2025

January 1st. A new page on the calendar. A new year to explore. 

New goals. New challenges.

New beginnings. A fresh start.

Am I the only one who enjoys moving into a new year? I suspect I'm not.

For the past several years I've chosen a Word of the Year to shape its direction. This year I seemed to struggle a bit with discovering the right word. I kept thinking about "enough" but that one kind of scared me, as being enough and having enough, etc. seemed almost unattainable. Finally I did something I never do - I went to the Day Spring "quiz" to choose my word.

Delight is a feeling of great pleasure or satisfaction, or something that gives great please.

It sounds like a pretty good word for me to focus on in 2025.

In addition to revealing my Word of the Year at the beginning of each year, I usually also share my crafting-related goals. This year I only have three, though I'm sure others will come up from time to time.

1. For many years I've used hot pink for my storage bins and other accent pieces in my Play Room. This year I am going to remove as much of the hot pink as possible, replacing it with neutral colors. I'm also renaming my Play Room (I know, again.) It hasn't been that long since I renamed it, but I think this will be its final name. From now on it will be Jeanette's Forest. I'm even having a sign made. The decor in the room is trees, trees, and more trees. Wooden trees. Twinkling trees. Cloth trees. metal trees. That's one of the reasons I'm getting rid of the hot pink and moving to neutral colors. The other reason is because the girl bathroom, just off of my room has a burnt orange accent wall and that doesn't go well with hot pink.

2. In an effort to stretch myself and learn new skills I am going to commit to watching at least one crafting YouTube video each week - Jennifer McGuire, Gina K, Simon Hurley, or similar artists. I've never been one to watch YouTube videos, but I have some friends who watch them regularly and they speak so highly of the things they learn. I'm excited about this goal.

3. I've purged a fair amount of my crafting goodies over the past two years and I have a few more areas I'd like to purge in 2025. Though I purge well, I don't have a real good handle on moving those items out of my storage area. This is the year! I'm going to commit to trying to sell what I can, but what can't be sold needs to go to my favorite thrift store.

Now, one more thing before I end this l-o-n-g blog post.

Here's what you can expect to see on my blog in 2025

3rd - The on-going 1 + 12 series

6th - A new challenge/series (to be announced on the 6th)

9th - The on-going Three Musketeers series

12th - Hot Mess Challenge

15th - The Creative Crew group

22nd - The on-going Double Duty series

25th - Another new series (to be announced on the 25th)

28th - The on-going Challenge Your Stash series

Last Day of the Month - The on-going Catch Up Club

Sometime During the Month - My on-going From a Kit series (It should end in July)

I continue to serve on the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps design team (every Friday) and the Technique Junkies design team (every other Monday).

I also remain on Splitcoaststamper's CAS Challenge team (on Mondays) and its Sketch Challenge team (on Wednesdays). 

It sounds like quite a lot to find delight in, doesn't it?