There was the Void.
And then I started talking until it filled up and exploded.
Well, this is my first excursion into the world of Blogger. I've had a journal for eons (which roughly translates into three years) but that was a mostly personal thing. This, I hope, will be for writing things of Worth and Importance. We all know, I'm sure, that most of it will concern my cats. Really, though, I'm hoping to use this thing as a way to get a bit more known in the sewing/crafy/indie world and to catalog the things I find inspiring. On to the important stuff.
I'm weird. Face it, deal with it, move on. The funny thing is that I'm not as weird as I think. There are definately some out there who have gone off the deep end and I'm merrily chasing after them, but for now, I'm content with being slightly off. I think you must be if you are an artist and to hear a muse. Unfortunately, or fortunately, my muse is schizo. For the most part, I sew. Right now, it's costumes and recreations. I've done a few originals, but those don't sell as well as the tried and true. I also love decorating, even if I've let that slide in recent years. I have a passion for color, and yet I love a minimalistic, monochromatic design. I read history and science fiction, truth and fantasy. I am woman, hear me roar.
I am a jack of all trades, not happy unless I'm juggling ten balls in the air, and none of them similar. I work with a volunteer organization called the Patriot Guard Riders. I'm in the process of (slowly) designing my own card line, many of which have a military or patriotic theme. I do digital art. I'm learning photography. I'm always trying to further my sewing skills. I design costumes. I love old things, new things, and pretty things.
What is my style? That's rather hard to pin down. I sometimes answer that with "What if Marco Polo was a time traveler?" I love history, but no one particular era. I tinker with computers and I'm fascinated with how things actually work. Currently, my only shop is online, but that will change one of these days. I'm just not ready to be pinned down just yet. I, like Marco Polo, love to travel. Eventually, I will have a shop full of things that appeal to me, be they old, new, used, remade, redone, and refurbished. I have far too many interests to focus on just one.
I was, formerly and still am a bit, Rivendell Designs. That was what I started my costume shop out with, but it just never was really me. It took me three years to figure that out and to realize that all across my niches on the net, people knew me as Aranel, so Aranel my business has become. It isn't just one thing, it's me. I'm currently working on my new site: http://www.aranel.info , shifting things over from the old http://www.rivendelldesigns.net I must bow to the inevitable and realize I enjoy changing things around too much to have one website that is all pretty and matching. I have decided to do not one, but ten layouts. At least. Those will, of course, stay the same for the most part. It's just the over all intro look of the site that is prone to be changed. I'm not that much of a sadist.
I also am a bit of a writer. I haven't done it for a while, so I'm very rusty. My problem with finishing a novel or story is that I get distracted by world building. In the past two years, however, I have learned the art of outlining and scheduling. Ticking things off a list is quite therapeutic. Creating this blog was one of them.
I suppose that's enough rambling for now.
And then I started talking until it filled up and exploded.
Well, this is my first excursion into the world of Blogger. I've had a journal for eons (which roughly translates into three years) but that was a mostly personal thing. This, I hope, will be for writing things of Worth and Importance. We all know, I'm sure, that most of it will concern my cats. Really, though, I'm hoping to use this thing as a way to get a bit more known in the sewing/crafy/indie world and to catalog the things I find inspiring. On to the important stuff.
I'm weird. Face it, deal with it, move on. The funny thing is that I'm not as weird as I think. There are definately some out there who have gone off the deep end and I'm merrily chasing after them, but for now, I'm content with being slightly off. I think you must be if you are an artist and to hear a muse. Unfortunately, or fortunately, my muse is schizo. For the most part, I sew. Right now, it's costumes and recreations. I've done a few originals, but those don't sell as well as the tried and true. I also love decorating, even if I've let that slide in recent years. I have a passion for color, and yet I love a minimalistic, monochromatic design. I read history and science fiction, truth and fantasy. I am woman, hear me roar.
I am a jack of all trades, not happy unless I'm juggling ten balls in the air, and none of them similar. I work with a volunteer organization called the Patriot Guard Riders. I'm in the process of (slowly) designing my own card line, many of which have a military or patriotic theme. I do digital art. I'm learning photography. I'm always trying to further my sewing skills. I design costumes. I love old things, new things, and pretty things.
What is my style? That's rather hard to pin down. I sometimes answer that with "What if Marco Polo was a time traveler?" I love history, but no one particular era. I tinker with computers and I'm fascinated with how things actually work. Currently, my only shop is online, but that will change one of these days. I'm just not ready to be pinned down just yet. I, like Marco Polo, love to travel. Eventually, I will have a shop full of things that appeal to me, be they old, new, used, remade, redone, and refurbished. I have far too many interests to focus on just one.
I was, formerly and still am a bit, Rivendell Designs. That was what I started my costume shop out with, but it just never was really me. It took me three years to figure that out and to realize that all across my niches on the net, people knew me as Aranel, so Aranel my business has become. It isn't just one thing, it's me. I'm currently working on my new site: http://www.aranel.info , shifting things over from the old http://www.rivendelldesigns.net I must bow to the inevitable and realize I enjoy changing things around too much to have one website that is all pretty and matching. I have decided to do not one, but ten layouts. At least. Those will, of course, stay the same for the most part. It's just the over all intro look of the site that is prone to be changed. I'm not that much of a sadist.
I also am a bit of a writer. I haven't done it for a while, so I'm very rusty. My problem with finishing a novel or story is that I get distracted by world building. In the past two years, however, I have learned the art of outlining and scheduling. Ticking things off a list is quite therapeutic. Creating this blog was one of them.
I suppose that's enough rambling for now.
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