@Melinda Timmerding We're excited to hear your dreams for a new creative venture! We'll do all we can to help you get started! PS> You've snuck in! (I don't think many here knew that I was about to shift to a paid membership after 30 members, and you, my dear, are number 30! > 31, including myself!) So glad you made it, you will be a free member forever should you wish to stay!

Hey guys I thought it would be great to share with each a highlight or a #win from this week! - Have you started something new? - Launched a community! - Had a great conversation! - Finished a project! - Added something to your classroom! I'll start... Last night TBH I was cry tired - it's been a mega week but I finished my day with a Zoom call with the beautiful @Kathy Roberts and she was like water to my weary soul! I can I believe in the wonderfulness (is that a word) of the people I am encountering here in Skool. I got off the call feeling refreshed and encouraged and inspired with some new ideas too. Thank you Kathy for being willing to take time to spend with me - I could have talked all night! ps - you gotta get to know this gal - she's amazing!

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!