getting ready for an adventure…

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Squam Art Workshop….I have been wanting to go for years, first no $, then no time, then kept missing registration but FINALLY!  I am going…if only for A Taste of Squam this weekend!  Hoping for a full week next year.  Can’t wait, starting to think about what to bring…maybe some of this?photo

There’s a certain special guy who has requested some knitted items (!) no better time to start than at a Ravelry Revelry now is there!

Day after tomorrow!!  yippee!!

If you are curious about what Squam Art Workshop is all about, click on the “Squam” button in the sidebar to visit their site…and maybe I”ll see you there next time!!

ready, set, sew

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Some days (weeks, months) it seems like progress is slow to nonexistent.  Such is the case with my latest sewing project for (wait for it…) myself (!)  *gasp*  I know, really, I can’t think of the last time I made something for myself…it’s been at least since we’ve moved (which is coming up on 2 years)  lots of stuff for the girls, things for the house and for hubby but me?  not so much.

all ready and waiting

Well…I saw this super cute “Tova” top in a post over at Hawthorne Threads blog and thought…this is it!  I ordered up some beautiful cotton lawn from them  (super super nice people with a lovely shop if you are in the market for on-line fabric purchases, hope to visit their actual shop one day!)  I ordered the “Mariella” in grey/pink

Three fitting muslins later, I have cut out the (altered) pattern, picked buttons and found thread to match…then the girls came home from school.  *sigh*  maybe this afternoon?  Fingers crossed friends, fingers crossed.

…does preparing count?

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I have a new project brewing (how many days of my life have started with that phrase?!) and it requires ALOT of preparation before the creative part can begin.  I am finding this part of the process so so frustrating because all I want to do is MAKE SOMETHING !  And I am still in prep mode, and will be for awhile I think.

I’ve been in and around the creative game long enough to know that planning, sketching, thinking, sketching some more, prepping, prepping, more prepping are all a part of the process but honestly, this time..boy it seems like it’s never going to end.

Part of the feeling is because I have multiple projects that are in different stages of the planning and prepping process.  Projects for the house, projects for the girls, projects for my studio, projects for Charlie…and maybe at the end a little something for me…

I feel the need for a quick little start to finish project to help lift me out of the rut!  Will keep you posted on what I come up with?

Have you had a preparation & planning funk?  How did you get out of it?  Would love to hear your comments.

Have a great day everyone!

{this moment}

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{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.

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