Yesterday at Totally Tutorials Tuesday, I eluded to the fact that some things have been going on with our family lately.  It’s true.  And in a lot of ways, it has been the hardest thing we have ever gone through.  I don’t want this post to be about the hard or the sad or the depressing.  I want there to be something good that comes from this experience.  Since it isn’t over yet, I cannot tell the entire outcome.  But because of it, I have had to make some changes. 

Yes I know, I’m being incredibly vague and will I just get to the point?  The best way I can figure to explain is this:  we trusted some very unscrupulous people.  And we got taken to the cleaners, and court, and the bottom of our barrel.  It’s been a very hard road.  I tend to be a very open, trusting, giving person.  My blog is called measured by the heart.  For me it’s all about doing for others and showing that you love them.  So I am having a hard time with learning that I shouldn’t be so trusting.  Because I want to believe the best in others. 

Since this is going to be a big financial mess and it is such a bad time for this to come up {holidays and all}, I have decided to see if there is anything I can do to help.  I have LOVED doing freebies on my blog and I wish I didn’t have to make this difficult choice, but I have decided to open an etsy shop and put some printables in there for a charge.  I don’t know if anyone is even interested in buying printables.  I may fall flat on my face.  But I need to at least put forth as much effort as I can to help my family right now.  Even so, I have tried to price things very affordably.

INTRODUCING: Measured by the Heart’s Etsy shop: Printables and More!!

I only have a few things listed.  Etsy charges to list items and I wasn’t sure if this would take off or maybe no one would even be interested.  So I listed a small amount of things to start.  Here is what you can see:

Printables for $2.

And Crochet items:

I added the crochet items because these are my most popular items on the blog.  If you are interested in checking it out, Please click here.  If you’d like to support me, I would appreciate it.  If this goes nowhere, that’s fine too.  But I had to try.  And hopefully I will be able {down the road} to write the post about what I learned from this and the great miracles that came from it. 

You guys have been so supportive of me and my little blog.  I cannot thank you enough. 

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