This requires reader participation! I started this list while I was mowing (read: styling) the front yard this morning. This list – so far – is based on things I find myself doing all the time. Please, feel free to add to it. I’ll add to it, too!

You Know You’re An Artist When…

1. You don’t just mow the yard, you style the yard by mowing in a pretty pattern, and varying it each time you mow.
2. You pick a dog based on how cute his portrait is going to be. (this is partially true!)
3. You are happy to sign your checks, slowly, perfecting the signature, because it is. that. important. That document could be worth millions some day, it can’t be sloppy.
4. You write a list, and when you cross something off the list, it’s a fancy doodle cross off line, not just a straight line.
5. You know that no idea is an original idea, but you hope you’re one of the few that follows through and makes it your own.
6. You have DT’s when you haven’t been creative in the last 12 hours.
7. You have tools to encourage your creativity in every room in your house. Yes, sculpting gel counts.
8. You use your sculpting gel very literally. Apply, sculpt for hours, squash it down, rinse it out … repeat.
9. You don’t just braid your kids hair. You style it into a french braid with twists and put it into a bun of some sort, using as many coordinating ponytail holders as possible.
10. You own more than one very expensive piece of equipment and don’t let anyone else touch them (or have to sit on your hands if they do).
11. You get cranky if you can’t complete your creative endeavor, if something has distracted you from it.
12. You don’t understand why anyone doesn’t “get” that place you go to when you’re there. And feel bad that they’ve never been.
13. You’re creative in your sleep.
14. Few people think that what you do is monetarily worth what you’re asking.
15. You try on several “filters” before you finally decide which one you like.
16. You’re terrified to show anyone your work, but after you get past being terrified, you spread your feathers like a peacock.
17. You’re like that every. single. time.

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