Treasury Thanks

Welcome to another edition of my Treasury Thanks! Each week I like to thank my treasury curators from the past week by featuring their treasuries as well as an item from their shop. Please help me in thanking them by clicking on their treasuries and checking out their shops :)

(I'll be catching up on the last two weeks today since I missed last week.)

And I apologize for no treasury images this week. I had difficulties with the codes, so please click on the link in each paragraph to see each awesome treasury :)

Sarah Beth of Magnolia Surprise featured my Custom Name Album letters in her Summer by the Sea Treasury! Sarah made the most adorable Crocheted Sea Creatures for a recent Blogging Business Artisans Challenge!

Anna of Stormscapestudio featured my Rose Bud Guest Book in her It's all about the planning Treasury! Anna's shop name tells you a lot about her shop. Her paintings are gorgeous and I love her Marshland Journey Painting!

Margaret of SplendidLittleStars featured my Friends Word Album in her Summertime fun! Treasury! Margaret makes beautiful tie dye items that just scream summer like this colorful Silk Scarf!

Heather of iHartFelt featured my Engraved Photo Album in her Follow Your Dreams Treasury! Heather makes the most adorable plushies and this Owl is one of my favorites :)

Jamie of PoppyHillCreations featured my Double Name Album in her It's SO Easy Being Green Treasury! Jamie creates awesome digital art including this Fall PolkaDot Paper Set that would be great for so many occasions!

Heather from paperjunkies featured by Engraved Wooden Recipe Book in her The Autumn Home Treasury! I adore these Tri-fold brochure style envelopes in Heather's shop!

LeAnn of pasqueflower featured my Engraved To Do Notebook in her Back to School with BBA - Primary Colors Treasury! Get the college kids ready for back to school as well with these Bright Oven Mitts from LeAnn's shop!

Nurlu featured my Rose Bud Guest Book in her Fall colors Treasury! Nurlu makes very unique scarves like this one in Oya Blue!

Kathy from tapestry316 featured my Travel Journal Mini Notebook in her Ahhhhhh! Summer fun! Treasury! Kathy's Sunflower ACEO is perfect for summer fun :)

Stella of theYarnKitchen featured my Personalized Wine Bottle Stopper in her Spiced red wine Treasury! Stella's Red Felt Bowls would be perfect in this treasury!

Thanks again to my curators! You've made my week!

Friday Features - Pink and Teal

As many of my readers know, my favorite color combo is pink and teal :) And this past weekend I even got to see a pink and teal air boat! Today's features are all made with my favorite color combo...enjoy!

Bright Girl Reversible Fabric Flag Bunting, Pink Teal Brown, 10 Flag with Pink Ribbon

by DeMossDesigns

Hot Pink and Teal Blue Button and Freshwater Pearl Earrings

 by APinchofPanache

25% off Sale, Baby Crochet Hat, Newborn Cotton Hat, Infant Girl Hat, Pink, Teal, Cotton, Newborn Size - READY TO SHIP

by  PBlossomBoutique

Cotton Candy Metal Wrapped Hot Pink and Teal Size 8 Ring

 by KCHotvedtDesigns

Wordless Wednesday - Don't Try This at Home

Thunder on the Loup 2012

Over the weekend, Jesse and I went on an air boat trip with some friends. We had such a great time! We got to go boating on a beautiful river, watch the races and get away for a while :)

We got there on Friday and set up camp. That afternoon we took a nice long boat ride. It was so cool to be on a different river. Our river is much more narrow (and very shallow right now!) compared to the Loup River. The boat ride was great, but the storm that night wasn't! We ended up sleeping in the truck since our tent was trying to blow in on us!

But Saturday was beautiful again. The sun was shining and our stuff all dried out in no time. Saturday was the start of the races. It's so cool to see the boats all lined up! All the different paint jobs, graphics and setups are so cool to see!

I even found my dream boat :)

Sunday we went boating again for a while. We actually missed the races on Sunday because we were out doing our own thing and we wanted to get home at a descent time that night. But it worked out great. It was a nice relaxing weekend and we're already planning our trip for next year!

  I'll be catching up with blog posts that I missed over the weekend. And I'll do a double dose of Treasury Thanks on Sunday since I missed it this past weekend!

Friday Features - Thunder on the Loup

This weekend, Jesse and I are headed to the Loup River with some of our friends for an event called Thunder on the Loup! It's a huge air boat get-together coined the "Sturgis of Air Boats". There will be drag races, figure 8 races, a party Saturday night and air boats from all over the US! We're so excited to see the huge, fancy boats!

So with the trip on my mind, today's features all have to do with the river...and I even found a photo of the river we'll be on!

Canoe by the Loup River - Fine Art Photograph

by  NebraskaSky

The Best Memories Are Made At The River Primitive Wooden Sign

by kshopa

River Life with Catfish in Center Decal

by  lilbitolove 

Life Is Good On The River-Wood Sign

 by MagnoliaMarket 

 Have a great weekend!

July Goals Review

Holy cow...is it really August already!?! I guess it's true what they say about time flying when you're having fun :) I just finished my second month of self-employment and I'm still loving every minute of it! I have to pinch myself some days to make sure I'm really living my dream :)

Shop Goals:

It was another record breaking month for sales in my Etsy shop! Last month I doubled my goal from one sale a day to two...and I'm happy to report that I was well over 3 sales per day for the month of July! 104 sales to be exact! I about fell on the floor when I looked at my stats!

And I did my sales tax for the second quarter and am very happy with the direction my business is going. Getting to compare first quarter sales to second quarter sales really helped me realize that I made the right decision to quit my job when I did!

Blog Goals and Other Business Goals remain about the same. I blog 5-6 days per week and have still been doing great at scheduling ahead. I haven't had a chance to contact the wedding planners or venues that I've had on my list, but I did have a company contact me to run a special on their site. I'll have a review up about this when the sale ends. I'm still up in the air about how I feel about it.

 Personal Goals:

Another area I'm proud of are my personal goals. I've continued with my jogging and walking and even added some pilates. I jog on Mon-Wed-Fri and walk+pilates on Tues-Thurs. I've averaged 3-5 days per week again this month. And I've stepped up my jogging. When I first started I'd only go 1 mile...and now I'm up to 2! Considering I used to jog 3-4 miles per day, I still have a long way to go, but I'm happy to be where I am with my workouts :) Now if I could start to see some results in the ol' waist line, that would be nice!

I hope your July rocked and that your August is off to a great start :)

Wordless Wednesday - Macro Tread