A few of My Favourite Things

Parcels are coming your way soon if you've been expecting something from me. Yay, happy mail.

So looking forward to this weekend. I'm catching up with the ladies who lunch, going to check out the Sisters' Market and taking myself on an Artist's date. I'm into my first week of the Artist's Way and loving it. I'm really glad I decided to give it a go.

Kootoyoo was talking about shaking things up at her place and feeling a little bit stale. I'm feeling it a little here at Tinniegirl too. Needing an injection of something but not entirely sure what it is.

How about you? Are you feeling inspired at the moment? What's inspiring you?

I'm pretty taken with some gorgeous blogs at the minute. I love tangled sky studio and her encaustic paintings. I can't wait to give this technique a go at some stage. Check out this gorgeous painting. I'm also loving Paper Crown. Sarah's work is so gorgeous.

It's all about paper, paint and glue with me at the minute. Remember last year when I said it out loud? I want to be an artist and a writer. It's come back to me this past few weeks. That heartfelt passion. That truest desire. I'm soaking up inspiration from people who paint and collage, and people who write about their creative journeys. As always Kelly Rae Roberts is feeding my soul and her close friend Mati Rose is a delightful new discovery. I've also only recently started listening to Craftcast regularly and I'm loving it.

I've been drifting I realise. Floating along, exploring my creative ideas and following them wherever they've led me. It's been so much fun but in some ways it's turned me in the opposite direction to where I really want to head. A little side road that I've been happily skipping along. I wonder too if perhaps it's an aversion. A subtle way of giving in to my fears and denying my heart's true calling by focusing on a different idea, glancing in a different direction.

It was the Stitches and Craft Show that got me thinking about it. Thinking about where to go next, how to take my business to the next level, what the natural extension of the Tinnie concept would be. I can see the path clearly but what I've realised in the last month is that I don't want to take it.

It's an interesting place to be. Knowing that an idea has so much potential and just needs lots of drive, energy and passion. At the same time having this overwhelming instinct that something isn't right, that I'm taking a wrong step. It's been quite amazing to have these conflicting energies dancing around me. It's certainly not all bad though. There has been so much learning. About taking risks. Believing in my ideas and my creativity. Trusting myself, my instincts and the universe. More and more I'm recognising what it is I've needed to take from this part of my journey and knowing that it's OK to let go now that I have what I need.

It can be hard to let go of an idea though. For lots of reasons. Fear of never having another great idea. Ownership. Ego. Fear of making a mistake, a wrong turn, a regrettable decision. We get so caught up in the idea that everything has to last forever. I certainly do.

I'm not sure what all this means for me and for Tinniegirl. Well, actually, I am. I'm just not quite ready to say it out loud. Stay tuned. Change is coming.