Truly A New Beginning!

Each year I plan so much but much is left unfinished,

but,

this year will be different

I am finally in Homer! After years of planning I finally made it!

This pic is from this blog

I met with a small business planner to help get it rolling and the "problem" moving forward is my lack of cash... yeah, that is why I go after loans to do it! He said I will need to either get a job to show income or sell my sci fi trilogy called "Starfleet Alyeska".

Right now for shiggles I did a kickstarter because I miss my fiber art studio and it will be months before I can buy a house and get my stuff out of storage in Anchorage! It needs to reach the full funding amount since it is "all or nothing" and I have one backer so far. I hope more people become interested but I can totally understand my not having current pics to show! Also, it is not urgent as I have the supplies but in storage. I just do not want to wait around 6 months to be able to handcard wool, use my drum carder or blending board to create rolags or batts, spin yarn or weave yarn or most important of all: nuno felt yarn!

Many of you know i broke my hip at the beginning of 2025 and that changed a lot of things for me. It made me want to truly work on my mobility and strength this coming year! Not where i do it once a month but try to do it consistently. so that is a main goal for this year for me! my inspo is this girl:

And I plan to take her course sometime

. So things are looking so good poised at the start of a New Year! I feel this is the year! Course I feel that at the start of each year but this year I am in Homer and going to make it happen! hehe

so if you would like to help out a bit, my kickstarter is up for a bit. It is not urgent, just me being impatient to create Art!

I miss my fiber art studio

#NewYear2026 #2026 #Hope #faith #love #HomerAlaska #scifi #kickstarter #HopesandDreams

Kickstarter sharks

wow, I had not tried kickstarter for ages and decided to give it a go since I would like to create between now and when I get a house and can bring all my fiber art studio and unpack it all!

but right away after I lauched it I got a $10 backer and he messaged saying he has lots of friends and we can email about it all... I said thanks for the support and if he knows anyone wanting an original work of wearable art definitely tell them about my campaign... he wrote back he likes my project and displayed lots of insterest and all of that then mentioned all his friends prefer talking through emails.. so I let it go uncommented figuring "yeah, scam alert" and he withdrew his $10! So beware, what was it one K-Drama said "does meatpie fall from the sky?" when something seems too good... I bought a crochet hook and yarn to keep me busy and creative! I am currently making a pullover sweater for my daughter. the first one I started the cats kept eating the yarna and I realized I had like a dozen joins and thought over time it would loosen too much so began a new one... So I have something to keep my hands happy between now... .

Kickstarter . I have old samples of my work from ages ago, I have not filmed or photographed much lately, I have plans to revive it very soon!! . . .

. I do have what i need for a fiber art studio, I just want to do some creative work now through these 6 months of so before I can move into a house! It would be great to get either some raw fleece and hand carder or a drum carder and materials, that much is true though... it is not urgent and many things happening around the world are urgent, that I understand... it would be nice to felt and spin too! It is not urgent but it would truly make my heart sing! #fiberista #fiberArtist #handmadewithLove #DIY #fiberArtStudio

I miss my fiber art studio!

Wow, so I am finally in Homer but most of my life is in storage in Anchorage until I can buy a house in 6 months time! I do not want to wait that long to work with my hands so decided to try a small kickstarter to get some tools and materials! I loe working with my hands and miss the feel of wool between my fingers. I hope to raise about $25,000 but asked for only $2,500 as that is more realistic and more likely to be reached! I hope other fiber artists have a little left over after the holiday season to help a fellow fiber artist! . Kickstarter #fiberarts #fiberista #handmadewithLove #wool #handcarding

Finally in Homer!

 

crochet is fun but I want more...

 

the good news is I am finally in Homer, the bad news is all of my stuff is packed in storage until we buy a house in about 5 months!

 

I decided to try a small fund raiser to get some fiber art tools while I am waiting... I do have crochet hooks and yarn but I do so much more then just crochet!  

 

I miss hand carding wool 

 

I miss blending on a blending board or drum carder to create fascinating color combos and turn it into rolags to spin or batts for nuno felting

 

I miss sewing

 

I miss spinning wool into yarn

 

I miss nuno felting outfits and purses 

 

It is not urgent, nor will help us save the world, but it will help save my sanity  :p

 

My Fiber Art Studio 

 

 #handmadewithlove

#madeinAlaska

#fiberarts

#spinning

#crochet

#sanity 

 

What I love about the Internet is helping and caring for people we will never meet...

 It was a friend of a friend who asked for my help setting up a gofundme for his hometown's school.  He was born there when it was still Yugoslavia and it is now Macedonia.  There were many children back then but now it is only 9 because the school has fallen into disrepair.

 

So, I will never go to this village,

I will never meet these wonderful and curious children

but I can help show we care from around the world 

by posting this Gofundme around.

 

so if you have money to spare it will really help but if money is tight because of the holiday season, you can still share it around!

 

 Help School kids build new school

 

#education

#youth