For the last couple of years I’ve been creating needlepoint canvases.  I have  13 canvases in production and 14 canvases sitting in a box right now waiting to go to my painting service.  I’ve been long on ideas and short on salesmanship.

I also created a line of letterpress prints featuring a few of the sayings that have gotten me through parenting.

“Healthy people take the stairs.”

“TNT – try new things.”

“You don’t get better at something by doing it less.” 

And, yes, “Nothing bad is happening.” I understand that right now, a lot of bad things are happening.  A pithy poster is not a response to this.  “Nothing bad is happening” addresses the every day disasters that tumble around in our heads, but rarely happen.  When I really go down the rabbit hole of my financial future I often say, “I’m going to end up eating cat food.”

I usually manage to bring myself back around.  (Often with the help of a friend or two.) “Nothing bad is happening” can come at the end of all the stuff I tell myself to bring me back in off the mental edge.  “I’ve always had enough. I have skills.  I’m not eating cat food today.  Or tomorrow.  Right now, nothing bad is happening.”

I launched my site this week. I mentioned it – once – on Facebook and Instagram.  (You know, because I don’t want to be intrusive.)  I received my first order today that was not from a friend.  I cannot describe the pure joy of this.

I’d really love it if you’d pop on over to the site and check it out.  The prints are also available here in Kansas City at Stuff in Brookside and The General Store in Downtown Overland Park and Leawood.  Canvases can also be purchased locally at KC Needlepoint.

As inconsistent as content is here, I promise I won’t become all about what I’m selling.  (And, yes, I’m finishing book reviews over the next week or so – I swear.)