above are just a small selection of some of my favourite outfits for the last month, the entire collection for the year so far can be viewed in my Year of Handmade flickr album, here
Oh, running behind my blogging schedule… oh well, it’s a self-imposed folly anyway, right?! 57 days to go!
This last month has been pretty intense, not so much in the wearing handmade clothes and shoes side of things, which to be honest has been just about the easiest thing going on my life! but just in the ordinary life side of things.
Obviously losing our dear Sienna has been a huge blow to the family.
In other “things”, we finally sold our old beach house, which is a good thing because it has been on the market for a LONG time… not such a good thing was the three day window in the week before Christmas; in which we had to go down, pack the house, move it, clean and clear out. Man. It was pretty crazy, but did come at just the right time when we needed some hard physical work to distract us from our sadness. We just worked our butts off for three days straight and flopped into bed late each night, exhausted, sleeping like babies.
All plonk in the middle of the pre-Christmas work/social scene, my “real” work, and of course my own Christmas present making period too… and I’l be the first to admit that I sometimes set making-goals for myself that can sometimes be quite ambitious. Basically, every spare minute has been very full and a bit stressful.
I’m not writing any of this to whinge or whine, but just stating the facts for the month. I think it’s good sometimes to acknowledge stuff, you know, not make like everything is easy-peasy, no sweat. You know how sometimes Christmas Day can be more of a relief than anything else? it was actually rather nice just to merely have practically nothing left to do, just chill with our lovely family.
Anyway, the last few days since Christmas has brought some peace and quiet and the feeling of more optimism. The last few months of my handmade challenge are going to be pretty breezy, I’m sure.
I’m actually even a little enthusiastic about making something for myself, soon… Can’t even believe I’m saying that! but … yeah!
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