I told you a bit earlier that I’d be back! I posted the version of this that I doodled in my sketchbook, but wanted to also share the digital version of this idea with you. Here she is, folks!

I made some tweaks but the general concept and content are the same. More on the things sparking joy this month:

Tacos - because tacos.
Peach tea - I’m saying goodbye to soda and coffee and renewing my love with tea is helping with that. Some peach tea with a little honey and splash of milk? Fuhgedaboudit. Delish.
Off Planet by Aileen Erin - Okay, okay…maybe I’m a tiny bit biased. But this book is good, guys. No - scratch that - it’s great. I’m on my second read. And, hey, Joss Whedon’s taking time out to read it. Be like Joss.
Cricut Explore Air 2 - I’m having fun working on test products for the soon-to-be shop. I’m also enjoying not cutting my fingers off! Win-win.

Those are a few things I’m loving currently. In the interest of transparency: I have only seen one episode of Tidying Up and I was kind of meh about it. Marie Kondo is a boss though. And I have fully embraced the tag line.

TWO MORE DAYS, GUYS! We can do this. TTYS.

On my march towards opening my Etsy store (coming soon - hopefully), I’ve been in total prep mode. My main focus has been on making sure I have quality content and products for the store. But, to do that, I also needed some tools to aid in making inventory.

I know that part of what I want to do it offer prints, stickers and maybe even vinyl decals. I could order them from a manufacturer directly, but after researching that option, it seemed to be cost prohibitive. I’m just starting out - I can’t (and don’t want to) charge people $10 for a sheet of stickers.

Enter this guy:

Through the beauty of the Facebook Market, I was able to snag a Martha Stewart edition Cricut Express Air 2 for dirt cheap. Someone was given it as a gift, tried it a couple times and realized it wasn’t something they’d use on a regular basis, so they decided to part with it and make a little money back.

I’m still in the very early stages of learning how to use this baby but I’m excited. Thankful for videos like this one from Catherine Kay (aka Katnipp) that soften the learning curve.

How gorg are those golden Martha Stewart edition Cricut tools? Way gorg.

So, I did a thing - that thing specifically. And hopefully it’ll help me bring quality items to customers while keeping prices reasonable.