My Creative Juices are Flowing!!!

When I was 16 years old, I had a job working weekends and holidays as an Admitting Clerk for a southside Chicago hospital. It was a great job for a 16 year old to have and it really helped me in building some great morals and a strong foundation for the work force. I am very blessed for the lessons I learned at that job. And believe me, I was constantly learning.

My Mom was the Business Office supervisor of this same hospital (yes, that was my "in"). Mom was very well respected, and there were very high expectations put on me to do my job well because I was "Carol's daughter". I worked with a great group of ladies who were ALL my "Mom". There were about 8 women in the Admitting Department alone, plus an additional 25 to 30 women at the Business Office, and they ALL looked after me. I was educated on the fine art of registration and insurance verification, and then moved on to learn the ins and outs of the "Bed Board" (the actual board that displayed every room in the hospital, and who was coming, going, or in each room.) Yes, I was given wonderful opportunities while there and I moved on and up to a number of different positions during my employment. But, like any artist, I was not satisfied. It did not fill my creative void, so I left many years ago. I never looked back, but I will never forget the sisterhood of the women in the Admitting and Business Offices. They were a pretty special bunch of ladies, and I owe a great deal to them.

One of the women I worked closely with was a strong willed, hot tempered Lithuanian named Jovita. I loved working with Jovita. She was proud of her job, and so very supportive of me during our time working together. She knew that I was an Artist, and that my life long goal was not to play the role of Master of the Bed Board, and she supported my dreams so very often. 

Our office had a small bulletin board on that wall that Jovita and I, together, would decorate the beginning of each month. That day was always the BEST day at work because I was able to be CREATIVE. Each time we would start the project, Jovita would say, "Well, Leanne, are your creative juices flowing? What should we do this month?" and off I would go explaining this vision or that vision I came up with for that months board. Whatever I wanted to do, Jovita approved. She let me create freely and openly, and I will never forget that. She took a chance on me, and I owe so much to her.

This week, I've been fortunate to have a couple more people "take a chance" on me. And I am thrilled. You see, I've been CREATING!!! and it is so rewarding. I am spreading my wings . . . all thanks to the encouragement I am receiving from this amazing e-course. I am believing in myself, trying new things, sleeping very little (which is probably the only downside), but I'm awake because I am INSPIRED to CREATE. I feel . . . . empowered. Really.

So, I have been given the opportunity to create some blog headers & buttons for a few blog friends. SERIOUSLY. I mean, who would have thought, huh? Do you know that line from the movie "If you build it, they will come"? Well, I really believe in that ... if you put it out there, the universe will return it. If you put positive energy out there, the universe will return it in some form or another.

So, about a month ago, I added a little tab in my labels above that says "Blog Design", and low and behold, some wonderful people contacted me!!! HOLY COW!!!  I've been so excited, I wanted to share the designs with you (click on the "buttons" to link to their actual blogs). So, without further ado, I give you . . .

 

Can I tell you how cool it is to look at these blogs and see my work? My ideas? My designs? It's cool. It's really really cool. I think Jovita would be SO proud of me, and I'd gladly tell her, "Jo - my creative juices were flowing!!!"

So, that's what I've been doing this week . . . how about you? Anything exciting going on with you?

Oh, and 1 more thing . . . if you (or someone you know) is interested in what I'm doing and would like me to design a header or button, please leave a comment below or email me at chaostohappiness@gmail.com. I hope to get more info up on the "blog design" tab soon, but until then - feel free to email me. I think this might be the start of something really wonderful. . . and I'd love to have you along for the ride.

Have a great Saturday!!!