May was a blur. It was crunch time for my job’s big annual event that I played a key and significant role in. On the last day of May, the event occurred and my parts hit their mark. I was publicly acknowledged for the work I’d done.
That weekend, my local Books-A-Million hosted an event called The Wedding Expo, an event featuring Bloom Books romance authors. It was so fun and unique, enough so that I’ll make a separate post about it.
Meghan Quinn was one of the featured authors, and she saw the recently completed spine I’d done of her book! After the event, the group, along with Lucy Score stopped by Cupboard Maker Books.
They invited me to be in the group photo. This part will never feel real.
That following Tuesday, two days after the annual event, my position at work was eliminated and I got the boot. It’s still a continual papercut that keeps on opening.
But since then, I’ve been refilling my creative well. I’ve so enjoyed painting book spines these few last months because it reminded me that I can do art. That I am creative. In hindsight, constantly being told how uncreative I was led me to stop my usual pursuit of art. I definitely doubted my ability to make anything. Truly a hindsight is 20/20 moment.
I’ve updated saddle patterns. I have one more saddle set to finish, and I’m hoping to finish that up next week.
I’m looking forward to BreyerFest in TWO weeks and seeing everyone there! With the addition of Stone Horses and other fun artist events, this BreyerFest feels like the hobby is stepping into a new era. And I’m here for it!
Kristian Beverly 