Would I jump too? Well........ If it landed me in ETSY RIVER, I WOULD!! OK...I know that's lame; but I had to think of something to introduce the fact that in order to not put my sons' college fund, toy purchasing fund and food for breakfast, lunch and dinner fund in jeopardy due to my buying vintage wallpaper, I decided to sell some of my little crafty creations. Of course, I couldn't just set up a little shingle on my Etsy shop announcing my arrival. Oooooh No, no, no...... I had to go big. Really big. Huge. So, that's when I decided to hire the big guns....Heather at Bluhm Studio. She was the only one who could design my future. At first, she balked because I was such small fries. I begged; I pleaded. She threatened to get a restraining order. I begged some more and told her about having to put my kids to work at the salt mines in order to fund my craft supply purchases. She finally relented. Thank Goodness! Because this is what she designed for me........
Isn't it amazing! Every time I opened up the attachments it was like Christmas at the Chaos household! I explained to her my sketchy, all over the map vision and she was miraculously able to take that fuzzy concept and create magic. She was so easy and accommodating even when working with someone like me. She didn't even lose it when after designing everything she asked "so did you reserve your Etsy ID" and I answered "huh". Well, I'm assuming she didn't lose it.......at least she didn't email me an eyeroll icon or anything. So, if you need a banner or card or anything she has to be your go-to person!
When I started my little blog my main goal was to tap back into my creative side. I really felt that I had lost that entire part of me. I wrote about it here and and here. Over the past eight months since I started this little blog, I feel like I am on my way to achieving that goal. The goal of not only feeling creative, but, acting on that creativity through my writing and through actually making pieces of art. What has really pushed me over the edge and inspired me to start selling again (because for a long time after shuttering my business i didn't think I would) was Kari at Artsymama. She has been a big inspiration to me as I ventured into the world of blogging and crafting. Recently, she started this new challenge called "Everyday Notions". So I've just been informally playing along as she has laid out the challenges. But, it was this quote that literally made me stop in my tracks and switch my train of thinking......
So, although I feel that my journey of creativity will always be an ongoing process of growth and identity. I do, however, feel like I'm ready to put myself out there again. And this time for myself. Not my reps. Not my stores. Me. And, so what, if the world doesn't need more earrings or collages...... It's what makes me come alive......and, so therefore I go........I was born to create and that's what I'm going to do!
So what do you think? Everyone that comments and says tons of nice things about my new venture will be entered in a contest to win this........
Sound Good? Talk to you soon! Karin
