Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Happy holidays!

Ah, Christmas. I love the weather, seeing my friends and families' faces light up as they open their gifts, and especially now seeing my children get excited to see the "pwetty lights" and open presents. I love the food, especially the fudge, the music, and the weather (usually--we finally got our first snow this week!). One of the unfortunate things about making all my own gifts is that it keeps me REALLY busy, even up to Christmas morning working on things. I guess I could start working on them earlier, or set my deadline a week ahead or something, but that is definitely not what happened this year. I literally sewed buttons on my sister-in-law's slippers after she opened them, since I had spent all morning sewing the cuffs on and didn't get to finish in time. It didn't help that I decided to crochet 3 hats for all the little boys at the last minute...

The great thing about the Christmas rush is, now everything is done! I can work on projects that I've put on the back burner for months and take my time. One of those projects is to update this blog more often, and tie up loose ends that I haven't done. First off, my craft space:


I know it doesn't look like much yet, but hopefully it will over the coming months. The best thing about it is, I have one! I have a place to store all my felt (in the black case at the bottom) for the boys' project (which has had little to no progress over the last weeks), all of my sharp utensils and dangerous items are stored up and away from little hands, and the lighting in there is wonderful, with the giant window to the right. I will have space on the peg board to store important items (like my college degree), calendar, and some fun inspirational quotes. I have plenty of storage for small items like sewing notions: there are hooks on the right that will hang spray painted cans, and the hanging basket for larger items. One of these days I will get it all organized and decorated, and then I will feel like I can work. 

As you may have guessed, the boys' project is not finished yet. I have a few finished items in the black box on the table, ready to be sewn together, but not yet enough to be paired. I plan to make 2016 my Year of Doing, as 2015 was my Year of Wanting, so I will get this project done before they get too old to enjoy it.

I still need to update with a couple of photos of the boys' birthday party decorations, so hopefully I can get that done in the next couple of weeks, then get back to posting about yarn. I've got several new items to add to my Etsy shop, so hopefully this month I can get some new listings posted. Keep checking back and I will hopefully have more consistent posts, with some new items and updates to oldies.

A belated merry Christmas and happiest New Year to you!