The last year seems to have gone by so quickly. My "day job" had me helping facilitate the opening of a brand new building, and even with all the restrictions due to covid, I just couldn't get to everything on my to-do list. But that's ok - part of life is balancing the things that need done with the things that you want to get done. What have I done over the last year?
I worked really hard on my crafting room - painted the walls, installed shelves, organized all my craft supplies and finally consolidated my gigantic yarn collection. Just a few weeks ago, I finished sorting all the items that I have that will be going up for sale very soon. I'm so excited that I finally feel like I have a nice space to create my art! (So is my husband because he thinks that means it won't appear in other parts of the house... ha!)
I added a few new patterns to my Etsy shop, Crafted By Life Designs. This is your one stop shop for all of my knit, crochet and graph patterns for all sorts of yarn crafting. Crafted By Life Designs
We re-did the kids rooms, made a giant Audrey II (more on her to be shared soon!), went totally Clark Griswold on the house for Christmas, and played a ton of Minecraft and board games as a family.
Lastly, I opened a brand new Art Gallery online which will be the new home for my photography. From here you can buy amazing prints and have them shipped directly to you. They'll even frame them if you want! Please check me out, and consider buying something if you're looking for a new piece for your home. I specialize in abstract and manipulated photography, but do also dabble in nature photography.
Atmospheric Noise Photography Art Gallery
What else is in store for me this year?
Well, one thing that anyone who knows me knows, is that I love coffee. And now, you can buy me one!! Visit me at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Craftedbylife and help me support all of my artistic endeavors. Right now, all you can do is buy me a coffee (not a real coffee, silly, I'll buy my own!), but in the very near future, I'll be offering recurring support memberships that will give you exclusive rewards, request commissions and more!
You'll be seeing one more new shop go live as I catalog and price out shipping on all of my yarn items, jewelry, resin work and more! I'm moving away from Etsy for all of my physical items, as my new platform doesn't charge me fees on anything that I ship myself, but provides me with a free platform to sell my art. This, in turn, saves me money, which I can then use to make more art!!!