CNY Etsy Team Treasury

I'm happy to be involved with a new "regional" Etsy Team! I hope to get to know some arts/crafts people around Central New York. Here is an Etsy treasury that lists some samples of some of the CNY Etsians.

Long Time No Post...

Wow, it has been more than a month since I posted here! Well, by other posts you probably know where I had been. You guessed right! I was busy getting my Project 31 Studio up and running. And recently, in the past 2 days, I posted my first listings on Etsy! Yes, finally! I actually feel a ton of weight off of my shoulders.

Remember a while ago I asked for prayer? Well, thanks for praying! It was a rough time for me to get this Project 31 studio started. It wasn't just the business side of things. It was more spiritual. I knew that God wanted me to do this for Him. This is a ministry not just a business. The point of doing this is to spread the Word in the arts/crafts world. This is not easy. I think God's point of doing this is also for me to learn to depend on Him. And that, I learned. For the past couple of months, all the sermons keep pointing me back to Him and to the original reason of why I'm doing this. During the middle to the end of a week, I would fall back into the trap of running a business to make money. Then God turns my mind around every Sunday. So I struggled with this constantly. Paul said to renew your mind daily. I learned this lesson again. If I don't focus on the LORD and lean on Him, I get selfish and think worldly.

Well, those of you who are reading this blog, I ask that you keep praying for me to lean on Him and do good work and for those who I will come in contact with in the art/craft world to know Him. Thank you!!

Crochet Dolls

I'm very happy to introduce my friend Celia's Etsy shop to you all! It's called Homemade Zen. She makes the cutest crochet dolls/animals! (Just look at this darling elephant!) Check it out at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5687712.