2013
The new year is off to a fabulous start here in the Hand of Bela Peck studio! The Winter 2013 Issue of Somerset Studio's PRIMS magazine has hit the stands and I have my first article upon its pages! I can now be found sitting in Barnes and Noble staring at the art mag section like a visitor at the Louvre!
Am I alone? Do all artists do this for their first feature? I am in love with the experience and can't imagine anyone would ever tire of their work being published.
Over the Christmas break, though my Etsy shop and blog were on vacation, my hands were busy stitching and stuffing new sea shore primitives. A 16 hour drive from Texas to Florida, and back again, offers miles of road to disappear while turning wee beaks and whale tails, pushing small dabs of fiberfill into the smallest sewn crevices. Even as the winter sky stole away my daylight, I continued to stuff birds in the dark. Turns out I really can do this with my eyes closed!
By time I was back home in Texas, I had a bag full of folks just waiting for their coats of paint.
In no time toothy whale grins filled my work basket. My plan was to have everything finished and bounding off my etsy shelves when I reopened on January 2. The unfortunate reality was that I returned home to discover my house was broken into while I was away and all the silver spoons essential to completing the spoon whales were gone!
Luckily, I am of the belief that we must count our blessings and not our losses. So with the two spoons I found in my driftwood bin, I picked up and carried on.
2013 promises to be a year of new adventures, new characters, and leaping out of my comfort zone with a grin as large as that of my toothy whales! Oh what fun we will have!!
LOVE & 2013!!!!
Yay when I read from my phone I can leave comments on your blog!
Posted by: Suki | 01/07/2013 at 02:59 PM
Wow this is all very dramatic! Congratulations on your publication and incredible productive creativity! I'm so sorry to hear about the break in though, so upsetting. Wishing you a wonderful 2013!
Posted by: Suki | 01/07/2013 at 02:58 PM
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PROUUUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDD!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ashlie | 01/07/2013 at 02:22 PM