YES! IT'S OPEN!!

I can't believe it's done.  After how long?  I was supposed to have opened this by April according to my vision board.  Oopsie.  But, it's ok.  I did it.  I DID IT!  Now, all I need to do is maintenance and seriously clean up and put everything away again.  It'd be nice to have the dining table back.  Not everythimg's like I'd like it to be, but...I'm used to that already.

I'll Write A Title For This Later

Have you seen the Wake Up Call for Artists post? In it, there are a lot of excuses to not beginning to create.  Procrastination.  What a killer.  I used to be a victim of it.  Then I realized, procrastinate as much as I wanted, time was going to keep passing and there was nothing I could do to stop it or hit rewind. (I've found myself honestly wishing for that remote control from Click).  I know I'm not the only one.

More Motivational Quotes & A Quiz

I needed to post, but it had to be a quick one.  So, I have a couple of more motivational quotes (having to do with creativity) and at the end I share a link for a quiz you should take if you feel you're lacking motivation.

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Motivational Videos

Today's post will be just of a two videos I found, just because one can never have too much motivation.

Of the two, THIS one is my favorite:

A Few Reasons To Buy Handmade

There are people that will spend hundreds of dollars on something just because it's X-brand, yet think twice about spending any money on a "trinket" they can "make themselves at home."  What people don't understand is that sometimes those X-brand items are made by people (that after a while, possibly resemble robots) in a factory (hello machines, chemicals, labor, waste?)  Handmade items aren't.  They're usually made by someone in their home or studio.  Yes some artisans use machines, but all of them take time and care creating each piece.  I hate to sound corny, but there's love in creating.  There's passion.  And there's this special care when you're creating something that just doesn't really exist in anything mass-produced in a factory.