Veneto Paper Fashions

Still new and somewhat under construction

2010-11-11T10:36:00.001-08:00

Well, I'm understanding now that there is a lot of work in making a good site with useful links and whatnot. So, I'm working on it. :) Stay tuned...

Lifestyle Crafts Letterpress Starter Kit... and working with amazon.com

2010-11-08T11:03:00.000-08:00

So, in an effort to bring my business into the 21st century, I just signed up with amazon.com and I'm hoping it goes well. I'm so technologically handicapped that it's embarrassing. Seriously. I'm giving this a go.

I actually just purchased my first letterpress kit. I couldn't wait to get it home and try it out. I'm going to play with it some more tonight and make some notes for anyone out there who might be interested in purchasing one. So far, I will say that one good aspect is the tiny, tiny amount of ink you actually have to use. The tubes are relatively decent-sized, but you literally need an itty-bitty dollop of ink. So, don't use too much or you'll probably end up wasting a bunch. :)

Name Explanation

2010-11-02T19:17:00.000-07:00

So, I thought I should explain the name "Veneto." It comes from where I spent a chunk of my life growing up. I grew up in this little town called "Vicenza" in the Veneto region of northern Italy. I honestly can't think of a more picturesque place to grow up, although, as a stupid teenager, I neglected to understand the amazing opportunity I had to grow up in a place like that. As an adult now, I find myself really missing the atmosphere that Italy had to offer. Despite my profound fear of flying on aircraft, I have found myself really wanting to go back - maybe even live there. As someone trying to carve out a place in the art world, I think back to my experiences there in Italy and I am attempting to gather inspiration from the memories I still have hidden in my brain somewhere.

I am working on some things to post online. Hope someone likes it. :)

New to Blogging - Apparently, I'm from the past.

2010-11-01T17:16:00.000-07:00

I think that I might be one of the few remaining people on the planet without a blog. I never really had a need for one, but I've just started up my new paper crafting business, and I figured that having a blog to help promote it would be a good place to start.

I'm a mom and a wife, and I guess that I've found myself stuck in this weird little rut. I've been at home with the kids for going on eight years, and I think that I've lost myself a bit. I don't feel like I have any direction, as all of my original goals and dreams were put on the back-burner when we started having kids. But the goals that I put on the back-burner were goals I had when I was a new mom in my early 20's. I'll be 30 early next year and my old goals have been lost somewhere in time. Those things I put on hold all those years ago are no longer relevant to me, so here I am trying to figure out what niche I want to carve out for myself in this big world of ours. I don't want to be famous or anything, but I wanted to find something to do to feel like I contribute to the household. But it's got to be something I love. I got into the computer field pre-kids because I knew that the jobs would pay well. I hated that line of work though. There was no passion in it for me and I hated every day. I think that when you hate your job, everything else just falls in line with that, and before you know it, you're just really, really unhappy. I could see myself going in that direction. At any rate, I'm noticing a trend of people making careers out of their hobbies and becoming happy entrepreneurs. I wondered if I could be like that.

I have gotten to a point where I don't have tiny babies running around the house, and it's time for me to do something for myself. I am hoping that this venture is successful. I don't feel like me anymore, and I feel like - if I can do this, and really make this business work, that I can be a better version of myself.

Anyway, that's it for my first blog in Veneto Paper Fashions.