Okay so I'm still unsure of what direction I want my blog to go in. I was discussing my blog with Reggie from MyCraftCorner and she posed a very thought provoking question. What do I hope to accomplish with my blog? Basically, what is the point of it?

*Snort* What IS the point of it? What do I want it to do? What is it currently doing for me?

I guess I've been thinking a LOT about this lately because I finally watched Julie and Julia (although I have to watch it again, because I watched it with my mother-in-law and we ended up talking through most of it about Christmas plans!) But after watching it, I got kinda down. Julie's blog was followed, read, and loved. That's exactly what I want from my own.

I've always wanted to be a writer (I've always wanted to be a lot of things!) but in highschool, I was always told by my teachers I'd never go anywhere, because I write the way I talk. In my creative writing course, I'd get bad marks not because of spelling or grammar or subject, but because they personally didn't like my "style". So I pretty much gave up those dreams, and pursued other venues that I really deep down didn't want to do! (HA! Alliteration! I learned *something*!)


And then I see authors like Jen Lancaster (Who I have such an incredible girl crush on), love her books to pieces and low and behold! *GASP* what is this?! She writes the way she talks?! AND she's a successful author!? Makes me wanna go back to highschool and bitch slap a few people LOL. But then again, it was MY choice to listen to them. So if I'm gonna do some bitch slapping, it's gotta be to myself.

I never actually wanted to have a blog, as I've probably mentioned the only reason I started one in the first place was to keep my folks updated to the "goings on" whilst they lived overseas. (Of course I wouldn't mention when we wrecked something in their house... HA! I'm kidding Dad, really!) And I wasn't a regular writer. When I was younger (and by younger I mean in my 20's. *sigh*) writing was such a release for me, anytime that I was upset, I would write, and I'd instantly feel better. I wrote on Live Journal and Blather. And I won't be posting links to those, because it got *really* personal! lol. But I loved it. And I still love it. And this blog has gotten me back on track with wanting so desperately to write that book I always dreamed about. But who wants to read about my life?


I think I've had an interesting life. Not exciting by any means, but I've been through a lot of tough times, and have gotten through them. I'm still standing! But I'm still struggling, as with so many others out there. So really, what would make my story different from anyone else's?

But okay I've already gotten off topic! (Now there's a surprise! Pffft!) Back to ze blog!



1. Promoting my business
2. Helping others
3. Giving people a laugh

Am I accomplishing that? That's what I'm unsure of, and that's what I'm currently trying to figure out. How should I use it to promote, how am I helping others, and how do I make it enjoyable all at the same time?


You may notice my blog going all over the freakin' place in the next few weeks. Some aspects I've been doing have just not been working, and other aspects I haven't been working hard enough on! Maybe a new look will help to start things off.

So my lovelies, what do YOU hope to accomplish with your blog? And, are you doing it?

Have a great Wednesday! (I'm confident I have the right day this time!)

 ... that shouldn't be the question...

Good morning everyone! Okay, I'm already confused as to what day this is. I saw a blog post today that had "Wednesday" in the title, and I'm like "IT'S WEDNESDAY?!" If it is, I totally missed an entire day.

Another quick one (well, quick to my standards that is!)

Still working feverishly on quite a lot of projects I have on the go. But I wanted to touch on a subject. Okay it's a rant. And it's about the forums. Now, I haven't been participating much in the forums because of what happened a few times, and I never commented on this one. But I still wanted to put in my dirty 2 cents.

Yesterday someone started a thread that was basically saying that if you have spelling mistakes in your descriptions and announcement, they wouldn't buy from that seller.

First off, bad spelling doesn't necessarily mean bad product. You don't need to spell to draw, or cut things out or glue things together. If it's a mistake here and there, ya it annoys me that they didn't triple check it, but I'm not going to disregard a seller for poor grammar.

On the other hand, I'm a stickler for attention to detail. And if someone's not putting much thought into checking their errors, how much thought are they putting into their product to ensure quality?

It's a fine line my friends!

I did say in a previous post that if English isn't your first language, then you should have someone check over your announcements and descriptions. I'm only saying this because the English  language is backwards to all the other languages, and sometimes in translation, it just doesn't work. For a short little example, while English speaking peeps would say "The Red House", the Frenchies would say "La Maison Rouge". We're the backwards ones, not them. Because every language says it that way, and English is the only one that reverses it. Plus, we have words that are the same pronunciation and have one letter different, but have completely different meanings. We have silent letters, letters that are "hard" but then are "soft" if a different letter is placed beside it. G's become F's, C's become S's, I's have rules of where they should freakin' go (which, by the way, is a stupid rule because it's SO not true in every case!). So do I understand that there are a lot of grammatically incorrect descriptions out there? Of course! If English wasn't my first language, I woulda told it to screw off long ago!

