Get ready to pull out a little holly and jolly because Joye from Joyefulart is joining us today. She’s got a beautiful handmade necklace to give. She’s also got some great words about simplifying and facing fear.
Joye, how do you overcome fear in your creative business and life?
I’m so thankful for the current sponsors at Making This Home. They’re creating some really beautiful things, and I hope you are able to go check out their sites. Here we go!
(If you are interested in becoming a sponsor yourself, I’d love to welcome you. Please visit this page for more information.)
The Borrowed Abode is a blog offering rental-friendly decor and organization solutions to both renters and homeowners alike. Having rented more than 11 spaces in only 9 years, Jane’s had to make do with all sorts of quirky living spaces. Creating small-space storage solutions, decorating rented homes, turning trash to treasure, building furniture to fit odd spaces – these are just some of the projects that Jane tackles and shares on the blog. And she’s doing it all while trying to make the world a better place, through simplifying, upcycling, and shopping for fair trade goods. Jane shares her borrowed abode with her boyfriend Ryan, as well as two cats and two dogs. You’ll love Jane’s blogging space and tweets.
Congrats to our winner of a piece of Kelly’s beautiful new photography… Danielle!
I’ll be back later with a pumpkin pancake recipe we’re loving, shop update, and some new handmade goals and projects for the month. Meanwhile the neighbor and I are off to town for the voting booths. What are you up to?
I’m so happy to introduce you to another beautiful handmade artist today. Kelly of ekovisions is a photographer. She has such an incredible ability to soften the colors of her work and really make everything pop in such a unique way. I really like introducing you to new artists and small business women. Not only is Kelly both of those, but she’s just now launching the two together. (Huge cheers to you, Miss Kelly!)
Here’s what you need to do. Grab a postcard. It could be any postcard. Still have a few floating around from a family vacation to Disney Land a few years ago? Perfect. Now send it to someone. Connect your thoughts to the postcard’s image, or just write a big howdy and an I love you!
If your name is Jul, perhaps these are the very postcards you’ll want to send. Congrats to our winner! She says, “I think I’d write to my grandmother, too. Just tell her about what I’m doing with my day. She writes such great letters, full of tiny every day observations – I’d try to repay her a tiny little bit for the wonderful letters she writes to me.”
I’m feeling incredibly inspired today, and I think that after you meet Hayley, a beautiful expat and small business owner, you will be, too. Hayley lives in Strasbourg, France. It’s right along the border of France and Germany. She runs a sweet little etsy shop called The Hope Tree filled with her vintage French finds, and she shares a lot of beautiful wisdom about celebrating the beauty of whatever you have. She also has some vintage European treats to give away.
I’m an American splitting life between a 480 square foot apartment in Berlin, Germany and – get this – a house made of old tires in the Rocky Mtns.
This blog chronicles the journey of Making This Home.Meet Katie.
