NATURE & TEMPLATE Freebie

Another week... another Monday! but wait... Monday's are FUNdays here at SVdesigns :) Before I get to the freebie, was just going to give everyone an update. Remember how a couple of weeks ago, I announced that I'd accepted a position at a new store that would be opening up... well, shortly after that "announcement" the store owner emailed and decided to bail on the project. I have to admit that I actually felt relieved. Even though the terms were to "design at your own pace" and there were no deadlines or commissions, I still found myself working into the wee hours each night trying to design the "next best thing" and was putting so much pressure on myself. (Not to mention, I was wanting to go down to Utah for Women's Conference the first week in May, but that interfered with the grand opening of that new site and so I wasn't going to be able to make it... happy to report that now I can! hooray!) Anyway... I've been soooooooo torn on what to do and where to take things from here. I’m sure my sweet DH is getting tired of me "discussing" my options with him pretty much everyday! I WANT to keep designing – I find so much satisfaction in seeing an end product all packaged up and ready for all of you - but I keep asking myself why I put forth so much time and energy into it and is it worth it? And what if I put this much energy into other aspects of my life? So here's the truth of the matter...

* Would I LOVE to see some monetary benefits from my hard work - CERTAINLY!
* Do I think I could find another store to sell at? DEFINITELY
* Do I really want to at this point? here's where I'm unsure...

So, for the time being - I'm just going to keep giving out my work for free here on my blog (and put up an occasional kit, paper pack or template pack for sale here - like I did with my Vintage Floral kit a few weeks back – which I feel went over fairly well ) I really do get pleasure in seeing my designs in "action" in the different galleries and reading all of the comments that you guys leave me here and at 4shared and the emails I receive. I think I've got an awesome group of fans :) - so feel free to wear my new blinkie I created over the weekend for all of you :) ok.. back to my little "vent" to my captive audience (the captive audience who is probably most excited that I'm just going to be doing freebies - LOL) I could go on a bit longer... but think I'll go ahead and end it for now (although part 2 might be in a later post - hee hee).

On a lighter note, my dh and I have been watching the first season of Freaks & Geeks on DVD and I'm a bit inspired to make some retro 80's papers - LOL! We'll see where that takes me... But for today, I've got a 12 piece paper pack for the taking. There's 5 solids and 7 coordinating patterns. Remember to email me your LO's (or links to the LO's) so I can check them out and include them in this weeks SHINES.
Alright... thanks for making it THIS FAR! Here's what you've all been waiting for..

(link is no longer active... if you'd like... this paper pack is up for sale at my store)

Also... just for kicks.. here's another template for you guys! I think there's lots of potential with this one - can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Download Template #5 here -- I know, I know... my template titles are sooooooo original! LOL