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Ahh, I got time last night and this morning to beat out some new Valentine heart designs. They are a little late for this year, but love isn't just for Valentine's Day anyway, right?. My little sweetheart is just now waking up so I must post swiftly. I am so pleased with this new pop up design, adapted into two different styles.
One so sweet:
And one kind of wild:
To see them in their entirety check them out in my shop.
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Keep-It-Simple-Silly!
I find myself still easing into the new year. Looking through all the lovely books I got for the holidays, watching my baby grow and planning his upcoming birthday gala ;), enjoying the flowers my husband came home with, contemplating the most pivotal year of my life and still trying to find a rhythm for my day to day.
I hope to accomplish a lot of that rhythm through my goals and resolutions for the year. I am not trying to tackle them all at once for that would be doomed to failure. I am researching and planning and letting them come as they may.
One thing came along as I visited this great blog. Bookkeeping for 2010. I must be more organized and business-like about it. Happenstance brought me to this great post about accounting which has set the mood just right, for me at least. A lovely start for something I find so unsavory.
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Yay! It is now available. I was so excited to finally get it back. My sister had it forever. I feel silly not taking the photos before I gave it to her. Here are a few of the gorgeous photos in the book. So as promised here are some more images. My projects got direct mention on the back cover and images are throughout the book I am so thrilled. The work of the other artists are so beautifully detailed and I am humbled to be in their company.
The book features the amazing work of, Barbara Buckingham, Holly Christian, Cynthia Emerlye, Cynthia Ferguson, Jennifer Khoshbin, Nicole Lombardo, Janine Maves, Tina Tarnoff, Kathleen Trenchard, and La Donna Welter.To see more be sure to check out their sites/blogs linked to their names above.
I wasn't too thrilled that they photographed my luminary upside-down. Too funny really -- to me it was obvious that the acorns would point downward. The luminary appears in 6 pictures and they are all upside-down. At least it is consistent, right?
I am so thankful for the opportunity. I was approached just today about possibly appear in another book. Grin.
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While I have a more detailed list of resolutions for this year than ever before a few have edged their way in -- developed as a result of some gifts I have received this holiday season. This first book was a little gift to myself. When I discovered that my eyes were tricking themselves, seeing macaroon when I read macaron and noticing that cookies labeled as macaroons looked nothing like the coconut goodies I was used to, I got uber confused. Upon investigation I realized I am not the only one. I had to investigate. As soon as I read,"Making macarons {are a} notoriously difficult recipe to master and a frustrating endeavor for the amateur baker." over at Wikipedia, naturally it became a curiosity. Once I discovered what this, oh-so-cute-confection was it popped up while shopping for Christmas gifts and without a thought added it to my cart. Of course a Japanese pastry chef has mastered them and created the most delightful little book to grow the love. So now resolution #1 is to learn and hopefully master them enough that they will be in my 2010 repertoire of Christmas goodies.
This next book, well, I think the library might be confused about who owns it. I now have my own copy! It is a great reference and a fantastic inspirational nudge. Now it is in the library's collection to inspire others.
This next one was my hubby's idea all on his own. Is he trying to tell me something? This book is so drippingly cute and dare I assume ultra sweet. So to the pile of resolutions Hello, Cupcake! has been added. Our own little sweetie will be having a 1st birthday before we know it and I imagine his celebration cake will be a fabulous conglomeration of cupcakes -- really cute cupcakes.
Now my mother would say, "Don't encourage her." That is, not to pick up another craft but my hubby again was drawn to this book. Being the whimsical guy that he is, these little critters spoke to him. He got it for me from the library and then decided I needed this title in my personal library as well. Needle felting looks quite easy and rather meditative so I am thinking it is something I can do while watching TV, maybe?
So while these aren't resolutions I necessarily planned on... goals love company, right?
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