Kelly Rae Roberts | Beautiful Creatives

Good evening!

Tonight is the last night of our two week vacation! Jason and I are both going back to work tomorrow. Normally I would be a little bummed about it, but to be honest with you, I have been going a little stir-crazy, and I am sure I have been starting to drive Jason crazy, so I am happy about getting back to the office to see the girls!! I would love to tell them that I have been doing all sorts of crazy, zany, and adventurous things, but really it has been a very peaceful vacation. I am convinced now more than ever that I should schedule a 2 week vacation at least once every year! This has been really good for both Jason and I!!! 😉

When I think about it, there is only 2 weeks until I get another long weekend with my sisters for Women of Faith in Portland. It is something us girls do every year. It is going to be a little weird because my sister, Lynette is not going this year. I have never gone to Women of Faith without her, so it will take some adjusting, but I am sure that the three of us girls will still manage to have fun. We look forward to Women of Faith EVERY year! 😉

What else? Well, I feel like I have been a little disconnected from my artistic self these past 2 weeks. I did get into the art studio both this morning, and yesterday, but it was mainly to put away all of my art supplies that I had taken with me on vacation, plus all of the new supplies I had gathered while out with my sisters in Roseburg. I had taken the 5 week, online class with Kelly Rae Roberts, and to be honest with you, I had really gotten overwhelmed and stopped reading and doing my reading and assignments. I have decided that I will do one lesson per day, until I get it all finished! I really want to make my creative career a reality!

Also, I have a BUNCH of Christmas ornaments to make for my sister’s booth, at the Douglas County Christmas Fair, down in Roseburg. That happens the first week of December, so I had really better get hopping on that! I am hoping to use that as a jumping off point for my creative business. I will keep you posted.

I have also got to start watching Hoarders again, because every time I watch that show, it scares me into really cleaning out spaces in my home. Right now the two areas that really need it are my art studio, and my book collection. Way to psych myself out, right? Does anyone else have that same reaction to Hoarders ? I hope it is not just me!! 😉

Anyway, I am off to go have a late dinner, and then enjoy the quiet of my last evening of my vacation!!

Have a FABULOUS evening!! 😉

Good afternoon!

As some of you may know, I am very HAPPILY taking a creative online course called Flying Lessons, which is a course offered by Kelly Rae Roberts.

I am taking one small step at a time to turn my passion for creating art into my career. I have done a few things already, including updated my header for my blog, as you might have noticed from above. However, this next step might be one of the hardest for me.

I know I have shared some of my art, sporadically and somewhat hesitantly, over the course of the past six months, but tonight, I want to share all of my scribblings, doodles, and art projects, with the intention of letting the universe know, that I am an artist.

WOW! That is incredibly hard to say, but
I am an artist.

I want to focus my energies on investing time on my talent. I want to take the necessary steps to focus, and learn more skills so that I can continue to put my art out into the world. My goal in doing this is to encourage women to live their lives authentically, with dignity, and pride, and if in some small way I can encourage and motivate someone to do something they might not have done, or try something they might not have tried, or even smile when they otherwise would not have, then I will have done what I was put on this earth to do.

So without further ado, here is my art: