Taylor Made designs

Taylor Made design Party at Sandi's house

On May 8th I am having a Taylor Made designs party at my friend + cousin, Sandi's house. We pointed people to my blog so they could get a sneak peek of my stuff. So welcome to all of Sandi's friends! I hope you will make it. I do not make a boring + painful presentation. It's a pretty casual affair with no pressure to buy. Of course I hope you will find some stuff you'll like. You can see some of my products by checking out my photo album - located on my sidebar to the right. Just click on Taylor Made designs products. You can also visit my Tag-it site, as well as my Etsy store. Oh, I accept all forms of payment: cash, checks and credit cards :) If you see something you'd like, let me know and I will make sure I bring it. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you all next Friday! A big thanks to Sandi for hosting!

Custom Silkscreen Ribbon

I have been getting a lot of inquiries to my custom silkscreen ribbon, it's kinda weird! Out of the 10 emails and phone calls I received, here are two orders that were actually placed. Oliver. is a repeat customer, and Green Gal is new. I have four other people on the fence. Two others who are definitely going to place an order, but need to finalize their artwork. The others, well, they were looking for a 100 yards of ribbon for cheap. I wish I could do cheap... but it's just not doable for me. This custom ribbon stuff takes time! And for a mere $35 bucks, well, I think people are getting something special :)  

Social Media? Really?

I have to admit... as of late, I have lost my blogging mojo. I just haven't been up to it. Losing Koty has been harder than I thought it would be. I miss her so much. Also, I think I'm just feeling an overload to all this social media talk.

I'm wondering:
Do people really care what I ate for lunch?
How I feel after eating lunch?
And, where I am going after lunch?

Is the minutia of our daily lives really that interesting to others?  I just don't get it.

I signed up for Twitter almost a year ago. I've never used it. I can't even figure out how the hell to twitter. The interface doesn't seem very intuitive to me, and I'm pretty computer-savvy. I signed up for Facebook almost a year ago as well. I'll admit, it's fun to get a note from a long last pal from High School or College, but I just don't have the time or energy to keep up with it. Who does?

I think it's pretty remarkable that I have a blog. I've been blogging pretty consistenly for two years. It's been great fun. It's been great for my business. It's been a great way to connect with like minded people. It's been great to belong to a blogging community. And, most importanly, I have realized it's been a great way to record events in my family's life.

Blogging is enough for me. Sometimes, it is too much for me. And when it is, I just back off. I don't want to spend all this time online. I want to post, read a few blogs and then move on with my day. I have really made an effort to stay off the computer when I do not have real work to do. And you know what? I get so much more done in my daily life. So I don't care what the media says about joining the Twitter, Facebook, My Space bandwagon. It makes me sad to hear that 'it's the way of the future." I just want to be happy and present for my family, not worried about updating all my accounts.

What about you?  Do you twitter? Have a FB page? I'd love to know where you all stand on this :)

Hoppy Easter!