Showing posts with label Crafter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crafter. Show all posts

Is That Yarn... Alive?

I was taking a long and leisurely stroll through Facebook one day, when I spotted a photo in my Etsy group that gave me a case of the giggles. I may have even snorted a bit, but that's neither here nor there.


Perhaps the only people who would find this meme so comical are the yarn crafters who have lived this very experience. I tend to believe that every yarn crafter has done it.

C'mon Yarnies, even if you haven't squashed a piece of yarn under your foot, you know you've at least tiptoed around one while trying to ascertain if it had legs!

But here's the question of the day... have you ever done the opposite?

One recent day my family left to run some errands around town, while I stayed behind in service to my housework: changing linens, doing laundry, straightening up untidy rooms, etc. You know the drill.

Several times I passed over a small fragment of brown yarn on the bedroom carpet. I paid it no mind, knowing that I would eventually suck it up into the vacuum. However, each time I passed it, this meme came to mind and I chuckled.

Once or twice I even spoke to the thing, saying "You are not a bug, you are just a piece of yarn".

Until one passing, when my foot grazed the thing, and it wiggled!!

It was not a small fragment of brown yarn, but a small brown worm! It had apparently escaped the confines of a nearby potted plant, whose soil had come directly from my summer garden.

Where's the meme for that?


Let Me Introduce Myself

It's Nice To Meet You

Howdy y'all, I'm Staceemaree. Actually, that's a creative spelling of my real name, but it suits me, and I like it, so I use it everywhere. I have a personal profile on all the major social networks. Although I often forget about my Instagram, and my Twitter is nothing more than a boring commentary on the television series' that I binge watch... over and over again. You may also find my feeds dotted with posts about anxiety and depression because, well... such is life.



For various reasons, it's always been very difficult for me to find work outside of the home, and living on one income in a tumultuous economy has always meant that if I wanted something frivolous or decorative, I had to learn to make it myself! This includes jewelry, artwork and wall decor, holiday decorations and gift items, place mats, pillows, curtains... yada yada yada. This led me to become quite crafty and imaginative.

When new medical conditions drastically changed the circumstances of our lifestyle, I struggled to find a way to bring in a little extra income. That's when I realized that if you can't find a job that's right for you, then you make the job that's right for you.

My nest is nearly empty now, and this, of course, leaves me with a lot more time to devote to my hobbies and creative endeavors. I maintain various blogs and Facebook pages about family life ... nature & photography ... genealogy & history ... and now... crafting.

I opened Stacee's Random Whatnot on Etsy a few years ago, during a difficult financial crisis. It surely wasn't a quick fix, but every day that I spend creating, networking, and marketing is a step closer to a successful home business.

If you have an Etsy shop too, I'd love for you to leave a comment here on this blog post with your shop link, and a little something about yourself!