karabu's Journal Add Entry22 Aug 2007 10:22 PMThings you don't want to hear your child say. . .\\\"I don\\\'t have to go potty anymore.\\\" Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 01 Jun 2007 06:44 PMNew shop. New zineI finished my first zine. It has super short stories - all with a family theme (about kids, parents, husbands, family memories, etc.) http://www.etsy.com/view_listing. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 30 May 2007 08:45 PMFocusOne piece of advice has been coming at me from every direction this week. Despite my best efforts, I can\\\'t ignore it anymore. With our WWDB mentors, we have been listening to and reading a training program from John C. Maxwell based on his book, \\\"Talent is Never Enough\\\" This week\\\'s lesson was about focus - something I\\\'m lacking in. I like to do a million things at once. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 02 May 2007 11:49 PMT-ballThe old saying, \\\"Like herding cats\\\" popped into my brain as I watched my daughter\\\'s T-ball \\\"practice\\\" tonight. The saying could easlily be, \\\"Like teaching preschoolers to play baseball.\\\" For anyone who hasn\\\'t had the privlige of actually attending one of these events - it\\\'s every bit as hysterical as you\\\'ve heard. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 28 Apr 2007 08:01 PMInteresting Custom OrderWell, I caved in and paid for a Showcase spot on Etsy last Friday (http://karabu.etsy.com ). I didn\\\'t sell anything, but I did get a neat custom order. It\\\'s for a specail set of my soft building blocks, but instead of my regular colorful cotton print fabrics we\\\'re going to use different textures and types of fabrics. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 07 Apr 2007 03:21 PMMommy, Crafter, Writer, Marketing, and more.I'm tired. I know I shouldn't be trying to do much right now (Home with our new week old baby! - Yippie) but I can't help feeling like I need to do more. I really don't want to go back to work, but a lot still needs to happen in the next couple of months for that to be a possibility. Both my crafting business (http://karabu.etsy. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 24 Mar 2007 09:41 PMLearning about MarketingI'm having my best month so far at Etsy.com. (I need to put my new pictures up here too. . .) I don't know if it's just the time of year (I've heard that retail sales are generally slow everywher in Jan. and Feb.) or if I'm just starting to get established there. I've really been trying to market myself - a brand new and scary arena. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 06 Mar 2007 02:19 PMNever enough timeI have an entry I've wanted to write for a few days now. SInce I'm not sure when I'll actually get to it - I wanted to at least share some of my newer listings at http://karabu.etsy.com With the baby due in just a few weeks now, I'm trying to take my creations and my marketing seriously. If all goes well, I won't have to leave her and go back to work later on. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 20 Feb 2007 01:17 AMTough Month so FarI though that Jan was rough, and Feb started out so promising. . . Now it's all turned to hell. Let's see, first there was the broken water pipe. Then the fence needed to be replaced. Next we just got home from what was supposed to be a fun weekend - but the altitude made going up a flight of steps strenuous for me. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 05 Feb 2007 06:24 PMNaming a Person is Hard.I think we finially came up with a name for our new baby. I was really getting tired of calling her "the baby" or whatever, so I'm happy. Read more | Send this to a friend | Comments (0) 1 2 karabu's Journal TagsNothing has been tagged yet |
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