new beginnings...AGAIN!

 The butterfly has always been a symbol of new beginnings.  That is why I chose it as my company logo.  I have tried to draw my inspiration from nature as you can see from my photos. 

But I must say; my life has been so full of new beginnings that I some time lose track.  God seems to ordain my steps in seasons.  I go from season to season in what ever He has for me at the moment.

Well, another season is upon me.  I gave my two week notice at my job the other day.  My "new" job won't start for 45 days.  If I can prove myself in the business world of purses...I won't have to take the other job.  It is a "rubber meets the road" type of moment.  I am excited, scared, overjoyed, apprehensive, and every other emotion you can think of.  My steps are ordered by the Lord God Almighty Himself.  So, here we go.  Hand in hand walking down a paceth I do not know with the Word of God as the lamp that lights my feet.  Funny thing about lamps...they only light a little way ahead of you at a time.  You have to actually take a few steps in order to see a few steps further in to your future.  That is what faith is.  Taking a few steps at a time; not knowing what is ahead...just knowing that He who guides you is more than able to keep you.

Be Blessed

Joyce

Purse-Suit Designs new purses

Purse-Suit Designs new purses

Let Freedom ring!

 I thank God for the opportunity to live in a country where we can enjoy life changing freedom.  Where else in the world do you have the freedoms that we enjoy in the United States of America.  I don't always agree with the choices our government makes; but I do thank God that I have the God given right to speak up and say that I do not agree with them without the fear of being hauled off to jail.  Thank God for a country where a person can have a home based business.  A place of their own where they can pursue making a life of their own choosing by making Purses or hair bows or anything else they chose to make and sell. 

 A place where we can have the faith that this country was built on.  A place where we can go to church and not hear government ordained sermons.  A place where we can raise our children in the love of the Lord and not worry about the consequences.

 A place where we can speak openly of our belief.  Where we can profess loudly our love for God and not worry about being politically correct.

Enjoy your holiday and never forget that this country was founded on Freedom of Religon...not Freedom from Religon. 



Blessings

Joyce

Logo

I'm so excited. Purse-Suit Designs is about to be the proud parent of a company logo. Tink from Tinkdesigns (you can find her on facebook) has created a beautiful company logo for Purse-Suit Designs. She is also designing a facebook fanpage for the company. I am considering letting the website go if the fan page is productive. It would less overhead which means better pricing with higher quality fabrics for my customers. As soon as it is available I will showcase my logo here on blogger! Thank you to everyone who has made this such a fun journey. I keep meeting new people everyday who are all connected to the company in some capacity. Thank you for being a part of my life.

Be Blessed

Joyce

Purse-Suit Designs...what is behind the name.

Several people have asked me how I came up with the name for Purse-Suit designs. It is a simple story. I was wrestling with the idea of a name for my handbags and so I asked another family member for their opinion. Keep in mind that I am the only female in my family. I was blessed with four beautiful sons and four even more beautiful grandsons...what are the odds. I did finally get a step granddaughter...if we can't make them ourselves; we will bring them in from the outside :) Anyway, I digress. Being the only female in my family forces me to ask the men in my family for opinions that would be better suited for a female. But hey, you do what you have to do when you have to do it. So I asked one of the many male gendered people in my home..."What do you think I should call the purse business. He looked up from the hunting/fishing program that I was so rudely interrupting and said "Pursuit". Temporarily forgetting that men do not multi task well, I trusted his answer. I though about it and came to the conclusion that it worked. Pursuit of God, pursuit of happiness, pursuit of many things all came to mind. So I gave it a little word play...Purse-Suit and came up with Purse-Suit Designs. Not until about a year later did I have an eye opener. I walked in to the family room to the same person watching the same show and the announcer came on and welcomed everyone to the "Pursuit hunting program". I could have spit nails. I honestly thought that careful consideration had been given to the suggestion, when in reality it was the first thing that popped into his head while watching the show. Isn't it funny how God works. The name that was created as a thoughtless action turned out to be the perfect name for a purse business pursuing it's place in the world. Man may decide his foot steps; but God always directs his path!

nature's inspiration

I went for a walk this morning down at the Ha Ha Tonka state park. Not to be confused with Tonka Drive (NO HA HA); sorry inside joke. As I was walking along I almost walked past a bull frog camouflaged in his own natural surroundings. He was very patient with me as I took a million pictures of him. Of course as with any photography, only one turned out to be a jaw dropping beautiful picture. I sat and looked at the photo when I got home and thought to myself about how beautiful the colors in that natural setting were. Yay God! He never ceases to amaze me. I am trying to figure out a way to bring those beautiful colors into a designer handbag by Purse-Suit Designs. The Browns and Greens in shades all the way from the very dark to the very bright all in one purse. I am so glad that I serve a God who has a painter's pallet larger than anything I could ever come up with.

Optimizing the web site

I just spent two days optimizing my web site. I have taken a class on how to create a web presence. It was very interesting. I have worked on meta tags, Photo descriptions, the photos, etc. I have submitted my site to Google, Yahoo, and Bing. It was much more time consuming than I could have ever imagined. I am now going to make a video for youtube. I would appreciate it if people would try searching for my sight through these places to see how accessible my web site is. Give me feedback. It is always appreciated.



Be Blessed

Joyce