Creating when you don't have a lot of free time!

I have been working hard in 

my studio making new things.

I do have a lot of ideas in my head.  Just 

not enough free time to work on them.

The absolute earliest I can get home from

work on a day that I don't go to see my horse

is at 5:00 PM.   I am not a person

that can function well on a little sleep.

So I do my best to fit all my 

priorities in.  I always make sure my 

animals get their time and attention

before I work on my art. 

I am trying to put in at least 30 min per

night.  Which really is not much time.

I have found though once I get started

30 minutes ends up being an hour and a half.

So I feel like I am working

towards my goal.

I just thought this morning how

I have progressed over the years.  The

things I couldn't do and the things

I can now do.  

Don't get me wrong.  I have a long way to go.

Sometimes things turn out well.

Like this Poppy

But often things don't 

come out the way I wanted!

This was the plaque I had painted, and

the paint peeled off in spots so I

then fired it to burn off the paint 

then glazed it.  I wasn't sure if the glaze 

would adhere due to the residue

and I was happy it did!

I love this one!

I'm gonna make another one  similarly.

I like the color combinations.

I like this one too but the glaze

 took 2 tries to get to this point!

I'm not liking this green coloring.

It's kind of bla- to me so I'm gonna add 

something to it and refire it.

I will keep at it and hopefully I will

get more things right the first time around!

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I am just feeling grateful that when I

had lots of road bumps & pot holes in my life

that I kept going forward and it

got me to where I am now!  

I have the desire everyday to

work on creating things that I visualize in

my head.  It makes me happy!

I encourage you to do 

what makes you happy!

Even if you can only do it for a little

bit each day, eventually it will add

up to something that you wouldn't have

if you had never started!