09/06/2025
Incoming feelings post and announcement. I was not expecting today to be a kick in the gut. I was not expecting a hard decision to be made. Much less announcing it to those that have followed along and supported me on this journey for the past 10, almost 11, years.
As I’m sure you’ve noticed I haven’t been at all consistent with any of my business pages in 2-3 years at this point. I started a full time job outside of our home and I found it’s much easier to multitask with 12 kids around than it is not being home 40 hours a week. It’s exhausting, I got burned out. There’s always something my kids have going on rain or shine and I used to say I’m so great at spinning plates. Well. I let all the plates fall. The plates fell, the ship sank and I just couldn’t do it anymore.
I stopped creating 😔 I stopped marketing, advertising, attending vendor events. Chasing custom orders. I just quit. I got overwhelmed and stressed and I didn’t like myself anymore. I had this guilt, I have all these supplies and talent to do it but I just didn’t have time. I wanted to do EVERYTHING but I just can’t anymore.
That being said. I’ve been SUPER BLESSED with a new opportunity for something else in my wheelhouse. I was hoping to announce it this week but next week I will be ready. This is something that will be far more consistent which is what my family needs. Today I will be at the harvest bash at the fairgrounds. And it will be my last vendor event, I think. At least for the foreseeable future. I also may be saying goodbye to the farmers market.
I have stacks and stacks of totes of handmade products that I have spent years creating. And some newer items. Many items will be stupid cheap because I just don’t want to hold onto it any longer. Come see me, come visit, come check out what I have and help me not store it anymore.
For years this side hustle, or side hustles, of mine literally paid my bills. I am so beyond grateful for every single person who checked with me first before ordering online. Who has sent me custom orders, given me grace, reacted to all my posts, comments, watched live videos. You’re all amazing and I love you. To everyone I’ve met while being a chalk couture designer, you’re fabulous and I miss you.
These two signs I found really sum it. So grateful, so beautiful to let go. Keep an eye out for my new side venture. I can’t wait to share it with you. One day maybe I’ll come back, I have a daughter already talking about taking all this over. And I might be taking custom requests still. But for now as I turn off the light to my crafting filled attic, it feels like goodbye. I hope to see you today. But if I don’t, thank you for a decade of support and love.
🖤 Amber
