And Another Winter

Evolution. Evolution of a page.

Of a middle-aged woman.

Every winter I get low. Blue. Depressed.

Having, in the past, recognized it as a necessary hibernation,

as I enter it now I find myself low but not sunk.

Tired, hungry, unmotivated...

Depressed? Or just a need for quiet and low stimulation? Rest?

Because that's okay.

A Year in Classes

A list maker loves the accounting at years end...

 

Made a journal with Jackie at Paper Crown.

I went to Handmade U in spring 2013.

Made a journal and doodled with Dawn Sokol.

Leather work with Camille McClelland at Handmade U as well.

At My Heart's Fancy fell for Stephanie Ackerman making hearts.

 

Making doodles and stamps.

And this Pouf with Jemellia at Je's Bend.

Oklahoma license plate journal at Paper Arts store.

And made a couple of quilts...

Finished a needlepoint tapestry, ya' know, no big deal...

Online and in my robe I took a couple of the getting Started series with Julie Balzer.

Doodle Camp with Dawn.

30 days of prompts with Dawn for National November Non-stop Journaling Month.

From the master, Mary Ann Moss, the Full Tilt Boogie Journal online.

And Mary's Sewn class of pattern painting...

And so many journals I made.

 

 

 

 

Wow. Nice...

 

One Little Word!

I did it!

One of the year long commitments I made for this year,

was Ali Edwards' One Little Word online class.

My cover is from a Colette Copeland class, the little pouch above was made by her.

My word for 2013 was go.

I had spent plenty of time with stop and be following mother's death,

it was time to go...

The monthly prompts didn't take a lot of time but certainly made me put the word GO into my life, which is the whole point of an intention for the year.

Just a few pages, nothing fancy. 

 I used a binder and clear pocket pages for this as instructed.

I finished it! I went!

Now time to celebrate everyday...