Shrinking Biz = Thinking Big!

Sometimes stuff happens in your life, that makes you start rethinking how you want to proceed with your "happily ever after" plans. There have been many factors leading to my/our decision to downsize Domesticraft, our home and our lifestyle in general. I'm not going to bore you with all that though. I just wanted to let you know that it's a good decision for us and I'm actually very excited about the move! I would love for you to join me on this journey. I'm going to do my best to post daily with lots of photos of my progress! Here's a brief synopsis of what's going on. We are going to be moving from our 6600 sq.ft. home/business to a one bed room apartment 1/10 of the size at 660 sq.ft.!  Yep, we could fit 10 of our soon to be apartments into our present house! 

We've lived in this awesome 1961 mid-century house for going on three years now. We don't own it, don't even have a lease. And think they might be thinking about selling it too, but I have no idea really, it just kind of puts an exclamtion mark on stuff, if you know what I mean! 

My daughter and her kids had lived in the lower level for going on 2 years and decided to downsize last September. I was sad at first, but then she reminded me that I have wanted to have a craft studio big enough to hold workshops and spread out all my craft chaos. Hmmmmm . . . yes, please! So that's what I did. And it looks awesome! I can't tell you how much I love it . . . a real dream come true! So, you may think my dream bubble has popped, but it's really just deflating a bit, down to a more manageable size! 

A lot of changes have happened over the summer and a lot of soul searching, learning and growing happened along with it!  The hubs went away for approximately 9 weeks from the end of May to the beginning of August and I spent Ramadan mostly on my own. I took and continue to participate in workshops on blogging and business and this last group I am now involved with called Metamorphosis, an online art journaling workshop given by Margie-Romney-Aslett, which is the creative icing on the learning part of the journey, for now.

Hubs has been home for a couple of weeks now (YAY!)and I've poured out all my thoughts and ideas to him, and he is in agreement and we are totally on the same page . . . as usual! :) So for now it's all about the ACTION! 

The move is scheduled for mid September and I've got a business and home to downsize in less than 30 days! Did I mention we will be going from 6600 sq.ft. to 660 sq.ft.? Oh, I did. ;) I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. We are moving over to SW Portland, right around Capitol Hwy & Barbur Blvd, just about a 45 minute or so drive depending on the traffic. 

I've figured out over these summer months, what direction I really want my business to take and it doesn't require all this massive square footage or the expense for upkeep. We are going to be living really close to the Masjid, which is so exciting, especially for my husband who can attend all 5 of our daily prayers there! Yay! And, we will be living in the apartment right below where my youngest daughter lives with her hubs and 6 kids! I know, I'm crazy, right?! Naw, it's gonna be awesome!

If you are interested in purchasing anything, I will be holding a craft pre-sale on Monday, August 25 through Thursday August 28th, by appointment. Drop me an email at domesticraft@gmail.com and I'll get back to you as quick as I am able in my crazy, turned upside down world! :) My two daughters also have a TON of stuff in my garage that they will be selling as well! 

In addition to the craft sale, We will be having a HUGE downsizing sale starting on Saturday, August 23, starting at 9:00 am.  I'll be posting further info on this on Craigslist too!  Feel free to comment and you can reach me at domesticraft@gmail.com too!

NOW LET'S DO THIS!  WHOOT! :)