You may not have noticed, but my etsy shop is currently on vacation mode. I'm not sure when I'll be back (hopefully not too long).
I've been told by friends that I don't owe anyone an explanation, but- eh- here are my reasons:
1. We are going to put the house on the market soon so the "sewing room" has been packed up and is now the "play room"- which is amazing by the way. To go from toys all over the den and the kitchen and oh, every other room in the house, to all toys in one room is AMAZING. It's also so fun to watch Noah explore a whole room without restrictions. He loves it!
2. I was so tired. My shop doesn't have a history of being uber successful, but you may remember that for Halloween I got very into applique and put up a few new things in the shop. These little witch shirts sold like hotcakes (you know, if hotcakes took you an hour to make from start to finish). I was finding myself sewing everytime Noah was asleep- nap time? SEW. Night time? SEW!
Most nights, 2am looked like this:
... and while I'm extremely grateful for the buisness and all the awesome moms who bought their kids such fun things, it was stressing me out. All that coupled with the pregnancy and subsequent issues with the pregnancy left me feeling exhausted. So I'm taking a break. I'm still making things locally for friends and friends of friends, but it's nice to sit around with my husband at night and watch tv shows that you wouldn't normally give a second glance to, but now I'm sucked in for life. Ah, that's the life.
2 comments:
In reference to #1, all the boxes are still in my garage. Let me know if you want any of them. :)
I know the feeling! My Etsy shop was doing ok for being new but then I got HIT with all these Halloween orders and my house turned into a tulle mess! I was up all night making tutus and I was feeling super stressed out trying to get them all madeand shipped in time for Halloween.
Enjoy your time away and relax. You'll come back when your ready :)
xo. Sarah
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