12/16/2022
As I packed up my last wholesale and retail orders this week following the official closure of my shop on Monday, it's been such a surreal time. I feel like nothing has changed, yet I know so many things will be changing in the following weeks and months.
I think it hasn't sunk in yet and won't sink in for another couple weeks as I tie up many loose ends. I've definitely been avoiding the task of packing up the studio and probably will for a while yet!
It's hard to believe that I'm almost halfway through my pregnancy already, though I am not really showing or feel very pregnant! So I guess the closure of my business is just one more thing yet to sink in.
Over these past few months, I've definitely been excited about our baby and how my schedule would open up once Sowing Ground was retired. I've made a lot of progress in collecting things for our son and started to set up the nursery. Things are coming together piece by piece as I slowly close one door and step through the next.
I guess I could really just sum things up as bittersweet. I've said this before and I haven't been able to come up with a better description! What I can tell you is that I couldn't have asked for a more positive closing experience. As I've been sitting with a bit of emotional turmoil, I can't express how grateful I am for all of you! Thank you so much to those who shared about my closing sale, placed an order or sent an encouraging message or text to me.
I'd say this whole process has been 95% sweet and 5% bitter. And that 5% is soon to be behind me as I walk with joy towards motherhood! I am most likely not going to be active on social starting in 2023, so if you'd like to keep in touch, shoot me an email at [email protected], which I will check periodically.
Thank you for a marvelous 3.5 years. It has truly been an honor to share my work with you and be received with such kindness and support.
