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My Other Hobby ~ Resin

Hi everyone, I have no bookish post ready for today. I spent last night doing an arc review to be posted in July and forgot to do something for a Friday post. Sometimes my mind is in just too many places at once – so let me show you what I’ve been working on in my Etsy shop.

I got new mold shapes like this diamond tray.

And here is a pill shaped tray.

These usually sell out in my shop, I love these zodiac trays.
I started my Etsy shop years ago making macrame bracelets, then for a few years was hand stamping metal. So I still make a few pieces for my shop still.

I’ve been working on alphabet tile sets this week because a good friend of mine wants to buy a set for her class. She teaches English in Japan at a preschool if I remember correctly. I’ve been working a few different sets since I’m in the mood. It’s fun making them and demolding them – not so fun when I have to now sand down the edges of like 70+ alphabet letters. 😩 I’ll be doing that today so wish me luck! Not going to lie, hand stamping metal is way easier than making resin pieces, but I love how with resin it’s like painting with color.

If you want to check out my Mother’s Day sale going on in my Etsy shop, click here:

💕http://www.etsy.com/shop/FancifulWish 💕

What are your other hobbies besides reading? Let me know down in the comments! Have a great weekend!

😘 ~ Yolanda

Random Post – It’s Friday!

I don’t even know why I’m cheering because my weekend is jam packed with events! 🤦🏻‍♀️

How are you bloggers and readers doing so far? We have only a few more weeks of 2019, are you ready for 2020?

I feel like the weeks are going by so fast! I have birthdays, holiday events to plan, and less time to read or blog, but know that I’m trying my to best to check out all your posts and keep up with all your reviews. 😘

I was feeling a bit of a reading “slump” in the ending of October and not because I couldn’t find anything to read…it’s because I’ve officially read TOO much this year and I think my brain/body is telling me, no more. My yearly average is usually 50-60 books, at least that’s what I’ve tracked on Goodreads for the last few years. But this year because of my blog and wanting to build a following I have now read 178 books….😱, how is that even possible?! And that doesn’t even include all the children’s books I’ve read to my kids all year, only some of them are listed on there. If I minus those from my Goodreads list it still brings it down to maybe 150. My children’s books review blog faltered this year because I was reading so much of everything else.

A few of these books are arcs that publish in 2020 but wow…I’m curious how many books do you usually read in a year? I have a goal to read LESS starting next month because I have too many things to do as is, and am definitely going to have a limit in 2020.

Did you meet your reading goals this year or exceed them? Are you like me and need to read less? How many books do you read a year? Leave me a comment below!