A Step-by-Step Guide: Accomplish Your Big Dream In Time

Many Creative Journeys take a while to come together & if you allowed it all to play out, it will come together in a series of wonderful events.

As a result, you'll receive several pieces of joy along the way to create a journey filled with all the things you love doing. Can you remember the last time you had someone who cared enough about your growth? Someone who knew what your heart needed... that someone could be found right here as I'm ready to help your heart find what that special thing is you need to flourish. And if you need to go even further, also to become invested in your Creative Career path.

There really is no short cuts when it comes to building anything lasting, but there certainly is a better way of doing it without going totally mad.

With a little plan to set you on your way, a guide with a simple steps come together to help your big dream become a reality.

Creating the perfect life you've always wanted can be done through the ideas in your head formed through your imagination, actions you'll take with the things your hands love to play with & to take action on the desires to bring them life!

Looking back at one of my favourite Surface Pattern Design Collections, I can only tell you today that you need to follow our heart when it comes to the things you are passionate about. Anything else will take you off your purpose & leave you feeling empty.

For the Collection "Sensational Summer" I used memories of my Gran's garden & the love for tending to things mindfully to carefully craft a pattern collection about all the pretty things as we start embracing the first signs of warmer weather just before a thunder storm.

Did you know the oxygen made during a thunder storm helps to create & infuse the ozone layers?! I only heard about this in researching this phenomenon... Anyway, let's not get totally off track here today & get back to the point about finding the secrets that will lead to your Creative Career success story.

Developing your signature style can take some time, but beyond that, the basic steps-by-step strategies become the groundwork for our creative journeys simply because everything begins to line up! Today I'll share just these simple steps with you because we all have to begin somewhere & it must be easy, right?

Step 1. Beginner Skills

we all begin at the beginner level of anything simply because we cannot fly before we can walk. For example; I wasn’t even able to use a PC properly, let alone working on programs like Adobe Illustrator. I had to learn how to create digital work, make repeating patterns, discover industry secrets all the while feeling utterly frustrated by my lack of skills. I had a small amount Photoshop knowledge, but not enough to call myself a designer yet, i could change colour hues of photographs, that's it.

Andso, one morning I decided to sign up. What I found was the huge difference a great courses can make in a Creative Career. Diving into building my skills was the best leap forward in the creative career direction & everything Bonnie taught was spot on.

Step 2. Finding a mentor with a supportive community

Finding a teacher, you can deeply connect to, means you’ll invest your time into someone who is truly going to show you the way. Some of my all-time favourite courses was about learning how to use Adobe Illustrator.

This was a turning point as I now had advanced technical skills for one of the most important career moves I’ve ever made.

Having these skills meant I could do our editing myself & transform our students work into designs to showcase their handy work. We didn't need to rely on anyone else to piece the elements together or to amaze the ladies with digital versions of their own art.

It finally felt like my freelance career was heading closer to the heartfelt thing I was really interested in doing... mindful sketchbook practices that elevates creatives to a path of self-mastery. This deep feeling of compassion, care & love for women who struggle is very close to my heart as I once was a women who pained over that old negative believe with a voice in my head saying "you're not ready" when in fact I have never felt more ready!!!

It was like I was beginning to believe in my big dream & because our local communities saw me grow, there was real evidence that begun showing that I belonged somewhere.

You know, that feeling of belonging to a caring community of friends that share a heartfelt passion where we are all succeeding in something unique is indeed rare. I don’t think I could have done this alone.

Step 3. Create an additional income stream

Adding additional income was such an eye opener. From hobby to side hustle & now a full time Creative Career. Need I say more???

Step 4. Show your creativity

Showing your creativity to the world is hard.

Having faith in yourself is what actually boosts your confidence in a big way. And through the available resources & a willingness to share these steps without holding yourself back from anything you'll soon learn that it is all possible.

As soon as I implemented these steps, I quickly learned how important it was to share our creative work.

It wasn't long before the opportunity to be filmed by the Colour in Your Life TV Show came across my path... By this time the collections I completed where not the best work of my life, but it was a tribute to the things my Ouma Maggie shared with me. It had the flowers from her garden, the pattern tiles from the patio, the piles of twigs that waited for us at the end of the day, but most of all it was the life skills she imprinted on me so that I may one day have the integrity to follow my heart & do what I love doing.

Now I have my patterns on the moon with countless other talented creatives thanks to the life's work of Graem Stevenson from Put some colour in your life.

All it took was those “10 second of courage” to send out an email.

There is something really magical about showing yourself in the world & it opens up doors in a big way. There was certainly a whole lot of “ONE THINGS” that come together to make my big dream a reality.

Come hang out with us to see & feel if you would love to connect with Bonnie. I knew I was hooked on my Creative Career path long before I met her but the technical skills really helped me tap into something I could feel confident to send to the Moon!!!!

And you know what, even before you know what your creativity will look like, it will show up fro you as you go through the transformation of your life. Not only to learn a new skill, but to mindfully pursue your creative outlet & evolve into someone who has a certain level of trust in their work.

Even though this event has expired, you can still jump on the Self-Mastery waitlist to be notified when we have something new for you >>> Self-Mastery for Creatives

The best way to learn something new, is to completely immerse yourself in it; in the methods, the offerings & in the communities who have stood in the same place as you when they began. It’s also the best way to learn your art & discover what you can add to reach new highs.

We can talk about our big goals all day long (or for months, like I did!), but without fully immersing ourselves in the lessons, the processes or into the industry mentors’ mindsets, it’s hard to move the needle closer to our dream Creative Careers without a plan...

I often felt pulled in so many different directions with rolling ideas that went nowhere. My artwork remained a creative mess for many years.

Before I dived into this pathway, I mostly spent my days making random videos & fumbling around in my Sketchbooks. Now I have a Self-Published Sketchbook Journal, three complete Fabric & Wallpaper Collections being pitched to various companies with a well-structured Portfolio. A second book in the making & I’ve figured out how to live a mindful life filled with the things I can be very proud of. In my Creative Career Journey things are not always sunny & bright but it is exciting & creative while still allowing me to lean into my Art, make as many patterns as I like & keep on educating my mind with the things I need for personal growth.

Be brave today. Be bold & have a real belief in your talents. Be true to your voice & don’t let self-sabotage ruin your chances any more. Be good to yourself & bring your career into the realms of major success today! Jump on our waitlist & find your way back to you!

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We are friends now & I would love nothing more for you to be one of the creatives to benefit greatly when it comes to personal development. I'll always encourage you to follow your big dreams & fall in love with your life!

Become the person you want to be. Make today about your mindful creative journey as you discover the beauty all around you & reach for higher goals in life!

Much Love

xo Tanya