What could I do but to pass it on.
There is a young girl at church who is blossoming before our very eyes, from a sullen early teen to a lovely young lady with much, much more confidence. She creates the cutest felt food characters (French Toast with a French mustache, happy little cupcakes, that sort of thing). She also makes jewelry from what she has around.
I thought, “Someone should encourage this budding young artist!” So I did.
I put together a box of goodies from my stash: inexpensive duplicate tools, a bag of costume jewelry parts I had been given, earring findings, and these two books to instruct her. I gave the package to her yesterday and she was very excited! I cannot wait to see what she makes. I have encouraged her to set up an Etsy shop and I hope to help her there.
It cost me next to nothing, and yet I got so much joy from seeing her face light up. It is like planting a seed, so small and almost insignificant, and yet, there is no telling how far a little nurturing will go and what type of fruit it might produce.
Here is my challenge to you:
1. Find a budding artist in need of encouragement (whatever medium you work or enjoy)
2. De-stash some object/items/tool/books from your studio and pass them on to the budding artist
3. Blog about it with a link to this post and tell me about your blog post with the URL address (counts as one entry)
4. Comment on this post (counts as another entry)
5. Become a follower of my blog, remind me in a comment if you already are a follower (counts as yet another entry)
So, that’s three chances to win.
When I post my 100th blog-post, I will announce the winner of a random drawing (this is post 86, so about 2-3 weeks – around St. Patrick’s Day). The prize is the Bindweed Beetle Bracelet, which only seems fair since it was the winner in Kelly’s bracelet challenge and the start of the bounty {LINK } back in November.
Now get out there and pass it on!
