Dudes, posting a link to my Etsy shop on Facebook was terrifying. I felt more vulnerable than I had since I was fourteen. It only took about five minutes to relax again; I felt super lucky as people told me they liked it, liked the page, and re-posted the link. Most surprising was seeing where people wrote the word congratulations. Because–oh yeah–I’d started a business! Woah.

The process of taking pictures for it was really the most challenging, because I wanted them just so and couldn’t seem to get it; eventually, though, I found a time of day and a spot in my house that seem to work well.

Now to keep the momentum up.