Late last night, inspiration stuck in a rather aggravating way. It must have been a few days since I saw the young man on the subway holding his iPod in its little cloth bag and thought “Hmm, I could make and sell those.” And it’s been over a week since I had the same thoughts [...]
Entries Tagged as 'sewing, quilting, & crafting'
Open yourself to opportunity and inspiration–Mrs. Micah’s mini-business plan
October 29th, 2007 · 22 Comments · alternative income & freelance, career & self improvement, sewing, quilting, & crafting
Tags: business·case·fabric·inspiration·iPod·opportunity·seamstress·sewing, quilting, & crafting·tailoring
Self-actualizing Sunday (or weekend, but the other is alliterative)
October 28th, 2007 · No Comments · alternative income & freelance, books & book reviews, sewing, quilting, & crafting, writing
Today I took some good steps towards my goals.
First, I handed over the turkey costume to my coworker who commissioned it. I now consider that $50 to be mine, fair and square (especially since she liked it!).
I actually went coat-shopping with it, to see if I could find a ready-made coat at some thrift places [...]
Tags: ·alternative income & freelance·curtains·sewing, quilting, & crafting·writing
Mrs. Micah–future stay-at-home mom?
October 22nd, 2007 · 23 Comments · alternative income & freelance, personal finance & money management, sewing, quilting, & crafting, writing
I read some good blog posts recently which got me thinking about what I plan to do with my life, especially if/when Mr. Micah and I have kids. I suppose it was also started off by the “If I were debt free” meme.
Mr. Micah has pretty much figured out what he wants to do with [...]
Tags: alternative income & freelance·binary·career·college·flexible·home·homeschool·kids·mom·stay-at-home
Couple quick updates
October 14th, 2007 · 3 Comments · blogging tips & blog updates, personal finance & money management, sewing, quilting, & crafting
Two updates:
First, I joined the wpersonal finance network for female personal finance bloggers. It looks exciting, it just started up so I’m not sure where it’ll go. There have been posts in the past on the high number of influential male PF bloggers. I’m not joining this to spite the men, but to bond with [...]
Tags: blogging·coat·network·personal finance & money management·sewing, quilting, & crafting·women·wpersonalfinance
Met one of October’s Goals
October 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments · alternative income & freelance, banking & savings, sewing, quilting, & crafting, writing
I forgot to mention a couple days ago when I completed one of October’s goals. I was close when I bought the domain, but I completed it when my most recent article about Migrating Your Blog to Wordpress was published on Associated Content. (One of the best ways to get writing ideas is to think [...]
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