Setting Up Shop

I consider myself to be artistic. If I were to make up a graph, pretty much all of my talent distribution would landed solidly in the creative/artistic and musical quadrant; it's what interests me and where my passions lie.

I've always got some sort of project going on, either actively or brewing in my head: hymn arrangements, paintings, book illustrations, scrapbooking, etc. And while these things are fun and very satisfying to create, and they often make great gifts... I've never found this particular skill set to be very marketable. So I have a day job.

However, several of my friends, and a couple of my sisters, have been having babies lately. I wanted to give them gifts, but I wanted to give them something cooler than your run-of-the-mill baby clothes. Enter my new found affection for stenciling.

It started with just one or two designs..

... then it became three or four. Now I'm perpetually thinking up cute and fun designs that are far more interesting (and much less generic) than "pink princess" or "sports fan" stuff that's so prevalent out there.

Before long I was faced with a problem: I was starting to have bunches of little shirts and onesies piling up.... but what to do with all these baby clothes??

Then, I discovered Etsy.com - a place to buy and sell all things homemade, vintage and supplies.

I love this site. There are so many unique and creative things to look at, and be inspired by -like amazing monsters, fabulous sock monkies, and hilarious pins. This is a place where the things I create might actually have a market. So, I checked it out, read up it.. purchased a few things and, after some time and thought, I set up my own shop.

I'm certainly not going to quit my day job, but I definitely have a productive outlet for my creative energies and I'm having a blast! I even started a new blog that's main focus is my creative efforts and shop talk. You can find it here.

Check me out!

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