are you?

a trend setter or or a trend follower?

these words have been rattling

around inside my head...

ever since my daughter said

"mom, you're such a copycat"...

there are a few out there that set the trends

and

most of us follow them.

I confess...I am a follower.

Take the new issue of Romantic Homes

for instance...

I saw the cover and loved it...

so I took the idea and made a few changes

changes that suited us

like pink candy corn and cinnamon bears

Then I added in some things I really love

and finished with this

I'm bringing this up because

there are so many wonderful ideas out there...

...some that I have been pondering for quite some time...

...waiting for me to get the courage to try...

and I feel it (the courage) coming.

If some of it ends up looking a little familiar,

Remember: Imitation is the highest form of flattery...

but I'm trying to give it my look...

as I get my wings it will become more and more me...

Thank you

so much for your kind words of encouragement

on my collage project!

You are giving me my wings...and I am flying high.

...know that I appreciate you all...

...even if I don't always say so...

I have so many plans...big plans...and they are keeping me busy...

now to land and finish the dishes...