OK, so I have finally started my Etsy store!! I'm really excited and apprehensive all at the same time. I'm nervous because I've been opened for 3 days and have not made a sale, but apparently this is normal *Deep Breath. Big sigh* however I'm still going to fuss about it!
No one wants to be the first person to make a purchase from a new store (who could blame um, I could be some noncommittal, nutcase with no intentions to ship) BUT I'M NOT!! So I shall just sit and wait...and hope that some dear soul living on the edge will be brave to give me a try and find I'm good, I really am!
ALSO I have finally (I think) put an end to my short story that I am satisfied with and feel good about. I have another idea that's clouding my ability to stay with this old dusty piece of work for much longer.
So there you have it! That has been my life for the past couple of weeks. I hope to find a balance somewhere soon and get in the groove! In the meantime please visit my Etsy store and have a gander!
Be Well
http://LittleLadyIrish.etsy.com
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Getting there
My life thus far has been a crazy tangled, matted mess that you couldn't comb through with a rake if you had hulk arms! I recognize that this has been (almost) entirely my own self-inflicted pain and punishment, and the parts that weren't... I may or may not have handled them with grace. But I've decided to no longer look to the past. I think I may be *gasp* growing up!!! Even though I'm pretty sure we spend our entire lives trying to grow up, and be a real part of the big business, I do believe I'm at a place in my life where I can take myself seriously and hopefully be taken seriously!
I feel as though my toes are curled around the edge of my life's diving board (one that I've been clinging too, white knuckled for YEARS, hearing my mother saying "But you might Drown!") and I'm about to dive in!
I'm days away from submitting my short story to a magazine that annually publishes a compilation of horror shorts! While I'm not putting all my eggs in this basket, I do anticipate some acknowledgement (even if they say "We liked it, but...) I will be proud of myself for finally taking the first step in the direction I've been hoping to grasp at my entire life.
This day and decision has come to me at the fork of a long road paved with love and loss, pain and suffering, fighting and failing, working and winning. And now thanks to the love that surrounds me outweighing the bad, I have been able to recognize what's been there all along...I have nothing to loose and EVERYTHING to gain! So here I go, I've got on my very flattering hot pink flamingo two piece, I've kicked off the flip flops and I'm diving in!
I feel as though my toes are curled around the edge of my life's diving board (one that I've been clinging too, white knuckled for YEARS, hearing my mother saying "But you might Drown!") and I'm about to dive in!
I'm days away from submitting my short story to a magazine that annually publishes a compilation of horror shorts! While I'm not putting all my eggs in this basket, I do anticipate some acknowledgement (even if they say "We liked it, but...) I will be proud of myself for finally taking the first step in the direction I've been hoping to grasp at my entire life.
This day and decision has come to me at the fork of a long road paved with love and loss, pain and suffering, fighting and failing, working and winning. And now thanks to the love that surrounds me outweighing the bad, I have been able to recognize what's been there all along...I have nothing to loose and EVERYTHING to gain! So here I go, I've got on my very flattering hot pink flamingo two piece, I've kicked off the flip flops and I'm diving in!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Fashion is a BITCH
Beauty tips and secrets, hair styles and botox, trends and diets...all nauseate me!
How can we find our own beauty and have our own style if we must follow a paper doll cut out trend?!
America is considered the melting pot of the world, but I suppose the truth is once you've simmered at a warm 98 degrees you are then poured into a mold where you shall remain until monarchy or mutiny saves your soul!
Until then, if you can not afford a Coach purse for your daughter or Abercrombie t-shirt for your son, be forewarned that their fellow classmates feel it is their Divine right to torment, torture, and maybe even possibly bully them into an early grave! And while you send your K-mart dressed adolescents off to school which a lump in your throat and heavy heart, you best hope that, even though you're headed off to a job that doesn't pay you enough to afford your bills and insurance, you're wearing your Banana Republic suit and Jimmy Choo shoes, because (pathetically) teasing is not just for the playground!
How will we ever find our own niche when the first lady is on fashion watch and advertisements are choking us from every direction?!
I think culture is beautiful, heritage is beautiful and race is beautiful. We should all be free (this is the land of the FREE....right?) to express ourselves without judgement,whispers,slurs,and finger pointing so goddamn thick you could cut it with your designer cutlery!
Fashion and wardrobe should be a sacred, personal thing. And if it makes you feel good about yourself REGARDLESS of your shape or size, and it doesn't break any laws or damage the innocence of small children than you should wear what you damn well please.
As if this country doesn't have other things to worry about and bigger fish to fry than Heidi Montag's bad ideas and Lindsay Lohan's F-ing manicure!
I suppose, the latest trend is DUMMY DOWN! Look like a mannequin and think like one too!! You may think the Gettysburg Address is the location of the lady who takes pictures of babies and puts them in flower pots and that the Hindenburg is a hotel in New Jersey...but that's OK girlfriend cause you look DAMN GOOD!
How can we find our own beauty and have our own style if we must follow a paper doll cut out trend?!
America is considered the melting pot of the world, but I suppose the truth is once you've simmered at a warm 98 degrees you are then poured into a mold where you shall remain until monarchy or mutiny saves your soul!
Until then, if you can not afford a Coach purse for your daughter or Abercrombie t-shirt for your son, be forewarned that their fellow classmates feel it is their Divine right to torment, torture, and maybe even possibly bully them into an early grave! And while you send your K-mart dressed adolescents off to school which a lump in your throat and heavy heart, you best hope that, even though you're headed off to a job that doesn't pay you enough to afford your bills and insurance, you're wearing your Banana Republic suit and Jimmy Choo shoes, because (pathetically) teasing is not just for the playground!
How will we ever find our own niche when the first lady is on fashion watch and advertisements are choking us from every direction?!
I think culture is beautiful, heritage is beautiful and race is beautiful. We should all be free (this is the land of the FREE....right?) to express ourselves without judgement,whispers,slurs,and finger pointing so goddamn thick you could cut it with your designer cutlery!
Fashion and wardrobe should be a sacred, personal thing. And if it makes you feel good about yourself REGARDLESS of your shape or size, and it doesn't break any laws or damage the innocence of small children than you should wear what you damn well please.
As if this country doesn't have other things to worry about and bigger fish to fry than Heidi Montag's bad ideas and Lindsay Lohan's F-ing manicure!
I suppose, the latest trend is DUMMY DOWN! Look like a mannequin and think like one too!! You may think the Gettysburg Address is the location of the lady who takes pictures of babies and puts them in flower pots and that the Hindenburg is a hotel in New Jersey...but that's OK girlfriend cause you look DAMN GOOD!
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