It's been forever...

I've neglected blogging lately. oops.

Here in a nutshell is what has been going on:

My piece, An Unlikely Solution won an Honorable Mention at Arts on the Park Gallery and will be on display until the end of October. Go check it out! Tues-Fri 12pm-4pm.

I started working with Smart Creative and we got an office downtown in Lakeland! We're at 208 Pine Street, come and see us! We've been putting together desks, painting, and daydreaming for what our space will/should look like! It's been way exciting and already I've worked on some pretty exciting things. Well, maybe for some pretty exciting clients... but compared to the monotony of website editing, it's extremely riveting work and it's keeping me busy!

We've had an artgroup meeting! Our next one is November 2nd at 6:30PM! We're also going to get together at first friday and sketch in the park. Email me at artgrouplakeland@gmail.com if you're interested or would like to be on our mailing list.

I made a logo for Oasis' new ministiry, Dirty Hands:

I created a logo for ElderPoint Ministries in Lakeland, which I'll post later.

That's about it for now. I'll write more later! I hope you're all having a creative, productive day!

i have a headache.

my eyes are crossing from staring at the computer screen. 

I've been working on web modules all day. Along with business cards and images for Good Friday. I'm looking forward to my walk tonight when I can feel the breeze and see the sunlight. 

prayer was good this morning though. I painted a picture and yelled at God for a while. He told me he didn't mind.

My first day.

It's my first day of freedom. I'm officially an artist. Well... in truth I've always been an artist, this is just my first day of that being my official career title. I have to say, so far so good. I do feel a little like I'm just playing hooky from work and that I'll have to go in tomorrow. I wonder when I will no longer feel this need to go into an office. I feel a mixture of so many things. At times I feel FREE. Free from set schedules, free from a boss, free from working for other people, free to do whatever the heck I want to do. Free to have an open schedule, to do whatever I am called and discover to do. These freeing moments are interrupted by fleeting thoughts of stress related to staying busy and finances. But I believe that this is what I'm supposed to do. I believe that I'm right where God wants me to be, and how can that be a bad place to be?

I can't wait to look back and say, "Wow, look at all God has done. Look at where I was and where I am now. What an amazing ride."

Right now I can't help but feel gratitude. I'm grateful for my art progressing and having the confidence to take this step. I'm grateful for my husband in supporting us and being willing to take the financial burden on himself... and for being ok with not knowing about our future (because who really knows anyway?). I'm grateful for family and friends encouraging me. I'm grateful to be right where I am. It's such a beautiful place. 

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