Embroidery Hoop Artist & Mama of 2 An Interview with Celeste Johnston

In this episode we talk with Celeste Johnston who is the embroidery artist and maker behind Lemon Made Shop. She began her small business in 2016 after moving from the Midwest to Austin, Texas with her husband and two young children. After being an elementary teacher for eight years and transitioning to stay at home mom life, embroidery was a welcomed crafting endeavor that quickly turned into a successful Etsy business. She has made many happy customers with purchases from her shop and inspires 50K+ crafters from all around the world through her Instagram account.
 
Celeste stitches houseplants, flowers, animals, uplifting and important words, and some of her most beloved pieces come from her 50 states collection, where she stitches an outline of a state and fills it with colorful native plants or scenery. She loves embroidery because of the soft textures, endless subject matter, and the therapeutic and fulfilling process of working on a piece.
 
She stitches during her children’s nap times and into the wee hours of the night, burning through cups of coffee and her favorite Netflix series. Crafting has always been a central theme of her life, but embroidery is where Celeste has truly flourished, empowering her to share the love of the craft with everyone.
 
You can find Celeste on Instagram @lemon_made_shop and at her Etsy shop www.lemonmadeshop.etsy.com.
 
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Hi friends, welcome to the Fit For Motherhood Podcast!!! Thank you for taking time out of your day to listen, we are SO excited to have you with us! We have been friends since early childhood, grew up together and are currently the moms of littles 5 and under. A LITTLE BIT OF INFO ON US Ali lives in central Illinois with her husband, Matt, and their three kids (4, 3 & 1). She is a part time hair stylist and spends the rest of her time at home with her kids. She is an enneagram 9w1. Alyssa lives in Chicago with her husband, Grant, and their two toddlers (3 & 1). She works part time as a pediatric oncology nurse and is also a certified holistic health coach & life coach and the owner of Grounded Roots Coaching. She especially loves working with women during their first year postpartum. She is still trying to figure out her enneagram. WHY ARE WE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TOPIC OF MOTHERHOOD? • We’re MOMS • We’ve both experienced difficulties in our journeys as moms and have felt alone in dealing with those challenges. • We’re tired of the perfect images that are crafted on social media to which we find ourselves comparing our lives. • For Ali, she has become more self-aware in the last year or so and is tired of being dragged along by life. She has challenged herself to find ways to be more proactive about her mental and physical health because she realizes how much those things affect her ability to parent effectively. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS PODCAST? • Letting moms know that they are not alone in questioning their fitness for parenting • Encouraging other moms to know that we can do the hard things of motherhood, even when we doubt our abilities. • Sharing practical applications and also ideas that can be helpful in keeping ourselves mentally and physically fit for motherhood. We would love to have you with us every week as we talk together through topics that are important to us (and hopefully you!), interview other moms who are walking through all the different issues that come with the different stages of motherhood, and bond together over the things we have in common that truly make us fit for motherhood.