Lately, a lot of our conversations have been circling around change. We’ve been talking through the complete overhaul of our classes for this year — what we’re going to teach, how we want to teach it, and what kind of space that work actually needs. It’s exciting, but also a little unsettling. New territory usually is.

Being the beginning of January, the question that keeps surfacing is the obvious one: What’s next? It’s a great line if you’re a fictional character in a well-written television show — a bit more daunting in real life. Alongside that, we’re both more than ready to land in an actual studio space of our own — a place that would let the work open up in a different way.

On the workbench right now is a mix of things in limbo. Finished pieces we’re sorting through — deciding what belongs at craft fairs and what might live online — and piles of material we’re using to make samples for the upcoming classes. We’ve also been spending more time actually collaborating on products together, instead of working separately and comparing notes later. It’s slower, but better.

And then there was a moment at the Holiday Craft & Gift Fair that made us laugh. A woman came to our table, fell in love with everything, made her purchases, and left. A few minutes later, a young woman and her father arrived — with almost the exact same reaction. Turns out she was the woman’s daughter. Cue awkward questions about what her mom bought, second-guessing every choice, and the realization that we might have accidentally complicated someone’s Christmas. The best part? They both ended up buying nearly the same things anyway.

So if someone walked into the workshop right now and asked how it’s going, the honest answer would probably be, “Don’t ask.” Which usually means things are busy, a little untidy, and exactly where they tend to be when we’re in the middle of something.