Welcome to 2013! {And my one little word sneak}

Happy New Year to all my lovely readers, and I hope it is starting off well. I welcomed in the new year with my husband, some strawberry champagne, and beautiful snow falling. For some reason, though the new year was so happily awaited, as it approached midnight, I felt myself slipping a bit low, reviewing all the big changes 2012 brought. Not just for me, but for the world.
Every year, I always have expectations that are extremely lofty. I like to push myself, to achieve goals, to reach for the stars…….but sometimes I find myself reaching so much, that I forget to live in the moment, to enjoy what’s right in front of me. So I have chosen my “One Little Word” this year…..BE. Yep. It’s a little word, but for me, I hope it holds big impact.

Here’s a quick sneak of a layout I made, featuring my OLW for 2013. Soon, it will be up on the Gauche Alchemy blog, and I will share the complete layout (which I really like), but I just had to share a little bit.

The week before Christmas, I was very ill, as I dealt with medication issues. It was so hard to just lay there miserably, as the holiday world moved quickly past me. Finally, I ventured out for a doctor’s appointment…and when I left her offices, (makeupless, hair askew, bleary eyed, nauseated, and dizzy…isn’t it a pretty mental picture), I stopped by Barnes and Noble to pick up a gift for my husband. As I walked by the magazine section…..something caught my eye, and it dawned on me. The “Create” magazines my work was published in……..were out! I had been thinking “January issue, I’ll see it in January,” not remembering that the issues go out about a month early! So, there right in the center of the newsstands…they sat!

Here’s a picture I snapped quickly to share with my husband and mom…..funny how even as an adult, you can’t wait to share things with your mom.   If you’re interested in looking through these books while you’re out, my work is in “Create: Vintage” and “Create: Paper Crafting.” My “mom’s advice” mini is in “Vintage, and my altered Flower Pot is in Paper Crafting.

Well, I’ve been crafting away (new layouts and a mini book), and I can’t wait to share. I even got up at 6:15 this morning to work on a layout (though I should have done a WORKOUT, heh)!!

Happy 2013, and many blessings,

Amy