2015 Is Bringing BIG Changes!

A New Year is coming, and it's bringing BIG changes!

For the past several months, I've been creating small projects for my Close To My Heart business, and posting them here.  While I have enjoyed the process greatly, I have come to realize that I am not selling enough Close to My Heart merchandise to support the animals here at the ranch, as I had originally hoped.  I will continue to be a CTMH Consultant, for as long as I can maintain the minimum sales required to do so, but I am now going to be focusing my energies on projects that I will be selling as "Completed Art Pieces".  I have been receiving a lot of encouragement to start selling the finished pieces, and I've decided to give it a go.  

I have been making "something from nothing" for the better part of my life.  My sister and I were "recycling", "upcycling", and "altering" items since long before it became the fashionable thing to do.  Thankfully, I have a barn FULL of items, patiently waiting for their turn to be turned into something FABULOUS!  So, the first items I pulled off the shelf were some old cabinet doors.  I wanted to paint some signs as Christmas gifts, and these old doors were going to make the perfect base.

I apologize for the quality of the pictures in this post.  I took them with my phone and didn't have a chance to get better pictures prior to giving them as gifts.  I will be spending the next few days creating more signs, and will happily post them when they are complete.

I plan to make several of these as Garden signs to sell at an upcoming Spring Sale.

My "Weed or Wish" sign has been very popular.  I need to get some more of these made up! 

I thought this was a lovely sentiment:

Well, that's about all I have for today.  I'd love to get your feedback on my signs.  I'll try to be a little better about posting more often, but between working at JoAnn's, keeping up with the Farm chores, regular household chores, and trying to create items to post (and sell) well, it's a juggling act to be certain!!!  If you are interested in obtaining information about any items you see posted on this blog, please feel free to leave a comment, or email me directly.

Happy New Year, dear friends!!!