goals
Understanding your goals to help you achieve them.
Cutting around the Edges:
You know that sound? The scissors, slicing through the paper, sharp and clean. A chorus of what’s to come, if you will. That satisfying introduction to the project ahead. It’s exciting and empowering, that small fraction of the process. Tools definitely make a difference! I am learning this as a new entrepreneur.
By Green Yoga Project5 years ago in Motivation
A New Business. A New World.
This nation was hit hard by COVID-19. It is only now, a year and a half later, that our nation is beginning to rise back on its feet. New Mexico, the fifth largest state behind California and Montana, was deeply effected in the small business, traveling, and food industries, all the industries I care about the most!
By Charleen Richey5 years ago in Motivation
Take The Jump
I have always been involved in art and repurposing clothes. But coming from a small town and a poor family, fashion and art was not the career i ever pictured myself to be in.i wanted and needed to make money to be able to finally help my family with what we needed. I ended up going to Kent state university for psychology. One year in and my friend had convinced me to switch my major to fashion. My parents were not havint it and told me i was making a mistake. But i did it anyway. I didn’t believe in myself enough to go for design, so i stuck with merchandising because it is less competitive and i was good at math so i could ensure passing my classes. Eventually my cousin gifted me a sewing machine she wanted thrown out but thought i could use it. Being away from home i didnt Have TOO many friends, so I really locked in with the machine and just used it as my get away. I would make a few pieces a week and just enjoy them for myself to wear and pass the time. after a few month my family went through a traumatic event.. my step dad had a drug problem, and in 2019 it caught up to him and he overdosed. Thank God’ he was revived a few moments later, but the effects that came after were detrimental. My mom didn’t want to reach out for help from family and friends because of embarrassment so I felt the need to carry the weight on myself and try and work to help the bills. I had no free time to make clothes anymore. I worked 3 jobs, went to school, my grades dropped, my professors were reaching out, my job performance went down, I was just miserable. And felt alone. We slowly started to get to our feet, when COVID hit causing me to lose my job. I had to think of ways to make money. I tried door dash and instacart and it worked, but it was work. Boring, alone and just wasting my time. My friend makes music and is Really involved in the creative scene and suggested me make some clothes to sell. I thought he was crazy. No one would buy my clothes, I can’t make a living off of this it just won’t work. But he insisted to try and find out myself. So I did. I made a few pieces and posted them and they sold. I made a few more and they sold. I was starting to make decent money. Then I started getting custom orders. People came to me left and right with ideas and requests for commission work. a few month doing this and Being around the creative scene, I started to get back on my feet. I met a few people who also make clothes and learned more about the industry and designing. I marketed myself to get more exposure and have even had a few celebrities reach out to me and tell me my work is good. I have done bulk orders on pieces of 100 count all hand sewn. I have made an oversized backpack in the shape of a spider with legs coming around the body and connecting in the front, coats, vests, ski masks, shoes etc. I truly believe God has gifted me with such a great talent and a purpose to creative art for the world. He has brought me so far while I had nothing but only the faith that the lord will guide me. jumping of the cliff and hoping I would land the fall and avoid the risks of losing everything, and I’m still here. Making pieces for a living. I still have family that doubts me and asks when I will get a real job and I just hope one day this all pays off and I can show them this is real. We’re so forced to go to school and forced to think only certain degrees and professions are worthy and good enough to have. The security of a 9-5 job holds back a lot of talent from exploring their true potential. all I want is to help my family be financially stable, and to help show people when you work and love what you do, you can turn your passion into profession and be successful. Thank you for allowing me to share my story
By Emily Steves 5 years ago in Motivation
Celebrating Happiness of Your Craft!
Create Your Happiness Okay, so you guys want to hear a story right!... Well, here is one about me, I am not sure if it will be what you expecting or if it will be boring but it is mine and I think you will like it or enjoy it at least. So, here we are... My name is Arquius, I am 22 years old, I am from Washington D.C. and I am a student who is attending Academy of Art University majoring to receive my BFA in fashion design. And now that you know a little bit about me, we are going to do this story differently. I will tell you guys how my story started, how it is going currently, and how it is still being written and hope to never end... let us face it the good ones never do they just come to a pause sometimes! And here is where the story all began, so one day 14-year-old me was sitting in my room after school, I am not sure what sparked me to start drawing... clothes in particular, but as I sit here thinking it might have been the fact that I liked the idea of my parents always keeping me dressed in nice clothes and me always wanting latest shoes that came out, so I guess you can say that is the real reason! Although, when it came to drawing, my skills were not the best but that did not stop me from perfecting my craft. Not long after upon perfecting my skills, I knew that I enjoyed it as the idea of being able to teach myself how to draw grew on me. Over time, I thought to myself like “wow just imagine if I can better these skills to the point where I can possibly start my own brand, maybe even find a mentor to help me out and learn the business of the fashion industry or even get recognized by a brand in the industry.” This is also when I told myself that “oh yeah, designing clothes and learning the industry is something I want to do with my life for sure.” After finishing middle school and going into high school is where I decided to take what I was saying to myself seriously than ever.
