After I wrote this post I still didn’t feel settled about what I want to be doing.  So I took another long look at what I want to do with my life, my business and my time.  And the answer always comes up as “I want to do art.”

I have spent the past year building up Creative Clown.  Those of you who have online businesses know that it takes many hours a day to do all that is necessary to build a business.  And most of the work is tedious, detailed, technical and very left-brained.   There came a point when I asked myself, “Is all this work that you don’t enjoy worth it to sell products that you do enjoy making?”  To make that decision, I listed all the things I like about maintaining Creative Clown and those that are less enjoyable.

The bottom line was that I love connecting with people;  I love encouraging people to create and have fun with it; and I love doing art!  The rest of the things I spend my time doing such as marketing, promoting, networking, and the technical stuff -  just isn’t feeding my soul.

So – after a lot of journaling and considering I have found what I want to be doing.  I want to create and sell my art.  I am not going to promote Creative Clown any longer.  I am going to keep my blog, but it will be a more personal blog where I just share about what I’m doing and it may or may not relate to art journaling.  My shop will still be here and the courses and ebooks will always be available, but I won’t be advertising them any longer.

I am selling a whole new line of art under the name of Red, White and Rodeo.  I currently have frames, crosses, plaques as well as jewelry.  It’s kitschy stuff with a cowgirl flare.  I have a few things listed on Etsy and will eventually have my own web site.  If you want to check out my Etsy shop It’s here. I’ll be adding more stuff as I get the photos taken and uploaded.

I am surprised at the sense of relief I feel to just be doing art and sharing on a personal level.  I love the online art community and I just want to be a part of it, not always feeling like I have to keep things on topic or have something “important” to share.

I’ve got a wedding to plan, and art to make and … and… and…. 

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