When I first started posting on this blog in 2009, I posted every single day.  I enjoyed it and was excited to share, but I also saw this blog as a commitment.  I wanted to take it seriously.  I posted when I was sick, when I traveled, when I had surgery, when I worked at an antique fair all day, and on Christmas Day.  Finally, in 2015, after six years of posting daily, I took time off between Christmas and New Year’s Day.  Naturally, I learned how good it is to take a break!  Ever since, I have taken that time off, sometimes extending into January to give myself additional time to plan, play, and create without feeling like I need to share. So, I will be carrying on that tradition and will take off until January 5, 2026. Of course, I’ll be “doing Christmas” with my family with all

A few people have suggested it for the past few months, but I have resisted moving my knitting/embroidery crochet stuff out of the studio.  I like to have all of my creative things together and handy!  But, my recent book-buying-bender forced the issue.  After sitting in the studio for a while, staring at a stack of books without a home and then at all of the yarn taking up shelf space, I knew it had to be done.  It was time to do some organizing in the art studio and give myself just a little bit more room for my library and supplies. Now, Jeff told me an easy solution to this “problem,” would be to not buy any more books and supplies, but as I opened my packages from Thriftbooks and Blick shortly after he said that, I ignored that absurd, ill-informed, and completely impractical suggestion.  I mean…honestly, Jeff.