Showing posts with label my craft channel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label my craft channel. Show all posts

Friday, October 07, 2011

stay the course


The truth is I'm writing this post for myself more than anything else.

Yesterday made my head hurt. It gave me a dull ache behind my eyes and bungled up all my thoughts so I couldn't put two and two together. You know these days?

And quite frankly, at midnight last night I really wanted to be done.

But I couldn't be done because I was helping a friend on some graphics she needed first thing in the morning. I was committed.

When I say I wanted to be done, I mean, I wanted to be done for the evening and for good.  I had hit that point when you want to just throw all your hard work in the trash and eat yourself a bunch of calories. Preferably in the form of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey.

There's always that certain tipping point when you start to wonder why you are doing what you are doing and what you are getting out of it and if it is all worth it.

My parents always said, "Don't give up what you want most, for what you want now."  Every time I hit that tipping point they would say this to me. So now, as an adult, it pops into my head, like Bob Marley's ghost, when I want to give up.

These are the sorts of things that parents do to their children that can put them into therapy.

But the truth of this particular mantra has been proven to me time and time again.

And so I have decided to stay the course. I'm not going walk away from everything I really want because right now I can barely keep my crap together.

I am not going to eat that Ben and Jerry's and ruin my hard work at the gym.

But I am going to have a Dove chocolate and waste a half hour on Pintrest.

So there.

AND......

My first show airs today on My Craft Channel. I'm a little freaked out that my geekiness is being exposed. So watch, but don't judge. Being in front of a camera is not my cup o' tea. I stumble over my words a lot, but my nails look fabulous.






Wednesday, July 27, 2011

my craft channel


So. I have a new project. But then again, don't I always have a new project? I swear. I'm a total project addict.

Anywho,  I'm really excited about this one.  I was asked by the producers at My Craft Channel to host a DIY jewelry show. And of course I said yes. Of course I did.

So starting this fall you will be able to hop on over to My Craft Channel and see all kinds of super fun creative people making cool stuff and teaching you how to do it.

The big website is yet to launch but you can read all about My Craft Channel and the people involved on their blog.

Also, they are giving away a Cricut everyday for twenty days as they announce their teachers. Isn't that amazing? Every. Single. Day.  You could win.

Here's how to enter:

The actual GIVEAWAY is being hosted on the My Craft Channel BLOG.  to win, you need to do ONE of the following things: (or you can do ALL of them and enter MULTIPLE times!)
1.     Like Secondsister Jewelry!! I have a facebook page … Make sure to leave a comment on The Craft Channel blog telling them you liked my FB page.
2.     LIKE My Craft Channel on Facebook and then leave a comment on their blog letting them know you did!
3.     Like Cricut on Facebook, and tell them Secondsister sent you… 
4.     Share the news link this post in a post on your blog and if no blog, share w/ 5 of your favorite creative friends, give them a link to this post and leave a comment on the MCC blog
5.     Facebook, tweet, or BLOG about Secondsister being involved with MCC, and then (again) leave a comment on the MCC blog so you are entered to win!!  (my twitter handle is @secondsister)

Good luck! I'm hoping someone I know wins a Cricut!  I'll keep you posted as to when my shows will air.

Now go and do something creative. Or if not creative, fulfilling.

http://mycraftchannelblog.blogspot.com/