We’ve got T minus 55 days and counting until Christmas. Sixteen days to Thanksgiving. Excuse me while I call in my Valium refill. It’s holiday season. Again. How did THAT happen? We are off and running down the racetrack that is our holiday season in America. Our country runs at break neck speed through the… Read More
The temperatures are starting to drop along with the leaves. We find ourselves reaching for warm mugs of Latte and Macchiato to warm our hands rather than a brisk lemonade to cool down. We’re all recovering from a chocolate induced Halloween hangover, and all of a sudden. IT’S. SO. DARK. SO. EARLY. It can only… Read More
A few weeks ago, I lived the experience of a lifetime. I participated in a new bootcamp with April Bowles Olin, better known as the Blacksburg Belle. I got to travel all the way to San Fransisco, CA and be part of the live studio audience on Creative Live. The class is called Double Your… Read More
As this post updates, I’m in the Creative Live Studios in San Fransisco, CA. It’s still really hard for me to believe. I’m making my last preparations for the trip, and today I will start the physical packing. It’s about to get real. I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet. Even though I’ve been… Read More
Seven days from today I’m going to be sipping my morning coffee in the Creative Live studios in San Fransisco. The time is almost here. Since I fly on Saturday, I only have 5 remaining days to finish up what I’m working on, get packed, and be ready to leave. Oh good grief. How am… Read More
A week from now I’ll be stuffing the suitcase with the last little bits of home. For on the morning of the 26th I board a plane where my ultimate destination is San Fransisco, CA. To be honest, I can’t believe I’m doing this. I’m excited and terrified all in the same breath. I’m going… Read More
In crafting circles we have a commonly used term called WIP. This means Work In Progress. We routinely talk about what WIPs we have in the crafting basket. The biggest, and certainly most public, WIP I have right now is my website! I am working on a complete redesign and rebrand as part of the… Read More
September. It’s already September. How did that happen? What does this time of year mean to you? Back to school 4th Quarter Fall Time to get serious about work It can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For me, it’s all of the above. I work in the crafts… Read More
A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. We’ve all heard that one. If you want to succeed at anything, eventually you have to get started. This is especially true in knitting. You have to put fiber to needle and practice if you want to develop the skill. Only, everything seems too hard… Read More
What a whirlwind the past few days have been for me. I applied to be a part of the studio audience at Creative Live several weeks ago. I had not heard anything, so I assumed I was not selected. I had decided to just move on from hoping and simply plan on tuning in when… Read More