Creative process

I want to make beautiful things. Lots of them. I want to sew my own clothes that I screen printed and the fabric was bought from organic sheep farmers, I want to knit all of my own scarves, I want to tie-dye everything I own because I love tie-dye, I want to print postcards for everybody I know, I want to fill my days with projects.

I’m overwhelmed* by the amount of ideas I have right now. Ideas for Lilla Barn, ideas for my website, ideas for my blog, ideas for gifts, and ideas for fun beautiful things I want to make.

I want instant gratification. I want to do all of this tomorrow. I want to be surrounded by everything that I made. And I want it to be now.

But I’m going to be patient. The best work I’ve done has taken time. And love. I made lists today of everything I want to do. I’m going to look at those lists tomorrow (after I relax tonight by watching the old version of ‘Pride and Prejudice’). Then I’m going to focus on the ideas that I can’t stop thinking about.

*I guess in the whole scheme of things, this is a pretty awesome problem to have.

Hunger no more

Let’s recap. I ate at 8:00 AM this morning. It was a breakfast packed with powerful proteins. It was also a little weird.

It is now 11:34 AM. I’m not hungry. Say what! I know. I don’t even want the amazing whole wheat raspberry ricotta scone I packed for a pre-pilates snack. This would call for a happy dance, but I’m at work and they already think I’m weird enough.

Giant purple protein eater

First of all, I'm wearing red pants today. Which means I'm feeling sassy.

Second, I put in an egg in my oatmeal this morning.(Kind of like this.) Not gonna lie, it was a little weird. But I added peanut butter (and brown sugar), which was the best decision of the day so far (after the red pants). So, I'm kind of a protein monster right now (not because of the sugar). Seriously, try and stop me.