Hello! I am back! & Here to stay!

Okay guys.

So here's the scoop.

I have been nervous. Okay, maybe really nervous to re-start this blog. I have my own set of blogs that I follow.. and they are SO wonderful. These people are literally living my dream life! Now, it seems inspiring and pretty at first when you're exploring and thinking it would be fun to do yourself. Things like Pinterest are making it possible.

But for me, and probably many others, it was a little bit disheartening when trying to start my own blog. I do not feel as together, or creative or inspirational as all of these other strong, awesome blogging women are. Well. Then I realized something (that I probably should have long before) when my boyfriend said, "Where do you think they were when they started?'. So I did a little more investigating. What do you know? When these women started, they were exactly where I am today. Not a lot of big time income. A lot of self photos. Smaller tutorials. Less followers. But they were no less talented. And no less driven. And that's what it takes. It takes a long time and sometimes it kind of feels like you're sharing things with a wall but it can be done! As long as you create everyday. You set forth the effort and invest your time and energy, even if you are working a day job or two or three, find the time. Make the time. Because in the end if you put out what you feel other people are going to feel it too. 

Creating for a living is not easy.

But anything worth achieving takes work.

We are so lucky to be living in a time when we can do exactly what we want to be doing for a living and making it work. Things like Etsy and Youtube and Blogspot are literally changing the way people can create. We are able to work, independently. We are able to work from home. But it isn't easy. It isn't something that falls into your lap. It's something you have to work hard for because in the end it is such a great reward.

So this is my encouragement, to anyone, who makes anything. Whether you write, or you're a musician or you craft or draw or paint or weld or whittle or garden. Anything that you create and you find beautiful and inspiring is worth working towards making your everyday. You can do it. Whether it is on the internet, or on a larger scale, or even at a farmer's market, or somewhere in your community you are making a difference in people's lives. And a vast difference in your own.

If everyone who had that drive in them would pursue it, and create and sell and share things independently we could have entire communities, and entire nation that supports itself by sharing each individual person's strongest passions. Because every person is passionate about something. We have come so far already. But I know there are plenty of people out there like me, who are nervous or scared or think they can't do it.

Well, you never know if you don't try. And if you even go to Etsy for a minute, or log onto Pinterest, or any of the millions of other sites for hand makers, you will see like I did that it is possible. Sure, not everyone will get internet famous or have a huge community of people. But everyone has great ideas and great things to say and there will always be people who want to hear what YOU have to say. So speak out! 

Be brave.

& With that, I will be sharing more. I will be talking about my projects more. I will post here weekly at least. I will be present and work towards what I want!