simply hit the join auction button.

I encourage everyone to check out the TopHatter website, I really enjoyed myself there.

And, just to let you all know, these are screen shots from my personal visit to the site :)

I Wear Clothes

 Hi Hi!! 
(double the excitment for double the "hi" )

I'm sure anyone who reads my blog by now knows that I adore handmade work. Well, I was just soo exstatic to actually be able to own a few handmade pieces.

It isn't often that I have expendable money so when I do getting nice things for myself is a MUST!!

The Dress under the jacket is actually from my engagment party late last year.  It was made by Mienkintosh Fairie!!  I adore this dress, you should see it in the summer time :)

And, these awesome legwarmers were sent to me by the awesome GothBarbie during a private swap!  She did some amazing work :D  I really wanted to wear them before the SUPER HEAT hit Georgia, so whooo!!!

Dude!  My lips are red!!!
Yes for the first time ever I wore lip color, crazy sauce :D

Mmmhmm, GURL!

So, God has been so good to me :)

First, I have to admit I was quite harsh on my fiance in regard to the proposal he last gave me.

Him: "Here"

Me: " Wha' O......but, it's blue..."

 But mainly the ring bugged me :(

The thing about it was it was 3 sizes too big...and the ring was blue...my LEAST favorite color...AND HE KNEW IT!!!!

But, I digress lol...

Well, just yesterday he re-proposed to me and I'm so so happy and I love LOVE my ring :D



The proposal wasn't something crazy fancy or anything, but I got everything that I wanted!
He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him :D
I was ecstatic!!!

Thanks again for joining me for another post :)
ttyl

Horses Hold!

First things first, YES, I did cut my hair...AGAIN.

But, at least this time it looks good :)
So right now I'm working on my wedding plans and moving out of my soon to be in-laws house (ick).  In other news, I got a job working for Arise!!!  Whoo, finally a steady income :D

I'm really working on my life as well as my walk with the Lord right now. 
AAANNND, my shop is closed.

I don't know if I will re-open it, but I do know I want to improve my skills.  I just did a bag not to long ago and it really made me re-evaluate every thing....sooo, yeah....

ttyl

Victim de la Mode!

Or something like that lol.

Just recently I got the urge to really get up and make something.  To be perfectly honest, it has been a while since I have been hit this hard with a need to create.  The craziest part is that what I have the urge to do is totally left field of my current work.

By that I mean it isn't as playful and colorful, but I still really like what I'm doing :)

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Now, I just need to get my thoughts organized with my schedule and I'll be in the house!!

Because I don't want to run into my usual problem of falling behind and than not being able to get things accomplished in a reasonable time frame.

First Newsletter!

both; text-align: left;"> In my last post about creating a newsletter had me thinking of ways to engage my audience.  So, after crawling the etsy forums I came across this great post about House shows and Virtual Parties!

Well, to say the least I was impressed but still unable to do either for different reasons, BUT low and behold a door opened !  Now, I can have virtual parties and private sales!  I'm so excited :D

This is how my first newsletter looked...

Needless to say this gave me a good reason to make a newsletter and I'm happy about it too :)

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