Life Update

Hey people!

Thank you for sticking with me for another month!

Here is a little life update for whom (is that the right word?) might be interested.

As you probably already know, I am going back to France to live there for a while. My airplane is Sept 11th, which puts me in a weird limbo. I am trying to plan my next chapter as much as possible to be able to be independent asap, but I also try my best to enjoy my last days in America while it lasts.

Photography

I am currently working on some really cool personal projects that I can't wait to put together. One even involves 7 women. In the water. Yes, I am panicking. But it'll be such a freaking cool project, I am so excited about it. I love its challenge. I can't wait to be there and have no clue what to do, but still make the best out of it. :) I want my models to have a really good time and leave by feeling better than they arrived.

I am also trying to book some clients in America but to be honest, my support is definitely in France and I can't wait to start booking french clients!

Illustration

I am under a new wave of creativity when it comes to illustration. I've been creating around 3 pieces/day this past week and I love it. A post with all my new illustrations is on its way!

I really love my new work and I wish more people could see it, 'cause of course, as a proud mama, I think that everybody wants to meet my prodigious children.

I have 3 creative markets coming up in August and I am really looking forward to it. I love the ambiance at these events, connecting with strangers around my art is such an amazing experience. I even used to get manic after markets since it is pretty overwhelming to receive so much love at once.

Many products on my shop are on sale!! Mostly original artworks and prints. All the money collected will help me for my big move and it'll also help me diminish my stock, since I won't take my prints with me. You can check it out at http://lavieeibel.storenvy.com 

I am thinking about launching a couple of shirts before leaving, as a way to collect money while I will be transitioning to my new life, but I always hate the idea of being a part of fast fashion. I contacted so many companies for the shirt project I showed you previously (printed on second hand shirts) and it seemed like it's not really possible to make it happen as is, which is pretty frustrating.
Please, let me know what you think: should I print on new shirts that will be created by the order (so there isn't overstock and I won't have to worry about selling/shipping them) or not?

Personal

Lately, I've been questioning who I am a lot (aren't we all?) and I am a bit nervous about going back to a place that knew me as a silly social seductive person. These past 4 years in America definitely changed me and even if I appreciate a lot of my new personality traits, I hope my people will still appreciate me and that I'll be able to appreciate them even more than when I left.

I am spending a good amount of time with my dog, Merle and I am loving every second of it. We are finally bonding like I always wanted but wasn't ready for until now. I am amazed of all her fast progresses and she is teaching me so freaking much every day. She is my best friend and she is the only one with who I am truly myself. Our unconditional loves for each other are helping us growing self confidence and this is so beautiful. Alright, I stop this love letter, it is getting embarrassing. 

For the first time, I finally feel like I don't need to be in a relationship to be fully happy and fulfilled. In reality, I even finally understood that being in a relationship awakens the worst in me and kills the good version of me on a really slow and painful way. I am such a terrorized ghost when I am too close to people, due to my codependence tendencies, and of course, my mental health issues. I am ready to experience the world by and for myself.

Thank you for reading all of this!!

I hope you're having a wonderful day!!