*let the creativity begin

I do my best not to get caught up in the New Years resolution making habit. It just never works for me and I don't want to let myself down when I don't hold up to some lofty ideals that I would like to claim as mine attained.  Somehow as a new year rolls around I think we all get that feeling of a "fresh start", which in itself I think is odd.  If we were in a habit that we didn't think good, why would we wait until the end of a year, beginning of a new one to make a change? 

My sewing room is cleaned, and organized for a fresh start, not because it is a new year but because I had several projects that I worked on that eventually allowed it to get into the shape it was in before the purge.   It is like my rather large pantry, a few things put back in a convenient but not proper place a few times a week over a course of a year ends up looking like a huge mess. 

I currently have 7 unfinished projects in the works and many in my mind that I desire to see come to fruition.  I do want this year to be one where I sew more, but I do not have my heart set on a set number of projects I must finish.  Just today I was talking to my best friend and she mentioned that she too wants to sew more but will not allow herself to be pressured by "the finished quilt number for the year" but more importantly she is focusing on herself (health) and her commitment and responsibility to home educate their last daughter at home.   I know that in just a few  short months planting, weed, watering, picking, pickling, canning, freezing, milking, raising (meat chickens) will all be a real part of my reality.  I just know that this year I am going to be more purposeful in my sewing and how I can use that talent to bless others.  

This room does not always look like this, I am real, I live OUT LOUD and often VERY messy. But for now, it is worth marking down, the room is organized and ready.  Having a clean room and orderly allows my mind to function more freely and creatively! 

Here is a clever storage idea I would like to share with you, in fact I wish I had more sleds! If you have a wooden sled stand it up on its end, cut two pieces of board that will fit in over the metal hardware on the bottom of the sled and make shelves for storing your pretties, whatever they might be.