About Me
My name is Stephanie and I live in Prairieville, LA. I am a graphic designer/Illustrator by day, and a baker/aspiring gardener/general tinker-er-er by night (and weekend). I have wanted to start this blog forever, but things like life, fear, depression, fear, nervous breakdowns, fear, and fear kept getting in the way. Perhaps I haven't made myself clear. Let me reiterate. Fear has played an unfortunate, yet defining role in my life up until now, but I have recently been feeling quite rebellious, hee hee. I have had episodes of severe depression since at least the age of 11. This is a fact of my existence that has profoundly affected my life. For as long as I can remember I have been terrified of EVERYTHING!!! Just in case you think this blog is fixing to turn into a "whine" festival, let me be clear that it is not (put the cheese tray back in the fridge). I am not here to tell you how hard my life has been or cry to you about how nothing ever works out for me. Quite the contrary. I am a fortunate and blessed woman. My life has not been and still is not with out challenges, but I was blessed by the good Lord with a creative mind, a desire for happiness and the heart to find it in all the hidden corners of my life. For me, phrases like "Every cloud has a silver lining" and "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade", have become more than cliches. For me they are survival techniques with very personal meaning. I do not have a perfect life, but I have a good life. My purpose in starting this blog is three fold.
1) I want to document my doings, and hope that in doing so I may maintain a betterfocus on said doings.
2) I (fearfully, reluctantly) want to share my experiences, hopes, fears, episodes of insanity, etc. Translation - I want to put my business in the street and embarrass my entire family, LOL. I do this in the hope that my not so scandalous, OK- maybe sometimes scandalous adventures might help, inspire, challenge, make someone smile or even laugh, or serve some purpose for someone out there.
3) I am scared to and I am attempting to enforce a strict policy of facing my fears.
Oh yeah, a couple more things you should know about me/this blog. Last year I found out that I would probably not be having children. Later in the year we decided that we would definitely not be having children. Sometimes I feel really OK about this, and sometimes I see a crack head with a kid and feel...ummm...not so great about it. So far it has been an off again/on again process, and I figure it is likely to come up in the course of this blog, so I thought I would give you a little heads up :) The next thing you need to know about me/this blog is this- THIS IS MY YEAR!!! It is MINE, ok? I mean, I am willing to share it with you (my Mama did raise me right :) but just don't try to hog it all for yourself. I am warning you right now, that I fully intend to have my share of this year. So just prepare yourself for whatever that could mean. I am not completely sure what it means myself, but perhaps you should sit down just in case :) So far it means, I am starting a blog, growing a garden, sketching more, and have intentions to make a lot more cakes. Oh yeah, and I am loosing weight!!! 11 lbs so far :) Gorgeousness here I come!!!
Topics I may or may not discuss are: Low calorie meal options, really fattening meal options, cake decorating/baking, gardening, not being able to have children, design, painting, backpacking, DIY crafts, awesome nephews, fabulous nieces, parties, party planning, cats, crochet, husbands, overcoming fears and going for it (what ever "it" is). Well, I think that about covers it. I hope you'll visit often. I hope you'll smile, be inspired, or try something new. Mostly I hope you'll laugh, because people just don't laugh enough anymore, dang it! I have found that people typically find me funny when I am not trying to be (southerner's are twisted), but you will have to suffer through all my efforts towards being funny to witness that :)
Yours Truly,
Stephanie H.
