A Fresh Start

Speed Limit 35 Sign

Hey there gang, remember me? Goodness it's been a while since I have blogged here, and I have missed it dearly. I wasn't really sure what I would come back and talk about because I have not really been feeling up to doing anything dollwise, except for my Tumblr that is slowly becoming a mish-mash of things I find inspiring towards dolls, and crafting, and art, and writing, and doll fashion, etc. And while I do love Tumblr, there is just something about a bloggy-blog that fits me better. So I will still update Tumblr regularly, but I will be returning here to blog as well, for now.

Wait, what do I mean, for now? Well, I have been taking inventory of my life lately, and I realize I am ready for a fresh start at everything and to finally do some things I have wanted to do for a long time. First thing being, I want to get my own domain and a blog on my own website sometime this year, fingers crossed tight. I am slowly building up a list of all the things I want to accomplish in the next year. I will eventually put it on it's only little page up at the top and you can follow along with me as I tick of each one. I just realize my mind is everywhere and I need to pull back, make lists, and go from there. I am realizing that the longer I wait to do things I honestly want to do, the more time passes and the less time I actually have to do things. Ok, maybe that sounded a bit morbid, but it's true. I mean, hello, I am getting ready to turn the dreaded...3-5 on the 9th of next month and I feel I have nothing to show for it. I know I am not alone in that, but I am focused solely on myself right now. Yes, I have decided that the next year of my life will be my selfish year where I work on me and my goals, and yes, a lot of those goals include dollie stuff. LOL! But they also include writing more, reading more, reconnecting with you guys, and much more.

I'd like to write here everyday, but I find I can't write about doll stuff everyday because there just isn't that much doll stuff to talk about that isn't covered in depth by others who do it much better than I could. I'd rather share what I am working on at the moment, and I know it won't always be doll stuff, I hope you don't mind the other stuff I'll be talking about. I would like to turn this blog into a doll, craft, writing, reading, lifestyle blog. Just write about what's currently going on in my neck of the woods, and I hope you will find it interesting. *fingers crossed* I think this blog will be more fun to write and more interesting to read that way. So I hope you will continue to follow along.

I don't know what brought on this newly found direction for me, probably has something to do with something I have been working on for a day now, more later on that. I just know that it's time to return to what I love, reconnect with the people I love talking to, and start enjoying life again. Issues with my stomach and thyroid have been getting me down a lot lately and I am just sick of always being sad and depressed over it when it's not going anywhere anytime soon. It's time to live again.

I hope all you lovely people are doing awesome and I can't wait to check in on each of you. I am still determined to catch up on all the blog posts I have missed out on, some of you will take longer than others...I'm so behind. But I will start catching up today with some of you and I can't wait to see what you have been up to. Take care until my next post. Bye for now.

Michelle

Show Off Your Crafting Skills To Hundreds Of Readers!

Hey peeps! So today is a quick post. I wanted to inform you guys of a fun online artist event coming up next month. Our World Our Art (formerly One World One Heart) is a yearly (missed last year) event where artistic bloggers offer a giveaway on their blog and get exposure to hundreds of readers. Participating in this event not only gets you a lot of exposure for your artistic skills, it also gives you the opportunity to meet like minded crafty people. Click the banner below to learn more about how you can participate.

Our World Our Art

I've never participated as a giveaway blog, but I have participated in checking out all the blogs and finding new gems to read. I always find a nice handful of new blogs to read each year. This is for anything artistic. In the past the event was open to anyone with a blog, but now it's centered down to artistic bloggers. So from dollies to dollies you can participate. But you need to get in your application since your blog has to be screened first to make sure it's not a non-artistic blog. You can gain new readers and customers within a couple of days, something to consider if you are starting off in selling and even if your a veteran seller, or just a crafter in general. Just wanted to pass this on because there are so many crafty and artistic people in the doll community.

And on that note I am off. Time to write some Valentine's articles and I have no idea what to write about yet and one of my articles are due tomorrow. Hehe. So I will talk to you lovelies later. Be good until then. Bye for now.

Trying to figure out a neat Valentine's topic,
Michelle

"Keep Calm And Craft On" Image (By CountryKitty) From Flickr.
"Our World Our Art" Image From A Whimsical Bohemian