Anxiety

I really think that I am developing anxiety. Partially stress I think. I always feel that I need to do something. I want to do something, but I don't know what. I want to create, but I don't know what. There are plenty of things that I could do, plenty of materials that I have. But I don't know where to start. I always look at a task as being too large. I look at the time that it will take, and don't want to devote that amount of time to it. I really need to break it down. Do 15 to 30 minutes of it. Walk away and if that is still what I want to do, then work on it some more. I have ideas aplenty in my head, but where to start. I procrastinate. I say later, but later never comes. I can't sleep at night, because all of these ideas are spinning around. Argh!

Sister doing well

My sister is doing as good as she can. She has to have a colostomy bag for 3 months, but she thinks that she would rather just have it for the rest of her life. She has to have another surgery in 3 months. Her nurse was very impressed in how well that she did last night.

I finally figured out how to get my photos to download. Here are a few.

Slow starting out

I'm sorry that I haven't been updating my blog much lately. My sister is very ill and has been in a university hospital 1 1/2 hour away. She is scheduled to have surgery on June 12th.

My Grand Opening didn't go as well as planned. It was the Memorial Day weekend, and the weather was quite poor (thunderstorms and tornadoes). I did have great response with the products and the boutique from the people that did stop by. I still have great hopes as we head into festival season.

Bigger space needed

Well, I have already come to the conclusion that I need a bigger space. I feel like my 240 square foot (that at one time felt ample), is just too small. I had high hopes of setting up a hands-on center for the kids to paint and draw. I just don't have the room.

I have started to look for a larger space, and we aren't even to the Grand Opening yet. I have found a location that is in a newly developing area. It would be perfect. Enough space to have room for easels and work tables for kids, a sitting area for parents, the shop, and a snack counter. I wanted a space that I could have lessons and camps during school breaks. I wanted a place that kids could come to create. A place that I would have plenty of room to set up my equipment and creat. I just don't have that where I am. I feel that I need more inventory to fulfill the need, but yet I don't have enough room for it all. I feel cramped.

I think that I am just getting stressed with the opening this Friday.

Owwwww!

I have this stupid black pole that is in the middle of my boutique (it is an old warehouse converted into shops, so everyone has them). Well, it kind of confines my arranging and displays.

I decided that chicken wire would look really cute. I would staple it to the wall and then to my "pole". It is only a 3 ft gap. Then I purchased the cutest mini clothespins to hang things from it. Well... I thought this was a good idea.

As I was holding the chicken wire to staple it to the wall, the other side kept falling and attacking me. I look like I was in a fight with a cat. It really hurts, so note to self: wear long sleeves when working with chicken wire. And my husband will be angry when he finds out that I did this all on my own. He seems to think that I can't do things on my own sometimes. I am woman, hear me roar!!!

Finally I decided that I can't staple directly to the wall. I can't get the stapler in there tight enough because it is at a T. So, I have to quit for the day and grandpa is cutting me a 1x2 so that I can nail that to the wall, and then staple the chicken wire to the board.

And I was actually going to take pictures today to show the progress, and I forgot the camera at home. Oh, well. Tomorrow is another day...

In today's mail, I received packages from crochetmaggie, tresijas, and lillah.

I must be crazy :)

I have been making my displays all pretty. With things that I sold this weekend, my displays are uneven. I keep thinking that something is missing, and then I remember that I sold that t-shirt. My tree looks weird, oh yeah I sold that necklace. Etc, Etc. My husband says that I might have a mild case of OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). I better get over it quick, because things will be selling. I can't keep the boutique looking perfect forever.

And to top it off, my grandpa decided that my nifty card rack will not work. He said that it will use up too much valuable wall space. He said that he is going to find me a round turning one that can still display a lot of cards, but not take up a lot of room. Argh!

Today, I got packages from bagsbymelanie and rubyfantastic. I currently have 43 different sellers, including me. This really is a nice mix and variety.

Oops-Saturday deliveries

I was so distraught over my ordeal with Nate that I forgot to post who all I received packages from on Saturday. I received packages from greekfantasy, purplepetunia, mytinybaubles, and awintermoon.