Here is what I know:
1. Twenty-Eleven came without much celebration.
2. My daughters were home for Christmas for too short of a time, especially Older Daughter who was only here for two days {sigh}.
3. I am exhausted. I have kind of been wanting to get away from talking about illnesses....mine in particular.....but I think "exhausted" covers a whole lot of ground!
4. I miss being creative. My office is being packed up for a move we are making, so there is no chance anything stampy or inky will appear here in the next few months.
5. When I am doing stampy and inky creations again, I promised myself that I would do more personal projects this year.
6. I miss being connected with other creative stampy, inky people. I feel so far away from that right now.
7. I found out that The Stamping Studio is closing its doors! I am so sad! Melissa is a wonderful person and I wish her the best of luck in her next adventure. TSS images will always be a part of my Permanent Collection and are some of my favorite stamps. It is sad when a favorite place closes because not only do you lose access to the products, but you lose access to wonderful people. TSS was my fav DT to belong to, and the majority of my published pieces were made with TSS stamps.
8. I am now obsessed with Trader Joe's! A new one opened here last month, and even though I have not been to the actual store yet I have been enjoying a lot of food from there.
9. This year we got about 1/2 of the Christmas cards we usually get! People are maybe cutting back because of the economy. I just don't want to lose touch with people!
10. I have a big Priority Flat Rate box full of products to send out because of cleaning out my office. This is a big box absolutely full of things like stamps, embellishments, etc. Leave a comment and you will be entered in a random drawing I will do on January 31st.
I'll be back at the end of the month to post a winner! Happy Twenty-Eleven!!
