The WAIT

Waiting, waiting, waiting... seems recently I have been doing that with regard to scrapbook submissions. I've kindof been on a kick submitting a lot of my designs for various design teams, magazines, contests and such. When I was driving down the road a few weeks back, I realized being a professional scrapbooker (meaning published on a regular basis and somewhat "known" in the industry) would be quite AWESOME. But, honestly, that just isn't going to happen all by itself. There are so many amazing and qualified artists vying for the same thing -- same design teams, same magazine spots, same book deals. So I have decided to make a more concerted effort to get my work out there. Now I understand that does NOT mean my dreams will be automatically realized. But it is impossible if I take no action at all.

So here I am . . . waiting . . . .
I have submitted my designs to a few calls (Stemma, Masterpiece Studios Design Team; the MCC2 Book Challenge on the CK website; and several magazine calls). And now I just have to wait. Up till today, I have been doing well with the "submit and forget" mentality. But for some reason I am anxious today. Almost setting an expectation for myself that if none (not one single submission) pans out to something, I should not bother submitting for a while and just focus on the creating. The creating is really the part I love most . . . so shouldn't that be the main focus anyway? You know what?? Typing those words feels good -- and I think I might just get back to creating. For now I am heading off to my scrap room to clean it up a bit after the last tornado of creativity came together in a torential downpour. And then prepare for the class I teach tonight at Memories and Beyond in Downer's Grove.