Well, wouldn’t ya know it? Day two and I’ve already missed a day. I must be rusty.
I was accepted to be a vendor at a market in February. One of my goals for 2024 was to try my luck at vendor markets. I didn’t work too hard at it, but things are already improving in that department this year. I’m hopeful that something will come of it.
I kind of gave up on blogging in the middle of summer last year. I thought I was doing all right, posting something – anything – every day until I just wasn’t anymore. I’m going to try to make it just a little bit further along this year.
The rules will remain pretty much the same: just post something – anything. Thinking about it too much will just hinder me. Overthinking it will cut the journey short. Without putting too much worry into it, I’m going to attempt to post something every day of 2025.
I’m not sure that there’s a goal outside of this. For the last few months, I’ve been telling myself that I should start blogging again. I tried to find the Bloganuary writing prompts for this year but couldn’t. Oddly enough, I found people’s responses to the Bloganuary prompts for 2025 but they didn’t link back to where I might be able to find them. No matter, really, I’ll just do my own thing.
2024 was a great year. A lot of positive things happened in my life. Growth. Without placing too much expectation on 2025, I certainly do hope that this trajectory remains upward.
I want SANA to become self-sufficient. Somehow, I need to find the time to put the work in. There are so many ideas swimming around in my head about what I could do. Reining things in and planning things out should help.
One thing at a time. This, for everything.
And, so, 2025 begins.
In today’s video, I turn a Cigar pen using Brown Mallee Burl. This one has a special inlay of crushed flower petals from a wedding we went to last year. This pen is a gift from the wife to her husband on their anniversary. I have got to say, I’m quite pleased with this one.
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It was actually only 57 keychains. That’ll be our little secret.
We went to the pop up market today. We sold one pen. We bought many things. It was good we went.
Witness the creation of a captivating Voyager ballpoint pen crafted from a mesmerizing pink lemonade blank. This lathe work video offers a glimpse into the transformation process, showcasing the manipulation of the poly resin blank as it takes shape on the lathe. The vibrant, translucent qualities of the pink lemonade blank, complemented by the matte black pearl hardware, are brought to life through the turning process, creating a truly unique and eye-catching writing instrument.
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I got to the shop today. It felt great.
I have to learn bookkeeping.
I took a finance course in high school but have since lost my notes.
I’m even thinking that I might need to take a course or find a book about how to run a small business. Some guidance would be good for me, because I’m at a point where I need some help.
I have to do some research.
I’m trying to run a Mother’s Day sale and am unsure of how to do it. I made up some Instagram posts with Adobe Express and then posted them to Instagram.
Nothing so far.
It’s hard, this learning. It’s hard, keeping motivated. It’s hard, the idea of not trying.
I’ve accepted that the pencil boxes will require glue to hold them together. Either, the joints are too tight, making it too difficult to assemble, or they’re loose enough to fit together nicely, but won’t stay together. Glue fixes the second problem. The first one is not as easily overcome.
I took some pictures of the latest tea light lantern, one with the bouquet of daisies. I like this one. There’s a beauty in its simplicity. There is always beauty in well-executed simplicity.
The evening went by quickly. It was good to get a few things done.
