My Weekend...

I had a great weekend and I hope you all* did, too!  Saturday threatened thunderstorms that never happened, but a very lazy day was spent at home nonetheless.  I over booked myself on Sunday, but the highlight was definitely the NYC Design Meetup hosted by the lovely bklyncontessa!  I 'met' bklyncontessa on Twitter and it was so nice to meet her in person! She organized the event to welcome Erin Loechner of Design For Mankind to New York.  She is also quite lovely!  In fact, it's hard to come up with another word to describe everyone I met because bklyncontessa managed to gather a group of lovely lovely people!

I realized that it's easy as a small business owner, that works from home, to become isolated in your own world/work space.  There is nothing like being around a bunch of creatives to get you motivated!   I'm glad the event was on a Sunday because now I feel ready and energized to accomplish a lot this week! Won't you join me in having a great week?

Print is by Sweet William on Etsy


*Having lived in Virginia for many years it was difficult to not use 'ya'll'.  Quite proud of myself for showing some restraint...until this addendum anyway...

In the Etsy Shop...

The Blue Ocean Necklace is back in the shop!  I know, I know...it's been a little while.  I also know I should keep it in stock considering that it is my best seller.  What's my problem you ask?  Well...

I'll get an idea.  I'll mull it over for a while.  I'll figure out the best way to build the piece.  I'll make it and then I think DONE!  NEXT!  I get such an amazing feeling of accomplishment that all I want to do is come up with another idea so I can feel it again.  It just seems like making something that I've already made would stop me from growing creatively.

I'm slowly starting to realize that this is ridiculous.  Whether I make one or fifty of the same piece, it's my creation so I should be able to get that 'high' off of every one that I make. I need to learn to turn the joy I feel from someone enjoying my work into motivating fuel towards understanding that it's okay to go 'back'. 

Alright, I have to go now.  I have more Blue Ocean Necklaces to make.

See...I'm learning!

Yodaism...

I saw this print on  Etsy the other day and have since adopted this as my personal motto!  I know it seems harsh, very do or die, but I don't want to try and be successful...I want to be successful!  All 'try' does is give me an easy out, an excuse for when I'm too scared to go forward.

I know a bunch of talented people on the verge of embracing their creative side, but something is holding them back.  They think that it's not having time or not having good ideas, but the reality is that they don't want to try and fail.  I know this to be true because six short months ago that was me.

I kept thinking that I should try to do this or try to do that and all this led to was a bunch of sitting around.  Nothing actually happened until I finally decided to DO! This has definitely been the biggest lesson I've learned so far on my journey.  Do with it what you will...so long as you DO!


Photo is a print from Artistico on Etsy.