Letting go of the fear

Yesterday, after about 3 months of preparation, I finally published my Facebook page for Millamaloo. It was incredibly scary putting myself - and my creations - out into the world. When you're publishing something so personal, you just never know whether you'll get congralutations or criticism. So far it's been all positive but I'm sure there'll be times when it won't be so rosy. I'll just have to prepare myself for that and remember that what I make won't be to everyone's taste. I can only hope that some things I make will make some people happy.

I am so grateful to my wonderful friends, work colleagues and family who have supported my little venture. Without you this would still be a little fantasy. Thank you.

And so it begins....

I always swore there was NO WAY I'd ever have a blog. What a waste of time, I thought. What the heck would I write about? And who, in their right mind, would actually read what I wrote?

Well I've decided to give it a go because I so, so want to be part of the handmade community. I don't have a lot of time at the moment to actually make things (strangely enough, two kids, a husband and a part time job seem to take up a fair bit of time!) but hopefully as my kids get a bit older I might have more of a chance.

In the meantime, I'm doing an exceptional job of building up a stash of crafty materials - fabric, ribbons, buttons, paper - all with the hope that one day I'll get a bit of time to create beautiful things with them. I have so many ideas in my head that I just look forward to the day I can see them come alive. Until then I'll have to be happy to see what other talented people make!!

Hopefully in a few year's time I'll look back on this first blog post and think 'wow, I've come a long way!'.