Bang the drum and blow the horn as I head for the finish line. This
has been quite a week. I was set the challenge of blogging every day for a
week, reluctantly I accepted the challenge. Not because I don't love this
little blog of mine, but more because my reliability to blog regularly is
questionable. And now I have reached the crux of the matter. As I
said last night us blogging folk have a responsibility to our readers and
followers and if we wish to gain their trust, loyalty and support then we have
to earn it. Being inconsistent and random with your posts does nothing to endear
you to your readers and I have been guilty of this. So if I have learned
anything over the last week it is this:
Your trust, loyalty and support
is very important to me, but I have
to step up to the plate and at least take part in the stage play if I want an
appreciative audience. A bit like life really, if you want to make any mark in
this world you have to participate, sitting on the sidelines moaning about your
lot is much easier than actually doing something about it. We can all run
our own marathon, take up a challenge, achieve a goal but is does require a bit
of an effort, a little thought along with a certain amount of commitment and
determination. What can you expect in return? An overwhelming sense
of fulfillment and satisfaction and an acknowledgment to yourself for giving it
a go.
Personally I would like to thank all of you who have supported me this week
by leaving encouraging comments and inspiring words; for staying loyal to
someone who doesn't have a good track record on the blogging front, but most of
all for taking the time to visit this page. I do not want to make empty
promises by saying I will continue to blog every day. I will, however,
endeavour to be more regular - even once a week would be a vast improvement on
my previous performance and I will try to live up to the statement I have at
the top of this blog
"I hope that your creativity will often be motivated, enthused, stimulated, that you will
occasionally be: amused, entertained, inspired,
that you will never be: bored"
I will leave you with some up to date artwork. This sample features a dress form
from
Chocolate Baroque's brand
new
Haberdashery
stamp set combined with stamps from the
Eccentric Edwardian set, brushed over with a selection of
distress inks.
I hope you find joy in everything you do. Until the next time...
Lesley
