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"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.

"No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."

...from Winnie the Pooh 

Michelle and I have decided that we will not be reopening Wee Folk Art Market Place. And, we will be phasing out our sponsorship program. When we first started Wee Folk Art, we thought of it as a business adventure, with a shop being our ultimate goal. We were headed down a path and didn't question our destination.

As crazy as this may sound, I think it was our immediate success that made us reevaluate. All of a sudden we went from being very busy to being swamped. If Wee Folk Art took up a lot of our time before, the Shop consumed us. Although a month may not sound like enough time to make a decision, I think Michelle and I both knew in our hearts that this wasn't what we wanted to do before we even opened the shop, but we needed to open the shop to realize our dreams had changed. Does that make any sense?

I suppose the past couple of weeks with my parents helped us reach our decision. Although it has been a difficult time, Michelle and I have enjoyed the lack of urgency we usually feel. I has been so nice having more time to ourselves and families by "unplugging" from the demands of Wee Folk Art.

Have you ever discovered an awesome blog only to discover they stopped blogging months or even years ago? It's very disappointing. Or, even worse, follow a blog that simply closes down? We can feel like we lost a dear friend. We don't want that to happen here. Michelle and I love Wee Folk Art. We love sharing with our readers. We don't want to reach the point where we feel like we have to walk away.

So... what do we do with Wee Folk Art now that we no longer have business aspirations? Well, I expect it will look much the same, with perhaps slightly fewer entries... we will share crafts, Michelle will share some curriculum. Also, I love to write. My blogging experiences began with a little blog named One Generation to Another. This blog was...

"a gift of love to my children and grandchildren. It was, in part, my legacy to them. But, it was also my way, hopefully, of sharing with others the things that worked, and sometimes monumentally failed, on my quest to turn our house into a home. It was a cozy chat amongst friends, and it was meant to span the generations. Although often didactic in nature, I hoped readers found it lighthearted and amusing in tone."

Over the years I have missed One Gen. You can expect to see more of my stories :)

Wee Folk Art is now just a little PERSONAL blog, created by a mother/daughter team, sharing things we find interesting and personally "blog worthy" :) We hope you continue to find inspiration and share in the community that was evolved here.

BTW... In case you are wondering what in the world are we going to do with all the supplies in our shop... starting this fall, we are going to be doing "Mom's Night Out" and children's workshops, and the shop will be open during those times. So, we will still plan to run our shop, we just won't be doing online sales.

Tomorrow, we will be back in the saddle. We will finally share our latest pattern and directions for our Big Gnomes for Little Hands :) See you then! 

First off... Michelle and I can't begin to thank everyone enough for all of your kind words, uplifting thoughts and all the prayers we've received on our blog, Facebook and emails. The day after we shared with readers, my mom called me, all weepy and said,

"Did you see everything all those kind people wrote on your blog?"

"Yes, Mom. I did."

"Funny, somehow it helps."

Funny and awe inspiring how words from strangers can touch your life. Whenever there is a crisis, people materialize, ready to help and shoulder some of the burden. I have much faith in humankind :)

And now, an update... Although the decision to place Dad in a care facility was agonizing, he made the transition with little incident, and in many ways, he is now afforded more autonomy than he had at home. He has taken to the routine, enjoys being able to amble the halls, and the home is within a few miles of the houses of Michelle, my mom, and I, so frequent visits can easily be worked into our days. It seems we picked the right time to make this move. The relative ease of his transition has truly been a gift to everyone that loves Dad.

Michelle and I will be back next week. Again, thank you for all your support... "Funny, somehow it helps" :)

I'm sitting here right now trying to decide how much of our personal life I want to share online, but I feel like I need to give some explanation for our actions. Our family is going through a difficult time right now, and it is impossible trying to keep a quality online presence while we are entrenched in a family crisis. Had we known what the near future had in store for us, we would never have opened our shop right now.

My father has Alzheimer and this week we are transitioning him into a home. The hurt goes beyond words and there are many things we need to do as a family over the next few weeks to make this happen and to help him and my mother adjust.

Instead of trying to keep up with everything, with our hearts and minds somewhere else, we decided we need to walk away from Wee Folk Art... the blog, Facebook and the shop... for the time being. We will leave the site up so everyone can still use the our patterns and curriculum.

Our plan is to return to Wee Folk Art when we have all made the necessary adjustments. In the meantime, we hope you will still find inspiration in our site. It has been a labor of love and it will give us great joy to know that it is still being used in our absence.

Fondly,

Kimara  

If we seemed to have been rather elusive this week, its because we've been hard at work creating our Spring Gnomes for Wee Hands. Look for the tutorial in the next day or two. Plus, these mega sized gnomes will be available in Wee Folk Art Market Place in sets of two in the next couple of days. I always feel like I'm bragging, but I love the colors and designs on these little... I mean BIG guys! They were also very cooperative for the photo shoot :) Watch for them soon!

Green and Orange Gnomes

Purple and Pink Gnomes

Blue and Yellow Gnomes

Just the perfect size for Wee Hands :)

 

Due to many requests, Wee Folk Art Market Place in now open all day, everyday. That way, you can place orders whenever you like.

To keep our lives from spinning out of control, we will only ship twice a week. 

We are now accepting international orders. For everyone outside of the US, please make sure to read about our SHIPPING POLICY before you place an order.

If you have any questions concerning the shop please contact us: weefolkart@yahoo.com.

Remember, we are still in "beta mode" and we will be trying out different things to find out what works the best. PLEASE be patient with us :)