Summercrafter

Change. It gets a bad rap. People run from it. People rather stay in their situations and be miserable because they are afraid of it. It keeps us up at night and gives us stomach troubles but it's really inevitable.  Without change, you'd still be dating Mr. Wrong. Without change, you'd still be drinking milk in a bottle.  Without change, you'd still be rotary dialing instead of texting on your phone. Without change, it would be hot in Miami the whole year.   Okay, you get the picture. Change is good and although we may resist it, kicking and screaming, it's usually good for us, generally speaking .  It opens up opportunities, closes doors we shouldn't go through, etc... This is one of the "inspirational" messages I have in my craft area. It's an illustration from Mary Engelbreit that really speaks volumes in its simplicity.  This can mean forgetting, forgiving or moving forward but it definitely means something is going to cha...

If this is your first time dropping in on the Christmas Once a Month Project Posts, it all started over here  you can also check out the button on the right margin (the one with the stockings) She has some projects to show  too. I am trying to catch up, so I am on project three now and project four is due on Monday, YIKES! Here is my first and second projects so far. For the third project, I decided on doing these little ornaments which I have had in my mind for a long time. Finally, I have an excuse to make them and they really were a quick therapy session, because they were so easy to do, felt is fabulous! Originally, I was going to make them poly-filled (like little pillows) but that just didn't have the look I wanted and was complicating the simplicity of it all. Some of you might recognize these as Mary Engelbreit designs. And they are. She has really been an inspiration to me and so many other "wanna be artists." She is very ge...