What I am Up To

I am back ! What I have been up to, I am sharing my personal thoughts and feeling which I rarely do.
I have been doing a  lot of thinking and praying,

Since the change in their policy on etsy,
I have closed my SympleTymes Shop. I just felt it was wrong of them wanting my SS #
and checking account info. Why they couldn't have just stayed simple with PayPal is beyond me.
So now I do not know where I could sell my dolls.

Couple years ago I went through our home room by room and really did a deep cleaning along with down sizing, and it has been so easy to keep up on a nice but lived in home !

I started praying and asking God if I should continue making my dolls,
Here is what came to my mind,

I had a strong feeling to DOWN SIZE like we were going to Move , Especially in my Sewing Room,
Seeing my sewing room over flowing has bothered me for a while.  Seems I am always trying to organize and keep my sewing room from over flowing to the dining room table..That was a red flag right there..Way to much stuff.

Thinking all along to start sifting, down sizing,
20 plus years of  over flow, like dozens of printed out pattern, which are 99.99% E-patterns which means I not only have them on my computer in there proper organized folders. But printed out copies which starts a huge over flow problem,

I started working on Sunday and again Monday just going through all the printed copies which I had in plastic sleeves in Huge Binders, I down sized from about 20 full huge binders ,

down to 7 binders of which only two are of E-Patterns and the others are study , techniques, Quilting, I do have a plastic tote where I have awesome patterns that are no longer in print and were mail order because there wasn't E-Patterns at that time.
Plus they are by awesome awesome Doll Makers/Pattern designers many that no longer create.

I took a note book and made notes to my self stating pattern names and designers.
As I was sorting then the thought came to me ,"Do You Love Creating Cloth Dolls , I said Yes"

I am not one to journal   , many are and that is awesome for them, But it just isn't my thing, But God is leading me  and I could not shake the feeling of starting to write exactly what type of dolls I want to create  and the ones I always wished I could .

So I now have a Journal and can see so much clearer than ever .Yep "My Dreams" I can actual see these cloth dolls in my head coming to life !
I felt like God said to me "Now is The Time" I have to say Yes it is time now or for get it.

Now  I know it is going to take week may be even longer but with Joy and a urgency in my heart a hop in my step ,I no longer feel a sadness as I  Pitch, Box up to give away, Sift and even wade through 20 years plus ,Because God has given me a refreshing and a very creative mind and when all the hard work in finished, I then can start a New Fresh Beginning , Only way way more "Simplified "
I will post before and after pictures !