Osmonds making impressions.....with me!

 Does that smile look familiar? Well it should, it is an Osmond smile. I have had the pleasure of creating some of my Tiny Touches little ceramic hand and foot impressions for David Osmond and his beautiful wife, Valerie and their two baby girls. I first met the Osmonds two years ago when they brought in their first little girl to have her imprints made and I was thrilled when they called me up again to create some more keepsakes for their second darling baby girl.

I have been a fan of David Osmond ever since I saw him perform as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat at the Tuacahn amphitheater in St. George, Utah. He did such an amazing job! He is currently working on a show called ShowBiz helping singer/songwriters break into the Biz. He will be hosting and co-producing the show. Look for it and check out more about David Osmond at  http://www.DavidOsmond.com/

Thank you Osmonds! Your impressions are almost ready. :)

WOW!!!!

It is the end of a very very long day. I am in NYC. I made it all in one piece. The story of my journey today is long and frustrating and that is not what I want to focus on. GETTING HERE IS WHAT MATTERED and I am so glad I followed my gut feeling about being participating in RHHLive. I have only experience a few hours this evening of my conference and if that is all that I was able to be a part of it was well worth the journey. I am having a hard time thinking of how to explain all of the feelings, emotions and knowledge I have gain through 2 1/2 hours of my evening.

I think I will just do this....

Tonight I felt thankfulness, nervousness, excitement, love, happiness, thrill, inspiration, exhilaration, compassion, encouragement, love, unity, peace and contentment. I danced like I was 16 again and found that I need to keep dancing. Not just in the way we often tell people to dance with life but really really dance. I found a part of myself that has been lost. I felt the Amy who needs to come out. I found myself. I found what I have been looking for. These words may sound silly but they are true. I wish I could bottle the feelings of this night and take them with me to share with you and to remind myself when I need reminding.

I am blessed and so are you.

love,
me

New York City and RHHLive here I come!

It is the eve of my big huge adventure at RHHLive in New York City! I am just completely beside myself with excitement. I really can't believe I am going. It is funny how this came to be. I was surfing along the interwebs ;)......you know how one thing leads to another there.......when I came upon this website www.rhhlive.com. I was immediately taken in and knew I needed to be there. I can't really explain it but I knew that I needed to do what it would take for me to get there. So the planning began and now I sit here feeling like I am 7 years old and waiting for Santa to come visit me. It has been a while since I have invested in my business skills on such a level and I am ready to learn from some pretty amazing people. I am taking my ceramic hand and foot impressions training program to a national level and I will admit that the figurings out of how to properly navigate the big huge world of marketing, twitter, facebook and the like, is a bit intimidating. So I hope to surround myself with people who have knowlegde, experience, and knowhow and hopefully it will rub off on me. I can't wait to share my business with others and create a network of people like me who love what they do! NYC, here I come!!!!!www.rhhlive.com

Commercial day!

Nervous and excited! Today I am making a commercial to help promote my Ceramic Hand and Footprint Training Program. It is fun and exciting but I am as nervous as can be! I never thought in a million years when I started my little company that so many great and wonderful life experiences would come with it. If I have learned nothing else in life I have at least learned to just jump in and see what happens......usually it turns out okay and if it doesn't you at least have a good story to tell. LOL. So today I will do my best to be in front of the camera and see what happens. AWWWWW.......... life is good. This is me jumping in!!!!! ;}

Saturday

Saturday is a special day it's the day we get ready for..........oh wait......lol. 

