I've been thinking a lot lately about what job I would feel most challenged and passionate about. I really love working with the kids at the Montessori school. I like finding fun new crafts to incorporate into the afternoons what they are learning in the mornings. I like seeing all the interesting wooden Montessori works. I do feel like I'm lacking my hands on art for myself. Like in college I majored in art (photography) but also minored in crafts. I would dare to say that everyday I did something artistic or creative. And if you ever want to test your creativity, try being in classes with 20 other creative people and try to out imagine them. It's no small feat, and I definitely don't think I succeeded every time. But the point was that I pushed the limits of my creativity, and kept finding more and more fun processes and techniques I loved.
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Over the Thanksgiving break I was talking to my family about how I keep thinking how awesome it would be to open a toy shop with Matt. I would imagine and design everything, Matt would make what needed to be made out of wood, and I would do all the finishing details. It could start as just an Etsy shop but could grow into a brick and mortar store someday. I could blog the process, cause let's face it, I haven't been very disciplined about blogging about house renovation. I think that is in a big part to the fact I'm not really passionate about our house renovation. I am pretty passionate about the fact I wish it were finished already.
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So Matt and I have started the brainstorming process for our future etsy shop. My little sister, Haley suggested the name, Matelia which is a combo of Matt and Amelia. I'm really liking it as a strong possibility. It's short, unique, and has meaning behind it. Anyway, I may be blogging more about our process. Who knows, maybe we will get the shell of the shop up and running soon.
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