Welcome!
I suppose I should start off by introducing myself and what I'm all about.
My name is Rachelle (pronounced Rachel; I still carry some deep seeded animosity about that ;) ). I am a stay at home mom to my beautiful girl, S. I have a wonderful husband, 2 crazy pups and we all live happily in our little home, in our quite town. Life is just short of amazing.
I love my "job" but it has left me with a lot of spare time that I didn't know what to do with. I have always been very crafty and love to create things. I do have to consider myself an artist. I love to draw and paint... and tattoo. Yes, I'm one of those forbidden tattoo artists hehe...
At the end of my pregnancy with my daughter I started to tap into an old skill I had developed as a child... crocheting. I began by making a couple hats for one of my husband's co-workers and for family members. I have fun with it, especially character hats. With enough interest and "orders" I finally started SophieLove Creations. Facebook was my first venture where I introduced my "portfolio".
Which you can check out here >>
www.facebook.com/sophielovecreations :)
Recently, I locked my sights on Etsy. Haven't been as successful as I would've liked but hey some things take time. Here's my shameless plug.... >>
www.etsy.com/shop/SophieLoveCreations
So that's part one of "my creative chaos".
Part two involves my tattooing.
I love this aspect of my creativity without a doubt. I love creating art that people get to wear for the rest of their lives and I take great pride in my work. I have been doing tattooing on and off for about 8 years, sometimes it was my career and other times it was a hobby. Not really sure what to consider it now but it's a passion of mine either way. I enjoy everything about the process of a tattoo, from the idea to the actual act of doing it. Even more than all that, I love my clients. Nothing creates a bond quite like the bond between the client and the tattoo artist.
So there's another aspect of my chaos that I juggle on a weekly basis. Gotta keep those clients happy!
Part three - a thousand.... (total exaggeration) involves a lot of little components.
There are so many things that I enjoy doing that I don't do all the time but wish I could. I also draw, which I mentioned in the beginning. But I draw portraits and obviously tattoo work for the clients.
I just recently started sewing. (Not that great at it yet but my hearts in the right place, haha.) I really want to get better at this, I've made a couple things for my precious S but the quality was definitely questionable. So really hoping to master that soon and maybe expand SophieLove to other products.
I'm a graphic designer at heart also. I have been designing logos for companies on the fly recently; and I have a small hand in my BIL's vinyl graphics company. I actually went to school for this but just never really did anything with it. I like the idea of being my own boss so to speak.
Photography has always been in my blood, I look at every day scenes and think "That would make a great image" or "I need to capture this scene". My grandfather has always had the same thought process, he is an amazing photographer and I really think a lot of my influence has come from him. I got my first "big girl" camera for Christmas, and it is my favorite toy ever! My Canon Rebel T3i goes with me just about everywhere. I've really enjoyed learning how to use this and capturing some beautiful pictures of my beautiful S. Plus I like the fact that it's one more thing to bond with my grandfather over. Anyways, this has become a big deal in my life because I'm starting to be commissioned to do this as a more professional thing.
That about sums up the main things that I do on a daily basis (on top of being a mother and a wife). My hobby's get pushed to the background a lot of the time... yes I have hobbies other than all these things... haha. I also like to scrapbook (Project Life addict!), I intend on gardening this year, I'm on the verge of becoming a crazy coupon lady (stock pile and all...), and I like to paint. Also hoping to purchase a Silhouette Cameo in the near future so that I might also overwhelm myself a little more with all the creative possibilities that has to offer lol.
So with all that said.... welcome to
My Creative Chaos!
