Fear no more....

Amazing to me that just back in December my thoughts were so random. I had no focus....what to do first seemed to be the question I played over and over in my mind. It seemed overwhelming to me. I was frozen, unable to put anything in one direction and not understanding why. One morning I got up around 5 AM, settling into my normal routine (checking facebook and getting lost in Pinterest before I went off to my big girl job) as I logged in I saw a post from Jo Packham and immediately I "got it". Jo spoke of fear and how fear immobilized us. At first I thought could this be "the" Jo Packham of Where Women Create? The Jo Packham that we all admire from afar and love so much? As a smiled crept across my face I felt at that moment like she was my best friend. Jo was giving me some much needed advice, after all if she could be afraid so could I. Fear in fact is what has been with me for so very long...held me back from many things in my life. It was that day that I made a decision to not allow that fear in my life anymore. Never again would it stop me from allowing the things that I wanted so badly to begin to happen. Fear would no longer be an option for me. Can I say from that day forward my life has changed so much. Even though it was only a few months ago it feels like a lifetime. Since that day I have had many angels appear in the form of friends. These wonderful women have held me up and encouraged me beyond belief. Their willingness to reach out to me has been incredible. Many of them having no idea what an impact they have even had. I have unpacked over 100 boxes so that I could create a studio space in a small corner of the living room...

Have had my first Art Show, thank you Cindy Childers from Glitz and Glam Emporium you have become my sister....

Sold everything I took there and had an offer from the amazing Robyn Story to carry my soldered bottles at her store (I about fell out and died when she asked me, working on a one of a kind surprise for her now)...

Learned somewhat to use my camera (well at least point and shoot)....

Did my first photo shoot in the snow in Virginia with some hand dyed slips that me and my sweet mother worked on (fyi my mother bless her heart is a hoarder too. She must have pulled fifty slips out of her dresser as she smiled and we will not even discuss the hats in the basement)....

my mom

Have a business name, logo, etsy page and blog that the incredibly unique and talented Lori McGee has designed for me  .... (of which I definitely had to push the fear off of my shoulder to get in here and finally write in). Thank you Lori, you truly do have a chip in my brain and "get me" like no other....

And....I am going to be teaching soldered jewelry classes in addition to a photo shoot with Cindy Childers.  Cindy will be using her amazing talent to show off some more slips and one of a kind jewelry pieces for me which will be for sale in her store.

Thank you so much my friends (Wendy especially for listening to my hair brained ideas on a daily basis). Gotta run for now my friend MaryDee is texting me she is out at the flea market in Texas boot shopping lol. Rock on MaryDee keep those boots coming girl....

No fear around here for now just too busy.

xoxox
Juju