Hello everyone! I am back from an impromptu vacay of my little corner of the WWW. I was browsing my Instagram feed when I saw my creative living guru Michael Nobbs was taking a little break from work and I thought, “ooh that sounds great!”
And so I did.
I needed the break and realized that I was taking it without intending to anyway. That’s usually my first sign that I need to step back from the routine of my regular posting schedule-I forget to create content. My creative soul likes to stretch her legs and share and when she forgets to do that it’s usually because she’s passed out in some glittery outfit, makeup still on with washi tape stuck to her face.
This past week was emotional for me and when it was coupled with quite a few days out and about I needed to pull in and ground.
To be honest I am still feeling quite a bit like a live wire but my inner creative wants to share again. I know this because I am sitting in my living room, arms stretched over my 2-month-old baby girl typing this on my laptop. She’s all cuddly in her bunny sleeper as she has been wanting to be in my arms while she sleeps the past 2 nights.
Still, my exhausted creative has jerked into a sitting position mumbling, “I’m up, I’m up” and here we are.
I have exciting news and that might be why she’s itching to write. I sold my first junk journal! The energy has been amazing ever since Friday night when I was corresponding with a lovely woman who chose to purchase it. I have been over the moon ever since and been doing a bit of a creative tap dance.
I’ve sold things before and it always feels good but this time the process feels better. I think it’s because I decided to do it my way. After all the research and looking into what sells and why and trying to create that I instead just made something I loved and put it up for sale in a way that felt good to me.
Now, I am jazzed to do more. To make my own little bits of creative goodness and offer them up. I am working hard to stay true to my own unique way of doing things and not fall trap to the way it should be done. Still, it feels amazing.
Even at midnight.
Happy dreams my fellow creative souls.
Until next time…
-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante