Name that Tag

Sew...soooo. 

Here goes...I go back and forth as to go private or public or private or public.  We did private for a few months.  I felt like it was less convenient for those who I really wanted to be able to peek into our lives and adventures away from home.  I also found some features that would protect us a little longer.  I go back and forth between: I have nothing to hide and that is too much information for all to know. 

I am currently feeling like an open book, I guess.  Today I post for your reading and help.  A little piece of my mind for ya...as many of you know, I enjoy sewing.  More than anything, creating.  I have attempted to avoid overwhelming our family blog with sewing posts of projects and such.  I barely get the projects done at my desired timeline, so posting about them becomes difficult or less desireable, anyways.  I get a lot of my ideas from other fabulous crafters that share on their blogs and window shopping...online window shopping.  Someday I might add to the inspiration.  I do post my crafts via facebook.  Through that I have received undeserving compliments and it has been suggested to go "Etsy."  What...business?

Many projects are crammed in my mind that I can't keep up with.  The thought of a business or just selling what I make sounds daunting and something I fear I couldn't keep up with.  I go to sleep thinking of what I can create.  Sewing was never something I thought I would enjoy.  I inherited a machine or two and owned five at one time.  I am not sure why...I didn't sew.  I started with making bedding for Cohen when we couldn't afford to go out and buy bedding that I liked to look at.  Then Taylin wanted to wear a dress almost everyday (this has rubbed off on Kennedy even more).  Again, I could not afford to buy so many dresses, so I thought, SEW.  I started as basic as basic can be and have added different techniques and styles as the years have passed.  Now I am obsessed! 

My true motivation is you and your sweet little ones.  I haven't actually produced all the things I have dreamt of for your little tikes, but I have planned them out in my mind.  Some, if you are lucky (or burdened) have received a package for you or your little munchkin.  My fear with a business is loss of inspiration and why I sew.  I do have a business idea in the back of my mind, filed for later use if I still feel it is a functional idea.  It sneaks in little by little.  Especially those times when I start thinking what can I sell on Craigslist or make and get a little rainy day cash.  I am usually afraid of failure.  If I were to do a business, I would fear success.  Failure would not offend me, because I love to create...it wouldn't stop me from doing so.  Success has busy and busier and too busy labels all over it.  For now...success in my home is what is most important.  I am satisfied with the smiles from my kiddos when they receive something I have created as well as the sweet thank you's I receive from you.  I still have a few of them saved and can't delete them.  That is why I create for them and you.

Now...with that stated, I still want a personal tag to put on the items I create...besides "Made by Amanda/Mom."  This to me is something permanent, so I don't settle unless I love it.  I did a small vote once, but it still didn't stick with me.  I create hands on things...not poems or any kind of literature.  I am challenged in that creativity aspect.   I am summoning your help.  I am going to list a few of my own thoughts and ideas as well as some quirks or character traits about me and things I love that might help.  I read the cutest and most original brand names/businesses all the time.  A couple of things to keep in mind o1 Think of the things that were created for you or a loved one.  o2 I want it to have some meaning, not just pulled out of a hat.  o3 Some of my personality or quirks.  o4 Most importantly..I want it to welcome the hug that comes with it.   I ask for these things, so I can stand behind it.  I welcome your original ideas as well.  I would love to make you something if your idea becomes my tag.   Just type your idea or vote in the comments.  If you like someone else's idea vote for it in comments.  If you can't comment for some reason or another, please send me an email or something.

Side note:  If you have received something from me, I was wondering if you had any other feedback on the makings.  I am trying to improve my quality and learn more.  I know how things hold up at my house, but I want to know if it fit or you had to set it aside because of a weird fit (too big, I understand...sometimes intentional for these growing beings.), fell apart in the wash.  I have slowly learned what accents don't last through wear and wash.  Anything is helpful!

In no organized fashion (you may laugh, roll your eyes or be appalled or want to send me to the looney bin...it is me and that is how I roll):

A Tisket A Tasket. Wonderland. Dreamseamer. Lil Sis. Barrel Race. Amanda Bear. Amanda Caye. My Fair Lady. Shade Tree.  Manda Caye. SpLeNdipiTy. Half Pint. Country Girl in the City. Cotten Nose. Button Nose. SAL-amanda-R. Brown Eyed Girl. Ruby Jewl-eye. Freshly mowed  green grass. Fresh sawdust.  Pretty Feet. Pwitty Pete (not something I think of myself...was something my parents called my feet and I couldn't say "pretty feet"). Tick-Tock.  Gingersnap. Looking Glass. GLow BuG. Stitching Rhyme. ACkiddo. Singin' in the Rain. Silly Goose.  Poppy Seeds.

Tell me what ya think!  I am asking for it...I know!