~FRESH NEW PILLOWS~
As I worked my way through
creating
and
designing
this past year I knew one thing to be true...
I was changing.
As I waved goodbye to 2011 and ushered in the
New Year
I felt my life and business were about to be
shaken up
and
tossed about.
(Boy was I right!)
~DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH?~
(Linen Postcard Pillow)
Over the past eighteen months I've really struggled with moving beyond
PINK ROSE EVERYTHING
and if I can speak truthfully here some of those
feelings have really
freaked me out.
I've done a variation of the same thing for a decade now
and I've just grown tired of making
the same old, same old.
This is no more apparent than when I look at
pictures of my own home.
It's easy for me to see
how my own personal tastes have
evolved over the past few years.
As I shared with you last week the
time has come for me to
regroup
refocus
and begin to
really listen
to what my own heart is saying.
I need to pay attention to my inner voice and move beyond the one prevailing (and erroneous) idea that
cottage and pink
must always go hand in hand, side by side.
It doesn't...they don't. Not for me anyway...
Whenever I'm confused and not sure which way to go or I'm afraid of the twisting and turning of the road ahead, I always go to the Father and ask for His help...
(And then I call my sister...)
There is just something about the simplicity of honest prayer that calms me. Something about going to the Creator of the world and asking for discernment and then knowing, believing He will not fail me.
(Thank you, God)
And...there is something about
talking to a sister~
And how I know when I pick up the phone,
she'll be there.
(Thank you, Lin)
That said...
This weekend I've decided to put my
website on a little hiatus for a few weeks. Two of my favorite men (hubster and son) are going to do their magic and freshen things up with a new look and feel. While they are doing that I'm telling them what to do I will also be working at restocking my practically empty shelves with lots and lots of new things. Hand painted Signs, French Farmhouse Complements, Cottage Pillows, Sachets, Cards, Tags, and so much more! I'm going to be revamping nearly everything and hope to be back up and running by early to mid March. I promise to keep you updated as I go along!
In the meantime I will continue to sell lots and lots of my overstocked fabric (new and vintage) and trims on eBay and maybe even Etsy. Be watching...more stuff is coming up over the next couple of days.
As I've shared with you before I will still be working with the softest pinks and I'll never stop hand painting roses... I just want to do more of other things, too, and no longer want them to be the only two things that define my work or garner my focus.
Thank you for your encouragement and faith in what I do. Your friendship and love and support mean the world to me.
"There were times when I thought I
couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will"
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will"
(Sam Cooke)
Love to you...
