Frecklewonder

eight months

and crawling.

kids are such crackers

we're all having a grand ol' time down here in the basement. it's been one of those great, highly productive days. matt is finishing up with his work, i am clipping right along sorting + cutting fabrics, dotty is in her bird cage playing with some new soft toys, and henry is doing some of his christmas legos.

we're listening to music, happy as clams.

then out of no where, henry exclaims, "what is this crazy, weird, awkward music?!?!?!"

it's official

i have way too much fabric.

as i've been considering ideas for the next collection, and cleaning my little basement studio for a fresh new year's start, it occurred to me that some of you might be interested in this vintage fabric that i've got coming out of my ears over here?

i am not sure how to offer it up, i was considering putting together some bundles and either offering them through the blog, or perhaps over on etsy? are any of you crafters/makers/doers in the need of a new year's boost to your fabric supply?

i have way too much and not enough time. so, please let me know.

also, this would help me a great deal with my new year's resolution.
*wink*

ETA: it should be mentioned that i grabbed this older picture from my flickr and since then, i have added a whole lot more to the collection. what you see above is a very small peek into my nutty obsession.

sounds like some of you are interested. i am going to spend the rest of the afternoon rooting through all the bins, and will post soon when i've figured out what the next step is. stay tuned, fabric junkies!!!

keep it simple

i am a bit late in pulling myself out of holiday mode, ours officially came to a close yesterday morning when the alarm clock we'd unplugged somewhere around dec 22nd fired off shortly before 7 am. ouch. i must say, though, i am looking forward to getting back to work, in a bright + shiny new year. we had a really nice winter holiday, it seemed like it lasted forever. lots of games of checkers, lots of movies all snuggled up in our room, lots of great foods, friends + family, everything we had hoped for.

as far as new year's resolutions go, i only made one. i like the idea of making a bunch, which is what i've always done in the past. a whole list of changes, big ideas, things to get excited about. but, it often seems like the big list is just a big, awful thing that ends up mocking me at some point later on in the year when most of those big ideas i got so excited about never really managed to make their way off the paper. is this just me?

so, this year i kept it to just one. which is just to simplify.

i think i've grown pretty tired of being tired, pretty tired of that feeling of running around like a chicken with my head cut off, of spinning my wheels, of making things way more complicated than they ever need be.
2008 was a really tough year in some ways.

in 2009, i'm opting for the path of least resistance. and i'm thinking, everything else should follow.