I'm just over the moon tonight. It's brilliant. I, by some universal favor, have just landed a sweet new job. Literally out of the blue. A job that will challenge me, allow me to work with a team, allow some flexibility, and most importantly, enables me to spend a day a week with my beloved Antoinette. I am speechless with gratitude (or so I say, but really, I'll keep talking...;) My back and feet literally rejoice at the realization that in two weeks, I will be sitting for chunks of the day, instead of standing for all of it. My brain is smiling in anticipation of it's impending usage and growth! My bank account is giggling like a school girl at the thought of having a few pennies in it to earn interest on, instead of the family of tyrannical money-moths that has taken up residence! I am pinching myself. I am in shock. What else can I say? Oh...and I'll be able to afford materials for my lovely Antoinette, a thought that relieves me to no end considering I cracked into my last package the other day. My creativity suffers when I know that I'm low on materials...it sucks. I can feel my brain slapping the manacles of 'logical responsibility' on my creativity when I'm down to the last package of clay; "you should make things that have already sold, you should make lots of tiny earrings, etc, etc, blah, blah..." This mind-prattle (admittedly) has been what has slowed my progress down over the past week or so... knowing that I am now gainfully, gratefully, gleefully employed (for a job that I actually want to do...shock and amazement...) brings such a surge in inspiration that I find myself up late tonight, cleaning up photos, listing new items, continually pinching myself and blogging about all of it...instead of going to bed like a good girl!
The two other happys that flank the big happy like a happy honor guard (that's it, now that I've written that sentence, I love the way 'the big happy' looks written out... I will continue to refer to the new job as 'the big happy'...that sets it up nicely I think! Anyhow, I digress...big shock...)
1.) I'm in another treasury! Very happy to discover this late last night (and then stymied that I couldn't further discover which item had been chose 'cause Etsy was down for scheduled maintenance!) My delicate Enna Pink hair barrette was chosen by the lovely LAValleyGirly from the Starving Artists team to be part of this pretty treasury titled 'Easy...' *grin* I love making hair barrettes and hair jewelry, lately it's been a major preoccupation....which leads me to...
2.) I've just uploaded the 60th item to my Etsy shop!!! Oona Antique is the lucky #60, which seems a more fitting honor for this pretty, little barrette that the curse words I was hissing to myself as I poked my fingertips into oblivion trying to get it's wiring just right...Anyhow, I love the artifactiness of this piece, the photos don't do it justice, the patina is magical.
That's it for tonight, I'm off to bed, so that I can ensure that I'm bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to give my notice tomorrow morning at 'the other job'! ;)