I've been a bit quiet on the blogging front over the past couple of months, but let me assure you that my life has not been at all quiet !
After having been in the same cute little shop for 6 years, and in another just a few doors away for about 6 years before that, I decided that I really, really had to make a change. Last November, I started to advertise for a new tenant to take on my lease, and in February I finally found one. That was the good news. The tricky thing was that I then had to find somewhere to move to ... in ONE month !
I had a Plan B and a Plan C, but I still wanted a Plan A. The day after the deal with the new tenants was negotiated, I remembered that I had long had the idea of setting up a shared studio workspace - ideally with a couple of other florists and/or designers. I'd tried to do it, a few years ago, but then the GFC happened, and everyone (including me) got a bit scared. Anyhow...
In less than 24 hours I found, on the first website I looked at, someone who was looking for a creative someone to share a converted factory with a company of architects and an IT person. I went to look at the space after work, and got very excited ! My Plan A !So, here I am, all moved in and more or less set up, with more time to spend on designing floral arrangements, and on working with my customers.
This has confirmed the fact that I should always have confidence in my ideas, and follow them through, no matter how risky they may at first seem .
I don't remember where I found the photos, but I think it was through the Velvet & Linen blog.
