Who is excited about the Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie release next week?? We are all over that movie and seriously can't wait! #nerds

To share my excitement, the "I Love You. I Know." print and digital download are 20% off now until April 14th to celebrate. Use code: FORCEAWAKENS20 at check out to get the discount. Print can be found here at my Etsy shop and comes in the colors red, blue, green and yellow watercolor backgrounds.

May the force be with you.

Isn't she cute? She is 3 months now. It's crazy to look back and see how fast time has gone by and at the same time, it seems as if the days are crawling away.

I was so scared to do the baby process all over again because my first was incredibly difficult for me. But it was what I knew I needed to do and it was the choice I chose to make; to continue on with having a family.

The first month was actually really good. Almost too good. The first 2 weeks were really rough, but I expect that's how it usually is for most people anyways. A woman's body goes through so much! Anyways, I was hoping the first month was bound to set the tone for the rest of this child's first year and I would be able to breeze by and actually enjoy my baby.

I guess God knew I needed to learn a lesson, so expectations kicked me in the face and surviving the day-to-day quickly became my struggle.

As I fed my baby, I would surf Instagram and Facebook. I kept comparing myself to other stay-at-home-self-employed-working-moms because even though they just had a baby or one within the last year, it seemed as though they never missed a beat!

"How do they do it??" I would say over and over again. "It's been 2 months and I still don't have my life back together! Let alone be able to work!" This led me to a little dark hole that maybe I should just quit my designing because obviously I can't seem to find the time while raising a family. But every time those thought arose, positive thoughts of staying true to myself miraculously floated my mind.

I need this. This is what I love to do.

Even if I feel like a failure, my family still believes in me. My sister-in-law is always sending me stuff I should try to make. My sisters give me opportunities to design for them which always helps me to get out of my mom-funk. And I can't help but feel like I have good ideas. Ideas that I can share with the world and might bring about future possibilities.

When I started this blog and my designing and Etsy shop, the goal was to never "make it big" or be the bread-winner. I just thought I could use my talents to bring in some extra cash. But of course the thought of actually possibly making a living off my Etsy shop has crossed my mind, and when that happens, that's when I tend to bring myself down.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, although my path through life isn't what I expected it to be, with a baby who sleeps through the night and takes 3 hour naps throughout the day, family comes first. And even though I'm making family my priority, one day I will be able to bounce back to designing and be able to focus more on my Etsy shop and DIY's.

So thanks, guys, for sticking by me even though I'm not a regular blogger. I really appreciate it.

Easter is THIS WEEK! Isn't that crazy? I feel like it always seems to creep up super quick whenever it's in March. And when it creeps up that's when there's that last minute scramble to get your candy for the eggs and baskets. Those baskets that already come with stuff in them was a really good idea, but I still like putting my family's baskets together myself.

This year for the life of me, I could not think of something original to put into a few of my family member's baskets until I finally thought to do Redbox codes. What I love about Redbox codes is how I can buy them, email them to myself, and then divvy them up between several people.

To make the codes cute and like it's an actual gift card, I made a free printable where you can do the same. Just print and write in the codes. It's so simple. (Said in an Italian mafia voice...) Perfect for teens, In-Laws, teachers, whoever! An easy, last minute gift that people will actually use, because everyone likes movies.

Get free printable download here!

Out with the old and in with the new! In order to make room for my new print line (which I'm still working on... bear with me), I'm have a sale at my shop. I gotta keep things fresh, ya know?

So get them before they're gone because they are never coming back!

I guess that makes them kinda rare... Maybe one day when I'm famous they'll be worth a million bucks!