Welcome Back
I would like to wish everyone who is visiting this blog;
Thank you for your company last year and if you have enjoyed our time together, I’m hope you will be looking forward to what the new year will be bringing you on this blog.
I don’t do New Years Resolutions, they always seem so negative, instead I make Crafting Goals a much more positive and healthy idea all together. I’ll share my goals if you will share your’s in the comments section 
keep em clean though!
My Crafting Goals for 2009 are as follows;
- Create video tutorials and upload them to You Tube.
- To learn and practise new bookbinding techniques, particularly Japanese bindings.
- Invest in some dies and embossing folders then really explore what I can do with a Cuttlebug.
- Polymer Clay; to have a play and see what I can do with this.
- Alcohol Ink; collect a few more colours and then really explore what can be done with these inks.
- Challenges; Pace myself, I got a bit overwhelmed before.
You see the sort of thing, goals are about writing down the kind of stuff you really want to do. Not everything is going to be possible by the end of the year that is fine, but if you have a list of the stuff you REALLY want to have a go at then you are more likely to get to them. I found without these written on the wall it was too easy to impulse buy the latest pretty craft item that comes on TV or in a magazine and then have no funds for projects I’d previously set my heart on.
Some goals will be long term, the big plans or expensive projects that need saving for, that’s fine don’t do guilt just make a plan as to how to get there. Put a little money aside each month to save toward the bigger projects.
So come on what are your crafting goals for 2009, where will your crafting take you this year?
Best wishes and thanks for reading
Billie 
Happy New Year Billie! May 2009 be very good to you and yours. My goals for 2009 are:
Finish up organizing my studio
Explore what can be done with my art supplies
And above all – not to stress and have fun!
Elaine
Hi Elaine
Come back tomorrow to see that I’ve already got a tick for the first item on my list
And the sales yesterday helped my achieve the Cuttlebug one too
Very broke but happy
Billie
Hi Billie -
Funny you mention the Cuttlebug. I just finished spending money on more of their embossing folders and a few dies. Mind you, I don’t have a Cuttlebug, have a Spellbinder Wizard, which I vow to start using more. So I just finished trying a few of the embossing folders, really nice, I like the effect. Also used a few Wizard dies I bought in early 2008 and have not tried – so I guess you could say I’m on my way to accomplishing item # 2 on my list! Not getting anywhere yet with goal # 1, but goal #3 allows me to get away with it!!! LOL
Take Care
Elaine
Hi Elaine
A few of us on the Stamping Mad FOrum are big Nestabilities dies fans, if you like Cuttlebug there is a challenge site
here; http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/
and Jak’s Crafters kitchen in my Paper craft blogs list is good and so is http://www.heartprints.net/ go to the gallery section and look out for Nestabilites or Cuttlbug ideas.
My favourite technique just now is to emboss a design, then sand off the embossed area, you can then ink it with a darker colour. Add a spray of perfect pearls and it looks fab. Do try the Core dinations cardstocks, they have dark coloured outer surface with a different colour inside, if you emboss and sand the dark layer away the pale one shows through.
Come and have a nosey on the forum, I think you’d love it
http://www.stampingmadforum.co.uk
Hope to ‘see’ you there
Billie
Elaine
BTW the monthly Virtual Crafting Challenges are designed to help you rediscover forgotten craft stash, they will start again in February with an Embellishment theme.
Best wishes
Billie
I can’t wait to see your videos!
Your new year’s resolutions are great. Very brave and output-focused. Love it!
Way cool billie
I have some kind of that polymerclay u can have if u want, i m not using it and its better 2 let someone else have it before it s to hard and dry.
We can discuss the details on pm on stampingmad if u want.
luv nina
Hi Nina
Thanks, I’ll see you on the forum
Happy New Year
Billie
BEST Wishes for 2009!