Happy new year! May 2012 bring you fire, imagination and creativity. In the words of Ernest Holmes, don't ask what others have done or how they have done it. Be yourself and express life as you find it. Never imitate, trust the self. I find great encouragement there to let my ideas and creativity flow without limitations. 2012 brings new opportunities for us to be inspired and create what we can conceive in our mind's eye. I have several projects perculating once I finish my Irish Roses and other Blooms wrap - one of them will be for the Black and White exhibition at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway later this year.

Back to the more current events: January brings a basic Crochet Workshop at the Yarn Nook in Candler on January 9th and the annual Friends and Fiberworks Winter Retreat at the Biltmore Square Mall in Aheville on January 13 - 15th. Check under Workshops and Demos for details.

Thanks to the beautiful weather so far this season I continue to enjoy the great outdoors and it's a great day for our annual Firewalk this afternoon. Life is good; enjoy the adventure. Have a happy and creative 2012!

"I do what I love and I love what I do"