My little supporter chimed in this morning, reminding me to take pictures and post.  I love that little girl.  She might not fully understand it, but she has given me strength when it was needed. She keeps me on my toes.

Recycling and reusing once again..a can of black beans. They went from part of our Mexican supper dish to a pencil holder.  A little embroidered horse, of course.  Just when you think a faze will wane, it sparks even brighter.  I see horses sticking around for quite some time.  This was a mother and daughter joint project. I was thrilled to see her sit that long. Working the needle. A couple years ago, she would have given up after a few stitches. 

Hope you all had a Happy New Year!

I always feel so energized this time a year. Beginnings, fresh starts. I guess it’s the starting point in a timeline that seem so much more tangible to me.  Finding pleasure and peace in the little things to come. Letting turmoil of life past go with the flip of a calendar page. I don’t really make resolutions but I do reflex on goals, desires, achievements and what has worked in the past. Building on those stepping stones.

I guess becoming a better mother is always on top of my list. Ways of learning to deal with little spats between siblings. How to handle situations where my kids want to grow, need to grow but finding a way to let them and still provide that hidden safety of hands till they have mature enough to let them go. Guiding them in their interests, cooking better meals, learning to run the house of little smoother so that my time can be spent more on them and myself. One of the things my daughter and I were talking about was creating every day no matter how small. Sometimes during the work in progress of a big project, you can feel like not much is getting accomplished. So the small things are a great salve to the confidence, creative spirit of artist, mother, people as a whole. Seeing, holding and knowing something is complete. It was funny that during our conversation. She slipped in the teacher role and I become the student. She was wanted me to post all our creative things on my blog. A keepsake for her and journal for me. I felt during that moment that she became my partner of this blog. A support I didn’t even know I had. It was a bitter sweet moment, bring me completely full circle with letting them grow.

I guess that’s sort of my word for 2010. Complete. It seems to just fit and feel right to me. It can be used for any aspect of life. Complete……

So as requested my little partner, who ideas will grace more of my pages to comes.  Apple crisp, the requested dessert of New Years Eve.  Funny, I would have thought they’d want cupcakes with bright colored icing. This was made in the evening as you can tell by the poor lighting of the pic. I figured we’d take a picture of a baked apple crisp piece in the morning….but it was completely gone by the time new light of the day had risen over the horizon. I woke up to see my husband eating that last piece.

And the picture above is pin and hair bow holder. I used an old belt of mine. It was part of sweater jacket I once had. It ended up at the thrift store, but the belt I guess didn’t make it. While cleaning out my closet..a new years tradition for me. I found it. It was either throw it away or recycle and reuse. I felt better about the second option. 

So what are some New Years traditions, resolutions, goals or just favorite 2009 moments you have?