Turning passion into something more

I'm a book learnin' kind of gal. 

When I want to know about something, I read about it.  I've always been that way.  J jumps right in with both hands.  Me - I say 'hold on a minute', let me read a book about it first!  I've mentioned this a few times, but I really love giving new life to old furniture.  I've dabbled in it over the years and I would really love to one day make it a side business for myself.

I've always loved creative, visual design but it's not something I explored in depth other than the occasional side project (knitting - check, needlepoint - check, watercolour painting - check, calligraphy - check).  I've dabbled in them all but never seriously, because writing was my thing.  Plus when you work with creative and inspiring designers all day (as I do at Fusion), it can be intimidating to think that you have something to offer.  But the older I get, the more I realize how important it is to my soul to be creative as much as possible.  Whether it's blogging, cooking, working on my house or freshening up old furniture, I'm going to try to fill my days with creativity.  So I'm going to put that dream out there, and start figuring out how to make it happen.  I will have a part time business creating new looks for old furniture.  There...I said it.

Of course, I'm going to figure it out by reading books.  Then trying.  And trying again!

Don't tell J but I filled my basket at Chapters today on all kinds of reading inspiration for my furniture projects.  They're having a buy 3, get the 4th for free sale so that helped reduce my guilt!  Here's a sneak peek... 

What gets your creative juices flowing?  What's your longtime dream?

Written with love,
Lenore