My "Office"

I know many of you will never be able to come visit me in person. So here are a few photos of my office so you can see the space that I work in. I converted one of my daughter's rooms into a temporary office until I can save up enough to build an actual studio onto our home. This may take a few years of saving my hard earned pennies, but it will definitely be worth it!

Oh, and don't worry, I didn't kick my little girl onto the couch or anything, her and her sister are now sharing rooms and love it (so far)!

The photo below is the counter I use for all of my shipping and general organizing. Nothing too exciting to most, but having a large counter has been the best addition in the world!

This next photo is my daughter's work station (it sits directly behind me). They enjoy playing PBS Kids and messing around in Photoshop Elements. This used to be my old computer that I bought off of eBay. It worked well, until they thought it was a good idea to stick gum and starburst in it. Now it's a little crabby, maybe it misses the candy treats?

As you can tell from my office photos, there isn't room for customers to sit down and chat with me. So I like to meet with my Minnesota customers at our kitchen table. I know it's nothing fancy, but it gets the job done. 

You could say that my general sense of style for my home is minimalist, fairly contemporary all around. Having 2 kids has caused me to remove all knick-knacks. Now I find that having a cluttered home clutters my mind. Messes used to not bother me too much, now I like keeping things neat and clean. 

I hope you liked the little tour of my office, if you have any ideas on something you'd like me to write about don't hesitate to leave a comment and let me know!

New Venture

Well, it has finally happened. I'm going solo. No regular job, no part-time job, it's just me and my business 5 days a week. It's exciting and a bit nerve wracking at the same time. I finally have the freedom of being able to design for brides every day of the week. I had been working part-time 2 days a week for an advertising agency. But they decided they could use me as a freelancer, which doesn't guarantee regular hours.

So I have those 2 days available to work with my invitation customers. In the past I had really been getting behind because of my subcontracting. Friday's were piled high with orders that trickled in the 2 days I was out of my office.

Here goes nothing, sink or swim right? I'm going to do my best and run with this extra time I've been given. I know God will take care of my family, but it's up to me to not just sit on my butt and wait for orders to come in. I need to work for it, nothing comes easy.