By Arquius Halmon5 years ago in Motivation
Cut From a Different Cloth
I don’t know who to credit for the expression “The black sheep is usually the GOAT”, but it quickly became one of my favorite colloquialisms. It would be an understatement to say that everyone has a sob story, so here’s one about perseverance and faith. I have always been captivated by the gowns and get ups of the stars and vowed that I would be a part of the action, preferably one of the magic makers. I unlocked a super power with a pair of Fiskar scissors, 1 yard of fabric and a $50 sewing machine from Walmart. As a jack of all trades and a master of none you can become quite unfulfilled and confused when trying to decipher your life’s purpose, but mine became apparent thru my passion for fashion.
By Bathshebae Taylor5 years ago in Motivation
A hobby that saved my life & became my dream goal.
Growing up, I was the boy who feared expressing his emotions freely. At times I used to question my purpose in this world & wondered why I was always getting bullied or misunderstood. We all go through our share of bulling, but the worst feeling is thinking that you have no one to share this pain with in order to heal the wounds. This was a dark cycle I used to endure every day, to a point where I wanted to end my journey short. However one day, leading into another day, I would have my pain chant inside my head like a preacher, wanting to be released. When you’re a young boy dealing with internal battles, we usually keep to ourselves, play sports, play video games, hang with our friends, etc. With me, writing my thoughts on a laptop in the library after school was my way to be free from my nightmares. Little did I know? I was stepping into a healing literary genre called poetry.
By Kantshens5 years ago in Motivation
Confidence You Can Wear
Fitting in is hard. Believe me, I tried. It turns out, it really wasn’t my thing. I was a regular fish-out-of-water when it came to current trends or hot topics. Needless to say, my high-school years were less than easy. But who doesn’t have a bad-high-school-experience story? It’s nothing new. What WAS new however, was the story I had missed during these years. My name is Ashley, I am an illustrator, designer, and school-teacher from Kalgoorlie Western Australia – and this is the story that led me to my dream of becoming a fashion designer and beyond.
By Ashley Altes 5 years ago in Motivation
Victoria and the Machine
I never thought that there would be a moment in my life where I expressed significant gratitude and appreciation for my steel scissors. What once was perceived as just another helpful object, when it isn’t always missing, has become a great tool in my life, one that allows me to explore and shape shift pieces of fabric.
By Victoria Dhennin5 years ago in Motivation
Stop Comparing Yourself
Why compare yourself with others? No one in the world can be a better you than you." We're all about it, or do it at some point in our lives, we start comparing ourselves with others, and to assess whether we are on the basis of what is behind their actions.
By Eva Sharma5 years ago in Motivation
Perfectly Imperfect
It had been years since I’d made time for crafting. I dreaded mending clothes and my hot glue gun had been firmly tucked away, collecting dust somewhere in the back of the closet. Between working, freelancing, and friends, I had rarely made the time for something that had been the center of my world for so many years… But then the world stopped.
By Keir Bashmakov5 years ago in Motivation
PASSION 2 CREATE
HOW IT STARTED My passion for creating all began when I was a young lad. When it was time to go to the library. I always got super excited. I will always check out an average of 5-10 novels. The novels I will pick up were usually 40 pgs max. So I would usually get through them pretty quick. I loved books that had illustrations. Those kinds of books always had me engaged. Then as time progressed I began to challenge myself. I started to pick up books with longer pages. This time the books I was reading were 100-200 pgs. I loved reading non - fiction books because they were very relatable. Novels that had a storyline of a character going on a journey were the ones that had me interested the most. Then as time progressed I began to write my own novels. They weren’t long novels. They were usually an average of 20 -25 pgs. I started writing when I was in 6th grade and I will usually just write in my extra notebooks. Then after I was done writing I will let my classmates that I was close to read it so I can get their thoughts on the story and for the most part I always got positive reviews and sometimes they will give me some critiques which were good. So, gradually my confidence was building over time and it just led me to keep writing more stories.
By Clinton Agude5 years ago in Motivation
