Spark plugs, quilts, and I'm drowning in "stuff"!

Working on right now...a beaded and
embroidered landscape quilt

This post could also be titled "What's up for 2016"!  Each year I like to take some time over the week between Christmas and New Year's in order to take stock, reassess, and ask myself where I want to go this next year.  You could call them New Year's resolutions for my online world if you'd like :-)

Also working on...beaded spark plugs!

This year was no different.  If anything, there will actually be more changes made than usual, but most of them probably won't affect you as much as they will me.  After careful (and sometimes tearful) consideration, I've decided to pull the plug on my regular websites (Mazel Tov! Jewelry, Wildest Dreams Designs, and Why Not Art?).  Visitors to those sites will be funneled to either Beading Arts or Mixed Media Artist, my blogs.  The second part of this process will be figuring out how to fold the sales portion of my business into these blogs without interfering with their primary function, which is to share my passions and educate.  I'll figure it out, but it may be painful too, because...

I'm drowning in stuff!  My studio is full, My storage drawers are stuffed.  I cannot think about what project is next when there is so so so much clutter in my life.  I like a nice clear table, but that hasn't happened in two years.  Enough!  I need to get rid of finished pieces, supplies that I know I'm not going to use anymore, etc etc etc.  So, while I'm stumbling about trying to figure it all out, let me know privately if there are any finished pieces from past tutorials that you'd like to get your hands on (tutorials), because I am serious about this!  Leave a comment with your email in it...I've got moderation on, so your email won't go public.

Happy New Year to you all, and I hope you've got some great art goals for yourselves this year!

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