Happy New Year to you!

Written By Kim Joy

I want to wish you a very Happy New Year. I hope that 2026 is an amzing year for us all. I hope there is peace, calm, success and safety for all.

I also want to thank you for supporting me over the past you and ai welcome your support this year as well.

Remember that if you have any stained glass questions or need help with your project I am here for you.

A friend of mine, Lizzie Chambers makes an Ins and Outs List instead of a Resolutions List. I decide this year I am going to borrow her idea. Thank you Lizzie!

My Ins for 2026 are:

-more time in my happy place- my studio. It is a place that love to work in and brings me joy, plus I can leave the outside world outside!

-step up and treat my business as abusiness should be treated.

-return to Artist Dates ( pick a day a week or month and do something arty- go to galleries, experiment with all the other art supplies I have :), etc)

-work on projects that I started and never finished. Clear the Rack!

-better self care- only get one body

-start on my Opus

-more involvement with art scene

My Outs for 2026 are:

-Toxic people OUT

-Doom Scrolling- time suck

-Worrying about things out of my control

-signing up for every free class available- time suck

-clutter- in house and in mind


What do you do? Resolutions or do you already have it all figured out? Wish I did!

Kim Joy

Kim Steinmuller Joy has been a stained glass artist and teacher since 1982. Most of her pieces are in the traditional style and starting to experiment to incorporate materials not usually found in the medium. She believes that through her pieces she can grow and learn more about the world around her and where she came from. She hopes that her work will inspire and encourage others in their artistic endeavors. She loves working with commissions that allows her to create one of kind pieces for the commissioner.

She belongs to Stained Glass Association of America and National Capital Art Glass Guild. Her work can be found at the Community Council of the Arts in Kinston NC, Arts Council of Wayne County Goldsboro, NC, and Wilson Arts in Wilson, NC. She teaches Nash Community College Nashville, NC, Wilson Community College Wilson NC. Her works are in private collections worldwide.

Kim Steinmuller Joy was raised in upstate New York and now lives and works in Wilson, NC.

https://www.kimsjoy.com
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