February 28, 2009

What is Etsy?

February 28, 2009/ Sara Janssen @ Nesting Gypsy

I talk a lot about Etsy on this blog...so I thought I would share this fun little video about how it all began.

Nesting Gypsy

Hi! I'm Sara. I'm a hoop-dancing, Jesus-loving, essential oilin', unschooling mama to 3 girls and wife to the most dreamy husband. We're chasing big dreams and teaching others to do the same!

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Travel changes me.✨Excites me. It fills my body with longing for more. It reminds me that my life is one of MANY on this spinning blue earth...and that I can be a bright shiny light for so many others. On this particular trip...I feel as though all my senses have snapped to life again.🌈🦋☀️The plants were radiating with life. Mama ocean was displaying her power day after day. The sunsets took our breath away. And the people. Ohhhhh the people!! I NEED to be near my friends many many times a year. They are my expanders. They expand my views of life and possibility.💕We share what we are learning and how we are healing. We talk about hopes and dreams and plans. We read poems to each other and rub each other’s backs. We discuss motherhood and kids and the things of daily life. They challenge me and encourage me and make me want to BE MORE and be a bigger version of myself. The details of this trip will fade away in my mind eventually, but the FEELING I had while being there will not. I’m so thankful for this week of filling up. It was so so good. Be sure to click on my Mexico highlight button...I maxed out the allowed photos, because oh my word. The goodness. Rainbows and whales and waves and sunshine and papaya.🌈🐋🌊☀️You need to go too. #mexico #puertovallarta #createalifeyoulove #sayulita #whalewatching #plantsofinstagram #beachlife

I like my plants.🌱Especially this one. I found it at a local nursery...it was just sitting there all alone and I could NOT believe no one had snagged it yet! I walked casually (ok fine I ran) over to this beauty. It was a much smaller scraggly beauty...but I saw its potential. Also...it reminds me of everywhere tropical I’ve ever been.☀️This sits right next to my bed...so I go to sleep dreaming of jungles, tree frogs, and waves.🌱🌈🐸🌊✨#plantsofinstagram #colocasia #elephantearplant #bohostyle #greenmakesmehappy

I fell in love with this door the second it graced my explorer feed.🌈Oh my. Someday I shall have a front door that looks like this...and every time I walk in, I will feel joy and every time I walk out, I will smell the ocean.✨🦋✨I’m absolutely in love with @ettavee...go check out her incredible art!

Maui has sooooo many whales y’all!🐳And rainbows.🌈And waves.🌊And good people.💛We spent the last 3 days of our trip on this sweet island...driving around in the Jeep with the top off. And soaking up the sun poolside and gazing at sunsets on the beach. Just Matt and I. No friends with us (first time in a LONG time). It was so good to rest and refresh and dream about our future. One thing is for certain...this won’t be the last time we’ll visit! So much more to see! Thanks for the love Hawaii!!🌈#hawaiilove #islandlife #maui #paia #andazmaui

This was our fourth year attending the dōTERRA Presidential & Blue Summit...so crazy to think about how much life we’ve been through with this crew in such a short time! We LOVE being together and if Instagram would let me post more than 10 photos, you could see all the shenanigans (be sure to check out my Hawaii highlights reel!). We laugh and laugh...and sometimes snort we laugh so much.😂 This group is the top 2% of dōTERRA leaders...and there is always a lot more than laughter happening beneath the surface with these peeps. Each one has changed their life dramatically and the lives of those around them. It’s quite an amazing thing to witness. One of our favorite parts of this summit was the trip to the 10,000 acre Kealakekua sandalwood farm that dōTERRA has now purchased to facilitate one of the largest reforestation projects in all of Hawaii. Absolute heart shifter.💛To see the magnitude of what we are a part of is...well, it brings tears to my eyes. To be part of a company that is creating a completely new ecosystem is just crazy. If you are part of dōTERRA already or care about sustainability, be sure to check out my highlights where they explain the project. So cool. Sandalwood has always been a treasured oil for me...and now even more so. Hard to say goodbye to everyone...but I will see many of them in a few weeks at our annual incentive trip in Puerto Vallarta. So much ocean. So much friendship. Heart = Full.💛 #hawaiilove #essentialoils #sandalwoodoil #leadership #entrepreneurcoach #createalifeyoulove

