I have been doing lots of deep breathing lately, and I’ve buckled my metaphorical seatbelt for the rollercoaster ride ahead that will likely be my 2024. One of my eyes is shut, the other is peeking a glimpse through fingers that cover my apprehensive yet excited face!
Am I ready? I think so.
Do I have to take this ride? Yes.
Am I scared? Absolutely. But an exhilarated kind of scared. The kind that keeps life interesting.
In the next 6 months, I may or may not leave my job. I may or may not start a new job. I may or may not move to a new country. I may or may not learn a new language. I may or may not brush up on a rusty language. I may or may not know which of these alternatives will be my reality until very close to the time they become my reality.
There are 2 things I do know:
At the end of the next 6 months I will move to a new home, somewhere. I’m already dreaming of designing its rooms!
This year will be the first time in my life that I open myself to being paid for my creative work as an entrepreneur. And that journey begins right here with you, dear reader!
My love affair with interior design is evolving into a lasting committed relationship, one which needs care, attention, and above all, time. And you know the adage about time and money…
Here on Substack, I have switched on the possibility for you to express your warm support and encouragement for my work - in the form of cold hard cash! ;-)
I will be continuing my work here on Substack as I did last year, exploring interiors and colour using my tools of choice: artificial intelligence, my own intelligence, and my camera. This year I’ll also be exploring these topics in new ways that I hope will surprise and delight you! This new opening in my life feels GOOD, NEW, FRESH, and RIGHT!
I now have three subscription options available, and you can choose the one that feels RIGHT for you:
FABULOUS FREE SUBSCRIBER: Continue to support my work by reading and enjoying it. No cold hard cash involved!
PAYING PATRON SUBSCRIBER: Continue to support my work by reading and enjoying it & become a patron of my creative pursuits with €5.00 of monthly support or €30 of annual support. What will I do with your hard earned money, you may ask?!… 1/Use a wee bit of it to purchase Pierre Marcolini chocolates which I will blissfully enjoy while I write and create colourful content for your consuming pleasure! 2/Put most of it into a digital piggy bank, saving up for the Colour Advisor course from NCS (Natural Colour System®). This course will allow me to serve up even better colour and interiors delights for you! Think of this Paying Patron Subscriber option as a scholarship/bursary contribution, with some high quality chocolate thrown in.
PREMIUM PAYING PATRON SUBSCRIBER: Continue to support my work by reading and enjoying it, and with €150 of annual support select from one of these 1-to-1 ‘COLOURFUL DESIGN DIALOGUE’ services:
60-minute video chat tutorial with me, to learn tips and tricks of creating interiors images with AI.
20-minute video chat with me to discuss your residential or commercial interior design project. Within 2 weeks I will send you 2 concept images created using artificial intelligence, each with a colour palette. These images will not be to scale or exact copies of your space, rather they will serve as inspiration for colour palettes and interior style.
2 personalised colour palettes. These can be based on a 20-minute video chat with me or on your responses to a brief questionnaire. These will be emailed to you within 2 weeks after completion of the video chat or questionnaire.
60 minute video chat with me to talk about any and all things colour, interior design, or AI.
To all readers and subscribers: I am grateful for your time and attention and tickled pink that you appreciate my work! I love to interact with readers’ feedback in the Comments section, and I hope you’ll share your thoughts on this and future posts! Thank you for being here!
To paying patron subscribers: Thank you for your hard-earned money. In return I aim to provide joyful and inspirational content and service that will motivate and challenge you to use colour and design to increase the joy in your life.
This is an exciting branch in my professional path and your support not only makes that transition easier, but it’s also a wonderful source of encouragement!
I’ll be back next week with my regularly scheduled programming!
-Vanessa:-)
This is wonderful! Congrats! 🎉