August Adventures

August has been quite the month so far. Not only has it actually brought summer to the Pacific Northwest (finally), it also brought a nice little get away  to Wyoming with enough relaxation and rejuvenation to kick my creative projects into high gear before school and all it's activities start up again.

This week brought the return of the frozen cheesecakes. I made a Bailey's chocolate chip cheese cake with a sugar cookie crust. It's been 9 years since I've made one of these and it needs fine tuning again. Good thing I've got many willing taste testers.

In the cre8ivegifts store on Etsy, there are new cell phone charms. I will also be uploading bookmarks and wine charms in the next week. As well as, new photos at cre8ivepix. I hope to begin setting up shop at some of the local farmer's markets and craft fairs this month.

But I'm most excited about the Beliving in You Zazzle store. Moving my designs over from Cafepress is the most time consuming thing I've been doing of late, but it's given me a chance to re-work some of the early designs and create some fun new ones along the way. I've still got a long way to go, but I love how it's progressing.

Until next time....








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