Before we begin, this post is going to be filled with a LOT of content! I am going to do my best to keep it as organized as possible, this could probably be a blog series broken up into several mini posts, but I want to instead download this content to you! The content I wish I knew before I got started. I’ve been running Quaint+Whim and working a full-time business now for 3 years. Quaint+Whim started with VERY humble beginnings. Honestly, I never thought my passion hobby of photography could be a true business.
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3 years ago I was in the middle of a quarter-life-crisis! This might not really be a thing, but to me it really was! I felt that I trail blazed myself right into the life of normal. I lived on my own, I had a 9-5 job, and a new car. I knew my purpose in this world was to create, I knew I loved to document things. I just didn’t know how to fulfill that purpose.
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When you make your art your living, it can be really hard to be inspired – to feel like an artist instead of a business owner.
I loved photographs way before I loved being a photographer. When I would go to old antique and thrift stores with my family, I would love to shuffle through vintage photographs.
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I was never the fastest kid or the smartest, but I was always the most creative. I can remember my first music class, the first time I learned what a violin was, the first painting class I took, oh and the first time I was ever on stage! The arts, both visual and performing, was something that has become apart of me. I often hear, “If you constantly question if you are an artist, chances are you are…” I could never relate to that. Art has always felt like home.
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