I fought my back and my back won...

soooo, my blogging schedule thus far hasn't been fulfilled....
Apparently I am a dangerous sleeper...because I woke up Sunday morning with a back of a 90 year old. Now I am no stranger to chiropractor...I don't call him my boyfriend for a reason! (no, not for real.....but he does make me sigh..)

Anyway, so I've basically been in pain for several days. Hopefully by Friday he'll pop me back into place one final time, and if not, I'll have some X-rays to figure out why my back suddenly is giving me trouble.
Meanwhile, it's testing my normal busy schedule. I am usually running all day long getting stuff done, so being laid up is really cramping my style. I'm trying to enjoy it, get stuff done when I can, but it's hard for me to watch my house fall to crumbles and not get my customers' orders out in time. Thankfully I have amazing customers who are understanding!!

So I shall hobble around another two days, and then see what happens!! :)
~~Amy

What I Made.....

I haven't had a ton of time to create as of late, due to being out of town. If you saw my Sunburst Granny Afghan, you can see I've been busy with that! I also managed to get quite a few scarves done for gifts. I've been really enjoying learning to crochet and knit.

One recent competed project was a newborn hat for a friend who had a beautiful baby girl! :)

I have a ton of projects in progress, of course, and I love doing it!! Right now my goal this week is to finish a fall afghan for me and work on my son's Mario granny square blanket! :)

What are you working on this week!?

Team Update

Handmade Louisiana...it's my baby. It was founded in April 2009 by myself and two other artisans who were from a former Etsy La based team that fizzled out. Although a majority of our team members sell on Etsy.com, we were adament that members need not sell on Etsy to be a part of the team. Although I do continue to run one shop on Etsy, I quickly learned there are more venues than Etsy to be a part of and one should never put all their eggs in one basket! We wanted our team to be open to anyone who created handmade who was in or from Louisiana, even if they didn't sell their creations.

So, here we are! Still chugging along on our blog and with an Etsy Team . We've all been quite busy lately, so we've not had as much time to devote to the team as we'd like, but that's a good thing! That means our shops are doing well, and our lives are full!

The Craft a Long Challenge will be back in November. Watch for it on the blog at www.handmadelouisiana.com

Artists of the Month should be continuing as well as our Team Picks! :) Thanks for all the support over the years!

~~Amy