We've reached mid-March, which means the hope for spring is in the air...or at least the allergens that the crazy wind keeps blowing around. ;) I hope you've been finding ways to keep on keeping on, along with holding onto the joy wherever you can.

One of the ways that I find joy - and the magic I wanted to share this month - is in my craft room. Specifically with my miniatures. I love miniatures - looking at them, making them, dreaming of new ones, talking too much about them... I work in two scales. 1/12 scale, which means every 1" in the dollhouse = 1 foot in the "real" world. And in 1/4 scale, where every 1/4" = 1 foot, making the projects a whole lot smaller. I discovered 3D design about two years ago, and I enjoy using that and basically whatever I have at hand to create my minis. Recently I've started what I've only belatedly realized is a small town. Not exactly sure how big it will get, but it is fun getting to create little shops and imagine the unusual people and creatures who might be living there. If you're interested, I'm happy to share more photos as I continue progress and eventually get more of my minis up on a section of my website as well.

Where do you find your joy and magic these days? Or any suggestions for my mini-town?

My laughs this month have come from and with my mom and my aunt. My mom and I go at least once a week into the city to visit my aunt. My aunt is a Craft Goddess (seriously...very deserving of the capitalization.) My mom and I - and most people - see something one day and think, gee, that'd be fun to make someday. My aunt, meanwhile, has gone home and already made three! And probably fine-tuned her design. Since all of us have crafting in common, we decided on our visits to start playing with crepe paper flowers, following various YouTube videos. Well, halfway through the visit, my aunt basically had hers done. I was done one of my two flowers...and my poor mom was still just cutting hers out! Mom and I joked that we'd bring wine next time, a lot of wine, to slow my aunt down...and then send her in the kitchen so we could pull our completed project out of our bags so we'd have some chance of keeping up. ;) We were all laughing so hard - and have to say, that definitely slowed my aunt down so I could catch up. ;)

That's it for me this month. As always, I love hearing from you, so just reply to this email if you have anything to say. Otherwise, wishing you a great month ahead, and always the ability to find the joy and magic in your life.