Hi Cats and Kittens! 2021 turned out to be far too much like 2020 for my tastes. Thankfully 2022 (and to be honest, the last quarter of 2021) have been much better. I worked hard to remove a lot of negativity from my life through the summer and fall of 2021 (some of it actually, kindly, removed itself surprisingly) and have been focusing heavily on healing through the last quarter of 2021. I plan to continue to focus on healing through 2022 and so far its been amazing. I haven’t felt this good in years. Definitely not since, at least, 2019.
Ch-Ch-Changes!
I started posting to TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@valeriavontassel). I’ve been having A LOT of fun with it. You can see pictures from our December trip to the Dominican Republic and a wrap-up of my 2021 projects there.
I’ve started a YouTube channel and I will be vloging my upcoming projects. The first project on deck for 2022 is a 1940’s Land-girl jacket to replace my beloved embroidered motorcycle jacket that accidentally got left on the plane when we went to the DR.
You can probably tell that I’ve updated the blog a bit. My sewing room and our guest room got makeovers in December and early January and I thought that it was high time that the blog got a bit of a makeover as well. I’m really digging it and I hope you like it too.
As part of my healing journey this year, I plan on sharing more of my life, hobbies, thoughts, and dark sense of humor with y’all, not just my car and projects, across all of my social media platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest). I hope y’all will continue to follow along.
Laters!
