Happy 2010!

Created with Leah’s portion of  the Bling in the New Year colab kit at Funky Playground Designs.

Well hello there.

How have you been my friend?

It’s been quite awhile from me I know, and I cannot thank those of you who keep clicking over to see if I’m here.  You push and inspire me to get back to it more than you know!

I’ve been out of my crafty zone and mind-set while I went through some changes at ye olde day job that sapped a lot of my creative mojo… good changes that led to a promotion, but it took lots of time and effort to get there.  But now it is set, I am UBER blessed, and ready to get back to it!

So rather than ramble at you let’s do a super quick catch-up shall we?  Cause good friends like us can do that.

In October Alan and I celebrated our 8th anniversary with an amazing trip to Stratford, Ontario to immerse ourselves in amazing theatre.  We saw an 6 shows in 5 days.  It was perfect for us.

In November, Thanksgiving flew by.  (Turkeys can fly right?)  But I kept up on a few crafty things here and there.  Here’s my favorite layout from that month designed for Leah’s team:

Created with the super cute Vintage Thankful Kit.

And I completed a glass etching review for Craft Critique that was full of more messes than successes… (Armour Glass Etching Kit Review), but the comments from the other great crafters that have tried this product and love it have inspired me to try it again.  Someday-ish.

And then December – where in the heck did December go?!  Confession time – our tree is still up.  It has been un-decorated (cept one Superman ornament left hanging to remind us we need to replace a bulb in that spot before bagging it up…), but it’s there.  Was Santa good to you?  He was amazing to me.  In fact he read this article on Craft Critique and my stocking was full of Stickles… go figure.

I continued having a wonderful time with Leah’s digital kits.  Honestly if it wasn’t for her Creative Team I might not have done anything these past months.  Geez!  Here’s one that makes me hungry,

Created with the rightly named Christmas Cookies Kit.

And finally, here we are in January.  January 2010.

A new year.

A new decade.

Wow.

Let’s make this one the absolute best shall we?

I mean, I know we always say that.  This this will be the year “I”…. blank.

Shake off all the promises to yourself, and the promises to others.  If you’ve already not done every day what you swore you would, I’ve got news for you….

No one cares but you.

So get over it, and make 2010 the best by just living every day the best way you can.

And try to create a little something every day too.

I WILL be around, I promise.  I’ve decided that to get back into the groove I’m going to take a class from the girl that never fails to inspire me to live creatively.  And as the icing on the cake my ‘buddy’ for the class will be one that never fails to get me motivated too.  (Love you both!!)  So you’ll be seeing lots of projects from me.  It’s time I re-prioritize my creativity.

Thank you again to you my friends, and I hope the first bit of 2010 has found you well, motivated, and ready for a year of YOU.

Thanks for stopping by today, and see you very, very soon.

XOXO

Jess