Just in case you have checked in recently, you may have noticed that I didn't keep my commitments.

• I did not post 10 samples to my blog or Etsy Store.
• I did not send my home made gift to those on my "status post" 
• I did not post weekly to update my progress
• Nor did I send Shelly a gift for Bree yet.

And tomorrow is Shelly's birthday and I didn't get anything finished and mailed to her for that very special day, either.

I could laboriously write about how sick I’ve been (I HAVE!) or tell you how crazy my schedule is, working full time and all (IT IS!), or I could expound on how tricky it is to work on any of my creations with 3 munchkins running around (I LOVE my granddaughters, really I do!).

I could do all those things, but then I’d be sidestepping the fact that I’m nervous about beginning.   I’m procrastinating.  I’m fearful that what I create won’t be loved as much by you as it is by me.  My creations.  Those things that express who I am on the inside.  I birth those creations with as much love and pain as I birthed my own children.  Will my creations be loved?

Be patient with me.  I’ll get there.  And the wait will be worth it.  I promise

Day 1: Goal Setting & Accountablity

It seems like yesterday I was sitting in the classroom at Delta College in Stockton taking my first "apparel design" class.   It was actually a very long time ago.  It's taken me nearly 25 years to take a REAL step of faith to actually do that which I felt God calling me to do all those years ago. 

As I read Proverbs 31 as a young wife, mother and idealist, I knew that there were two things in that passage that really grabbed my heart.  #1, the "perfect wife" was a clothing designer and #2, she was a Realtor (I haven't figured out yet which association she belonged to).  I have danced around those two things for all this time! And yes, I also learned that her primary calling is to follow God in all His ways and to be a reflection of Him to her husband, children and community!

Today I begin my journey toward achieving what I have been dreaming about for years.  I'm asking God for his divine blessing and direction.  I'm asking you to hold me accountable to pursue with passion the gifts and talents that God has entrusted to me in this arena and to invite your family and friends on the journey as well. 


Here are my goals:

1. Have 10 samples posted on my blog and Etsy website by February 15th.  
2. Send my "home made gifts" to those on my Facebook status post their gift by March 1, 2011.
3. Send Shelly her gift for Bree by February 22, 2011.
4. Post a blog entry at least once a week to update you on my progress.
5. Begin my savings account for my updated machines (Husquvarna Viking  Diamond & a Serger) because things have changed a LOT since the wonderful little 1959 Singer Slant-o-Matic that I currently work on!  (Thanks to my wonderful Mother for instilling a love for sewing in me when I was 3 years old! She made virtually everything I wore including the formals I wore for all of my proms and other formal events.  She taught herself to sew on the machine I use!)


Thanks again for sharing the journey with me!  I look forward to many exciting adventures and I trust God to guide my direction.

Jeremiah 29:11