Alright... Here I am...

By gods, I've been away from this for too long. I have the same excuses everyone does... I'm busy, I'm tired, I'm stressed. I have a job, I have a toddler. But let's cut to the quick... if I'm not here, which means I'm not creating, I'm not really me, either. I get excited about new paper, looking at other people's creations, helping people create, see in a new way, do in a new way, and get in touch with what matters to them in a creative sense... thing is, I haven't been doing that for me lately which makes me crabby, anxious and exhausted. ENTER: www.bravegirlsclub.com where I'll soon be taking their online workshop Soul Restoration. It is a six week course on getting back in touch and getting creative and I so need a community right now. I won the course over at www.christytomlinson.typepad.com and couldn't possibly be happier. I've been buying supplies, ordering prints, reading blogs, but not getting anything done... my stash has outgrown my three craft spaces, my desk and craftroom are unusable due to clutter and the precariously perched stacks of stuff. I know that what I love doing is making books... journals, mini-albums, thought books, and I know that it fills my soul to not only make them but to write in them and create art in them. A friend of mine posted a great facebook message which I have attached myself to and I'm going to put it out for you here... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1353128548#!/profile.php?id=1353128548&v=wall...
and I'll extend the same invitation here... the first five people to leave a comment will receive something handmade by me, but you must post this on your website/blog/facebook page and send out your own handmade gifts. When you comment, please leave me some sort of contact info so that I may get a message to you in private for a mailing address. I am feeling that I have to create again, which is great, but also means that I haven't been doing it enough lately. I've been struggling with getting organized and narrowing down what I want to be making. Slowly but surely, space is appearing in my craft room and I do know that books is what I want to be making. So... I consider this a sucessful start to my 42nd year... an idea, a class to help me get in touch with me again, and a few goals.
here I am...