Day 5 of the 7 day Bizzie Challenge

I am a blogger slacker! I have been so busy with trying to meet this challenge, that I have neglected writing on my blog. So before I fill you in on the last 4 days of the challenge, let me start off with IT'S MONDAY AGAIN! Mondays and I do not mix well. We are like oil and water. If it were possible, I would kick Monday out of the week.
I had an order to ship this morning. I get it all packaged nice, box taped nice and tight and I'm getting ready to attach my labels when I look over and there is my Thank you card laying on the bed NEXT to the box. Nope, not in it where it is supposed to be! Start over, unseal the box and open it, then back to resealing. I get my packaged mailed, I come home and am in desperate need of printing more business cards. I want to tweek the design on them. So I open my template and design this great card. I print, and it doesn't line up. I re adjust, re print, nope, doesn't line up. Now, I notice a color I'm not crazy about, so I hit previous to go back and change.......I lose the whole thing!!!!!!!! NOW I have to start over. My next lesson in business cards is this: My husband got a great deal at Sams Club on 1,000 business cards. I prefer Avery. These are not. I try them, and guess what....DULL!! The colors are so dull it's unreal. I jump in my car and head to the store to get my Avery cards. They are out. So I try this 'other' brand that promises guarenteed quality. Why not? I'll tell you why, one step up from the duds, but still dull! $5 down the drain. I've learned my lesson. I have saved my business card project and refuse to print until I go fetch my Avery Business Cards. Monday's hate me, I hate them.
So back to the challenge. I have made an item a day. I have listed an item a day and kept up with this 7 day challenge on my Etsy Threadkiller Team. It has been so great seeing all the participation and excitement. I am on such a wonderful and supportive team. I am going to share the last 4 items I listed since I already shared the first. Enjoy the rest of your Monday everyone!

The 7 Day Creative Challenge

So, one of my Teamies on Etsy, challenged us to a 7 day, make and list a new item challenge. Today is day 1 of our challenge and at 2 :30 a.m this morning, I finished my first days challenge. I am always up for a good challenge and was working hard on getting inventory up so I would be ready for fall and the holiday season, so this was perfect for me. It does mean long hours, as my product takes a long time to make, but I think I will succeed with this challenge as I do not lose.
What's great about this is, I am a person who loves to set personal goals and challenge myself. This fits into my goals for my store and will push me that much harder to succeed. So thanks BizzieLizzie! Maybe I will see a rise in sales due to this and can then buy the black and white purse that Bizzie has in her store that I have been eyeing for awhile now. One can hope.
Attaching images of my first day, '7 Day Bizzie Challenge' item. Good luck to me and my Teamies, EtsyThreadkillers!

Happy 4th of July!

Let me start off by thanking all men and women of our military branches who are currently serving and those that have served before them. I would also like to recognize the families of these brave men and women as well. THANK YOU!
I have to give kudos to Kings Island this year for their 4th of July extraveganza. This holiday weekend, all military men and women were admitted for free. They also had a 2 day event of fireworks which was a really great display on Saturday and Sunday. I live within 3 miles of Kings Island, so I was able to watch the weekend event both nights. I can see almost all of the fireworks from my back deck, so the first night this is where we watched them. On night two, we drove to a parking lot right by the park, so we could be up close and personal to them. Both displays of fireworks were about 20 minutes long. I thought they really did a fine job in honoring those who serve our Country and what Independece Day is all about. Without our military and the sacrifices of those brave men, women and their families, we would not have the freedoms that we do.