Today I am working my hours at Made in Chenango .  It's a great little crafter's co-operative in Norwich NY.  As  part of my candle ...

This has been a crazy full week and my absence of posts is more proof of that!  I use this space to process a lot of my activities around th...

On Saturday, I took my candle show on the road for my first large show of the summer.  I left my house at the crack of dawn and drove into ...

For those of you who are relatively new to ThrivingMama, in addition to being the Mama, cooking, gardening and homemaking, I also have my ow...

I'm really not one for new year's resolutions.  They've struck me too rigid and better markers for where I'm not meeting my ...

Web Design: This has been a very full week and every spare moment I've had, I've been working on re-designing CharitysCrafts.com .  ...

Where has this week gone?  It's Thursday already!  How did that happen?  I've had on many hats this week and here's a bit of wha...

Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week. It has been a very full week!  I was able to spend the better part of the wee...

One major source of exposure for Charity's Candles and Crafts is craft shows.  Most of the time the ones I attend are part of larger fe...

Practicing contentment by remembering the graces of the week. This has been a very full week.  I was able to slip away for a Ladies Bible S...

As part of Charity's Candles, I am a member at Made in Chenango , which is a local artisan co-operative. It's a great little store ...

Some of you may have noticed that there's a link at the top to one of my part-time-work-at-home-mom endeavour: Charity's Candles an...