Quite honestly I can hardly imagine that it is 2012.  I have to wonder how this happened but the fast pace we all keep is surely the culprit.  Reed and I have enjoyed our much needed 3-day at home holiday.  I found myself in comfy sleepware just  letting my mind wonder and rest as  I jotted down notes and ideas without interruption.  It’s been great and something I haven’t  been allowed for a long time.  I would like to resolve this problem this year and find those days I need to keep my mind free.  I want to loose weight and so many other things but those kind of resolutions seem to get broken and forgotten so I won’t be making any of them I’m giving myself a little less pressure if possible.  

    This morning Reed and I were listening to an info-mercial on music from our era of growing up and we both couldn’t help noticing the songs were slower paced, we still knew the words and could sing along, some more romantic and some sad but it didn”t seem to agitate us like a lot of the hip hop does today.    It was an easier time than we live in now but I think we have the opportunity to create our own ”New Year New Style” and that is what our year 2012 is going to be about.  

 I am embracing it and encouraging you to do the same.  A New Year is a great opportunity for us all to pare down and find our style.  The decorating options are endless for you to Create Your Own Comfort Zones so our job will be to give you some great new inspiration and we are all up to that challenge..

I  find myself excited as I start out the new year because in the depths of winter as we look outside we have the opportunity to recreate that calming palette we see.  It is clean and to me that really means lighter and softer but  it can also give you a wonderful sense of homespun warmth.  Winter can be a time of splendid isolation, you can hunker down quilt, stitch, read, and cook.  Let’s make a pack to make this happen and see if our creativity sores.

 I am kind of into layering and stacking just organizing better.  I think this  is the year I will even start my bucket list.  I have not really taken the time to do that either.  I do love my home and imagine most of you do to.  It takes moving things around, paring down, reinventing just making some simple changes that revitalize your living space.  Painting is probably the most dramatic and easy way to create change.  By keeping things soft and your colors consistant you can create a gentle elegance that will help you stay grounded.

Now you can kind of see where I want to go in the shop in 2012 I can hardly wait to go in and begin the process.  There will be at least 3 new quilts within the next couple of weeks and Miss Vickie, The Shop Girls and I will be getting very excited as we pick out more new offerings we have been dreaming about.   

I will also be stirring the pot a bit as I am about to offer new Girl Clubs in 2012.  We have to keep things exciting because I know how healthy it is for us all to create.  The designers I love are a huge part of this process.

  I have that list of to do’s and as I get ready for markets in the next few days I hope to reign my ideas in and bring them home to the shop.  I can hardly wait for our events and there will be more because we have opted not to travel but to embrace our brick and mortar shop and on line shopping.  I hope you will trust us, visit when you can small towns need you and our small town can be oodles of fun, retreat with us, enjoy our classes and take advantage of what my knowledgeable shop girl team has in store for our New Year New Style 2012.   I will also have a new fabric line for you this spring and as we get it together you will be the first to know all of those details.   

So, Happy New Year!  Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!

Jeanne