it finally happened: i have a blog

this blog is not about my personal life, but i am starting it for personal reasons; i am starting this blog to make sure i keep on creating something every day. as the mother of a 2 year old girl, and  with another baby joining us in a couple of months, i am anxious that my time and energy will soon drain into the black hole of everyday moments. and although i cherish these moments, i am not fully satisfied with my day unless i have designed, made, painted something, or at least spent time thinking about it. how will this blog help me?  i am hoping a few daily lines or images documenting my work, inspirations, process, ideas or plans will keep me focused on what i love to do. it will give me the sense, however delusive, that i am in control of my day, my life. and that will make me happy. 

i love to make lists and here's one about my goals for the first months of 2013.

• i just opened a little Etsy shop, which was my goal for january. that's done. you can take a look at it here. 
• february's goal was to start a blog, and that's also done.
• need to complete work on 10 pattern collections by march. working on it.
• march 15 is the day when my website needs to be launched. not even close.
• and then i'll have this baby around april first. that's inevitable. then we'll go from there...

to do list, january 2013

and what was i up to today? i started painting these tabs to separate each month's photos in last year's photo box. i think they're more fun than the plastic ones that came with the box. should have more of them tomorrow evening, hopefully.

january tab for photo box (written in armenian)