Holiday Season In Full Swing

The holiday season is in full swing. The days seem to be a blur. I cant seem to find any spare minute to get my shop updated. My product total has dwindled to the low 30's and the prospect of finding time to make additional product seems unlikely. My home computer is still suffering from a terrible virus and so work is my only access. I am hoping the holiday break gives me time to gear up for the spring season. I have some new products I cant wait to show you all. Back to work now.

Etsy is going very well for me. Considering the time I am able to put in (which isnt much) I am getting a great return. I look for fabrics and patterns that I can imagine in my own botique and then I find something to create with them. I consider myself a creator not an artist. I cannot paint, draw, sing or dance. I just take ordinary everyday things and try and make them passionate....which brings me to my name..PolkaDotPassions. I love Polka Dots. Polka dot everything! Purses, socks, folders, sheets, picture frames, cards, wrapping paper, clothes, pens! It doesnt matter what it is...it will look even better with polka dots on it. My polka dot passion started with a book bag. I was getting ready to start my student teaching and I found a polka dot backpack. I knew teaching was going to be tough but I though..hey how sad or angry can I really be if i carry a polka dot book bag. Needless to say the kids loved it and so began the polka dot craze. The passionate part stems from a deeper part of myself. I have had times in my life where I just woke up, went through the day and went to sleep. Nothing was exciting, nothing to look forward too, just breathing eating and sleeping. I accepted that life was just the way it is. I smiled yes, and even had a good time here and there but I was sleep walking. I wasnt passionate about anything. Through some choices of my own and some I had no control over I now live a totally different life. I now look for passion in everything! Passion in slow Sunday afternoons and on hectic Monday mornings. Passion in the things I disagree with and the ones that I embrace. I try and remind myself to stop and enjoy moments and not to rush through even the boring days. Passion can be for things you love or things you protest. Either way it is powerful and without it life is a long tired place. PolkaDotPassions is for the passionate things that we love. The color pink, warm winter boots, christmas lights, hot coffee, fresh flowers, childrens laughter, kindness of strangers, companionship of friends, movie nights, beach days, writing wishes in the sand, holidays, yard sales, clearance racks, classic novels, new music. The list can go on forever. If you find yourself without a list, without a passion, do the best you can to remember one. I suggest a Dr. Suess book or The Little Prince. Something to take you back to when you were a child and passion was all there was.

This time I'll follow through.....I hope

This is yet another attempt at starting and maintaining a blog. I have been inspired by a fellow etsian to start up this blog again. I went ahead and deleted all the old posts because I want a clean start. For the most part Im going to stick to Etsy related topics but Im sure from time to time I will wonder into other aspects of my life. I live with my awsome fiance who tolerates all that comes with creating. I stumbled across Etsy while looking for cool unique gifts for my bridesmaids. I found them! I bought each of my brides"maids" aprons from SassyApron. I was then inspired to take my own creative ideas and display them on Etsy. Months later I have created a shop I am proud of and friends all over the world! I hope that someday I will find more time to dedicate to my shop and make it more then just a hobby.