2010 went out with a whimper when I got a migraine and went to bed early.  2011 started off much better when I woke up to a clear head and a sale on Etsy.  Yay for 2011! Hopefully both are trends that will continue for the rest of 2011.  I’m celebrating the new year with 20.11% off all bracelets in my Etsy shop as January’s Sale of the Month.  I’ve been listing lots of bracelets lately and still have more to go because I was able to take pictures with my second cousin last week.  My arms are too hairy for pictures, but hers are lovely.  Thanks Mary!

Our family was finally together long enough to open presents so we celebrated Christmas this morning.  I’ve got some new teas to try out so I think January 1st will be a nice relaxing day, finishing up a pair of wedding fingerless gloves for a relist in the shop and getting started on my new super secret tatting project.  Won’t be secret for much longer as I’ll be announcing it here, but the enormity of it has been giving me butterflies.  It’s also sort of the reason for this blog.  All will be revealed soon.

Hope your 2011 is off to a good start!

Kept myself quite busy during the last day of 2010 with reading for my class that starts on the 4th.  Yes, I’m one of those people who starts reading the textbook before the class even starts.  Though when the class is only 4 weeks long it’s sort of a necessity.  I did take a nice long break about half way through the chapter on “Foreign Currency Transactions and Hedging” to finish off a pair of earrings for a custom order.  Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures before getting them all packaged up though.

Also got started on writing up those split ring bracelets for the Shuttlebirds workshop.  Hope to have a working version done by next week so I can ask some other tatters to proof them.

Spent more time than I should have flipping through the Priscilla tatting pattern books.  Very excited to start working my way through some of the patterns in them.  Not today though.  Plans for the rest of 2010 involve more reading about foreign currency transactions and then heading out to the critical mass bike ride at Balboa Park with my brother.

Happy New Year!