Review and Resolve

Happy New Year to each of you!  I hope that you can take the good out of 2012--remember the good times, savor the love and friendship found in it, learn the lessons life offered and make 2013 the best year of your life to date!

Last year I wrote about my goals for 2012 and my word was Balance.  I wanted to find balance between the Mom/Wife me and the "leave me alone I'm sewing" me.  I wanted to find balance between quick finishes and big projects.  I wanted to find balance between stretching my skills and getting projects started and finished.

I'd say I'm still working on those goals.  Balance is a hard thing for me.  My scale is usually tipped one way or the other and it's something I need to continue to work on.

I made collages of my finished projects this year.  I say collages because I figured I'd make one and be done.  But picmonkey will only let you add 40 items and I had way more than that!  I was pleasantly surprised.  Now--most (like 95%) of these finishes were bee blocks (in fact I had more than 40 of those alone!) and only a handful of big quilt finishes, but I was surprised to look back and see how many clothing items I sewed or knitted this year.  Wow!

Bee Blocks completed for NuBees, Modern Bee Block Swap and Empower Group of do. Good Stitches

Clothing and Accessory Finishes:

Big Quilt Finishes (fronts and exciting backs):

As I look forward to 2013, I want to continue to find balance.  I want to clear out my WIP basket and find new ways to express myself.  I want to see more finishes, but also more starts.  I want to not lose momentum on projects so they don't become WIPs in the first place.

So, I think I'll stick with Balance as my Goal Word but I want to add More to it.  I want to find ways to push myself in trying new things, in finding my own style and in creating more.  I want to let fear and procrastination go and find ways to do more.

What are you looking to acheive in 2013?

p.s. I forgot to add my last finishes for 2012 to my mosaics, so I'll post those soon...like tomorrow?!?!
p.p.s.  I'm linking up with Craft Buds and their review and resolution party!