I follow this blog A Beautful Mess run by this girl named Elsie. With her sister and friends she started a business called Red Velvet that includes a boutique and sweets shop in real life and an online store that features their handmade goods, original dress line, and online courses. The business includes blogging, marketing, sales, graphic design, cooking, crafting, makeovers, running a store, sewing, photography, and probably a bazillion other things I’ve forgotten. In short it’s a creative powerhouse.
And I so want to do that!
Well, kinda.
I don’t really have any interest in antiques/vintage beyond, “Ohhh that’s pretty. I wish I could afford it.” And I’m not a super huge crafter. Or baker. Or seamstress. I still love photography, but don’t think I want it to be the bulk of my life’s work. Graphic design is a budding interest for me, but I’m not totally sure yet. But I do love blogging!
It’s not so much the actual work they do but the style of it. I’m not sure what I want to do yet, but if I could get together with my sister and other creatives to dabble in many areas of awesome while working in a super cool shop and maintaining an online presence, well that would be the most amazing thing ever. That idea REALLY appeals to me. I’ve had similar feelings for other bloggers that blog almost daily, run an online shop, and often look fabulous in the process. (Think Bleubird Vintage, Strawberry Koi Vintage, Joyful Abode, and Q’s Daydream Vintage) Again, I’m not interested in dolling up everyday and taking self-portraits to post on my blog (I’m not that stylish) or operating a vintage store, but running a business along that same model sounds super frickin great.
So I know what kind of environment and style I’d like to work in, just not the actual content of my work. Right. I should get on that.
I wonder if I could ever do something like that with this blog. Maybe mix blogging, graphic design, and Objectivism in a similar style to Red Velvet? I’ve toyed with the idea of expanding Building Atlantis to a fun and entertaining magazine for young people interested in living a rational and happy life. Maybe working with ATLOS could fit in there as well, especially if we get big. I’m not sure. You got any ideas?
This comment is not related to this particular post, but — since you’re a photographer — I thought you might be interested in this video I saw on Wimp the other day. http://www.wimp.com/everyphotographer/
Its a simple little belt “widget” to hold an SLR camera.
You follow A Beautiful Mess too?? I love her blog so much! I completely get where you are coming from with wanting to have that kind of life… I’d just love to be able to support myself with fantastic and beautiful creative endeavors. The blog I go by Katie is my current source of career inspiration. She is a photographer, she makes beautiful moccasins, she sews, and she does graphic design.
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