I was feeling quite quirky and wrote stream-of-consciousness type greetings inside the blank cards... no canned phrases this year... more inside jokes and dry humor... no edits... and absolutely no apologies for my weirdness that shows its face in my card-writing. Ashley Carter should be prepared to read a card written from her dog's perspective who is excited about having a new baby boy in the household this year who he can slobber on.
You just gotta be yourself... ya just gotta!!!
Seeing others' style or talents or language can draw in and inspire an artist but I don't think it should ever make you judge your own style or try to be like someone else. This quote has popped up a few times lately in my online browsing... worth sharing...
One area I continue letting go of is the self-imposed need to produce.
Ann Voskamp had some good things to say about that one time...
Letting go...
of the need to accomplish XYZ or meet some goal that seemed brilliantly noble at the time but has since encroached on life & happiness & where the real worth comes from.
of the need to feel like I can do it all.
of the timeline of developing my card business like I may ponder.
My priority these days is my new fabulous nursing job. Learning tons... engulfing my mind in obstetrics and gynecology and 28 week labs and Rhogam and what was that ICD 9 code again? And all the fancy, frank, inappropriate elsewhere, anatomy language that we speak qualm-free every day. Not to mention I'm getting utterly spoiled with free food from Pharm reps & Starbucks on an almost regular basis.
I also spend several hours each week with a very wonderful, 5 year old glorious handful named Derek...
and his 8 year old sister queen Daphne...
and we cannot forget 2 year old Phoebe whose favorite line is "Phoebe too" ... anything you're doing or saying or getting, Phoebe wants it too.
50 hour work weeks between nursing & nannying, and relationships and housework and oh yeah, sleep... not sure where card making fits for now.
Oh well!
Lovin' life!
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” ~Ira Glass
One area I continue letting go of is the self-imposed need to produce.
Ann Voskamp had some good things to say about that one time...
"Sometimes we may have nothing to show for our work but much to show to our God.
Too often, sadly, I want product, others to see product, so they can see: I have worth."
Letting go...
of the need to accomplish XYZ or meet some goal that seemed brilliantly noble at the time but has since encroached on life & happiness & where the real worth comes from.
of the need to feel like I can do it all.
of the timeline of developing my card business like I may ponder.
My priority these days is my new fabulous nursing job. Learning tons... engulfing my mind in obstetrics and gynecology and 28 week labs and Rhogam and what was that ICD 9 code again? And all the fancy, frank, inappropriate elsewhere, anatomy language that we speak qualm-free every day. Not to mention I'm getting utterly spoiled with free food from Pharm reps & Starbucks on an almost regular basis.
I also spend several hours each week with a very wonderful, 5 year old glorious handful named Derek...
and his 8 year old sister queen Daphne...
and we cannot forget 2 year old Phoebe whose favorite line is "Phoebe too" ... anything you're doing or saying or getting, Phoebe wants it too.
50 hour work weeks between nursing & nannying, and relationships and housework and oh yeah, sleep... not sure where card making fits for now.
Oh well!
Lovin' life!
