It’s good to be creative and see the results of my work!

It’s been quite some time that I have wanted to share, post, and sell my crafts. My productivity on making crafts depends a lot on how I’m feeling. Being disabled and suffering chronic pain prevents me from doing a lot and all the time. This is just a project to post and sell what I make when I’m in the mood for creating! However, I have also included links to books I have written and in the works. I’m a published book author, so a some of my time is in the book creation stages. I’ve been focusing on my books lately, but wanted to take a break and post currently ready crafts up for sale and share a few projects!

I wanted to create a page to display my crafts and sell available products. I’ve added pictures of some of my work! I’m disabled and have a lot of time on my hands, so naturally making crafts is one of my outlets.

Crafts I make include charm bracelets, anklets, embroidery, crochet, etched mirrors, wood burning, book writing, digital art illustrations, and much more!

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

Images above are just some of my work I’ve been working on!

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.