lately

Lately I've been thinking a lot about things I want to do. I have like 28 things swirling around in my head at any given moment and trying to pin just one down to do is next to impossible! Today though I actually did something creative and I was pretty excited about that. My mother in law gave me a great idea that she found on pinterest to put a mum inside a hollowed out pumpkin.



Voila, fall decoration win!

I am truly terrible at seasonal decorating. I basically refuse to buy things full price and then after the holiday is over and things are on clearance I'm so apathetic about it and not in the mood anymore that I don't get any then either. Oh well.

Anyways, that is not the point of this post. I have been trying to decide more specifically what to do with my time on the artistic side. I have been doing a lot of work for my friend Tiffany and have truly been loving it! So far we have done a CD cover, a book, a coffee mug and the corresponding workbook and leader's guide to the book she wrote, The Insatiable Quest for Beauty. Here is a picture of the workbook cover.

So all these things have been swirling up in my head lately. Should I start doing more work like this? Is it worth my time? Will I get burned out the way I have with photography if I do it as a job? Plus I didn't finish my schooling for graphic design. Not that you need to in this kind of work, but there are a lot of really critical people out there and I know I've done the same with amateur photographers who try to start doing photography professionally with literally no experience and very little talent... side eye. Yes, I have judged. I don't want to be judged by the meanie heads.

But I don't know, there is so much more to it than all this. And I realize there is really no point to my writing here, I just need to get it out and written down somewhere. I really want to travel some with Tiffany and work with her as much as I can because I really believe in what she is doing. So maybe that's what I should look into more. I'm sure there are a lot of doors and opportunities just by pursuing what is already in front of me.

So that's what I've been thinking about lately. Random, I know.