My Creative History - part 5

I've already entered the magical world of blog sphere by regularly reading all kinds of blogs and I was also introduced to the AMAZING Etsy, so I've begun to realize the endless possibilities that any crafter may have. Then I came across this blog and this e-shop and suddenly, Elsie Flannigan has become my role model! She is so talented, so creative and so inspiring! She has fulfilled my childhood dream! She has become what I've always wanted to be!

She has MY DREAM JOB!

So, the idea stuck into my head, "This is what I want to do with my life!" or better rephrased it "Let's go back to the master plan! The one that has been there all along and I kept ignoring it!" It was a start.  I've registered in Etsy and on March 12 2009 I've opened my own shop. Meaning I had an account and a banner.

But still, I haven't had the courage to put anything in it. "The more you know, the less you act". I was reading here and there about "how to be successful on Etsy", "ways to make successful listings", "how to display & present your products effectively" e.t.c. and the more I read the more I felt like I wasn't ready enough, or that I wasn't well organized yet to take the big step. On May 2009 I've also registered for this blog, not sure about what I wanted to do with it yet. Well, I had this idea... it seemed to me very interesting and challenging at the same time... wouldn't it be nice if I'd start a blog that would be like a diary,  starting from my desire to have my own crafty business until I will have finally succeeded it? Nothing to report though until Monday, November 23 2009 that I posted my very first post. It was something like a push to myself, to take action and to start moving towards my dream. As I've said:

"This  blog will follow my steps until I reach my dream, or just follow my steps through creativity. Who knows, maybe we'll come up with something good after all.

This is a dream. A dream that I want to become a reality. A dream that is becoming a goal and goals are only for achieving. But even if I fail, what's important is the journey and not the destination."

Since then I've taken a lot of steps and learned some new skills but still I was searching for someone to help me get organized and on track.

So, I've taken the Indie Business 2.0 Online Class

with teachers the incredible Elsie from A Beautiful Mess, Leigh-Ann from Freckled Nest and Jill from Lune Vintage. I was admiring those 3 ladies for quite some time for their success and all that they have achieved and I thought it was a great idea to learn some things from them. It was really great! Knowing their creative stories from the inside, with all the try and errors that they have come across helped me realize that anything is possible if you really love it and believe in it. Plus, getting to know so many other fellow classmates-crafters, each one with a different story to tell, has made me think that I could do so many things just by taking the first step. Which have't been taken yet, even after the class has come to its end.

When I've started my blog

I've also started keeping an Inspiration Book

with all the things that I like and several ideas for blog posts, creations, designs e.t.c. All on a piece of paper and nothing on "flesh and blood". So many ideas... but I didn't know from where to start.

"A journey of a thousand miles

begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu

Why I've been so afraid

to make it?!