Hello lovely Cottage Creatives! It's nearly the end of the day for me and the start for many of you. Life is like a rollercoaster for me - one week is calm and creative, and the next can be crazy and chaotic! On the second not much creating can happen and that's ok. I do try to invest time in learning something her on skool from the likes of @Sharon Jones who is a wealth of wisdom when it comes to skool business and I've been sneaking into @Diana Berryman's classroom too, she's just added some content which is worth checking out, and I've also been over to @Deb Boutzetis community and learnt how to make a yummy sauce! (it's a secret!). However, as far as actually creating myself, it's been a no-go zone! So, to help me thru this Crazy Chaos week, I'd love to know what you are creating or focusing on! Oh, I did dig up some little potatoes!

Welcome @Marja-Kristiina Vihervaara is a writer and wants to write fiction besides other texts. Looking forward to seeing you win and get those books written! I'm still trying to finish mine, a memoir! It's a long one!

I'd rather be making a mess while making journals, but today I worked in my Cleaning and Declutter business for 5 hours straight! It's called Cottage Declutter & Clean, and it was a start-up initiative of mine a couple of years ago when I needed some extra $ and was feeling stressed working two jobs for 'the man'. I wanted to be my own boss. I decided to work for me - and it was as easy as that! I put a photo up on FB and started telling my cleaning story! I'm good at it, really good, so I thought, why not get paid for it? Next minute, I had myself a fully fledged business, one that I can take with me wherever I go! Soon I'll be offering a one-on-one call for anyone who might need a little encouragement and some help getting started. It could be as simple as taking what you have in your hands right now, and you could be making an extra $ to. This was the simple photo I used on FB with a quick post, and the next day I had my first job and here's one of the journals that also provide income! So not only do I hold a feather duster, but I also have these journals, and sweet cloths I create in my hands too!

Hi everyone and thank you so much @Stephanie Kara for the warm welcome! I'm excited to be in this space because I feel creativity is necessary to feel whole, at least for me it is- and to be inspired by other's creativity. When I feel a need for creative time I love to compose or arrange songs, create digital products in Canva, organize and beautify my space, make or give gifts, and go for walks in nature. My free & tiered community here on Skool is "Piano with Ease" for adults who have wanted to play piano 🎹 and I'm so proud that it gets them playing right away because of the way there are visuals/ every fingering etc on the now 200+ sets of sheet music- so nothing to have to memorize.

Hey these lovelies just jumped in while I was away from my desk - so glad to have you hear! Please share a little about yourselves @Mama Torres who not only writes, @Kathy Roberts who is The Tidy Tutor and way more! @Marie L Crawford who is a holistic, healthy skincare gal and @Luniver Lago who I think may be a writer from Spain? (Please correct that if I'm wrong) I'm for one am thrilled to see you here!