{"id":4283,"date":"2012-03-14T08:36:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T13:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/?p=4283"},"modified":"2012-03-14T10:06:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T15:06:25","slug":"window-shopping-wednesday-keeley-behling-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/window-shopping-wednesday-keeley-behling-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Window Shopping Wednesday – Keeley Behling Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s Window Shopping Wednesday is a special one!! I love this shop and have bought Scrabble tiles and trays for crafts and baker’s twine for wrapping up kitchen creations here. Keeley, of Keeley Behling Studios not only agreed to do an interview with me about her shop and crafting in general, but she’s going to give one of you a present! I know right?! You’re so lucky!<\/p>\n

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\nAs you know, I have a serious weakness for baker’s twine and Scrabble tiles. What item do you find you sell the most of?<\/b>
\nTwine, twine, twine! There are so many color options and so many things you can make with it! I think it is also one of the things I use most in making other items. It’s great for card making, gift wrap, embellishment, and so much more. It’s the first thing I grab when I am in a rut when making something.
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\nDo you ever buy stuff for your shop and love it so much you can’t part with it?<\/b>
\nAll the time! That’s actually how I started my little shop. I would go treasure hunting (thrifting) for vintage items and craft supplies, bring all the wonderful treasures home and have them sit around and never be used or enjoyed. One of several reasons for starting my shop was to sell some of those items to others who truly had the time\/ space to enjoy them. It’s gotten easier over the years to let things go but occasionally I will find something and hang on to it.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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What is your favorite item in the shop right now?<\/b>
\nI would have to say my favorite item in my shop right now is the really small cobalt blue jars<\/a>. I love the deep blue glass<\/a> and there are always so many uses for them. Right now I have some that I am using to make my own essential oils.
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\nWhat do you find yourself crafting when you have the time?<\/b>
\nI really enjoy crocheting. I am one of those people who can’t just sit and watch TV, I have to do something too. I constantly need to keep my hands busy so my mom taught me to crochet when I was really young and I have not stopped since.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Starting your own business can be challenging under the best circumstances, what spurred you to get started?<\/b>
\nI had wanted to start my own business for several years but didn’t know really what I wanted to do or how to go about all the details. I was asked to do a show at a friends house and found that all the things I was worried about were not as difficult as I had originally thought. Within six months I had my etsy shop up and running. There was very little focus in the beginning for me. After all, it started out more as a hobby and something that I just enjoyed doing. It took me a year to discover where I really fit and how I wanted my shop\/ business to become, a place where others could find unique, quirky, and unusual items.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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How do you keep personal crafting \/ life separate from the shop?<\/b>
\nWell my personal crafting and the shop have to share a room like siblings. It can get a little chaotic at times but it all works out in the end. Usually my personal crafting becomes a gift, something I put in my shop or take to a show. As far as my life and my shop that’s a bit more difficult. Because I run my own business it’s up to me to keep everything afloat. There are never enough hours in the day to do everything I would “like” to do, but in the end the have to’s get done and the rest can wait til tomorrow. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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What is your favorite dish to cook or bake?<\/b>
\nI have a bit of a sweet tooth so when we go to large gatherings I love to make this yummy chocolate fudge brownie trifle.
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\nWhat are you reading right now (or what was the last book you read)?<\/b>
\nWell I’m not much of an avid reader. I enjoy perusing design books and cook books for inspiration. My husband and I recently purchased our first house so I am always looking for ideas, how to fix something or the grand idea, “I could make that…”. I started receiving a subscription to Better Homes and Garden’s this year and have thoroughly enjoyed reading the latest issues. Pinterest also takes me to some amazing blogs and articles that help in my inspiration process
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This week’s Window Shopping Wednesday is a special one!! I love this shop and have bought Scrabble tiles and trays for crafts and baker’s twine for wrapping up kitchen creations here. Keeley, of Keeley Behling Studios not only agreed to do an interview with me about her shop and crafting in general, but she’s going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91,83],"tags":[678,671,677,669,670,672,674,673,676,675],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4283"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4346,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283\/revisions\/4346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}