Defining Desire

Today is my 8th Anniversary… yes, it has actually been 8 years!

 
July 22, 2000

There is only one happiness in life — to love and to be loved. ~George Sand

Interesting tidbits about the 8th Anniversary:

• Traditional gifts have a theme of Bronze and Pottery.
• Contemporary gifts have a theme of Lace and Linen.
• The Flower associated with this anniversary is the Clematis.
• The Gemstones associated with this anniversary are Aventurine and Multi-colored Tourmaline.

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Ever wonder what a day in the life of a small business owner is like?  How about a small business owner that has adorable and adventurous boy/girl toddler twins?  Curious?

If so, come follow me on Twitter.  You will discover that my sons likes to take the space bar off of my laptop (which makes it VERY difficult to type), my daughter likes to sing and dance, you will learn the daily joys and struggles of running a small business and much more - secret specials, notification of new products, etc.  Come follow me!

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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
~Theodore Roosevelt

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Here, at the Downtown Bellevue 6th Street Fair.
Friday, July  25th to Sunday,July 27th.

We had a great time at last year’s event and are looking forward to the fair this year!  If you are in the Bellevue area, be sure to stop by our booth #B14, which is along the pedestrian corridor (near the food).

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Want to beat the Juggernaut of your Fantasy Football League?

Well, Mashable came up with a list of over 30 tools for you to assist!

Here is a rundown of my favorites:

CBS Fantasy News - News, Projections, Rankings, Trends, and much more!

FantasyFootball.com - Articles, Player News and Analysis, and Draft Planner, and more.

Fantasy Football Whiz - New, news, and more football news.

Fantasy Football Xtreme -  Player Spotlights, Weekly Projections, a Mock Draft Tool, and lots of advice.

Fantasy Football Today - Articles, Rankings and Projections, and news.  Also, if you need extra help they offer a Cheatsheet Compiler and Draft Buddy.  Who couldn’t use a draft buddy?

Fantasy Football Toolbox - Lots and lots of FREE Fantasy Football information!

Screaming Sports - Have more than one Fantasy Football Team?  This sites lets you manage all from here!

Sport Grumblings - Articles, Player News, lots of FREE Tools, and more.

You are probably thinking this post is a little off - no soap, no crafty goodness, no quotes, no business talk… what is going on??  Well, generally, I am the “assistant coach” to my hubby on his Fantasy Football Team.  One year in fact, their was a deal that whoever drafted a certain player (who shall not be named) that I would be that team’s assistant coach (hubby drafted him - whew).  So, I was going to do this write-up just for my hubby’s League, but thought… why not post it here?

photo credit: theSuperStar

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This is a beautiful necklace by Tulips Treasure Box.

The description of this piece of art (from Tulips Treasure Box) is:
Beaded 18mm Vintage Indicolite (color) Faceted Cabochon. Hundreds of tiny Seed Beads woven together around the focal center (cabochon) to create the bursting effect. The bead woven necklace in matching colors ends with a Swarovski Wavy Button Clasp!

 Tulips Treasure Box also has a blog called Tulips Talking, where she discusses her Etsy store, favorite recipes, other creative bloggers, and the many groups she belongs to.  All in all a great read!

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I have been thinking long and hard about my favorite creation for this weeks EtsyBloggers’ Blog Carnival.  But it is just so hard to come up with one… so here are a few:

Nahia Creations

Of course, one of my favorite and ongoing creations is my business, Nahia Creations.  It gives me a huge challenge that I need in my every day life.  It gives me a wonderful creative outlet and keeps me up-to-dae on business trends.

Fun and playful bath goodies I made for Easter.  I love experimenting!!

I love this photo that I took in Spain.

Halloween costumes I made for the kiddos in October 2007.

Of course, this is a a joint project with my husband and rightfully so, we are quite proud!

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The other day I got this link from my BFF.  She knows that I have lots and lots of ideas in my head all of the time.  And, yes, I need to write them down and get them out of my head and onto paper.  So, this past weekend, I did it.  I got a notebook to write down all of my random ideas, in no particular order.  The idea is to just get the information out of my head.  Funny, even though I told myself this should lack organization, I am still organizing the notebook.  Oh well, it is a start!

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I am part of a great group called the EtsyBloggers.  Every month, we are asked to blog about our featured member… this month’s member is A Keeper’s Jackpot.

By day, this jewelry designer works as a medical technologists.  She loves to do beaded jewelry, wire wrapping, wire crochet, and polymer clay.  She has recently expanded her interests to decoupage.  She loves her customers and is delighted to do custom orders.  A Keeper’s Jackpot’s also has a blog, which can be found here.  On her blog, you can find help Etsy tutorials, information about current projects, and the beautiful Adirondacks.  Below are a few of my favorites from her store:

Brown Beaded Wire Bracelet

Bird Nest Crocheted Wire Bracelet

Red Bookworm Bookmark

Cold Hearted

As you can see, A Keeper’s Jackpot has a a large selection of wonderful items!

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Donna Marie, Indie Beauty Network, has put together an amazing campaign against the FDA Globalization Act of 2008.  Don’t know what I am talking about?  Watch the video below and then sign the petition HERE.

If this law passes it will effect everyone making, selling, supporting, and buying handmade personal and beauty products (this includes soap, cosmetics, lotion, etc.).  Let’s band together and make sure this doesn’t happen!  We want choices!  We want to support small business!  Support your Indie Business and sign the petition.

You can help spread the word by sending this link to your friends/colleagues.

Don’t forget to sign the petition!

To read the draft of the proposed law follow this link.

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