Empty Nest: My Etsy Store

I was a SAHM for over 2 decades until the baby went off to college and I was left with an empty nest so I started teaching at the elementary school my 4 daughters attended until 2016 when my first grandbaby arrived! I quit teaching so she wouldn't have to go to daycare but still needed to have an income and just had no idea what to do. Since I have always loved creating handmade gifts for family and friends, everyone told me to try an Etsy shop and here we are!

The biggest challenge is my constant second-guessing of my abilities. The most fun is when my now 16-month-old granddaughter is here and sits at the desk (which is my dining table right now since my mother is staying for a few months) with me. She loves taking yarn, twine, felt, and some colored pencils and paper and just work, work, work! Grandchildren are a true treasure.

I started CoasterDoodles with handmade coasters featuring original artwork and photographs I have taken over the years of our local birds. Since then, I have expanded to wreaths, yarn and jute wrapped letters, and note cards. I'm always open to any custom orders so please don't hesitate to ask, Y'all!

Here are some of my creations for your viewing pleasure:

I would love for Y'all to pop over to CoasterDoodles and take a look. And if you have the time, a click to favorite the shop would be very appreciated.

Welcome!

Being a transplant to the low-country of SC for 31 years is still not long enough to be called a ‘benyeh.’ If I stay until I’m dead I’ll probably go a ‘comeyeh’ since I am, originally, ‘from off’ (which is the upstate but, rules you know). By day I take care of my sweet little granddaughter, Baby M and do all those things I did when I was a SAHM raising four daughters which has translated to, ‘by day, I am exhausted.’ By night I blog, blog, blog, and blog some more or I sleep, depending on my level of exhaustion (do they still make Geritol?). I have a very unhealthy addiction to sweets (nearly any kind will do) and all comfort foods not covered under the ‘sweets’ category. I’m known for speaking my mind so, if you don’t want to know, don’t ask me. I love to find the humor in my empty nest life. I live life hard and smack into that brick wall almost daily because I’ve always had to learn the hard way. Why change now? I’m so glad you’ve come to laugh with me as I do this middle age, empty nest thing like a BOSS!