Today Feels Like the 40th of January. Seriously.

It truly feels like it's been January forever. And yet, I have accomplished so very little this month, in part because I spent half of it sick (and half of that out of town).

But no excuses.

While I have yet to finish that last little mosaic, it shouldn't take long, and then I'll be running full throttle on my commission. Soon I'll show you the little one, but then it might be awhile before you hear from me - no work in progress pics so the finished piece will be a surprise!

Though the mosaic work ground to a halt, I did get a monster sized painting done for our basement mud room. It was actually a cooperative production with my husband. I drew the design and painted the background, he roughed in the birds and branches, and then I finished it off. Though it's a bit amateurish, being my first attempt at painting strictly with a palette knife, I loved doing it and will be dabbling in this again soon.

In other news, I have 6 of my designs printed onto 5" x 7" greeting cards (I'm really happy with these - the paper quality is excellent!). They will be available at the Kress Emporium beginning February 1, and hopefully, on my website soon! Getting the website ready for eCommerce has been no cakewalk, but it should be ready soon. I will be adding designs gradually, and hope to have some prints added too.

Til next time - stay warm!