When you wish upon a goal....

When it comes to your life, do you make wishes or do you make goals? Because there's a difference!

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They both start with the same thing: a vision! But making a goal involves taking actionable steps towards making your vision a reality. A wish is just Hopefulness without feet to take it anywhere!

One of the ways you can help your wish become a goal become a REALITY is just taking the time to write it down. Check out some of these cute ways to record your goals:

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When I started my little shop over a year ago, I had one goal: Make enough profit to go to Starbucks once a week and not feel guilty about it :). I'm excited to say, I've hit 150 sales!

And thanks to my handy spreadsheet, I actually know how much I've made :)

For about a year before I actually opened up shop, I sat around wishing I owned an etsy shop. Wishing, and wondering if I could really do it. Does this sound like you? Write down what you want to happen, and then start taking baby steps!

What about you? Have you made (or reached!) any goals lately?

PS: Have you entered my giveaway here?

My Most Favoritest Store

This week's inspiration workshop prompt from Gussy is "Your Favorite Store". Easy!

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The Paper Source is where I could spend my entire paycheck, or at the very least, browse for hours on end - never tiring of all the eye candy!

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They have everything from DIY kits:

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to beautiful papers:

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to fancy hole punches:

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to darling rubber stamps:

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The last time I was there, I bought two stamps and made these sweet mini cards with them:

Holy cow! Just talking about this store makes me wish I was there RIGHT NOW! 

What's your shopping addiction?

PS: You can win some paper lovelies... enter my giveaway here!

I wish I could.....

.... paint. 

Do you ever wish you were good at something? My brother's girlfriend Lindsay is a crazy talented artist - she does paint and collage and uses interesting "canvases" like chestnut trees. 

When we were in Maine this summer, we went to a local cafe that was showcasing her work:

I love her creativity! Here she is with my brother:

Lindsay has an etsy shop and a website too.

What do you wish you could do?

 

Tickle Me Tuesdays, 35th edition

Welcome to the latest edition of Tickle Me Tuesdays, where we all share what's been tickling our fancy!

If you'd like to participate (and you know you do!!), here are the rules:
  

1. Write a short post with anywhere from one to five items that have been tickling your fancy recently. Please include pictures and links :)

2. Make sure to link back to the party in your blog post (you can grab the button or include a text link)

3. Come back here and link up your blog post!  

4. Visit some other links and HAVE FUN!

Fall Felt Headband from Love Maude

Fabric Coated Jar from Dottie Angel

Love Bird Messenger Clutch from i Fashion Lady

Now it's your turn! What's been tickling your fancy?

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Sponsorship Giveaway! **CLOSED**

Yep! I'm giving away a "Teacher's Pet" package: one 250 x 150 large ad spot for the month of October. You'll get your own feature post (with optional giveaway) as well as tweets and shout-outs promoting your products! (If you don't have a button for your store, I can help you make one!)

Blog sponsorships can be a great way to boost traffic and sales to your shop. Many of my past sponsors have reported very positive experiences with their advertising on this here ol' blog :).

So without further ado, here's what you need to do to enter the giveaway:

Mandatory entry:

Leave a comment and tell me why you want to win/what you'd like to promote.

Extra entries (optional):

+1 Follow my blog via GFC

+1 Like me on Facebook

+1 Follow me on Twitter

+1 (each) Share this giveaway on Twitter, Facebook, or your blog

(Sample tweet: Whoa!! @yes_teacher is giving away a large sponsorship spot on her blog! http://tiny.cc/kjt1e )

Good luck! Giveaway ends 9/20 at 11:59 PM. Winner will be emailed and announced here!

My goal today

My plans today aren't anywhere near as fun as they were last Saturday... This is what I'll be doing today:

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What about you?

Friends Forever

It would be super nice if I had the kind of life where friends would drop by my place all the time, unannounced.

But, this isn't a T.V show, and my college years are long gone. Instead, my friends are spread out all over the country and many of them live inside my computer (haha!). Thank goodness I married my best friend or I would be the crazy cat lady.... ahem.

Still, there are times when I really wish I had local friends that I could call up to go shopping or out for a bite to eat. Getting together with friends from work has been difficult, and there's only one other person I've befriended since moving to Texas.

It doesn't help that I'm rather introverted to begin with... and tend to do better hanging out with just one or two other people at a time!

I absolutely love blogging, and I cherish the personal connections that I've made from it! There are times, though.... times when I miss the face-to-face interaction.... ya know?

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