Here's to 2010

I love January 1st! It always fills me with hope and excitement for all the things that I'm going to do in the next year. A new slate to start filling and I am kicking off some new design directions today. Fortified with the new knowledge of becoming a GRANDMA for the first time, my design interests are moving to baby designs. No surprise there, but we are off and running...puppy dogs, baby ducks, little checks and soft sweet colors.

A Year Has Passed

My second post. Hard to believe that it has actually been an entire year since the first post. That's okay. No one ever said it was a race.

I recently saw Julia and Julie and got inspired again to join the blogging ranks.

What's happened in a year...Hmmm. My oldest daughter got married (7 weeks notice - thank you very much), I have 2 sons now. We had to find a new home for 1 of our poodles. Diamond just couldn't handle everything and needed an environment where she was top dog (and the only dog). Our #2 daughter graduated from high school and has gone off to College. The other night she told me she had gone on a date with a 25 year old young man. She's still 17. It's scary when you send them out.

I started teaching for the Calif School of Professional Fabric Design and am really enjoying sharing the process of designing with others.

I got signed with Riley Blake Designs and am now officially a textile designer working on my first collections.

I am still working at the High School - for how much longer I don't know. It will depend on the stability of the design world.

I've started 2 books. We'll see how it goes.