Hey there Blog Readers! Remember me?? Yes, it has been over a year since I posted an actual blog post. After the Retina problems of the summer of 2021, I really did get pretty low emotionally. And then the DayJob demanded that we come back 25% of...
Today is my spot on the Book Tour for my friend Pat Sloan's Holiday Celebrations book! So many great projects in it - some for every season! I had a hard time just picking one project to work on. I actually couldn't, I had to...
Of course my last post in the beginning of April was about Goals for this year! That's probably why THIS post is so long overdue! I can't even remember what I was really working on in the Studio in April or May. Both Mandalas for those...
Now I start talking about goals for 2021? Haha, what is this January 1st? No, but it is now past three months since we have landed in the new house, and I am finally beginning to feel a little more at home. I feel like I...
Well, late in the month, but Not the Very end of it. Spring has officially started, and here in the Pacific Northwest US, it is a typical rainy day. We found some daffodils popping up in the lawn and that made us both very happy because...
So A new month has begun! (okay the month had begun when I STARTED writing this post! Now it is over half over! Jinksies! Where DOES TIME go!?!? ) I JUST barely made the goal of getting the January Mandala of the Month done in the...
Happy New Year, people! After last year, I know well enough to not necessarily over promise anything, because well, most of last year was HUGE eyeopener for most of us in so many ways! But I also do believe in starting over, planning, reflecting, and moving forward...
So here we are at the end of the year 2020. Wow...
Good morning there, my friends. I am so happy to be back to the blogging. It has been a long summer and an even longer autumn here at the Blue Nickel. We emptied and sold my Dad's house and now our house is sold and we...
Hey there, Welcome to this morning! I thought I would wake your day up with this hot pink quilted image from a new book on Color/Thread and how they interact in Quilting by my friend Teri Lucas ! Teri and I go way back! To 2011...