Firstly apologies I have been away a very long time. As much as I would love to give you a recap of everything that has been going on and finish up the wedding blog I am sure everyone will agree that too much time has passed now and I have decided to re-launch BBKnitz Crafts with a new focus. I have added a gallery of all the wedding decorations so that you can see we did finally make it to the Big Day, and all our hard work over the year’s run up really paid off. It was the most amazing day and I was really overwhelmed by just how fantastic everything looked, and that we managed to pull it off!
So what is my new focus, well my absence from the blog was a result of being caught up in the final wedding preparations and then the joyous and emotional rollercoaster of having a baby! Small arrived last summer in very dramatic style that she seems to have adopted for her life’s story. Despite a healthy pregnancy we had complications during the birth and Small was very poorly when she was born. The first couple of weeks of motherhood were extremely traumatic and I personally rode a very bumpy rollercoaster for the first 6 months. I think I massively underestimated the intensity of being a mum (despite my friend trying to manage these expectations), and I left work with grand plans of a maternity leave full of crafting, blogging and potentially setting up my own business… I am on the verge of returning to work after a year off and I have achieved… NOTHING!!!!
However I recently hosted Flying Colours Pottery for a baby footprints pottery painting event with my NCT group, and I was totally inspired by what she had achieved with 2 children and a teaching career. So I dug out my disused laptop and dusted off my notebooks, it was time to get back behind the keyboard (and not just at work).
Motherhood for me has been a massive awakening. I have had to deal with situations I could never have prepared for, and my usual way of managing stress (through knitting or sewing or any other therapeutic craft activity) was nearly impossible given the intensity and relentless role of being a new mum. Only in the last 3 months, from when Small hit 8 months, have I started to rediscover myself and with that my crafting. What I have found (which admittedly is not unexpected!) is that I am a much more relaxed mum now I have started to take myself off to my new inner sanctum for a few hours and I do feel much more like me.
So my new focus for this blog is crafting and motherhood and possibly everything else in between!
