Wabi Sabi Threads

Happy New Year!!!

I'm back from spending New Year at Portugal, at the countryside near the Spanish border.

I wish I could really wish you a happy new year, but my thoughts are with the people that suffered the Tsunami. It has been a really sad year or just another sad year for the world?

My state of mind is very similar to the one I had after the 11-M, the start of the Irak War, and 11-S. I feel that we have the responsability to live our lives making the most of it. Not complaining about silly things, and not arguing about stupid facts.

I was working on my new year resolution list (things like doing more exercise, lossing weight...), but I just burnt the list. I'll try to incorporate those changes in my life but will not focus on not having done them. I'll try to make the best of every moment instead of thinking what could it be.

Although most of us don't have the job we like, the house we dream of, and many of us are dealing with sickness an other major problems I think that we still have lots of good things happening around and we still can hope of changing those things we don't like and even making a better world.

I like to focus on small things that make my life better, the beauty of a cloud, the flower that grows amidst the paving of a street, the unknown person that smiles you in the street. The discover of a new artist that inspires yourself. Life is full of beauty, my yarns and my stash make me smile.

One of the things that really make my life better is communicating to people via my/their blogs. For the bloglife updating is very important. So I'll try to update daily.

Ok this is a bunch of NYResolutions popping. But not in the way I have intended before. Sorry for this preacher post. If you can please consider making a donation to the Tsunami Relief efforts. Oxfam International is my choice, but there are many others agencies helping.

White Christmas

I'm in my town 50 km away from Madrid, and Xmas has just passed. We have a great time exchanging gifts, eating and getiing along (well not always) with the family.

We did indeed have a white Christmas. We have a snow storm and communications by road are really bad. It's not that it snowed so bad. I think it's more of not being used to it. So I'm stuck here, with no USB to share pics with you. I'll try to solve it as soon as possible.

oh Xmas

I keep working on my Xmas gifts on my spare time, wich is not much due to an overload of real life work. It's very frustrating working on Xmas presents, because:

a) you can't show pics here

b) keeps you away from working on other crafty projects

But I can't complain, because I will have some good presents, like my Blythe...

Merry Christmas 2004!!

 

Staying at home...

It's Sunday and tomorrow I have to come back to work. Every Sunday afternoon I feel blue.

To be more positive I have been reading Barabara Brabec's Homemade Money. It's not that I dream of earning my living as a dollmaker, I wish I was so talented, but I'll like to have a Homebased job, that way I could try to have children and all that jazz.

The book is wrote very well researched and covers a wide span of subjects dealing with working at home. I'll keep you updated on my reading. While I finish reading it you can read some of her advices at her web.

Back home

Back to reality...

Washing machines, work, cooking and rain. I can't believe that we have such a nice weather last week. The place were we were staying (Cernay Vacances) was very beautiful and confortable, and the landlady cooked a wonderful meal for all of the students every day.

It was my first time working together with other dollmakers and that was one of the best things, I'm already missing some of the other students. Of course we made plans for seeing each others again and I hope that some of those plans become real soon.

Besides the great time spent in a wonderful place, with awesome people and great food we were learning dollmaking with the Best Teacher. I hope that I can make next year's workshop with Marlaine Verhelst again. She is very nice and fun, and of course her dolls are great, but the most important thing is that she is a very good teacher, very supportive and encouraging. Of course she always knows how to bring magic to the face and balance to the doll.

I have a wonderful time.

It's my B-day

Hi!
Today I turned 31 years old.

I keep working on my Scarf of Envy. It's a very good project to take whith you while visiting your in-laws.

I have a long list of to-do things this week. Next Saturday I'm flying to Paris to take a workshop with Marlaine Verhelst. I haven't even bought the fabrics. So I don't know if I'll get to play dolls this week

Autumn Resolution

Today we have some Autumn weather at last. This year Autumn has arrived late to Spain.

I guess that this means more time to be inside, and therefore more time to play dolls. I haven't been able to play dolls lately.

I got married last May and I have found out that marriage is a quiet time consuming affair.

I also work full time and this steals lots of time from my sewing projects.

These months spent away from hand-on projects I have enjoyed reading some blogs.

My favourite ones are those that show the creative process, so I took an Autumn Resolution: I decided to have a blog myself.

Maybe commiting to a blog will be difficult, due to my lack of time but I thought that this way I can show my incomplete projects, and I'll be cheating this feeling of never getting to finish anything.