Both my blog and my shop serve as creative outlets to get out energy that might otherwise threaten to make me feel anxious or restless.  I always get a kick out of interacting with readers because it’s still a surprise to me that people read the blog and actually come to see more.  I don’t mean that in a self-gradating sense, I simply mean that the blog is like a visual diary for me and it’s nice to see other people concur with the things I find inspirational and interesting.  I have an education in visual art but have left behind my former pretentious sense of what is artistic to embrace all things well designed and visually appealing. 

I started the blog out of boredom and because I was tired of clicking on links to items I couldn’t afford.  I started the shop because I wanted to see if I had the tenacity to do it and be successful.  Both of these things came out of a deep longing to get in touch with my creative self and to, more importantly, express it!   In a year, I’d like to simply keep doing what makes me happy. My hope for the blog is that it remains a place that’s relevant and honest.  For the shop, I’d like to keep pushing what makes D&OC unique and become more involved in my local crafting community.