at last

i created this blog ages ago - only problem was, i had not a clue what the hell i was doing!!  since then, got a little braver - was going to say smarter, but who knows about that! - and created a blog on wordpress.  now that one i have been doing everyday.  when i picked up my new som mag and saw the ad on the back (again) - i realized that i could probably now figure out how to do this in here as well.  slow learner?? hmmmm

so, today i am leaving for santa rosa where i will be a vendor at a quilt show.  that is 'what i do' - well, it is how i earn money, i guess.  what i 'do' is create applique patterns, which i sell at quilt shows.  it is my way of attempting to contribute beauty - no, of providing a way for others to create beauty for themselves.  it feels like what i am supposed to be doing given my belief that without beauty we would 'die'.  i would like to include an image to show what i do, but i am on my new laptop and have none on file here.  that picture that is my 'logo' is one of 'my' designs.  i qualify that because my first set of patterns is a series of my interpretations of the ancient japanese family crest designs.  and that one is the ginko.  it was the first, and may still be the most popular.  i have done it in many different fabrics/colors.  i do have a webpage - for anyone curious  www.artfulllyapplique.com

all of that sounds a little like drivel(sp?) when i read the things on the back of the magazine.  those sound more like the pages of my journal - and i'm not used to putting those thoughts so out there as this.  have shared within the context of a (spiritual) class only.  plan is to share more here. ^_^  but, today - time to get on the road.
cheers,
j