Building my Business.

Well, as of August 1, I will be in serious business building mode.

Things I’ve done to build it so far:

Weebly site
Etsy Store
Mintd store  
Purchased a new digi camera for awesome pictures, had new fabric labels made to sew in my clothes and get this, bought 10 yards of fabric off Ebay.

 

Now, how to get the traffic?

Some say blogging helps, I’m not sure if people really read my silly little blog. Why would they?

This leads me to this question…

Who in the world came up with Blog anyway?

I’m very curious now..

 

This article claims that Russians invented it years ago:

 

http://www.siberianlight.net/2005/10/10/the-russians-invented-blogging/

 

This one says it was Ben Franklin:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/17/21859/9293

 

This lady claims it:

http://www.bloggerstories.com/2006/06/ann_handleyannm.html

 

Personally I like the urban myth that Al Gore invented blogging.:)

 

 

I love my job, really. The people (most) are super. The hours perfect. Work space fine. But dern it, all this work they have me doing keeps me from surfing the web!

giggle.

I do like summer time when it slows down and I can find cool stuff on the web. My day crawls by unless I'm on www.mintd.com or www.etsy.com

 

I also like www.flickr.com too. Its fun seeing the different pictures people take!

I visit some of my favorite blogs and play a game of majong on Redbook magazine. And that rounds out my day.

woo, I've got it made, except for the spreadsheet staring me in the face, awaiting data. DERN.

To work I go.

bye!

Oh my goodness, I've been blogged. Wow.

http://fatchic.dianarajchel.com/

I love this author of this blog, she is so up to date on the latest fashion and describes how things nicely.

 

Lets face it those that know me know I'm not necessarily a fashionista.
I love fashion and read all the fashion mags. Vogue, Marie Claire, Allure. Give me a magazine with glossy photos and Avant Garde (SP?) fashion photos  and I'm in heaven!

Since opening WhiteStone Stitchery, I find myself wanting to try something different, something "outside" of the box for me...

This is very difficult I might add.  I'm a 40+ mom, with grown kids and four pets at home. My life is very comfortable, but nothing challenges me.

Look at these fashions - I want to step outside of my comfort zone and do something like these!  They are amazing!

 

"Organized Chaos Dress" by Prinsen Design on Mintd

http://www.mintd.com/products/show/1803-Organized-Chaos-Dress
 

How fun is this dress? Look how the dress flows and how cute the top part is. This is just flat out fun to me, especially with the boots.
 

"Krista Top" by Isisis on Mintd

http://www.mintd.com/products/show/106-Krista-Top 

I love the versatility of this top. I could actually see someone in suburbia wearing this. Even though to me it seems high fashion. I'm a sucker for criss cross stuff across the chest too. If I was smaller, I would probably own one and wear it with a jean skirt.

"Simple Complexity in Violet" by Circular Accessories on mintd

http://www.mintd.com/products/show/544-Simple-Complexity-in-Violet


Who would have thought to put a design like this on a tshirt? Seems to me like a firecracker is exploding over your breast. YAY!! Love the simplicity of this shirt and how the addition of a firecracker boob makes me want to buy it. 

 I gave one of her men's tshirts to my son, and he absolutely loves it. The fabric is very high quality and the giant goldfish is fun. Similar to this:

 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6381905

 

5:55 a.m. Just finished my walk with the dogs. Whew, it is already juicy and hot outside.

I used to spend that time walking and talking to God, I'm sure everyone thought I was crazy talking to my dogs like I did, but I was really just praying!

Now though I walk with my neighbor, she is young and pregnant. Its nice to remember how it was to be that age. And maybe just maybe I can offer some guidance to her life. If nothing else, we are getting good exercise together.

Today is my favorite day of the work week. We have co-op church is what I call it. Its a group of people that meet before work and share a brief devotional and pray together. For our company, coworkers and others. Its a nice way to bring God to work.

Ok, well I suppose i should go take a shower, have a nice day!

Set up my first web page. All by myself. Whatcha think about that?

As my son and sister will agree I'm not the smartest cookie when it comes to website development. They set up a My Space page for me and now I take all the credit! ha! www.myspace.com/whitestonestitchery

I've been reading this really cool blog lately, Anything Indie   http://www.anythingindie.com/dreams_and_jewelry/

Still trying to figure out how to do this properly, but that's ok. Its my first time bloggin.

Basically I feel like a dork, but will continue on with trying to network and learn new ways to get my name and street cred built up.