BUT, it doesn't hurt asking a fellow seller/buyer to double check your shop for errors, correct? Or just a friend or fam, or anyone, just to make sure it all makes sense. Although things would be a bit easier if Etsy had a spell and grammar check like in Word! lol.

So my lovelies, what are your views on spelling and grammar? Would you disregard a seller for spelling? Is there a fine line for you?

Have an incredible Tuesday everyone! ... It is Tuesday, right??

No Feature Friday today kids! So I'll be blogging soon about other things.. hopefully it'll be interesting! :)

In other news, my other blog "That's gonna leave a stain" tends to have more hits in a day then this one. I was curious as to how people are actually finding that blog, because it's not like I'm promoting it!! This one, people are finding mostly from referral sites like Facebook, Twitter and Etsy, and all the advertising sites that I've recently signed up for. Which is understandable. But I'm like, how are they finding my other blog? (besides typing in "dog poo" into google.. apparently that's popular!)

So I went on to my Site Meter (which I normally only check by location) and I decided to check by entry page. So the first blog post 80% of people are clicking on is my "goiter" blog. Lovely.

Have a great morning kids! I'll be back soon.. gotta take the pups for xrays :(

(This is my cat Misha givin' me a bit of "poo face"this morning.)

Can't get the freakin' banner up there! Was even talkin' with my good friend Tanya from Flauxers who's an expert in HTML. I did everything she had suggested, but to no avail. Although that's *probably* because I wasn't following exact instructions because I'm bad that way. (Just ask my mom)

Although I couldn't spend as much time with her as I would have liked, due to the fact that I started talking with her just before 10pm, and I hadda be up at 430am! Not a good mix.

So hopefully later on today maybe, if she has a chance, we can take another shot at it! But hey, if it doesn't work, that's okay I suppose! It was just a big ass daisy. I just liked it is all. Poo. Wasn't it pretty???


As for other things on the go, I finished another card last night! Joyeux Noel. Sounds nice and pretty. HA! Well, atleast this one's not rude (actually, it's the only card of mine that my Mom likes...) Anyhoo, scanned that in last night, printed them out, now I just gotta make 'em! Which I will do after I start making chili! Mmmm.. chili.. It's the perfect meal for a diabetic lemme tell ya! (and I *can* tell you because I *am* diabetic!) And I figured, get the meal outta the way now so the hubby can't complain that he's starving as soon as he gets home from work, but isn't patient enough to wait until I cook something, so he starts cooking something and then I feel bad because I'm the one home all day and he's the one working his ass off and.. Okay that's long enough. :)


Okay so, game plan - Make Chili. -Make cards and take pictures of them. -List cards. And at some point, take the dog for a poo. (Hadn't mentioned 'poo' in a while, thought it was due. Hey, did I ever mention that one day I searched as to how people are finding my blog, one person searched for "how to get a dog poo stain out of a silk shirt" and got my blog?! I laughed and I laughed... Well hey, it's exposure. Hmm.. what *else* can I talk about that will get people viewing my blog?!)


Have a freakin' great Monday kids!!!

So, I actually figured out how to change my blog to 3 columns! Very excited! So I'm going along, and adding back in my widgets, and fiddling with the HTML as to the width of the columns, and the margins and %'s and all that good stuff, BUT, my frigging header won't change! So it's still the green background and plain "sassmowthdesigns Adventures in Crafting Land" but i can't put a friggin picture in there! I've tried editing the HTML with the header - and nothing is working. I've searched and searched for everything on the web about adding a header - and i've tried it all. But to no avail. There was even a suggestion to add in the HTML of the picture (that's been uploaded to say, photobucket) but that doesn't work either. So any of you tech savvies out there, what can I do?! lol

In other news, I made 3 more sets of cards, and they're NEW ones this time. (Still working on like, 5 other designs! yeesh) But here's my new creation.. Whaddya think? HA!




Alright so, 3 column blog look okay?? Hope so.. of course twitter isn't working so I can't put my twitter thing on there, and I still have to add back all the other widgets (facebook, fresh picked, things like that) but atleast I was smart enough to write them all down. *GASP* I know! That's not usually something *I* would think of. Who writes things down? Pffft not I! I guess I learned my lesson from not writing down what I was crocheting, and then having to make a second one and being completely clueless.

Alright kids, I'm off to fiddle some more with ze blog. But yes, anyone out there who can help with the html to put my pic back in the header?! Would be *greatly* appreciated!