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What inspires you? I am inspired by serving others and the feeling I get from creating jewelry that people love or cooking a meal my family oohs and ahhs over!

Where do you call home? Are you from there originally? I call Orlando, Florida my home but I was born in Prince Frederick, Maryland until I moved here at the age of 14.

Name something unique to where you live. We have Disney World here in Orlando, Florida that everyone loves to visit when they come see us.

Share an interesting fact about yourself. I am a registered nurse and used to be an open heart surgical nurse. I love to work with my hands and tools.

How did you come up with your shop name? I came up with my shop name pretty easily {designs by Tahra}. I couldn’t think of anything that was especially unique to me except my name, the spelling is very unique!

Share a little bit about yourself. I am a homeschool mom of four children. I love my husband and my children passionately. I love to cook and to bake homemade bread. I love to read home decorating magazines and Southern Living has been my favorite because it has travel and cooking included.

If you had to describe yourself in a word, what would that word be? That is hard! I would say loving.

What made you decide to open up shop? I love to make and wear jewelry, and I needed a way to support my creativity.

Name your favorite thing about selling handmade. I think that selling handmade is great because it is supporting the small businesses in our country. It helps to support individual families and allow us to grow. Don’t get me wrong, big chains are useful, but I just think that having a small business that I can teach my children how to support themselves and be creative is just amazing! They really get the business part.

Do you have a day job or sell on Etsy full-time? I homeschool my children which is a full time job for sure! Yes, I sell on Etsy full time.

Give us a little glimpse into what a typical day in your life looks like. I get up early at around 7 am and pray and read my bible. I check my email from 8-8:30. That includes listing things or getting things ready to ship. I then help the kids with breakfast until 9 am and then we head upstairs for school.

I help them with school until noon. Sometimes I will make some jewelry if they are working well on their own. I am always available to help them with their school work, though. I then make lunch and they get an hour of free time. I am back upstairs at 1:30 and we finish school until 4pm.

Then I prepare dinner and check more emails. After dinner we spend time together playing games or going to baseball or football practice. After bedtime, I spend time creating jewelry or I will spend time with my husband and then I hit the hay.

Share with us a favorite Etsy purchase or shop. I love to buy the jewels or gemstones online that I use in my jewelry. I also recently purchased some soap from BanjoBaySoaps. She does a great job with the soap, it is all organic and it is cold pressed.

List a few of your most favorite pastimes. I love to help people with medical questions. Although, I have not worked for 10 years, so I feel like it is becoming a pastime in my life.

Read any good books lately? I read a lot of homeschool curriculum’s. It helps me to determine what each of my children might need in the area of school and possibly how we could get better at teaching or learning.

What is your most prized possession? My most prized possession is my bible. I realize so many times in my life I have fallen short. I know that this is where I gain wisdom or even just sneaking a few minutes with God helps me to get back on the right track.

What are three of your favorite foods? I love filet mignon, chicken parmesan, and beef bourguignon. I love to taste homemade breads. I love good coffee and chocolate desserts. Sorry that is more than three!

What would you like to learn to do? I have recently become more interested in metal smithing. I would also like to take some real chef cooking classes. I know how to cook most things, just want something a little more advanced.

What are you listening to right now? I am listening to the hustle and bustle of my husband shuffling the boys to baseball practice and my girls asking please, please can I go. Maybe some quiet time for Momma, ahhhh!

Name one place you must visit in your lifetime and why. I have always wanted to go to Hawaii. I have heard that it is very beautiful and since I grew up living on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, I love the beach. I love to lay out, walk along the beach, play in the sand and water with my kids and sometimes read a book and be quiet.

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