I've Been Thinking . . .

I've been doing a lot of thinking . . .

uh-oh . . .

PG would be nervous. I know when ever the words "Honey? I've been thinking . . . " come from my mouth, I am sure he gets some sort of pit in his stomach. The "WHAT" that I have been thinking is never expected. It could be something random, like having pasta for dinner . . . to something as totally drastic, like going to buy a new car that day. (Seriously.)

But when ever I am thinking, you can be certain of one thing . . .

Change is a'coming.

So, I've been . . . thinking.

I've had my little "From Chaos Comes Happiness" home here for quite some time. Started wayyyyy backkkkkk in 2009, actually, when I was a mother of a 6 and 2 year old, was an almost full-time health care worker, was not doing a single creative thing (other than scrapbooking), and was desperately trying to find  . . . me.

I think I found her. Me, that is. In the past four years, I have grown so much. I have gone back to my roots. I have learned. I have experienced. I have disappointed (I am sure). But I have truly found me. The artist. The dreamer. The believer.

I like where I am.

But . . . where is that? I am still the mother. The wife. But I am also . . . the artist.

YAY!!!!

So, I think I might need to re-brand myself. Create a website for . . . me.

I'm working through it all in my head right now. But I don't think I want my art to hide behind the "From Chaos Comes Happiness" name any longer. I want my art to stand tall as MY name. Me. Leanne Wargowsky. The artist. The Dreamer. The Believer.

Yes, that is me.

So I have to figure it out. Do I stop this blog, and create a website with a link to another blog? Do I keep this going, and just start a website for my art? Will I have the time, the energy, the stories, to do both? How does someone go about branding . . . themselves? I'm on a limited budget (like . . . dimes and nickels, really). I can't hire a bit time agency to help me with this transition. I have to do it . . . on my own.

But I can. I will. Like everything in the past four years.

I wanted to make art again, so I did.
I wanted to make candles, so I did.
I wanted to open an Etsy shop, and fill it with jewelry and magnets and prints and greeting cards and hand painted picture frames. So, I did.
I wanted to learn Photoshop, and Illustrator, and Blogger, so . . . I did.
I wanted to write a book . . . and I am doing that, too (oh, yes . .  I have been. Didn't I tell you?)

You really can do anything that you put your mind to.

I know it. I believe it.

Because . . . I've been thinking . . .

So, hang in there with me, my friends. We are on an incredible ride right now. I don't know where it will take us, but it is bound to be amazing. And I am so glad you are here with me.

And to thank you . . . a little glimpse of another art piece I did last week. This piece came from my heart . . . and poured itself right onto the canvas. I couldn't be happier with it.

I am in the process of making a whole number of these, and will have them in some Etsy shop soon. I promise to keep you posted.

And . . . as always . . . I wish you Peace.