Who loveth life, honor heart~

Over the last few months I have been trying to see my way.

Helen Kelley really said it best: 

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing~

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar~ 

I have been busy blanching traveling to teach with working on art projects at home along with micro managing my home life (teenagers spreading there wings are much like a baby taking there first steps!)

My heart and mind had been all over the place over the last few months and I need them to work once more like a team as I have been dreaming up one again the next journey that I want to take in this life of mine.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement;
nothing can be done without hope.

The road has been paved and the foundation is strong.
Now is the time for me to try a new
direction and focus on new horizon's:
The time has arrived for me to push my fear aside
and take that leap of faith that is needed to grow,

freeing my heart to guide me one again ~

Who loveth life, honor heart~

Change

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

I cut my mid back length hair to a ear length bob in September and I must say that I am yet to make friends with my new hair so I decided that maybe some new cosmetics could help me accept it,

so I made a appointment at the Bobbie Brown counter last week, my favorite part of the make over was when the makeup artist said "you don't have on any make up on now.... right?" and I had to laugh and say well "yes I do have on makeup!" ...
so here you have the new me~


It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
~W. Edwards Deming

Yesterday Kelly and I both received copy's of "a charming exchange" It was really exciting to see it at this point as it is more or less the book that you all will see (but it will be in color not black and white like you see here)
Last night with highlighter in hand I made it to page 30 marking all the little things that need to be changed... what is hard for me at this point is that I know how to do the projects so its easy for me to glaze over when reading the step outs... so as i read I try to see myself making the jewelry for the first time.

(new years parcels that I will be sending out to a few friends)

we only have a couple weeks with the book to make any changes then the book will move on to our Managing Designer Marissa where she gets to work her magic and make the book look all wonderful ( we are so lucky as sweet Marissa was also the designer for one of my favorite books "Sally Jeans Pretty Little Things")
The next time we see the book it will be to review it one last time before it goes off to print!

This Year has been so full with adventure!
I have been able to meet and work with so many creative and giving people!
and I must say that 2008 holds many more amazing adventures for me.
(after the first of the year I will share a few of them)
Thank you all for spending time to visit my blog, as when I stated blogging in November of 2005 a few years ago it was truly just a online journal for me to keep track of what i was doing... and along the way it some how almost became a part of me that only I knew.

I truly appreciate your support your words and encouragement they mean so much to me!
Have a Wonderful Happy Healthy Holiday and a Fantastic Creative 2008!

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~Anatole France


When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Victor Frankl

Change