Behind The Scenes

Things around here have definitely been busy. We’re working on the online shop, building items to sell online and take with us to The Vintage Whites Market in Utah, and organizing our new online shopping area.

I’m sorry for not sharing any new DIY projects, but I do have several in the works, as well as several other behind the scenes items I’m working on. Bunches of you mentioned that you’d like to know more about what goes on “behind the scenes”, so I’ll be sharing more of that as well. But here’s what been going on lately…

I’ve been busy taking product pictures for the online shop, and here’s a sneak peek of a few of the items we’ll have available soon…

Batter bowl measuring cups…

And hand-made breadboards, in three different sizes…

I’ve also been working on some new pillow designs, so I’ll share another “behind the scenes” once I’m a little bit further along. In the mean time, I’ve been adding some items I’ve made, leftover items from the Colorado Vintage Whites Market, and unique finds I’ve been able to collect…

And, we were finally able to get our corn out of the field. It’s been quite the interesting year. It’s normally not standing in the field this long, and it was a huge blessing that we were able to get it combined last week…

And because I was so excited about it, I made the guys blueberry muffins. They were too pretty not to snap a picture of, and I already had my camera already out…

This past weekend I had a dear friend come over and help me start organizing and purging the space for our online shop storage and shipping area. Anthony and I had been using it as a storage space, and things had basically sat untouched since we moved to the property. Several of you wondered what the area above our detached garage was all about, and up until a few days ago it was strictly just storage space.

When we started brainstorming how the online shop would really work, I knew we had the perfect place. It looks a bit wonky from the outside because of the double doors, and eventually Anthony and I would like to build a deck for it, but the inside is great! Anthony and I insulated it as soon as we bought it, then we added electricity to the entire garage. My friend and I went through the boxes, made piles of things to keep, things to giveaway, and items that could potentially work as storage for the shop. I hadn’t gone through any of those things since we stashed them up there nearly 4 years ago. It is such a great feeling to have it cleaned up and off my to do list.

I’m meeting with our contractor today to give me an estimate about adding drywall and texture to the loft, so hopefully that goes well and we can move forward with it. It would function so much better if it were a finished space. Not to mention the fact that it would be a much happier place to spend time in. 😀

And that, amongst other things, is what we’ve been busy working on. I knew committing to an online shop would mean lots of behind the scenes work away from the blog. There is so much organizing that needs to take place to make things operate as smoothly as possible.

I have a few new projects to share soon, and hopefully some updates on exactly what we’re going to do with the finishing touches in our loft.

More coming your way soon… 😀