Hello. It is a new time in life for us. It is time for a new start in my creative blog.
This is not a new layout - I created it quite a while ago for my beautiful Mother-in-Law. My husband brought it to her while she was in the hospital. I'm glad she saw it. In October, she lost her 7-year battle with Stage IV ovarian cancer. We miss her very much.
During the past year my creativity slowly, then rapidly, dwindled. The toll that cancer takes on a family is immense. I had no time or desire to create anything. I'm grateful this is beginning to change for me.
Last week, I attended a scrapbooking conference and now my creativity is beginning to return. I took some classes to help jumpstart the creative process. I completed 2 mini-books, 2 two-page layouts, 1 Christmas ornament, and started 1 6x6 mini album. It was nice to not be the designer, but rather to just sit, relax and complete a project that was predefined for me.
Today I did become the designer again - this time a jewelry designer. My MOPS group is getting together tomorrow night to bead, so I pulled out my beading supplies. I couldn't help myself and ended up playing with the supplies. I started to hand-coil some wire and ended up creating this funky little bracelet.
Here's a top view of the bracelet. I don't know if jewelry making will become a favorite craft or not, but I sure did enjoy my time putting this together.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
