These are exciting times going on for me right now.

My little Etsy shop has been open for a little over a month now, and I'm one away from I've had my 50th sale. Hooray!

To celebrate, I'm offering FREE SHIPPING on all US orders, and discounted shipping for international orders!

For the first month of sales, I'm very glad and fortunate to have had its success. Not that I can start living off of this income or anything, but this start gives me a lot of encouragement to keep working on this.

To be able to benefit financially from something I already love doing--designing, hands-on construction, playing with different materials--is so satisfying. And to have people compliment my work and find it useful for their own lives, I'm not sure how any other kind of job can give me more satisfaction.

From here, I have to keep working hard at it. I have to find out what people like, what people don't, and what people want.

I have to stay creative, motivated, and draw lots and lots to record my ideas. Then make those ideas into reality.

There's lots of work to be done, but I'm willing to put 100% effort into it.

These next few months will be busy! Not only that, I have to start packing! I'll probably be hauling all my stuff to a different home soon. But this will be a wonderful change. I'm so excited! Hopefully I'll have some more bright, airy, and roomy workspace in the next place.