It's Up to Me

My new Epson all-in-one is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow so here's another golden oldie Sticky Notes cover. That circle is a leather-look paper I had - probably a report cover I recycled I bet. Wish I had more!

I had kind of a downer weekend. I "wasted" almost all of Saturday trying to come up with stitched heart designs. Nothing worked satisfactorily. I later remembered I had this problem last year, although I didn't have the Groove to work with last year. Last year I decided to go with my strengths and stitch some of my original circular designs in Valentiney colors. Yeah, that works.

Maybe I'll even get those Christmas cards in my Etsy shop replaced with Valentine's Day cards. What?? It could happen.

Sunday I decided I needed to erase that failure feeling by designing some new circular designs. I came up with several, which I'll be able to show you when my new scanner is functional. So see? Go with your strengths!

I also did some paperwork, in particular, I updated the two mailing lists I maintain - my own and the Brighton show. I cleaned up my workspace a little. I've been feverishly working on finishing up assembling piles of Christmas pins but I've decided I must put them away in favor of spring designs. I have applied to 4 shows - more about that at a later date.

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In mid-December I found myself actively waiting for the new year to start because I love the fresh, clean slate it brings. Then I guess I found myself waiting for our Vegas vacation. I realized in the shower this morning, that I was still awaiting that January feeling. I thought it happened automatically! Bummer. You mean I have to do something about it?? Fine!

I think part of my problem is that work remains the same - no change in sight just yet. The Illinois sales tax auditor returns tomorrow and I still owe stuff to the New York sales tax auditor. And the other situation I can't talk about remains stagnant. But I purposely took a nice break between mid-December and now, doing more of my actual job, fulfilling stuff I like to do. That was nice. This other stuff will end at some point so now I'm ready to help push it along.

I've been thinking I'd like to rearrange my office or my studio in some way but I'm not sure that's do-able. Still pondering that. See what I mean? I'm craving change!