Some of you may know that I am lucky enough to be part of Vend Raleigh’s Illuminate planning committee. Today, I got the chance to blog over there about the absolute craziness that I put myself through to get to the conference last year, and why it’s #worthit.

To all of you how have a craft shop online, or are thinking of starting your own business (any type of business), or have started but don’t know how to take it to the next level, check out the blog post and poke around the Vend Raleigh site, the Illuminate 2014 page, event page and member directory. It’s a world of resources designed for mompreneurs.

Here’s a taste of my post. Hope you enjoy it!

“Let’s take a little trip back in time to the summer of 2013, shall we? 

Back then, I was a mom of a 3 ½-year-old boy and a 10-month-old baby girl. I hadn’t slept more than three hours or so at a time in well over a year, I was exhausted and really didn’t think I could handle more on my plate. Despite all that, something was telling me that I needed to revitalize my small sewing business. I had started it right before I found out I was pregnant with our second baby, but the teal magnolia sat dead in the water with the occasional blog post and custom order as I took time to focus on our family. But I wanted to make it grow. I wanted to be me again, to come out of that post-baby fog and create again. “

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