Happy New Year, friends. Hope you had a happy end-of-year break and you found some time to relax.
I had a nice holiday with the family, and managed to do some reading, some walking and some thinking. Also I spent time by the sea, including the place you see above, which is somewhere I've been visiting for as long as I can remember.
You might have noticed I have a new blog banner- one with my name on it. For a while now, I've been pondering the direction of my creative work and what I can bring to the blogging world. The 'tiny happy' name very much represents a time when I had small children and its purpose was to reflect a simple, d-i-y domestic life through writing, projects, ideas and photos.
That blog was established in 2006, and it's now 2014. I'm 'making' less, and working as a journalist in an office. Those toddlers have grown into long-legged and inquiring older children who are constantly reading and writing stories themselves. They don't take kindly to posing for my camera, and would rather I played a card game with them than work on a sewing project while they sort buttons into coloured piles.
In addition, I want to explore my own creative path through writing, textile art, pattern design and photography. I considered deleting 'tiny happy' altogether in order to have a complete change and new space for my creative work.
But in the end, it came down to my complete lack of technical skills. I couldn't work out how to redirect the URL to a new site, and so many of my networks are built around this blog. Not to mention, it provides a useful record (for me) of many recipes, patterns, ideas, etc.
So I've kept the same address, and just made a new title for the site- my own name. I hope I still have something to offer for my readers, but in a way, I aim to focus less on what my perception of what an audience might look like or desire.
I would love to stay in touch with you as I find my way along this new path.
Most importantly, thank you for the years of support and interest in my work- I can't properly express what they mean to me.