Whoops, It has been since November 2015 since I have written anything.There was a time in my life I couldn't go a day without sharing my words, and now I just don't seem to care. I used to write in a time when everything wasn't just all about the aesthetic and formulated blog posts. Now when I think, I should write about that, the pressure for it to look good is on. I have to let go of the fear of what it looks like and just let it take its course, and maybe it will develop itself into something more appealing over time.
So, I can pick up right where I left off, really. My 2 year anniversary for being my own boss is in a couple weeks. I can't say I am not right where I want to be. My "plan" is working. What is that you ask? Well, I went back to school for aesthetics, because I was looking for a trade that could be my bread and butter, so I could find the time and money to invest in my first trade, which is fashion design.
Fashion design isn't something I could jump into full time like aesthetics. Fashion design as a team of one in a small town would be damn near impossible to do full time right away, relying on my creative brain 24/7 would be extremely difficult. So I decided I would do aesthetics as my full time job 4 days of the week, and I work on my designs at my own leisure with the 3 other days of the week, and NOT guilt myself with how much I relax within those 3 days, as that seems to be the key to filling the creative well.
I realized last year that I just can not do every little thing. So I started to take things off my plate.
First, I retired Kiwi the Faerie to just agreed upon family/friend events only, I love my faerie persona, but she is well built up, and I can easily keep it on the back burner and bring it out when needed. But this sort of work on top of everything else is just way too much of my energy I just don't have.
Next was the realization that the Fredericton Fashion Council just isn't something that is necessary at this time. I watch our members and other local designers thrive every day, networking and collaborating, creating events, etc, without the help of a middle man. FFC had wonderful events while it was alive, but it was a ton of energy on my behalf I just don't have to dedicate anymore after doing so for 3 years. Most exec members last year stepped down because of already having too much on their personal plate to be there for the council, and I really don't blame them and quite related. The FFC blog/social media will be renamed (hopefully I will get to this soon) to the Maritime Fashion Network and will be there for everyone to share all fashion content that is submitted! I think this will be the ultimate way to help local designers network without needing a membership.
So to finish this off, I am developing. I am fine tuning. I am narrowing down where I focus energy. I am on the path I want to be on, and though sometimes it feels a bit slow, I know its going at the pace it needs.
Right now I am working on getting really serious about my fashion brand Lunar Offerings. I am working on a staple collection with multiple size options, I am redesigning my logo, getting labels made, troubleshooting troubleshooting troubleshooting. etc. It is SO much work and I will elaborate on all that in my next blog post.
Kayleigh
