Crackers Art is going on a 'gap year'!

Yes, it's true. I have made rather a large decision to step away from Crackers Art for 12 months -- a 'gap year' or 'sabbatical' some might call it.

I will be finishing up on 31st October 2011 and will be reopening for business again in late 2012, with a view to working 5 days a week in 2013 when both of my children are at school.

I have spent most of 2011 juggling all of my commitments and the time has come for me to make a decision about what I intend to achieve in the next 12 months. This includes some extra study, dedicated time to other pursuits, and more time with my family. My intention has always been to be work in Crackers Art full-time when both of my children are at school, and I have decided to take a step back now and assess what I want to do in the next 12 months before that happens. I’m sure some of you can understand and you perhaps feel a little tugged in that direction yourself. It’s always hard to be running a business while you are raising small children, and free time to do anything else becomes non-existent.

But, of course, I will still be around the place. I'll regularly update my Crackers Art Facebook page and keep you posted with what I'm doing (especially with how my handmade Christmas pressies are going!). I'll also regularly update my home decorating blog - The Eppsville Project - which you can follow via my Eppsville Facebook page.

It's certainly not the last you'll be hearing of Crackers Art! I will still here, creating in some form or another, and back on board with my graphic design service in 12 months' time. I will still update this blog with my creative projects, snippets about graphic design, and anything else artsy-fartsy.

So, it's goodbye for now. Sort of. :o)