Each time I discover my shop or my work has been featured somewhere, I am as excited as I was the first time I saw my then-brand-new little shop mentioned somewhere other than my own blog. My heart clenched then and continues to clench like a fist in excitement.

I try to keep a list of all the places my work has been mentioned because it helps me remember why I do all the grueling admin work, why I keep the books, why I spend so much time at the computer when all the other kids are out being raucus and keeping their homes clean and watching fun TV shows and running marathons.