Starting Over

I am in love with arts and crafts. I come from a long line of very crafty women…they cooked, they sewed, they quilted, crochet, did ceramics, and made most everything. My fondest memories are of watching the women in my family create beautiful things. It was incredible to watching the joy it brought to them and others. Since I was a little girl all I have ever wanted to do is recreate these feelings and emotions through arts and crafts. As a young woman I attended Kansas State University and received a degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in Painting and a minor in Drawing. I quickly realized this was not going to pay the bills. I eventually became a retail manager at a major department store. After getting married and having a child, I was once again drawn back to the fawn memories of my own childhood and I set forth to find my place in the arts & crafts work again.   

 “EverBlooming” is the name of my business. I have been working under this name for a few years now. I am a freelance designer.  I sell handcrafted items I have created, furniture I have painted and home decor I have re-purposed. These Items can be purchased at my Etsy shop and at Nellie& Nico’s Antique Boutique.   

On this blog I hope to share with you some of the works I have created. I hope to inspire you to make creations of your own and to embrace your surroundings. (With a little paint everything can be transformed) And I hope you will share with me what you have created. 

Over the last two years I have come to realize I am not a writer, I really don’t like reading or writing, and I can’t spell.  I don’t think anyone out there wants to know what I ate for breakfast or what I am wearing to the big party this weekend.  I would rather be doing then writing about. (This is not to “put down” those who write and do, they are just better than me) I also have realized that technology is very stressful and that I have let what others do dictate how I should do things. I have been debating whether or not I should have a blog at all, but I decided “I do love” to share what I have made and I “LOVE” to see what others have made.  So I am starting over, I am taking back my life, making it simpler, happier, more enjoyable and really putting my efforts where they will make my family most happy. So I will not be posting every day, maybe not even weekly, but I will be posting. I have come to realize I write in spurts …a kind of regurgitation you could say. So if you can hang in there between posts, I would love for us to be friends.