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a dear friend of mine told me about her blog (be true be u) and how much she enjoys it. i decided to give this blog thing a whirl. i think it will be a nice outlet for my creative tendencies. i have always been a crafty sort since way back. it’s just something that sorta just comes to me. i remember an art teacher telling me in college that i was a “natural”, whatever that means. but i must say that i have made countless cards, books, mini-scrapbooks, drawings and paintings over the years. many friends and family members have been the lucky recepients of my handiwork…
my husband, among other family or friends, has been telling me for years to quit my day job and do what I love, which is creating art, whatever form it might be. he is forever telling me to keep my ‘originals’ and only give away my copies (i’ve only done that recently). he, along w/ my 3 lovely sisters, are my biggest supporters.
i recently entered a card contest at a local scrapbook/stamping store, where I won. i have tried w/o success to upload some pictures of my winning entry…one of these days i will figure out what i’m doing wrong and put up a couple pictures. it actually was a collection of valentine’s day cards that i compiled in a handmade book. i had a hard time choosing just one card to submit to the contest; then i found out that there was no entry limit. prepared, i made duplicates of all 15 cards i made! i decided to hold them all together in a book of sorts (it will make more sense when/if i get a photo of this scanned). it was like non-stop….i just kept coming up w/ these ideas for cards. i even woke up w/ card ideas! it was nuts! it was like a disease! this went on for about 2 weeks straight. my hubby, sisters, close friends at work all say that i should open up a card company!
well i don’t know about that… but it did make me think that after all this time of just making cards and crafts for the sheer joy of it, i could potentially turn this into my very own ‘cottage’ industry. one that is driven by my own passion, blood, sweat and tears. as a healthcare professional, i don’t often get to do anything “artsy”….far from it—it’s often hard work involving very ill folks. kinda depressing at (all the) times….
sorry, computer scanning/uploading is not my forte, otherwise i would glady show some examples of my work. one of these days i will though, bear w/ me please…..
for years, my sisters and i have talked about going into business for ourselves. it’s now or never….life is too short and all that!!!!! i have been seriously thinking about this lately. all arrows are pointing to “go”, if you will…..my sisters and i are heading to a seminar in chicago in a few weeks on this very topic. it’s something that i am looking forward to…..
well, that’s enough for now. my hubby’s calling me for dinner….hopefully, i’ll have some photos to share real soon. take care…..
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