Sweet Goosie Girl: Making Things Happen

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January 20, 2014

Personalized Anchor Cookies

Anchors were the first cookies I ever sold on Etsy...

I sure have learned a lot since then...

Last year's motto ended up being "fly by the seat of your pants"...

I didn't set out to choose this...

it just kind of happened...

This year as I'm trying to be more intentional & focused...

(DEFINITELY a work in progress...two steps forward...one step back)

I'm ready to become better...

Last year was hurry up and get it done...

This year I'm trying to really do my best when I decorate...

I want to get back to learning new techniques...

That went by the wayside...

I want to improve upon what I already know how to do...

I don't want to become stagnant...

As Ina Garten says "I'm going to turn up the volume"...

God blessed me with a talent and I need to use it to bring glory to him...

Slow & steady AND progress not perfection!

Have a great day!

January 9, 2014

Crab Cookies

I made these for a Lemon & Lime Event baby shower...

They are amazing event planners in the Maryland area...

and I always love to see their eyecandy...

It's funny when I hear people say that social media sites like Facebook & Instagram

are toxic, full of drama & fake...

They must follow the wrong people!

I'm inspired daily, in all areas of life, whenever I visit those sites...

I get to interact and collaborate with like minded people...

It challenges me...not because I feel like I have to keep up with them...

but because I want to be better than I was yesterday...

I learn from people, see ideas, ways of doing things that I hadn't thought of

and just good ole fashion life...

What's wrong with that?

It's how I met Katey from Lemon & Lime Events!

I'm blessed to have inspiration galore at the tip of my fingers!

Happy Tuesday!

January 7, 2014

The New Year and Martini Cocktail Cookies

Well hello 2014!

How did you get here so fast?

I haven't even had time to sit down and do my Goal Setting 2014 with Lara Casey...

I do know my word that I will be focusing on this year...

Intention...

I'm so tired of just surviving and flying by the seat of my pants...

I don't operate well that way...

The teacher in me likes to have lesson plans

detailing all the events that need to be covered...

having all the copies made, cut out, etc.

I've realized it's the same thing with a business...

You don't have to be crazy all the time...

It definitely takes work to make those lesson plans...

But once their done, the week goes so much smoother...

You actually end up having more time because you're not scrambling...

It's all a work in progress...

But remember changing or tweaking what you don't want/like requires action...

not talking about it...not thinking about it...not praying about it...

it requires doing...just start somewhere!

Cheers to 2014 and doing things with intention!

October 3, 2013

Preppy Pink and Green Octopus Cookies

I know I haven't shared all the things I've learned from my big Emmys job...

It's coming...

These little guys, however, are simple, sweet and super cute...

and even have a little message...

It definitely takes time and discipline to make things happen...

There is no easy solution or shortcut...

Having 8 arms/legs may help but you have to go and do...

Not sit, plan & think...

Going and doing requires energy and hard work...

Dreaming doesn't get you to your end goal...

I think I'm talking more to myself...

I'm constantly having to have that reminder...

(Okay...so there is something that resonated with me during the Emmys process)...

These little pretties would say just START swimming...

January 9, 2013

Processes/Routines

I can remember preplanning week my first year of teaching...

I had my room set up, posters hung...

and my mentor/friend (who had been teaching for 20+ years) came in

and started asking me simple questions like...

Where are the students going to turn in their work?

Have you thought about how your going to pass out/pass in papers?

side to side...front to back?

How do they check out books from the classroom library?

uh...

Things that would happen everyday and I didn't know how they would work...

I came up with processes/routines that would not only help me but my students as well...

I had to tweak & retweak, as the years went on, until I had a smooth sailing vessel...

I'm finding myself in that same preplanning week only this time with a business...

Simple things that happen daily and I don't have a plan...

causing me stress & anxiety not to mention unproductivity...

So little by little I am back to tweaking & retweaking...

It's not something that happens overnight...

It's an ongoing process but it allows me to work smarter rather than harder...

and since that is one of my goals for 2013...I'm all about it!

images via:
Flickr
Teaching With TLC
Pinterest

January 8, 2013

What Fires Me Up

One of the parts of the goal setting that I had to do

is figure out what I want to say yes too more often in 2013...

in other words...what fire me up...

I even had to create a Pinterest board to pin these images & inspiration...

Here's just a few of the things that I am saying yes to more often in 2013:

Clearing the clutter...

(in all aspects)

Keeping it simple...

(everything)

Being well put together...

(because it makes me feel better and look better)

Quality over quantity...

(I use to say this to my students all the time...funny how it's come back in to my life)

DOING instead of just planning/thinking...

(I MUST DO)

Healthy in mind, body, food & spiritual...

(seek God first)

It it easy? No.

Does it take effort? Yes.

I have to look at this list daily so I can keep my mind focused...

Baby steps...

What fires you up?

images via:

The Bottom of the Ironing Basket

Tumblr/Pinterest

January 7, 2013

It's Time To Make Things Happen

Gosh it seems like a long time since I have blogged...

I am so ready to get back in that routine...

maybe not every day but definitely every other...

and not just about cookies...

Of course many posts will showcase the latest confections that I have done...

but I am so much more than sweets...

I just love the new year...

all the energy, goal writing, & inspiration fires me up...

And this year, it is really time to make things happen...

I have been completing Lara Casey's, Making Things Happen, goal setting sessions...

and I am ready to live life with intention, all the while keeping it simple...

Simple...

This word means so much to me...

Clearing the clutter (like the 8 large garbage bags I collected from cleaning out my closet)... quality over quantity...not doing what everyone else is doing...
Focusing on what matters...doing the things that fire me up...
Life is way to short to sit idly and dream/think/plan/wish...