19 October 2011
Orange is my current color of choice...
SO...I don't have any new items up for sale this week. Instead, I am taking my time and finding a new way of working...
Mostly, I used to create based on what I liked but also on what I thought others would want. I don't necessarily think that was always so successful. A lot of the time I was surprised by what sold because I was partial to something else.
What does that mean???
I also seem to get more responses to things when they come straight from the heart.
So, lately, I've been trying to let my creations unfold from my heart-center. Creating gifts has been a wonderful practice tool. Spirit art does take a little longer to unfold...especially when it isn't all you've got going on in your life.
I have some projects in the works, but mostly, I started with a color. Orange. I painted this box orange one day and have been letting it sit, waiting for the next detail to come. I'm not even sure I quite like the shape of the box...but part of the experiment is to make it work (usually one of my strong points).
Other creative outlets have been re-purposing found folder into a "fun" organizer for my business. I used fabric decoupage medium for the first time and am a little on the fence about the results. It looks super cute, but the texture is a little off. However, as craft experiments go it was pretty successful. Maybe I'm just a wee bit resistant to getting my business organized ;)
And of course, there is the creative journalling. Something I seem to be rather lax in doing unless I am taking part in some sort of course:
All in all I've been getting the creative juices flowing outside of the kitchen once again. I have a couple giveaways in the the works as well as some Etsy coupon codes planned for some pre-holiday shopping.
Sound good???
XO