New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Year!

I've been MIA

I could tell you that I've been to the islands.

Or

I was invited to the White House.

Or

I was appearing on the Martha Stewart Show

but that would be all lies.

The truth is...

I have this Etsy shop.

It's great!

Who knew Christmas was the busiest time of the year?!

This used to be my dining room table.

Then it became a shipping table.

Now it's just

well,

frightening!!

My dining room looks like a room on those newscasts 

where they remove the children 

from the deplorable living conditions.  

Yup.  I've created deplorable living conditions.

There's no pizza boxes.

No garbage.

Just mounds of tape, bubble wrap, postage paraphernalia and so forth.

But, I survived.

I met so many wonderful people that

it was worth every late night and early morning

that I spent creating the 

deplorable living conditions.

This is the pile of fun today.

I finally made it out to my favorite antique store for more buttons.

My daughter said,

"Really.  You really need more buttons."

Just to show you that I did actually 

sort of 

clean the counter up for breakfast Christmas morning.

My daughter refused to make cinnamon rolls for us

if there was any broken glass or staples.

Spoil sport.

I did get a nifty new Ott light.

It helps SO much.

There's no reason for me not to be making jewelry

well into the wee hours of the morning.

That's what caffeine is for isn't it?

I've been making these:

And 

and

So..

and

and don't forget to have fun.