~The Best Laid Plans...Lessons Learned...Realizations

It's true what they say...Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.

We all have them, plans that is, rarely do they ever go the way we expect them to.  The thing is..or, I guess the trick to it is, to know when to let go of the plan and just ...GO

I've been feeling funny lately...quieter, more mellow,  more hermit-like than usual...at first I actually questioned it thinking something was up.  Then I stopped questioning it and just went with it and I soon realized..It's utter contentment....that's WHY I'm feeling this way!   It's that time of year when I tend to hermit-in (my own odd word)...I am a "home body" in general but this time of year when it's so wonderful & cozy inside and oh so cold and snowy outside I rarely want to go anywhere but this year I feel it a little more and I like it.   I am feeling SO content with my work!  I love how these moppets of mine are coming to life these last few months..I love the direction they are taking me in.  This bear...Winter Joy is what made me start thinking about all these..Plans...Lessons and Realizations...  

I have been researching antique bears for a long time now, playing around with different patterns and attempting to make a truly old, antique looking bear....but I never really felt I actually achieved  that look until now.  I guess it was just...TIME...for it to happen.  I got comfortable enough with my pattern designing, knew the look I was going for and finally achieved it...The funny part though....this bear...Winter Joy...is not the bear I PLANNED to make. Oh, her body and style are what I intended, but I set out to make a brown bear who was going to hold something red in HIS paw and have a deep green bow about his neck. There came a point..as there ALWAYS does when I am bringing these wee ones made of fabric to life, that I realize who they are SUPPOSE TO BE.  It happens every single time and it took me quite a long time to stop questioning it and just..GO

Bringing these sweet characters to life isn't a job for me..it's WHO I AM...I guess it just took me a while to realize that!

 The lesson I've learned along this path of moppet making, a gift I cherish each and every day, expect your plans to change because if you  have truly been given a gift then a plan also comes right along with it.  And when you step back and apply this to your entire life..you realize...it's ok to relax and THEN...contentment comes because you know that where you are & what you are doing...are where you are SUPPOSE to be...and what you are suppose to be doing!

hugs ~  Doreen