Hi Everyone! Hope you are all doing well. To my fellow crafters, how is your year progressing? Are you in your craft rooms busy creating new projects? Well, on my front, things are moving along just the way the should be. How’s that you ask? Well then, each January starts off with the intention of a slow and deliberate pace. I place myself into a voluntary state of hibernation. Hibernation? Oh, no! I know what image just ran through your mind. Bet you envisioned bears slumbering in isolation in a dark cave. Ah, that is not for me. Instead, my hibernation process is designed to recharge my creative battery,
January is a time for me. So at the onset of the month, I make sure I have several books available. The inclement weather that occurs is perfect for enjoying each day reading an sipping hot cups of steamy tea and snuggling into my recliner with a good book. After a week then its time to start thinking about the upcoming year.
Crafting is a passion and something to be enjoyed and appreciated. Sharing your love of crafts with others is another joy. To ensure that all is enjoyable, Crafting should never be stressful or cause anxiety. To ensure that my crafting journey is enjoyable I devise a plan, Here are a few of the steps I take each January.
- Clean up and organize my craft room.
- Take an inventory of my crafting supplies and set about to replenish them.
- Take stock of my craft fair inventory.
- Review last year’s sales and plan accordingly.
- Create calendar for 2020 craft fairs. Contact organizers for information.
- Start working on replenishing high demand products.
- Service my sewing machines.
- Start creating.
Once these tasks are completed, I am now ready to start another productive crafting year.
If you have a similar process, would you please share it. I’m interesting in learn how my fellow crafters start of their new year. Happy Crafting!
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