There is a place

that I love to visit once or twice a year. A "museum" of old homes that have been donated by folks and where the museum has set them on the grounds, repaired and decorated them to their certain period of time.

Each home, I love to look at, but I am always drawn back to this particular space. In my last post and on my last comment , one of you dear readers,  Toni, spoke of a wonderful magazine ............"Where Women Create". And yes, Toni, I love that magazine, and it is what keeps pushing me on the path of finding my creative dream. For others who are reading this and do not know what the magazine is about, it features creative women who have found their career in what they create..............and their creative space. I can imagine my creative space to be like this, in the photo above.............. including the wood burning stove................however, the walls would have shelves of floss, patterns, books, and material. I would have an overstuffed chair,perfect for doing my hand work, my coffee pot on the side table and ......................

my black cat, Salem, stretched out on the rug in front of the fire................of course!

How about you? Do you have a creative space or do you have one dreamed up in your mind?

I would love to hear!

p.s..............thank you all for your encourage and sweet comments......................you are also the inspiration that keeps pushing me on! blessings to you!

I've been thinking a whole lot lately

and spending a lot of time in prayer.........waiting and searching for just what it is that I am really meant to be doing in this life. Since I have started my job at the cafe.................I really miss my creative time and my stitching time. I have a wonderful job...............hectic and stressful as it is...........that is what restaurant work is...............but I know that this is not what I want to do for the rest of my life. Logical folks around me will tell me that at least it's a job and that it is hard to find one in these uncertain times.............yes, I am going to keep on working..............

however, I still have a dream............a desire..............and determination, to get me out of the "greasy, stressful, situation I have put myself in.

Lately, I have gotten so much feedback from those who know what I mean about living a "creative life" and I have gotten such good advice from those who live a creative life and are successful with it, that instead of stitching on items for sale................I am jumping into the deep water of belief in myself and am beginning to create those linen designs I have always thought about one day publishing. I have done research late into the night, and have spent days, while working away at the grill, dreaming up new ideas and new designs, and spending the late night hours getting them onto paper.

I am now getting the know how, of the tedious task of putting together a book proposal...............I have already redone it 3 times and beginning to change it again. {:

And then..................finding someone to think it is worthy enough to publish............

I am determined enough.....................and I hope I am talented enough..............and I am not giving up.....................

How about you? Are you dreaming of living a creative life and becoming successful that way?.........or are you already living a creative life? I would love to hear!