Do nothing - achieve everything!

Do nothing - achieve everything!
Creatively yours,

Jill Noël

jill@designedbyjill.com

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Holidays are fast approaching - are you ready?

Hello all,

Well how the heck did that happen?  It seemed like just yesterday we were starting off this year and now here we are in the last quarter with the holidays right around the corner.  

There is no better time than now to book your holiday jewelry making party which is a gift in and of itself!  You'll spend quality time expanding your skills, visiting with friends or loved ones (depending on your invited guests) and a brain boost to boot.  AND, walkaway with several beautiful gifts (like the one below) to share with someone or keep for yourself.

Don't delay - call today my calendar is booking up fast.

Creatively yours,

Jill Noël

jill@designedbyjill.com

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Fuel the Fire Within

Well, I've been on vacation for a week and it was great for renewed energy and focus both professionally and creatively.  I spent the last weekend in my studio enjoying the creative fire from within.  And for me, that is exactly what it is a fire from within which needs to be stoked and fueled to keep it burning.  I'm getting ready for the holidays are you?  

Remember to "Make it Count"

Creatively yours,

Jill Noël

jill@designedbyjill.com

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Thrown to the Wolves or Not?

My husband keeps saying they we've thrown our daughter out to the wolves! She, our baby, started college at age 17 - she turns 18 in October!

I, however, believe that we have sent a very strong capable young women out into the world to conquer it! Yes, at times I am fearful but I know that this is part of "me" missing her!

As long as she continues to make wise choices she will be fine. On the other hand I don't believe my husband expected the "empty nest" to hit him so hard! He misses her terribly and that was not something I anticipated nor did I plan for. So for me at this point I'm focused on helping him get through it. Wish me luck!

Oh that explain it!

Hmm yes it's been very chaotic in my life these last couple of weeks so this explains it all! I'm not too sure that I've been looking at this change as "great" but lesson learned it will be what I make it to be! So new mind set it will be a great change for me, my husband and my daughter! After almost 22 years we will be back to us! Having only a little under three years as "us" before baby made three it will be an exciting "new" change for us.

Looking forward to many spontaneous trips in the near future! We will see how strong this "us" can be!

Here's to making the new change in our lives count!

Happy Saturday!

Jill Noël

Creativity is the ultimate distraction!

Well, we are less than a week away befor we have an empty nest!

I have been extremely creative these last few weeks and I feel it's my subconscious dealing with what I know will be an overwhelming emptiness in our house!

As I do believe things could always be worse. So I hope you are enjoying my newest creations and just remember th holidays are fast approaching!

Have a great day and make it count!

Creatively yours,

Jill Noël
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Sorry no time for creative writing (blogging) but the creative design energy is flowing.

But check out my newest creations:

https://id18518.securedata.net/designedbyjill.com/merchantmanager/products_new.php 

Hope you are all MAKING IT COUNT!

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New designs

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What fruit will you go after?

Remember to make it count!

Your work here on earth is your bridge to heaven-make it count!

Six month check in!

Hi all,

We are six months into two thousand and twelve and what steps have you taken to reach your goals?  (Remember those things most of us set at the beginning of the year!)  Well, I have been pretty busy with my youngest and all the end of High School and moving on to college stuff.  BUT that is not an excuse to not have spent some time on my goals, dreams and aspirations which I have done in small amounts but now it is time to get real FOR ME!

This is the forward to the next chapter in my book on life!  I plan to be a success regardless of any and all failed attempts as those are lessons to learn from.  My commitment to myself (& to you my reader) is to take one small step towards reaching my goals (any one of ) each and every day!  What are you going to do?  Remember to "MAKE IT COUNT".

Have a great day!

Proactive steps to dealing with Empty Nest

Hi all,

It's been awhile since I've posted but I have to say that Senior year of High School for my "baby" has been a lot of "this is last......"!  I knew it was going to be bad for me but REALLY it's a little ridiculous when I'm tearing up at the littlest things.  So knowing that sending my "baby" off to college this fall is going to be very tough on me not far off from the recent cell phone commercial where Mom & daughter are sobbing uncontrollably & undecipherable to boot.  I know my "baby" will feel it some but not as much as I'm going to!  So what's a soon to be Empty Nester to do?

Well, I'm definitely digging deep inside of me (only) and trying to figure who and what I want to be in the next chapter of my life.  There are many things that I have yet to accomplish so now is the time - right?  I think so!  My day job has been very supportive of the "family comes first" mindset which I am truly blessed to be working for but.......... for the last few years I have been in what I'd call an "idol" place in my career and now it's time to redirect both with my day time job and my passions.  

What is truly neat is just yesterday I received an email from our director which stated that I am thought of with the overall "succession" plan for our agency.  Now that is synchronicity!  The universe gave me the reminder (or gentle prodding) I needed to move me from "idol" to "drive" in my career.  Now the speed at which I "drive" is up to me!  But watch out as I do like to drive fast :-)

Have a great day - I know I will!

Happy Spring

Make it count!

Good reason to be in the studio ;-)

View from my studio brrrr out there but toasty warm in here :-)

Spring???????

Well this weekend was officially the first weekend of spring and we experienced the first snow fall of the season - go figure! Still so pretty!

Life is what you make of it. Even though we have spring showers, I'm making the best of it!

Had to use some creativeness for even the smallest things.

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Creatively yours,

Jill Noël

jill@designedbyjill.com

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Life!

"And in the end it's not the years in your
life that count. It's the life in your years." 
- Abraham Lincoln  

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