Everything Old is New Again!

 Well, if I never hear the word "unprecedented" again, my life will be whole.  😉  Almost two years ago, I left Blogger and opened a new website.  It was a lot of hard work, some fun, and quite the feeling of accomplishment since I'm nowhere near a computer person.  Like most everybody else, 2020 has been a challenging year, and from the perspective of a self-employed artist, it's kind of sucked.  All craft and art show, and fiber festivals were cancelled, and the pivot to all online selling has been a struggle.  I've supported a stand-alone website as well as my Etsy site, and my Etsy site has done well while my website just isn't generating any income.  With that being said, I've decided to shut down my website and just go with my blog here as well as my Etsy site.  If you are visiting from my website, I've brought over my mailing list and added a sign up form so my newsletter will still be sent out and my class and show schedule will be here as well.

I will do my very best to be better at posting here on my blog, and there will be more rug hooking and feather tree posts here as well as on Facebook and Instagram.  Time to pivot folks!!  (another word I'll be happy to stop using soon....lol).  

Now, onto to some fun stuff.  Last year, I was really looking into opening a brick and mortar store (thank goodness that didn't happen)!  Then Aaron and I went to the CT Garden show and walked through the Kloter Farms display and I fell in love!  After a few months, this beauty came home to us!  Then, Aaron went to work!  He ran electricity, insulated, installed a heater, put up shiplap, and put in some beautiful flooring.  Voila, here is my backyard studio.  She's been called a barn and shed, but I call her my creativity space.  I was able to have a couple of classes, and we hook every Wednesday right outside under a tent butted up against the side.  I love her!

This studio is such a blessing, and I will be scheduling many more classes when we can all get together again.

Here's a couple of pictures of our Wednesday hooking (and knitting) group as well as one of the classes I held last year.  I do miss getting together with all the fiber peeps!

We had two shy classmates in our sunflower class.  Everybody did such a great job and brought home a a couple of beautiful sunflowers to display in their homes.

So, that's a little update.  I'll be closing my website in the next couple of days, so if you're interested in purchasing any hand dyed wool, patterns, kits, or finished rugs, please visit my Etsy shop, Raven's Gate Primitives 

or drop me an email.

 

Have a great day!