Well hello! (Yells into the void) Is there anyone out there? Haha! It's been awhile... yet again... I have some updates for you and some real solid plans for the future of this blog. Lets jump into it!
New House: We bought a house! J and I purchased our first house last May and let me tell you how excited we STILL are! We were lucky enough to find exactly what we wanted, in our price range, in a really tough market! The house never felt strange, there was no adjustment period, it felt like "ours" from day one. I have had THE BEST time transforming this house into the perfect bohemian grandma/cottage-core home. Right after we moved into the new house, J's grandma died. We inherited a lot of furniture pieces from her. We've honored her and my own deceased grandmas by turning our sitting room into the "grandma room". I had read Grimoire Girl by Hilarie Burton early last year and she talks about the importance of giving your house a name. We named our house after both of our maternal Grandmothers.
Etsy: Fall of 2023 I was hanging out with one of my best friends discussing our artistic passion. By the end of the evening I was ready to reopen my Etsy shop and start creating again. I had a long enough break to where I missed working with the clay. I promised J that I would only do it for as long as it was fun, and if I got burned out I'd stop. I also don't do "made to order" pieces anymore. I make a collection ahead of time, and sell from the inventory. That keeps me from having to make pieces when I don't have time. I'm in control of the time and energy I put into Etsy. Coming back from the nearly 3 year hiatus of Etsy, I have found that the "planning community" had changed quite a bit. My planner clips were not selling like they used to, and there didn't seem to be a lot of planner clips on Etsy in general anymore. I made some earrings, little gnome figurines, and Nintendo Switch Charms. At first the gnomes were the most popular thing. Now it's really transitioned into the Nintendo Switch Charms being super popular. I haven't created anything new since fall though because my KC Chiefs jersey earrings sold like hotcakes (locally, not on Etsy) and I was EXHAUSTED by the end of the football season haha. I'm redoing my home office currently so things are in disarray but I have plans for new collections very soon! I'm also going to add Kindle Charms to the mix. If you're interested in seeing what is currently available, you can check out my shop HERE.
Future: I've really been thinking about my future with this blog and Emilee Speaks as a whole. Obviously, I've picked Etsy back up and I've been working on a blog post idea list. I'd really like to start writing posts again. I have also been working on a tarot workbook for a few years that I need to finish. I get all these ideas of things I want to create and then life gets in the way. I'm not going to promise the world today, but I will say it won't be 3 years before I post again!
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