Southern Scraps

  image source   Happy New Year to you! Thanks for all the support and comments during the past year. Looking back at the last three years worth of resolutions posts, I must say some of those things are still on the list and undone. Some have been done ( I lost 15 pounds and two sizes last year and started a new healthy eating lifestyle!) but some things stay on the list and are a constant do over. Not failures, just constant do overs. So for that reason I have chosen "Forward" as my one word for the year. While I have goals and projects (some of them have existed for over three years) I don't consider it failure to not have completed them as long as I continue to grow and improve somewhere in my life. So that is my word .. forward.. just.keep.moving.forward.   13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the g...

Image: digitalart / FreeDigitalPhotos.net   So how did I do on my non-resolutions for 2011? I dug into spiritual gifts, but not deep enough. That's going back on the list. Lots of things got organized and some of it is still in pretty good shape. A couple of areas never got fully completed- the craft room and the master closet. The pantry could use another going through now too, but overall I'm in pretty good shape. Some of those projects got completed, some didn't. That's okay. I did make lots of things this past year. You can check out my top ten here . Where am I now? Blessed beyond belief! Thanks to all of my visitors, followers, Facebook followers, and those of you who leave comments! You make this blogging thing so much more fun! I wish you all the best in the new year. Thanks also to my etsy customers. My blog and shop have grown a lot in the past year. Thanks to those of you who have featured my shop and my blog projects. You are all awe...

Getting organized is commonly a goal and resolution for many in the new year. I know my office and craft closet could use it. I've turned to etsy for some great storage finds. Beautiful Shabby Chic Cottage Style Roses Drawer Set OOAK by ShabbyNChic Distressed Metal Storage Unit by oldcrowfarm Mint Star Edition Bookcase--Shelf--Recycled Cedar Wood-Distressed by TRUECONNECTION Get that clutter off your desk with these great memo boards. Shutter Memo Board by juliebboutique Toile Desktop Magnetc Board by thepopsiclestick

I've been really slack at blogging the last part of 2009. I got really busy with work, a 70th birthday party and plans and a huge family history scrapbook as a gift for that birthday, and Christmas. But now it is all passed and here's a new start. So Happy New Year! Please continue to visit my blog as I plan to continue my Tuesday and Friday features and share my creations. Matter of fact, I'll be right back with the first Friday feature of 2010. May He grant your heart’s desires and make all your plans succeed. Psalm 20:4 (New Living Translation)