Saturday is a day that I always start out with so many good intentions AND THEN I end up not getting a whole bunch of stuff done. The voices in my head say "it's Saturday, don't work too hard". Kind of funny. My ceramic hand and foot impression business does not only keep me working Monday thru Friday, as a matter of fact, I actually work everyday, just at weird hours and random times. Just depends on the day and where my work load is.....customers, glazing, book keeping, advertising, networking, etc. But Saturday roles around and I still feel like I need the day to be like most everyone else that works a 9 to 5er. It is just something in my psyche from way back during school days and my teaching days. Saturday is just supposed to be a day off. Period. It needs to be treated as such.......don't you agree? So as I finish this blog I will continue to veg out on youtube and watch cat videos and music videos and wherever else my surfing takes me. You just never know, do ya? Oh and what was life like before internet? Were we more productive? Not sure I can remember. LOL


And for those of you who know....."it's the day we get ready for Sunday" (now that song will be in your head for the rest of the evening......you are welcome.)  ;)

To Create or Not Create.......that is the question. Create is the answer....

I am starting a new project and it is all I can think about. I hope I am not biting off more than I can chew but I have been really inspired lately to create and so creating I will do. I have a vision and I hope I can transfer that to a beautiful work of art. I am just going to jump in and see what transpires. For me that is kind of the way it goes, I just have to jump in not really knowing where this will take me.  I may feel a little crazy in the process but I am certain (kinda) that I will be thankful for the journey.  Here is to all of you artists that follow that part of you that needs to create. I am putting my hat into the ring.

Ceramic Hand and Footprint Ornaments

Ornaments Ornaments Ornaments.....Ceramic hand and footprint ornaments! It is that time of year when people start thinking about making cute impressions as gift for the Holidays. I make a ton of Christmas ornaments for baby's first Christmas, gifts for grandparents and for friends and family. I love these little prints. Just one hand or one foot! So darling. Obviously I make them of babies and toddlers but I also make them for older kids too. Remember they are NEVER to big. :)  If any of you are planning on adding a few Tiny Touches to your list of things to do for the holidays just remember to get in as soon as you can. The process takes 4-6 weeks so you do need to be planning ahead. My deadline for guarantee completion by Christmas is November 30th. I can usually squeak a few out after that date but for peace of mind.....just get in early! Pass that info along too if you know anyone who wants a unique fun priceless gift to give this year. Think about it, grandparents have everything, but they don't have cute little hands and feet of their little grandbabies and of course you need to have a "Baby's First Christmas" keepsake. ;)

Ithaka

I love this poem and wanted to share with you fellow travelers along life's journey. (A little background) Ithaka was the beloved island home of the Greek hero, Odysseus. After the Trojan War Odysseus left home and traveled the world for 10 years having many life lessons that forever changed him.......adventures, challenges, encounters. Longing to find Ithaka......

As you set out in search of Ithaka
Pray that your journey be long,
full of adventures, full of awakenings.
Do not fear the monsters of old....
You will not meet them in your travels
if your thoughts are exalted and remain high,
if  authentic passions stir your mind, body and spirit.
You will not encounter fearful monsters
if you do not carry them within your soul,
if your soul does not set them up in front of you.
~Constantine Peter Cavary

When I started my business, Tiny Touches, I was so scared of all the things that could go wrong. What if I wasn't any good and no one wanted my services. What if I couldn't figure out how to actually run a business? What if when I approached people about advertising they all said no? What if I mess up on an order? What if what if what if??? The list was long. I started to get really scared and doubt myself. But for some reason I kept marching on. I knew when I started this business it was the right time in my life. I knew it was something I needed to be doing. I knew that even though I had never run a business before that I would just figure it out. I decided to jump in and see what would happen. Now that does not mean that over the past 11 years I have never had doubt creep into my thoughts about how I am doing as a business owner, but I try to quickly push those thoughts out of my head. I just keep thinking, I love what I do and I hope that comes across to my customers. I choose to not see any monsters on this journey. I would have missed out on some amazing experiences if I choose to be too afraid.

I hope whatever monsters linger in your mind, ready to scare you out of something that you want to do, be it, weight loss, friendship, education, business, travel, etc., I hope you push those monsters away. Even if it is something you have to do everyday. I continually have to let the good thoughts overcome the bad thoughts. I choose to let the monsters go scare someone else. :)