A whole year’s worth of seasons since my last post, and my lord how things change. In the past year we have gotten pregnant, sold a house, bought a house, moved, gotten the ‘vid, went to Ireland, had a baby, survived newborn parenting, and tried to figure out our new life as a family of three. It often feels like a thousand lifetimes have passed just since April when our little babe was born, but I’m working every day on finding my feet, even when it sometimes feels like two steps forward, one step back. (I still haven’t found all of my knitting needles, which were put in a box last October and supposedly made it to the new house.)
Motherhood has meant major shifts in every area of my life, and that includes creatively as well. Besides all of the insanely cute newborn things I have been working on, I am feeling a shift in my design sense and what I’m drawn to creatively as well. I went through a dry spell last year where I didn’t make a single thing for about 5 months, and it was tough, but it taught me a lot. Since Q was born I have felt a burst of energy and creativity and have done just a truly terrible job of documenting it all - so many baby bloomers, hats, felt play toys for his play gym, and every day I feel like my “to make” list grows and grows. It’s amazing. I used to really do a great job of sharing all of this on Instagram but with all of the shifts on that platform as well, I think I just need to dive back in and start sharing again, however makes sense.
I’ve missed this space and I have two really special projects coming up that I’ll be sharing more about soon, both collaborations with wonderful wonderful makers that I feel so lucky to work with! Things are moving so fast, but I don’t want to miss the chance to share and to document all of the wonderful things about this season of life.