My Craft Channel

Yesterday I did something I thought I would NEVER do, and had NO desire to ever do, but only did because Dillon told me I really should.  I figured I’d rather do it and not regret it looking back.  Let me just start by saying it’s not a big deal at all.  It’s just an online craft channel, and one of my blogging acquaintances, Megan Pyrah asked me to be a guest on her show that is coming up, called Refashion It.  And you only get one take basically…no practices, no do-overs, so when you are talking, if you get flustered and mess up, you just have to keep going!  So I DID mess up a couple times and there will be some awkward moments, but watching some of the other shows on the channel, it happens.  The show won’t even be online until July most likely, as my little clip is not till episode 7.  And side note here, but holy crap, I felt like I was wearing so much make-up, but Megan has done these things before and as you can see, I don’t look like I’m wearing much and she looks nice, ha ha!  I was super super super nervous and could not WAIT till it was over.  I seriously was dreading it.  And then it was over and I said, “That wasn’t that bad!”  Really, you only have the camera guy, another lady there from My Craft Channel, and Megan of course, then a couple guests were waiting.  One of them being one of my blogging friends that I’ve never met, Sachiko from Tea Rose Home.  What was even funnier is that she had emailed me last week and we were trying to work out a date to have lunch together!  It was so cute because she walked in and her jaw dropped, she kept saying, “I can’t believe you are here!”  Then she told me it helped that I stayed during her shoot because she felt like she had a friend there to help her through it.   I also met Nike (said Nee-ka) from the blog Thrive, which looks like a fun blog.  I really am not so much into my craft blog the last while.  I’ve finally found a balance that works, and that balance is that I just don’t blog there very often and I keep things a lot more simple when I do.  I don’t feel the urge to blog more, I don’t feel the competitive feelings that can sometimes arise (especially in the beginning stages of it), and I feel happy for others accomplishments and not like I have to keep up.  It’s really something I’m quite happy has evolved…this feeling of peace and contentment doing what I’m doing and staying focused on what matters.  Don’t get me wrong, it didn’t take two and a half years to get to this point, and it’s still fun and I might pick it up more here and there.  And there were times over the past two and a half years that I felt I was doing well with the balance thing, but like all things in life that we do extra (exercise, tv, internet surfing, reading, etc), there is a balance to find and try to keep.   Sometimes I know that people don’t understand or perhaps even think I shouldn’t be spending my time blogging.  Honestly, it has been a pretty good source of income that I am happy to earn for my family and help out when things are tight.  I replaced things that people find time for (again, reading, tv, internet surfing), with blogging.  I have met some friends through blogging that I believe will be friends throughout my life.  I have had some fun opportunities that have really helped me to discover who I am.  I have really stretched myself in finding talents, and I have put myself outside my comfort zone.  I have gained more confidence.  That being said, I’ve loved slowing down as well to just enjoy life a bit more!  So there ya have it.  A post about my craft blog and why I do it, but also finding a good balance so that I focus on my beautiful family!