what i love wednesday is back!

after popular demand the weekly link up is back! and now with it's own blog!!!

link up every week starting March 6th and favorites will be featured :)

what i love wednesday now lives here:

http://whatilovewednesday.blogspot.com/

new blog makeover for...

Wienerdog Tricks!

before:

after:

I loved working with Ginger on her redesign. Her blog is about the lovely things she salvages and sews. She gets all her fabric from things that were cast away and unwanted and she turns them into beautiful  things that are very wanted. Quilts, bags, scarves, wallets, aprons... you name it. And with such cool vintage fabrics she creates these cool goods. Not only does she make, she also writes well, and she is hilarious. You must stop by her blog to read a few of her posts, see her original works, and inspiring photographs. I think you'll be smitten by her quirky originality. I had so much fun working with her. Daily I would get a dose of Ginger and be laughing out loud in my studio right off my swivel chair. She has individual style, and had a good sense of what she wanted. And she was able to communicate it easily - which is quite helpful for everyone involved ;)

Thank you Ginger, it was truly a pleasure to work with you!

xoxo,

krystina

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Happy Monday

i need to read this quote often...

it is very true in all aspects of life. i especially need it for business.

we can't be every service and/or product for everyone.

look at all the hugely successful big brands and you'll see,

they have a few things they are passionate about and they focus on those.

there was either already a market or niche or they found one.

i never did wedding invites, i was more passionate about playdate cards, party invitations, stationery, and prints. i never did letterpress either. i could have easily added these services, but i wasn't as passionate about them and would have needed to take away time and resources from my current services to research and implement the new services. 

we evolve. our passions are not stagnant. 

we grow.

currently i am still passionate about my paper services, and now i am also passionate about web design and very passionate about studying and preparing for acting.

my paper is all set so i don't need a huge investment of time and resources going in that direction. i have directed those resources to web designing and investing more time into my education for the screen. 

this quote reminds me that i am good at certain things for a reason, i am passionate about paper, web design and acting because those are the gifts God has given me. i could sew dresses, clean houses, and nanny on top of everything else {we are talented, smart, wonderfully made beings} but there is only so much time in a day and time on one thing means less time on another. i already feel scattered with the large responsibility of my design business and the lofty goal of acting.

i just try to plan, stay focused on the tasks for the day, find inspiration all around me, pray, and move forward. 

has being everything to everyone ever been a struggle for you?
what are you doing to balance and focus?

download this quote as a free printable here

xoxo, 

krystina