Etsy!

I've recently started a store on Etsy.com selling some jewelry and clothing I've made along with the note cards. It is a wonderful site, and there are many inspirational and creative people who sell their crafts on Etsy. If you've never visited, definitely check it out!

The site itself is very user friendly and pretty inexpensive, so hopefully it can help me reach my fund raising goals. When I was younger I wanted to be a fashion designer and spent lots of time cutting up old clothes and making crazy designs. Dragging out my sewing machine and bags full of fabric brought up lots of old memories. It is a hobby I certainly don't have the time to engage in very often, but having the incentive of potentially raising funds for Kroka helps.

 The biggest item on my Etsy "store"-called Resourcefulness- is actually the prom dress I made myself last year, but most of the items were made over the past few days. I even made some shorts out of the bathing suit, but they turned out way smaller than I was intending them to, so I'll have to rework them a bit, or else they'll only fit a seven year old. I'll let you know what happens to them. At any rate, check out my store and spread the word! Thanks again for all your support.

My Shop!

Building Up

With eight weeks until the marathon, five weeks until AP exams and four weeks until our last concert with VYO and the All State Music Festival, I have a lot to think about. I ran 17.8 miles yesterday, and I hope to run two or three 20 milers during the next five weeks before I taper for the last three weeks before the marathon. It is exciting and somewhat daunting to be entering this stage of training, but I am grateful for the support of friends and family. My mom even ran out to meet me for the last mile of my run yesterday!
School has also been quite demanding lately, and I have lots of music to practice between school, VYO and All State's, so I don't have much free time. In this hectic time, I am so grateful for the generosity of all those who have contributed towards Kroka. It makes a huge difference not having to worry about fund raising for the moment. I can focus on training and keeping up with my academic and musical studies until things slow down a little. Fund raising will still be on my mind, but it will not be a stressful, worrisome burden. It will fun to delve into fund raising after these next few months and I have lots of new ideas. Thanks again for all your support, both financially and morally, it really makes a huge difference!