Friday: Strange but Amazing Point in Life RN

It’s a strange, but very exciting time right now. I am about 3 days away from a summer television project airing for a Canadian audience. I think my appearance on it will just be a pleasant pop of an experience, with a quick wind down and back to normal. However, I have learned to not underestimate the dollhouse gods, so I am trying to be open and wise to everything.

I signed up for this show, eyes open and heart willing. I’d heard of Best in Miniature but did not know how to watch the show in the States, so I never learned knew more about it. Most of what I learned about it was through social media. When I decided to go on the show, I watched and researched every episode. I looked at all the past contestants and absorbed their social media. As I poured over their image squares, I asked myself again, “Do I want to do this?” 5 years ago, another producer reached out on Facebook to ask me if I’d be interested in participating in a reality competition for dollhouses. I told them no. Like, NO way. I was still new at this and didn’t have the confidence or skills to build a dollhouse on a clock.

Did anything change? Well, we will see.

Returning to wanting to do this, I have decided that, yes, I do want to do this…but I must be intentional about making a different path for myself as a miniaturist. I do not want a life of deadlines, nor do I want to deal with deliveries – at least not daily. It would be ideal to make 1 or 2 grand projects a year and sell them for a higher rate. I want to keep dancing and doing silly things in my studio rather than worry. I’d rather have a podcast or a YouTube channel, talking about creative challenges, solutions, and inspirations along with miniatures. I’d rather be traveling and eating well much of the year. I’d like to just hurry up and get to whatever version of an art bon vivant’s life that I can make.

This weekend, I have to teach America (or at least, my social media following that is not Canadian) how to use a VPN. I do want folks to see the show, I want for them to see what I brought to the competition. The rest is editing. I do wish that I had used tape instead of glue, though. I digress. There is a reason for everything, and now I am preparing to meet the next wave of destiny these amazing dollhouses have brought me.