I Know You Are Wondering….

Just dropping in for a minute because I am sure you are wondering when I will have things made and available this year.

On September 22, I broke the ice and entered my workshop hoping to get started back to work. I had already spent some time over the course of a couple of weeks straightening up, rearranging, and vaccuming up all the little bits of tinsel leftover from last year. The workshop looked clean and shiny and ready to go.

But as I wrote that day:

I got back to work today and it was hard. I had expected that because when it would come time for me to turn off the workshop’s lights and lock the door, the most important person in the world would not be inside the house waiting for me. Four months on and I’ve learned that the first time for pretty much anything is the hardest. There are apparently more “firsts” than Carter’s has liver pills. 

It took quite a while to get going. I turned music on. I dilly-dallied around rearranging things that did not need it. I rooted through stuff and picked out some little goodies to get started thinking surely this cute little Santa would light a spark. He didn’t. I procrastinated further. I broke for lunch.

Grief is relentless in its supreme ability to render you to a state of immobility if not downright paralysis. In the end, I did it though. Somehow, the ice finally broke and I made a pretty darn good start. In fact, I was actually feeling kind of excited by the time I ran out of steam (which happens quickly these days) and decided to call it a day.

It seemed to me that if I tried to regularly and steadily work at it things would get better. And they have.

Look for pieces to start going up in the Glittermoon Shop sometime in the middle-ish part of November.

I know I have mentioned this before but I highly recommend you follow my Instagram feed because I not only post more frequently there but you can see works in progress and various other things in a much more timely manner.

Right now, I have finished 3 wreaths. I’ve also made something that was a first for me: a piece that can be used as an Advent wreath (if one so chooses); otherwise it can just be hung as part of your holiday décor.

These pieces will all be going with me to the only show I have scheduled for this year: The Mistletoe Mart in Westminster MD, Nov. 10-12. It is held at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension; I’ve done the Mart several times over the past decade and love it. The show is not a bad drive for people in neighboring states if you’d like to come for a visit. Click here to see where it is on Google Maps. In additon to the big pieces, I intend to have about 100 of my Tiny Topiaries – or, as Patrick dubbed them, Christmas Canapés. Plus the usual assortment of Glittermoon Cards, including a full stock of my holiday/Christmas cards.

Without further adieu, here are not great photos of the 3 large pieces I’ve finished to date. These are not available for presale as I will take them to Westminster.

Whatever does not sell there will be available online once I get back. I will be taking proper photographs sometime soon.

These are two pretty terrible quick phone shots I took of the “Advent wreath” I made. It is two-sided: a scene with Santa on one side and a snowman on the other. I’ve included 4 candles with it. Hopefully, you can get a vague idea of what it looks like.

Thank you very much for your patience this year as I try to navigate through this time period. I appreciate all your good wishes and support very, very much.

Have a wonderful rest of your day…Now I’d better get back to working on those 100 Canapés!!