When I was a student in Mrs. Lorenz's quite bohemian 7th grade Language Arts class, I was accused for the first time of having a future in creating. A handful of classmates, one by one would comment on a note (you know, the passing kind) or birthday card I had made someone, and exclaim something like, "you are going to make wedding invitations one day!"
Nothing could have infuriated me more.
All I could associate with that vocation at the time, was sitting at a desk, and being behind the scenes when all I wanted was to be on the stage. As ridiculous as that sounds now (clearly a person can do both) I was determined to not make paper goods one day-- despite my twelve year old self's
But here I am, finally about to do just that-- or to at least begin something my middle school peers would probably pull a "told
Because it's been
Then, in a flurry came some fliers for a volunteer event, and printable table cards for a friend's housewarming. After that, I kind of just got back into a rhythm, and started making cards for friend's birthdays, doing design work for a couple friend's blogs, portraits and stationary.
Since, I've designed some simple stationary that's
I've still got quite a ways to go (I'm bubbling over with ideas), but I'm hopeful that I'm finally put
Until the next Sketchbook post, which hopefully is soon!
