Looking Forward to 2025

Hello everyone!

I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season if you celebrate and are feeling refreshed for the New Year. Thank you all for your patience as I took a break from blogs during the craft fair and holiday season. I am ready to bring some more crafty projects your way in 2025!

Today I just thought I would do a quick blog talking about some projects I would like to focus on next year so that you all have an idea of what is coming. As you all know, I have been on quite a crochet journey this year and am really proud of how far I've come and how my skills have improved. I think I would like to try my hand at crocheting garments next year, specifically shirts, socks and sweaters. I am not always the best at following patterns exactly so I think working on something that really needs to be the correct sizing would help me improve on my pattern-following skills as well. 

Something else I would like to improve on a lot next year is my sewing skills. I got a sewing machine for my birthday this year and have gotten comfortable using it for simple stitches and small fixes on clothes, but I have a lot to learn. I don't expect to be some crazy seamstress by the end of 2025, but I would like to try out some fun projects. I would love to attempt upcycling clothes and fabrics from the thrift store into new clothes or blankets. We will see where the sewing journey takes us!

And finally, I've been feeling very inspired lately to try some more clay projects. I have been seeing lots of videos of people using air dry clay but then sealing the projects with UV resin, so they are very well-protected. This process really intrigues me, and I have a few ideas in mind of cute things I could make for the Etsy shop and craft fairs. 

Obviously, I will be crafting away at more than just those things next year, but these some ideas that are inspiring me and I hope to explore more. If there are any crafty things you would like me to try out next year as well, please feel free to comment below!

Thank you all for reading the blog and being supportive of my projects this year. The Etsy shop should be back up before Monday, January 6th and I'll be sure to share when it is up and running again. Here's to a great 2025!

 - Rebecca 

P.S. Today's photo on the homepage is from Pexels user Oleksandr P:
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