I have not wrote on this blog in 2 years. I have been busy with running a business and life.  It took a bit to figure out what exactly my business was going to focus on when I started since I enjoy making so many crafts but I ended up going with polymer clay as my main medium. I can be quite creative with it which I love. I have expanded from just doing markets to having my items at two stores. Displays for doing markets are DIY that I made with my hubby. Today I worked on updating this site a bit too. I have been trying to at least keep the main page up to date with shows and such. 

Life in general has been going well. I have been dealing with my chronic health issues that honestly makes doing markets and making items rather difficult at times.  I try to push through to get things done but after this weekend's event I am not sure if I will be able to do events outside where I have to setup a tent and all by myself for much longer. I am seeking God on direction for me and my business. 

Yesterday I hade my first vendor both locally. It was a small business Saturday Christmas event. It was a little nerve racking to get ready for but by God I did it. I even made several sales and got a ton of compliment on how nice my items were. I was most excited that someone bought a copy of my book. The jewelry displays are ones I made myself.

I finally was able to get my local business licenses for selling my items. I created an Etsy shop since it's established to increase my sell market. I have plans on making a shop on this website but that's going to take longer to get done. I still need to finish updating some of the pages on this site as it is. 

We have been remodeling our bathroom for months now it's taking way longer than we would have hoped with so that has taken up a bit of my time. 

It's a couple of months short of a year since I wrote on this. Quite a bit has happened. 
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We sold our house that was near our families and bought one where we have been living for a few years now. It's not far from where we were renting. It's a 60s home so we have had to do a bit of work on it. The most major thing was all the cast iron drain pipes had to be replaced. We had that done professionally but the main bathroom of the house basically had to be gutted for it. We decided to save some money and redo it ourselves. It's taking us much longer than we would have liked since while Curtis has been doing a lot better he still have issues. He can only do things in short periods of time and then needs much longer to recover. I have helped with what I can but can't do as much either. 

My book Uniquely Made: My Journey Through Christianity is officially published. I am in the process of having an audiobook created for it since people prefer that nowadays. Check out my site writersa.info for more info on it. 

Minus the Recipe pages I have the new layout of this site done. I will add more photos to sections as time goes on. In the future I may add a store versus only selling on Poshmark. First I want to get more items created and get a local business license (something I couldn't do till we got our own home).  

It's a month short of two years since I wrote on here. It's been a crazy few of years. Lots of changes with life.  
My hubby started having seizures and we spent a good year and half trying to get a doctor that would help us. He is now to the point that he can function again and live a better life. 
I personally have been dealing with some health issues also.
We left the church that we helped plant. 
I wrote a book that is in the process of being published. I have a separate website writersa.info that is for my writing.
The original business I planned on starting didn't work out but I started selling on Poshmark making an Eccentric Hearts Closet I am selling handcrafted items along with reselling used clothing and home goods.  
Twelve days ago, I lost my mom in a tragic car accident. Nine years and six days after  I lost my dad in one. I am still trying to process it. I keep thinking I will hear from her still. I am constantly wanting to message her something and remember that she isn't there to get it. I am not sure where I would be right now if it wasn't for my faith and God's comfort. Each day I make the choice to do the best with what I have and live a life that I would hope my parents would be proud of. 
​I am updating the layout of this site and going to start updating the pages as well.

It's not fully done but I went ahead and made my new layout go live for the website. Pages not done are the chocolates under the culinary tab and the entire photography section. Hopefully will get them done in the next week or two.  Let me know what you think and if you come across any issues. Thanks. 

Reading in Luke 8 this morning and at the part where the woman with 12 years of constant bleeding, every time I read or hear that part I always can slightly sympathize with her. A couple years into trying to have a child I had a year that I bleed for. I had the opposite of a period where I would get a 2-3 day of not bleeding every few months. It made life harder, but nothing compared to what she had to go through because of the way they treated those circumstances back then. She was basically excluded from doing a lot of things including community worship since she was considered “unclean”. It had to wear her down both physically and emotionally. Going through it for just a year worked really hard on me.
Some of you I am sure can relate also maybe not about bleeding but about some other thing in your life that has just worn you down physically or spiritually or both. You have been waiting for your break thru but it just never seems like it is going to come. Both this story and and the one of Jairus that had the sick daughter that died, healing occurred in response to faith. For the woman she knew without a doubt that if she touched the hem of Jesus’s robe she would be healed and that’s exactly what happen. For Jairus Jesus told him “Don’t be afraid, Just have faith, and she will be healed”(Luke 8:50). So Jairus kept leading Jesus to his house. He could have just given up after being told she was dead but he didn’t and because of that his daughter was healed. For me I believed God could heal me but this may sound odd but I felt I had to make the commitment of giving up soda. Exactly 30 days after I did the bleeding stopped.
Their actions didn’t heal them it was thru their unwavering faith that God healed them. There was no room for doubt. For me when thoughts of doubt came in I would rebuke them and replace them with God’s Word. That by His stripes I am healed, that God wants only the best for me, and so forth. If you need healing today then stand in unwavering faith. Get a list of scriptures to back up what your situation is and the outcome God has promised and when doubt tries to creep in immediately(don’t even let it finish its full thought) rebuke it and replace it with God’s Word.
Proverbs 4:20-22 My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. 21 Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, 22 for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.
Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Luke 8:48 “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
Isaiah 53:4-5 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! 5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
Matthew 11: 28-29 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
James 4:7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 5:13-16 13 Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises. 14 Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. 16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.