Studio Shot Tuesday: My craft table, originally uploaded by Avenue [Handmade].

Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek at my crafting. I submitted this to the Studio Shot Tuesdays flickr pool. It’s pretty cluttered and unremarkable at the moment, so I don’t really have anything to say about the space itself. But I’m excited about that card under the needle there–I made several new collage cards, most incorporating those notions to the left of the Singer there. Photos of the cards are forthcoming–and they may even make it to the shop as early as tomorrow. Yay for sewing paper!

I have to warn you that what follows will be intentionally vague (in the spirit of not counting chickens before they’re hatched and whatnot), but the sentiment behind it is most certainly specific, articulate and deeply-felt (albeit tinged with specks of bittersweet). With that said: It looks like at least one dream of mine that has been deferred for almost two years, thought impossible for all sorts of reasons, and nearly given up on will finally come to fruition, in a matter of months. I literally feel bubbly with the prospect, but I want to let this gestate and come to fullness on its own, without projections and expectations that may never come to be. Rest assured, more details will be forthcoming in this space, and I’ll be chronicling it all as it plays out.