Life for a Glassblowing family in the summer....

Little Miss Infinite Cosmos and her daddy (Todd)

can be pretty laid back. We get up, make some coffee, give the animals some food/love, check and answer emails, pack up orders that need to be sent out that day, graze in the garden, hang out by the river, Todd goes to "work" (to the shop :-)...what I'm getting at is that we are not schedule people. We don't get up to an alarm clock every morning, we don't have a boss telling us we need to be in the office by a certain time and that sort of thing. Running an online shop takes dedication and a certain amount of discipline and I have to admit, my friends, that the latter is something I greatly lack at times. When I first started getting into blogging, I really tried to make it part of daily routine and use it as a way for our customers/fans/friends to get a closer look into our world. But then I realized that blogging ISN'T EASY! Well I guess it can be easy but what isn't easy (for me, at least) is being consistent with it and really making your blog visible to people who would want to read it....That in itself is like a full time job! My hat goes off to all of you who find the time to run a successful online/etsy shop AND maintain a blog! What I mean to say, folks, is that I'm sorry for being a neglectful blogger once again (I think I've apologized for this already but that's ok!)
So anyways, let me catch you up to speed on what's been happening with us since last we spoke. For the most part, the summer has been pretty laid back (as I mentioned earlier) and we have been selling down at the Eugene Saturday Market and of course, maintaining our etsy shop. Todd has been busy with lots and lots of custom orders and a few wholesale orders as well, which has been great. I have been doing my best to be a really useful engine (yes, we watch too much Thomas the Tank Engine in this household!) so I just try to keep all emails answered, promote online whenever I have a free moment, and keep the etsy shop stocked to the gills!
Oh and to any of you who stop into my fabric shop on etsy, you may have noticed that it's looking a little bare in there these days. That is because I am finally starting to run dangerously low on my hemp fabrics *sniffle*. It's so sad!! I really hate to see my seemingly endless supply dwindle to a few measly yards per bolt! But on the bright side, my bamboo fabric order is in the works (just finished being milled!) and it should be about another month before I have it in my possession and ready to sell! I'm so excited! I have also started looking around for more hemp fabrics too. I'd like to keep a large supply of both hemp and bamboo to start with and then slowly add in more and more new knit soy and possibly organic cotton fabrics.
I also tried a new and exciting craft last month with my best frien Gillianne (her etsy shop is Indigo Inspired, check her out!! She has some amazing hemp and organic cotton clothing!). We had a batiking party (ok so it was just me, her and her roommate so it wasn't a huge party or nothin')! It was so much fun and I made a couple really cute flags.


Here's our inspiration, Indigo (I'm somewhere in the background!)


It was so fun!! I want to do it again soon.
For the most part, our summer has mostly been hanging out at the river or in the garden all day with brief intervals of work here and there. But hey, that's fine with me! I wouldn't have it any other way :-)