Oh Hawaii.🌈You are everything everyone said and more. We started off with two bliss-filled days at the Four Seasons at Hualalai. It was truly our own personal garden of eden in all ways.🌈🌴🐠The delicious food, the green everything, the bestest of friends, and the long awaited ocean filled my soul to the brim. Pool-side service is my love language and sunsets are life.✨I’ll post many more pics, but be sure to check out my highlight reel! #hawaiilove #fourseasonshualalai #happiness #oceanenergy

I’ve done a lot of inner work over the past 5 years...and much of it revolves around learning to LISTEN more.✨Refining my intuition. I’ve always had a strong sense of knowing, and upon meeting someone or walking into a situation, I can immediately feel whether or not it’s a good fit for me. I believe everyone has a strong intuition, but we dull it. Numb it. Turn it off. We listen to the internet, or fear, or our friend instead of just trusting our “gut instinct”. And then we look back and say “Oh wow...yeah. I knew deep down that wasn’t going to turn out well.” YES! You KNEW! We all know. But we have to practice getting better at listening. Personally, I believe I am led by Jesus, angels & spirit...they guide me and give me continuous “clues” throughout my day. They are saying “Wake up Sara! We’ve been showing you this for days now!”. I’m created to hear them. It could be as simple as a book that keeps coming to my mind to read...and then realizing it was exactly what I needed. It could be a feeling that I should go this way or that way while driving. It could be related to feeling someone’s energy and knowing I won’t vibe with them. Intuition defined is “the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.” There is no reasoning needed because YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. I’m encouraging you today to start listening. Practice trusting that FIRST instinct. Stop asking for everyone else’s opinion. Get into a quiet space every single day so that you can actually hear. Journaling can help your intuitive processes flow freely.✨Stop doubting yourself and make quick and clear decisions based on your intuition...it truly is a superpower! #spirituality #trustyourintuition #energyiseverything #createaspaceyoulove #mybohoabode

I looooooove quick and gratifying transformations when it comes to my home!🌈This wall across from our bed has been sitting empty since we moved in...and since giving up my office at home to give all the girls their own rooms, I haven’t had a place to sit and work that was separate from my bed, my chair, etc. We picked up this cute little desk and shelf from Target and the dreamy velvet green chair at World Market and Matt has it all together for me in a jiffy. Now I have a space for just me again. And I love it. Books, card decks, crystals, oils...happiness.✨I’m also setting tighter boundaries on when I’m working during the day...and having this space allows me to intentionally sit down to check in on my team and customers. Taking Facebook and Messenger off my phone has helped in that area too!🤪Do you have a space that is just for you? Tell me about it! #homeoffice #entrepreneur #bohodecor #brightandboldhome #createaspaceyoulove #mombosslife

One week from today, Matt and I will be frolicking on the beaches of HAWAII!✈️🌈🌊I have traveled to every state in the US except Hawaii (and Rhode Island😂)...and I’m soooooo ready to experience it! We are headed there for our 4th Blue and Presidential Diamond Summit with all of our dōTERRA besties...to mastermind, grow, create, and laugh A LOT.🥰There is something magical that happens when a whole bunch of free-thinking world chargers get in one room!😁We will also be touring our sandalwood farm there (one of my all-time favorite oils!) and I’m pretty giddy about it. Be on the lookout for lots of ocean soon. My stories will be full! Oh! And we will have 3 days at the end of our trip to go wherever we want...please share your favorite spots.✨We are currently looking at the North Shore and Maui. Snorkeling is a priority! ☀️💕🐠🐢🐳#hawaii #dōTERRA #entrepreneurlife #familybusiness

It’s like #topnine2018 reached into my heart & pulled out what I had already decided my focus should be for the coming year. HOME! Creating a home and being at home and what it means to come home. Yes. It’s all on my mind.💛And I’m sure you will see more of our home in this feed in 2019. Funny enough...some of the most magnificent parts of 2019 aren’t on here, because I never posted them (oops) ☺️. So much travel, from Italy to Puerto Rico to Detroit to California and everywhere in between. So much goodness tucked away to remember. And...to be honest...some really hard times. 2018 was the gracious host of some my lowest lows. I was forced to grow and change and ask hard questions of myself. But truly...I’ve ended this year with such joy. Such clarity & gratitude...that I can look back and be thankful for hardships. Because I am different. Brighter. Stronger. Wiser. And ready to take on 2019. I’m ready to let it all be easy...are you?😊🌈☀️

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