Whew. It’s been a while. I hate neglecting anything for this long, but ‘tis the season. These times remind me of this one time in Kindergarten when I got on the merry-go-round. My “friends” were pushing me so fast. I kept begging them to slow down. My head was spinning, my vision was blurred… then I puked. And they stopped the ride.
Well, life is kind of like an out of control merry-go-round. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. There are lots of great things happening. I belong to two great selling groups and the Handmade Art Fair. I found out I am getting published this fall. I am getting ready for War Eagle. These are all great things, but they and the magazine deadlines keep coming at me like night bugs on a country road. It gets hard to keep my balls in the air. Don’t get me wrong, I love the challenge, but sometimes, just when you have all the balls in the air, life throws in a chainsaw to juggle too.
All this to say, I must try harder to stay organized. Art is hard. Maybe harder for our generation. We have to run the websites, take the pictures, do the graphics, order the supplies, ship the orders, network, comment on every blog we read, join online discussion groups, take classes, give classes..and sometimes when all is quiet, we still have to make art…There is also sleep, family time, and probably our real jobs unless we are one of the few that can pay our bills with this hobbit… my coined word for habit/hobby.
Enough whining. Lets get into what’s coming up. First of all, Halloween. And yes, my cubicle at work is starting to show signs of this super fun holiday. My kitchen is brimming with ghosts and black cats and witches brooms. I am hoping to start on a very difficult and very special corn husk doll soon. But what I have been working on every waking, non-real-working moment are belsnickles.
I love belsnickles. I love Krampus. I love anything that scares the bejesus out of children in a holiday that is usually pretty mild and enjoyable. So be looking for belsnickles on my blog, at War Eagle, on the selling sites and on my etsy page…. I will have enough belsnickles to beat most of the ill-behaved children in your lives. Keep your eyes peeled and your badly behaved children hidden.
