Yesterday I was taking the style quiz in Find Your Groove by Kitty Foster and Wendy McKeehan, and I must say it left me a little unsettled. The quiz rated me as having a Shabby/Old World style, but what I wanted to be was eclectic or hip and trendy. I kept asking my co-workers what they thought I was because I’ve never felt like any one category completely described my style. Last night as I was working on a page of my boyfriend’s recent visit to town, it struck me. I have a bit of a shabby style…and there’s nothing wrong with it. I have a conglomeration of many styles and it’s fine, because it’s mine. I’ll take my distressed painted and inked edges, my melted wax and ribbon, metallic penned hearts, bottle cap and gemstones. I’m a mix of a lot of different things, but what’s important is that it’s all me. Embrace your style. I like finding inspiration in everyone’s pages, but in the end when I’m working on my art it always comes back to having an element of me in each page. Don’t lose your style to win a contest or receive praise. Be true to you because it’s all you can be.