The weather here today is cold and wet. I feel very thankful to be in a warm house and able to work on cleaning, doing some after-Christmas sorting, and looking forward to a New Year.
There’s really nothing magical about going from the last day of one year to the first day of the next year, but there is something fun about a clean slate. About having a day marked on which to start over. About committing to really observing a change you want to make and having a starting line from which to “stick to it.”
I am thinking as I work through the day, what will my resolutions be?
I continue to work on the brooches that I love wearing and plan to sell. It’s a wonderful outlet to work with your hands on something pretty. I know you can’t see each individual pin very well, but you can see a few together and their general design. Do you like them? It’s funny how once you start making something, that something evolves and becomes more and more of yourself as you put more and more of your own thoughts and time into it.
Today’s the day for planning your New Year’s resolutions! Plan something wonderful!
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Dear Lynn,
A happy New Year to you, dear friend!
It is so very nice to have a day to ponder on the things we want to change and/or accomplish, isn’t it (Of course, we should do it every day!)?
The brooch pins are quite lovely~There is something about after Christmas that brings out the need to clean and create: I’ve been working on finishing embroidering a dresser scarf I bought at a yard sale last year, and making pincushions!
Enjoy your cozy home today, and drink lots of tea.
Love,
Marqueta
i like the idea of a clean slate as well. i feel the same way at the beginning of a new school year, thinking about what the boys and i will all learn and do!
your brooches are lovely and such a nice creative outlet.
enjoy your day – and your new year!
connie
happy new year, lynn! the brooches are beautiful. i love the small snippets of words layered over the images.
Happy new year, I do love your brooches. I like the black with the gold accents. I look forward to seeing more xoxoxo Clarice
Marqueta, it is indeed right to ponder daily over what we should be doing and changing, but it is so much fun to have a clean slate, so to speak.
Yes, after-Christmastime gets me in the mood each year to clean out and sort and create.
Connie, my thoughts fly to school as well, and all that I want to do. It really feels like the year will come to a close after the New Year. I know we know all along that it will, but once the New Year arrives, it seems real that time will run out and I should be diligent!
April, thank you! I like the ones with words too. Dream is my favorite.
Clarice, thank you! You will see more and more. I am really enjoying making them.
Happy New Year!
Lynn,
They are lovely….
What I love about New Year’s isn’t that this is the ONLY time to do this, but that the focus is there for us to create good habits or change bad ones…I am working on a list of GOALS I have for 2010…and I will share them when my thoughts are complete….which may not be today.
Love,
C~
Carrie, I think you hit the nail on the head. It does seem like a time of focus. I like that. I’ll be over soon to see if your goals are up there!
Lynn