Well, a common topic here seems to be “not enough time or brain cells”. Think I’ve covered that enough, so I’ll stop at that. It’s not a New Year, but I’m hoping to get a New Year’s resolution going to keep up more with this blog, with the Stitchin’board, and with other things which just seem to keep slipping away from me.
Boy, when this little hobby started getting it’s own life, I never envisioned I’d be here today. I also never envisioned what work it would take as well. I constantly seem to be in a time management development stage. With my real career also busy, it makes for some very interesting juggling. I’m probably preaching to the choir here, as everyone seems to juggle more than they can. It just seems to unfortunately be the norm here in the States. Just today, I even saw an article about a study that was done which proves that children need to have plain old “play time” for themselves. In this world where every second seems to be orchestrated into organized calendars, events, etc. – isn’t it amazing we have to prove through studies that we just need to “schedule” in some unscheduled time…
Have you seen the new designs and notecards? I’m really excited to introduce the other 2 members of the Windowpanes in Knotwork series. I’ve had this series on my design board from my Ebay days, but had never quite finalized them to my liking – until earlier this year. It’s exciting to work at getting designs just to my liking, and getting them out to you stitchers. It’s really what makes all my “juggling” worth it. I’ve been doing quite a bit of planning lately as to what’s coming down the pike – and I KNOW that you’ll be excited about them.
Tomorrow night, I’m going to sit down and give some more attention to my Needlework Building Blocks. I have some many sketches and ideas, and I just need to finalize them – getting them ready for release to you. I’m getting ready to begin working at finalizing some of the retired ones – readying them for sale in shops. Tomorrow though, I’ll be designing and playing – the fun part of it all!!!!! MMMMMMM – what types of freebie blocks would you like to find throughout the Needlework Show????
Speaking of the show – the online Needlework Show opens it’s “doors” on Wednesday night (October 11), and is open until Monday night (October 16).
How great is it to shop in your jammies! Here in Richmond, they will be flannel jammies since the weather’s cooling down quite a bit. We’ll then be heading down to South Carolina for a long weekend at my childhood home with my mom. Have no fear – the computer will never be far away.
Well, I’d better head along. I’ve got a large black lab staring at me with that “it’s time for bed” stare. Imagine that – a dog who keeps a strict bedtime schedule – but cannot do so unless one of his humans is on the same one. Who runs this household you ask?????
Truly, I promise to try to get on here more…
Happy Stitchin’!
It also allowed me to remember what I just LOVE about the series – how playful it can be!!! I decided that I wanted to literally play around with the blocks, so I’ve made my own game pieces to do so. How fun it was – even with Jim staring at me with that blank “what in the world are you doing” look on his face. It’s given me some ideas – that you’ll see developed eventually in the future.