Last Day of 2014

Time is speeding up and flying by at an alarming rate! 

It is hard to believe this is the last day of 2014. 

This has been a year filled with lots of hard work and a few worries, 

but overall it has been a very good year. 

The studio has stayed busy with lots of visitors and good sales. 

I’ve been thinking a lot about where to go from here. 

Whether to keep making what sells or 

take a chance on making what my instincts are telling me to do.

 It will probably be a combination of both in the coming year.

 I feel so very grateful to be able to just keep making things!

There are no New Year’s Resolutions 

just changes that Pog and I are committed to such as
healthy eating and continued walking.

Both of which makes us feel better and continues to let us keep active.

The Christmas decorations are still up and will stay up until this weekend.

 This is the week I enjoy so much because it is a quieter time, 

and we can relax and enjoy.

My new bottle tree. The only one I found!

This is also the week that I get to make some things just for my house and me. 

That is - until I mashed my thimble finger when the top lid of the wood stove dropped on it!

 Oh my goodness did that hurt! 

Thankfully it was not broken or burned - just blue and swollen, but it will heal soon. 

 The thimble will be back on and then I’ll be able to get back to work on projects that I need to finish and some I want to begin.

What I was working on before finger mishap.

In the meantime I received a stack of new jigsaw puzzles for Christmas.

I love them and this is the only time during the year I get to work on them. 

So let it rain or snow or be cold, Sadie is by the wood stove, and
 I’ll be at the kitchen table working puzzles with the music turned up. 

Pog is making snack food for the weekend so we will all be cozy

 and contented the first part of this New Year.

I want to thank each of you who read and follow the blog, 

and take time to make wonderful comments! 

The encouragement and friendship you offer is important to me 

and I appreciate it so much!

Happy New Year!

Wishing each of you a blessed New Years!

Pog, Louise and Sadie