Ok, so .... blogging. I never thought I would get around to this, though I have long wanted a place to collect all of the things I have done, and will do, in the creative world. I have an addiction to creating, and to trying new things. I have a hard time focusing all of my energy on one outlet, because I just have too many things I want to do. There are some things that I always come back to, and some things I feel a stronger connection to, so my thought is that eventually I will narrow it all down into one medium and really find where my heart wants me to be.
Current passion: Sewing
I should have gone to fashion school, as I planned in my late teens, but cancelled for a more secure career. I spent a large percentage of my childhood drawing fashion and making Barbie clothes. I got a sewing machine in my teens, but it didn't work very well, so I gave up way too soon. I came very close to entering a program at a Fashion Institute in Miami, but I chose another path. I started to pick sewing up again in my early 30s, but then I became a mommy, and all of my focus went into my babies. Finally I have found a little time to give it another try, and I find myself completely obsessed. It started with wanting to wear more dresses, but never finding what I wanted. Everything was either the right color and fabric, but wrong design, or vice versa, so I decided that's it, I need to make my own. So I made a handful of really crappy dresses that I would never wear in public, but little by little I am finally getting the hang of it. So maybe I will never own my own dress shop, but I can at least make some fun things to wear, and some really cute things for my sweet little girl :). So this is where the blog will mainly focus for now anyway... my sewing projects.
Other Interests: Pottery, painting
I am also very much in love with clay... always have been. I may be getting close to actually calling myself a "potter" because I'm getting pretty decent at it. I don't have nearly enough time to do it though, and I know I could completely lose myself in it if given the chance. I have a set studio time at a community center once a week when I throw on a wheel. That makes it hard because the time doesn't always work with my schedule, and it's hard to make yourself be in the right creative mindset on a specifically planned day and time. I really need my own wheel, but really for pottery there are so many things you need for a good space, and it will be a while before I can build that up, but I do think I will get there some day. And then there is painting. Ahhhhh... This one makes me crazy. My grandmother was an amazing oil painter, and I have always wanted to be able to do that. It's a huge goal of mine, but it has never come naturally to me. I have actually painted a few pretty nice things, but it is not something that just happens. I'm hopeful that I can find some hidden master painter inside myself. Maybe I never will, but I'll probably always try.
Past: Lots of things
I will probably throw in some other creative things I have done in the past, just because.
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